Let’s talk Montana…Got a bad attitude??? Please move along.

[Schmo]

I have a teenager that just left the house for college. My advice to her is move out of MT if you want to get ahead financially.

This is not true. My family that lives in MT doesn’t make a lot of money, but they’re doing okay. It can be done.

 

[Eldoradotim]

I played this game 5 years ago.

The initial spot was McCall, Id. Then I researched all the western mountain towns to make sure. (MT, WY, CO, NM, AZ, ID)

My advice is just to really think through where/how you want to raise your family and what lifestyle you want.

I did, and came to the conclusion that smaller is better (it's a growing community so it's not ever gonna be smaller).

Fast forward and I'll just say it was the best decision we ever made. Fantastic small town community, great schools, great people, complete outdoor paradise. Zero regrets other than we didn't do it sooner.

 

[TradLife406]

Browning, Poplar, and Hardin are amazing places in Montana. I'd suggest those. Circle or Jordan are not bad either.

 

[S.Clancy]

I have a teenager that just left the house for college. My advice to her is move out of MT if you want to get ahead financially.

That hasn't changed in the nearly 4 decades I've been alive and a MT resident. I think it's less true now than it was 20 years ago, unless you are trying to start in one of the ridiculously expensive resort towns in the state. Unfortunately for people, those places are where they are all trying to move. If someone is stupid enough to move to Bozeman and basically live in poverty just to "live the Bozeman life" I couldn't care less.

 

[Eldoradotim]

P.S. Living off grid or super country is just not all its cracked up to be IF you're surrounded by public land & mountains. At least that was my conclusion.

We went from 5 acres wooded and total end of the road privacy to 1.5 acre lot in a just outside of town subdivision (I have neighbors all around me, but a big "yard" and 360 mountain views) and its all I need. Because, I have convenience and quick access to public land all around me.

Essentially I traded super private bigger lot country living with 2hrs to super crowded public land for not private small lot and 25 minutes to super uncrowded public land all around me.

Good luck!

 

[TradLife406]

You gotta understand what's happening in Montana. Our economy is crap. The blue collar guy can't even afford a house and land anymore. Out of staters move in with their big money and buy up the land and houses that are available with their big money. Places that were $350,000 a few years ago are now a half a million or more. More like 6-7 hundred thousand. Montanans are broke and the only people who can buy a decent house with a few acres are the people coming in from booming economy states with cheap housing.

 

[Salmon River Solutions]

I would have a chat with Colton Bangoli. He is pap van winkle on instagram. You are describing what he does. Wifes a nurse, and he is a fishing guide, and writes for some outdoor magazines.

Ken

 

[ReaptheHeat]

This is not true. My family that lives in MT doesn’t make a lot of money, but they’re doing okay. It can be done.

Did they buy property before 2020?

 

[Schmo]

Did they buy property before 2020?

No. Fall of 2021