If people come here but are not willing to embrace the culture, which includes hunting, guns, camping, respect of those who hold more traditional views, then please stay where you are. :).

Let's not forget Montana's "Personal Property" tax too. Just because they don't have a sales tax, don't mean they don't tax you.

Six years near Kalispell and we love it! Born & raised in western South Dakota and a cowboy at heart. We knew what we were getting into and appreciated the conservative values.

Im a trucker and I miss going through Montana. The truck stops are fantastic and you get great abundance of peace and quiet. I must have been lucky but I never got beaten down by the weather there.

Lived just outside Superior (60ish miles north of Missoula), hauled horses frequently to Billings. 2 different worlds, with a bunch of little worlds in between. Love Montana!!!!

Moved to Great Falls back in September, to help a friend with his business. I'm already planning on heading back to North Carolina, this state is not for me at all.

VISIT MONTANA. DON'T MOVE HERE HEAD TO TEXAS.....

Moved down to Montana from Alaska. No regrets. We love that it does not get dark until after 5pm in December and the winters are much shorter than Alaska. A nice long upland bird/waterfowl hunting season from 1-Sept to mid January. Great gardening in the summer.

I am originally from Texas, married a guy from Colorado. He works in construction and his job is moving him long term to work in Big Sky. They are putting us up in housing in Bozeman the first few years and his pay increase is significant. When we got to visit, just about everyone seemed super friendly which was nice in comparison to what you read on some of the comments on YT and reddit threads, this isn't anything new though you have people here in Colorado and back in Texas that are very vocal about not wanting anymore out of staters moving in. I do think the thing that has me worried the most is back in 2019/2020 when it first came up, if i remember correctly the housing market was very different in MT than what it looks like now. So the timing of when and where to buy is really intimidating.

Moved to Bozeman. Just wish I knew beforehand that I could have moved into a homeless encampment rather than spend 3k on rent. Nice to know our city government also doesn’t enforce laws just like Cali.

Lived in Montana 17 years. Bozeman cheap house 500,000 ! Very expensive to live there. Really Really cold!

Who can afford $800,000. The median income in this country is what 60,000. Where is all the money coming from?

I want to Denver that didn't work either. We went back to Philadelphia and it's no problem.

It's a beautiful state.... to visit, but living there is definitely not for me...

If you’re not from here or a generational Montana resident you’re not gonna like this state. I’m born and raised in Montana and I love this place but because I know what I have and what I can work with. It’s a certain breed that can survive and appreciate it

Please have enough sense to do your homework! Wow, it's not Florida or Southern California. It's sparsely populated and it gets cold, who would have thought that.

Pretty good information.

I didn't know houses in Montana were that expensive. Great info.

It used to be good to move states, welcomed even. Things are so tense rn

Doing homework, thank you.

I lived in Alaska for a few years in a remote area. Montana seems like easy mode.

Hey man, I decided to visit Montana this weekend because your videos inspired me! As a Canadian, This has to be my favourite state so far (PS: I visited 24/50 states so far)

Montana culture is definitely OUTDOOR. Hunting, fishing, 4x4s and dirt bikes, motorcycles, horseback riding, biking, hiking etc. are what people do in their spare time… plus drinking of course!

There is so much wrong with this video, I don't really know where to start. I feel like a college professor who is asking for academic journals as resources. I'll be back.

How much is the apartment one bedroom in Billings, Kalispell or Helena?is the apartment have always one year contract lease? If so, and if you didn't finished the contract what is the condition of the apartment landlords ther3? Thank you

😂😂😂😂 I’m from Colorado, welcome to the hell of being over run by out of staters

It is the second video about "be careful before moving to Montana". When I see the pictures and videos about the nature and the beauty, I was thinking about the idea of having cottages as a working area for all that stressed out desk workers. Bring them their, let them make a kind of holiday office like work and relaxation. I'd love that. But maybe I'm the only one.

Top paying jobs in Montana: 1.Physician 2. Real Estate Agent

I moved here 3 years ago. One of the biggest shocks is making $11 hour- and that's considered a normal wage.

Montana is HUGE and each area is unique in every way. NW Montana is by far the best in almost every way. There is a huge variety of things to see and do up there compared to other areas and it the most scenic as well. Bonus for not being a college town too.

So connect the dots between the $700,000 home in Montana and the lower than average wages in Montana?

I never figured out what i want to do with my life, im used to rural and quiet, the dive bar exists for passing time on weekends lol. I hear the 90/94 line is decent

I am retired from the Air Force and I got stationed in Great Falls in 1989. I bought my first house, kept it when I got transferred to New Mexico, and returned after I retired in June 1995. Montana is a wonderful place to live and raise a family. I eventually left only because my wife , of 35 years, passed away and I then got remarried. In this day and age, there are no perfect places but we enjoyed living in Great Falls and Montana. My deceased wife loved Great Falls and Great Falls was a big city by my standards because I grew up in small town of about 24,000 in New Hampshire.

