Very informative video thank you!

My son is in USAF, stationed in Great Falls. Back in the summer,, we made the road trip out there from Kentucky. Montana is a beautiful state!

I love that when we are speaking about the negative aspects of a certain local, the number of Californians is high on the list. Excellent information.

This should be made for every state in the US given today's issues.

I subscribed because you climbed all the way up there. Great view

Now do Montana vs. Wyoming.

i subscribed because of your opening line. "i climbed all the to the top of this mountain..." :)

You can live on federal land. My friend Sasquatch does.

Looked at he Panhandle for 2 years before finally buying 10 miles over the border in MT. Saved a lot of money and found property very fast.

Dude your videos are excellent. I am learning so much, way more then what they teach in schools. Good Job my friend.

Thank you for taking the time to make this video Good job really helpful.

I grew up in Montana, my wife is from Idaho and I really enjoyed this. I will say, however, that having moved to the Phoenix area several years ago, Billings and Boise no longer seem like "big cities" to me -- not even close. It's all relative, but to me if I wanted to get to a smaller-city situation with less traffic and crowding, even Billings and Boise would fit the bill. You would have most of the benefits of a city but still can easily get to the beautiful mountains and trout streams that are just outside the city. Billings is within a 2 hour drive of 3 of Yellowstone's entrances if I remember right.

I'm idahoan and if you live in Boise it's costs a lot

Lived in CO almost my whole life. Seen this state go from deep red to blue, and with that the cost of living has gone up. Been looking at Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, Ponderay, Mizzoula, and some parts of WY. This channel helps with understanding what's going on up there with y'all. Looks like there's a lot of mountain-seeking millennials like myself looking to do the same, ugh.

My grandfather long ago 1920's-1940's was a timber estimator in north Idaho. He was hired by the government and logging companies to determine the number of board feet of lumber an area of trees had. He made very good money there but chose to come back to Utah to raise his family.

Great video, excellent info! Thanks 👍

Thanks so much for the video! It was very eye-opening!

Very informative. Thank you

This was a great video, thank you.

Lots of great information. Thank you

Very educational thanks!

I was raised and worked in Missoula for about 33 years. Undergrad in Boise and moved back to Boise about10 years ago. Boise and Missoula are very similar: college towns, surrounded by mountains, lots of outdoor/recreational activities. Both real estate markets are being inflated by CA, OR, and WA transfers. The price of homes, cost of living, etc. are comparable. Food costs slightly more in Missoula, Idaho's sales tax makes cost about the same. Boise vs. Missoula. Even. Boise has considerably more commercial/industrial diversity to support growth and the room to grow. Missoula simply doesn't have it. Missoula has the UofM, real estate market, and tourism..... there really isn't much else to bring in revenue. Boise clearly has the edge here. Winters are milder in Boise but you can drive 2 hours or less and be in the mountains and snow. Population density in Boise is brutal. However, anyone who's driven Missoula's Reserve street at rush hour would argue that Boise is worse. Slight edge to Boise.

Awesome video, useful informations, thank you!

that geographical input was SO helpful. For someone living in Europe, the federal land ownership was something completely new to me. Great video!

Great info! Thanks for sharing.

I love your videos -- they are very educational and I appreciate it!!

The Federal land is what makes it Idaho.

Really great video!

Good video, thx for the info

AWSOME video...Thank you.

Great video. Thank you.

Lived in Boise all my life. Just bought land in Polson, MT to retire to because I can no longer afford the land prices here and the influx of new residents have changed Idaho.

Great video! Exactly what i needed to know. Thank you, you saved me a lot of time and research.

Very useful thank you

Enjoyed and shared, plus subscribed 😊

Excellent video!

Thank you for these videos. Been interested in moving back to AK, but also digging into northern Idaho and Western Montana as possible alternatives and your videos are very informative

Great insight....❤❤❤

Great break down

Excellent information

I fell in love with Montana when I was 17 and spent some time in Hamilton in the Bitterroot valley….now I’m 63, going back to visit after 45+ yrs (waaay overdue 😂)…I really appreciate the great points you make in your videos….i will probably seek your services to find a place to make my homestead in Western Montana…keep up the great work! 👍👍👍😄

Would love to see a Montana vs Wyoming

Very good information in this video, thanx! Kinda hoped you would keep going north of Sandpoint. Maybe another good video to do if you have knowledge.

Thanks man great informative video! Will retire from Army in one of the mountain states. Wife wants civilization...shopping, restaurants, and I want piney mountains and lakes

Nice Video! Your home prices are a little off for the Treasure Valley, but you make a good comparison

Hey just found your video. Do you do this for other states? Thx

A lot of Navy submarine research is done in the deep lake at Sandpoint (1,150 ft). The especially "quiet" water there affords unique conditions for various testing requirements.

Thank You!

Excellent video. One thing I didn't catch was property taxes.

Would you do a video on Montana vs North Dakota/ South Dakota?

Missoula and the surrounding area was overrun with Californians decades ago. That's why the state went purple and now blue.

Thinking about moving to either both!!! What timing! Thank you Sir! Subscribed!

I thought I’d live in MN for the rest of my life. Sad to leave, but Montana looks great right now.

Thanks!

I didn't know that majority of Idaho was federal land.

Thank You

I really have to laugh at this video. It is almost 2 years old, but you had better update your Bozeman information. I recently had to flee out of the Bozeman area. I had lived just outside Gallatin Gateway, about 10 miles from Bozeman for 45 years. The average home prices now (2022) are near $900,000. People born and raised there can't afford to but a home there. My son makes a salary well above the average salary in the area and can't afford to live there. He has chosen another part of northwestern Montana that doesn't have a university, airport or interstate with a population under 3,000 people. He can work remotely. I put my house on the market and in 3 days over the Thanksgiving weekend for well over asking. The traffic is ridiculous. Some of the roads were recently widened but the roads are still crowded. Too many impatient drivers acting like Richard Petty wannabees. No more pickup trucks with Montana mud flaps being driven by cowboys. It's BMW's, Mercedes and Land Rovers. The property taxes in Gallatin County have gone up so fast in recent years. I had a couple of acres with no covenants, with a comfortable home, not a McMansion that are going up all over the valley. I am so happy to get out of the