Winters in Missoula were easy going compared to winters in WY...for the most part.

Move to Detroit. You'll love montana

Moving from Phoenix to Montana would be a big cluster flop. Winters in Phoenix are about 60 degrees, winters in Montana are 20 degrees to negative. Visiting Montana in the summer would be bearable, but moving there? Not gonna happen.

How are public services? (Let’s say BILLINGS) Water and power? Internet services/Wi-fi, during the winter? Because I hear it gets pretty cold into the minus- weather?

Thinking of selling our cattle ranch in Central Oregon to go to Eastern Montana.

Lived in virginai city, outside of ennis...wonderful & off the beaten path.😮

I’m in maine and I’m dreaming of moving here but boy was this video a wake up call😅

Know this, they will continue to come as they are many like the stars in the night sky, as they did during the time of my forefathers. Just as it was with my people in generations past, your own generations, culture and way of life are changing. You will continue to use words like embrace our culture, way of life, traditional views and respect for the land. But your treaty and conditions with those coming into the land and your expectations will not be honored as history once again repeats itself.

The only "Montana moving" regret I have is TEMPORARILY moving to Missouri to care for my 90 year old mother. I fully intended to move back to Montana after she passed away, but I met a woman, we got married, my mom passed and we moved to Florida. Now I spend 51 weeks a year just waiting to go spend a week back in Superior with my youngest daughter and grandkids.

I live in the county in ohio ,I have your same county values .but I was saving $ and found nice 20 acre lots for around $ 40 k ,then after the pandemic property sold out as soon as the lock down was over,then 20 acres is 80 to 130 k ,eastern mt, county property all over the US more than doubled. Im still saving . But I'm getting older

I want to move somewhere gonna be a forest stranger

How would you describe the right place for retirement age people who need amenities and health care services easily available near one's condo residence?

What is better montana or west virginia,?

Honest question… if wages are below average in MT then why are home prices to astronomically high? I get the supply/demand aspect… but it seems so be a bit wild

What about a 20 to 40 acre develop land with a nice running stream or river through it, what would be the price $

We are doing it!

Great now you live in Montana, jokes on you.

It has to be in the mountains log cabin away from society

Housing prices in Cheyenne? Maybe cheaper than the high end millions?

We’re going to the Libby area to look around for land to buy in late May. We’ll pay cash for the property and as we can afford to, we’ll put in a basement and footings. Save more money and have Meadow Lark build us a log house. Save more money and have the doors and windows installed. Save up more and have the plumbing and electrical work installed. In 12 years when my wife retires, we’ll sell our $1.1 million dollar home here so we can put our septic system and well in, buy our fixtures and relocate for our retirement years. I retired early and work a few days a week in my profession.

Yes....the western part of Montana is where people should consider moving to. We don't need any slackers..It's hard work, avoiding the tourists in the summer. 😂

Went. I live in Louisiana. I'm a retired veteran. I love to rent. I do not want to own. Does Montana have places to rent? I never see anything in any videos about apartments

Yeah, COVID-19 did this and the realtors made everything high. Yeah, that's why i'm moving back to alaska where it's cheap, very brave cheap two acres for 7 thousand dollars

As usual. Eastern Montana is completrly ignored!😢

And i thought central texas was expensive

Heat, cold, bugs, wind, drugs, criminals.

Riding dirtbikes, I love, I want, I will! MONTANAAAA!!

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So in other words if you are not rich don’t bother.

Montana don’t like people coming to change things hit the road we don’t want you’

Small infrastructure

Don't move. 9 months of winter and nothing to do. Trust me, I did it and hated it. There are other similar states with more to do and not as expensive. Do yourself a favor and save your money.

higher cost of living with lower wages

Ain't much happening here in nyc..dull comes to mind..screw big cities!

I am moving to butte montana from st. Paul minnesota. Any advice or thoughts?

I love how Montana is only an hour fron the beach.

Winter can be fine if you're retired and are away during December, January and February! So the question is the location of the best town for the needs of that demographic. Is it Billings?

I regret selling my house.

Checkout the Bitteroot Valley Area of Montana. Hamilton, MT. We are leaving Butte in August 2024. This was a mistake for us. Winter is too long, rent is too high, the people are grumpy, mean, and really don’t want newcomers. Good luck. If you have children make sure you supervise them very tightly. Don’t let them hang out with unsupervised children. Most children we see are unsupervised. You know what that means, right? Wait for 10 years. You will see. Montana is in for a shock. Big time.

One thing this guy is not telling you ,don't move her Montana is full !

Just don’t move here. All these out of staters are jacking up everything especially housing.

So it's all broken.... Can't afford a home and wages reflect that 👍

You will hate Montana. It's so damn cold. You have to be rich to live in Montana. No jobs. Rent is too high. Not enough rentals.

Don't worry, I won't go to Montana. I don't know where; warmish Maybe the Midwest, maybe Tennessee. Depends on the guy I marry. Since you backed off.

I’m from California. Welcome to out of staters over running your state. Been happening in California for 50 years. I’ve been here now for 16 years. Best move I ever made.

Montana hasn't been "flooded". Percentage growth rates are still low.

it knows i hate it with all a passion

Is montana a crypto friendly state?

So a lot of crooks in Montana is your state a blue state

DO NOT MOVE TO MONTANA!

Billings has better meth

I'm sold Montana here i come😊

Billings is a cesspool....so overrated and over-priced..and i have a biz here for 34 yrs...but im only in Billings 4 months outta the yr for many reasons....best part of Bilings???? The highway that runs by it! Stay on it!!!😂

I like the winter a lot. It has many advantages for like hiking and hunting and that but it has other benefits. The winter in Montana and North Dakota keeps most of the weak and cowardly and thieving and liberals and most leftists out.

It is a terrible state, don't move to Montana. Move to the West Coast.

I spent years preparing for my retirement in the northwest. Three years before I retired from the military I took my family on a month-long tour of five states. We narrowed our choices down to Idaho and Montana (both places I'd visited in my youth). The following year we came back to find land on which to build our dream home. By then I had created the following checklist by which to judge the right location for us. PROPERTY INFORMATION HOW MUCH ACREAGE IS FOR SALE WHAT IS THE TOTAL PRICE AND THE PRICE PER ACRE DESCRIBE THE LOCATION AND SIZE OF ANY LAKES, SPRINGS, OR CREEKS ON THE PROPERTY HOW MUCH WATER FRONTAGE IS THERE HOW MUCH/HOW TALL ARE THE TIMBER ON THE PROPERTY IS THERE A WELL ON THE PROPERTY IF I NEED A WELL, HOW DEEP WOULD I NEED TO GO AND WOULD I GO THROUGH ROCKS WHAT IS THE QUALITY OF THE DRINKING WATER CAN THE HOUSE BE CENTRALLY SITED FOR A VIEW OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY AND WATER IF SO, WILL I HAVE A WATER VIEW WITH SOUTHERN EXPOSURE IF SO, WILL I HAVE A MOUNTAIN VIEW WITH SOUTHERN EXPOSURE ARE THE MOUNTAINS BARE OR DO THEY HAVE TIMBER ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE RIGHT OF WAYS CROSSING THE PROPERTY ARE THERE ANY STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY WHAT KIND OF ROADS OR TRAILS ARE ON THE PROPERTY ARE THERE ANY PASTURES ON THE PROPERTY IS ANY OF THE PROPERTY FENCED OR GATED IS THE LAND SUITABLE FOR PLANTING VEGETABLES IS THE LAND SUITABLE FOR RAISING LIVESTOCK IS THE PROPERTY SUITABLE FOR A 2500 FT AIR STRIP WHAT IS THE ELEVATION HOW FAR IS THE NEAREST PAVED ROAD DOES THE PROPERTY HAVE YEAR-ROUND ACCESS ARE THERE ANY ZONING RESTRICTIONS OR COVENANTS ARE THERE ANY EPA CLEANUP ISSUES OR RESTRICTIONS DESCRIBE THE AIR QUALITY ADJOINING PROPERTY INFORMATION HOW NEAR ARE THE NEIGHBORS CAN YOU SEE OR HEAR YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE THERE ANY ACTIVE ROADS OR RAILROAD TRACKS NEARBY IS THE PROPERTY NEAR ANY COMMERCIAL OR MILITARY FLIGHT PATHS DOES THE LAND BORDER OR IS IT NEAR ANY FEDERAL/STATE LAND LOCAL ENVIRONMENT HOW FAR (DISTANCE/TIME) IS THE NEAREST COMMUNITY WITH SERVICES HOW FAR (DISTANCE/TIME) IS THE NEAREST LARGE COMMUNITY WITH A REGIONAL AIRPORT HOW FAR (DISTANCE/TIME) IS THE NEAREST MILITARY INSTALLATION WHAT IS THE WEATHER LIKE (AVG SEASONAL SUN, RAIN, SNOW; WIND, TEMP, HUMIDITY) WHAT ARE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE AREA WHAT ARE THE PRIMARY SOURCES ON INCOME IN THE AREA WHAT IS THE AVERAGE INCOME LEVEL IN THE AREA WHAT IS THE AVERAGE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL IN THE AREA WHAT IS THE RATING OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE WHAT IS THE CRIME RATE WHAT IS THE GENERAL POLITICAL ATTITUDE IN THE AREA (CONSERVATIVE, LIBERAL, MIDDLE, ETC) WHAT TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXISTS WHAT ARE THE LOCAL FLORA AND FAUNA DESCRIBE THE GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF THE AREA WHAT ARE THE LOCAL POINTS OF INTERESTS AND HISTORY OF THE AREA WHAT RECREATIONAL OPTIONS AND AREAS ARE NEARBY TAXES WHAT IS STATE/LOCAL SALES TAX % WHAT IS STATE INCOME TAX RATE IS MILITARY RETIREMENT PAY TAXED HOW IS PROPERTY TAX DETERMINED WHAT WOULD I EXPECT TO PAY IN PROPERTY TAX ARE THERE ANY OTHER TAXES (USE, PERMIT, ETC) CONSTRUCTION WHAT IS THE COST OF A BUILDING PERMIT WHAT BUILDING CODES AND INSPECTIONS APPLY WHAT ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERING DRAFTING COMPANIES ARE AVAILABLE WHAT ROOFERS ARE AVAILABLE WHAT TRUSS MANUFACTURERS ARE AVAILABLE WHAT LUMBER COMPANIES AND PLUMBING SUPPLIERS ARE AVAILABLE WHAT RELIABLE CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING SUPPLY COMPANIES ARE IN THE AREA WHAT IS THE AVERAGE COST PER SQUARE FOOT FOR CONSTRUCTION ON SITE WHAT ARE THE COSTS FOR WELL DIGGING AND SEPTIC WHAT IS THE COST OF DIRT/GRAVEL ROAD BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE WHAT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND PLUMBERS ARE AVAILABLE WHAT CARPENTERS, CONCRETE LAYERS, AND STONE MASON ARE AVAILABLE WHAT CONCRETE SERVICE IS AVAILABLE WHAT DRYWALL AND PAINTING SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE WHAT FLOORING AND TILE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE WHAT KIND OF STONE IS AVAILABLE FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES ARE USPS, FED EX, OR UPS SHIPPING/MAILING AVAILABLE WHAT IS THE COST TO ESTABLISH ELECTRIC HOOKUP ONTO THE PROPERTY WHAT IS THE COST TO ESTABLISH GAS SERVICE WHAT IS THE COST TO ESTABLISH WATER HOOKUP WHAT ARE THE COSTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF INSTALLING A SEPTIC SYSTEM WHAT IS THE COST TO ESTABLISH PHONE/INTERNET SERVICE ARE FIBER OPTIC LINES INSTALLED IN THE AREA IS CELL PHONE SERVICE AVAILABLE AND RELIABLE IS SATELLITE SERVICE AVAILABLE WHAT KIND/COST OF TRASH SERVICE IS AVAILABLE WHAT QUALITY OF EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE (EMS, ENHANCED EMS, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT, ETC) WHAT KIND OF HOSPITAL, MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE ARE AVAILABLE HOW FAR AWAY ARE EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE FOREST FIRES A PROBLEM AND WHO RESPONDS HOW MUCH WILL PROPERTY INSURANCE COST

These videos tend to understate the weather here, winter starts anywhere from sept to oct & can last into Apr, with day highs averages low 30s & sub zero at night, with dys & weeks of -10 to -60. there's really no spring, we go from 30's during the day to 70 degrees or higher the next day. Fall isn't much different going from 70s-80s day & 50s night one day to 30s to low 40s days & single digits or sub zero nights. These videos also tend to downplay the hunting & gun culture here in MT. Hunting, if it's off season for big game, birds or furbears, then predator hunting is going on. From coyotes & raccoons to rabbits, hunting is yr round here in MT. Gun culture, things have changed since passing permitless carry 3 yrs ago, use to be you saw open carry everywhere, not so much since the passing of the permitless carry. But understand here in MT, even if you don't see the firearm assume everyone is carrying, so don't be surprised going into a WAL-Mart & seeing someone carrying a firearm. MT is a complicated state, from politics to social issues & everything in between. MT is setup for you to succeed, but also setup for you to fail.

We drove through Montana on our way back to Canada. Stayed overnight in Bozeman. What a dark, disgusting city.

Is Montana trump country and if so which areas are the most trump supporters

This video is silly. The people that move to a state without any prior information, would not be watching these videos. The other people already know what to do. It all comes down to common sense. I watch because I am bored AF!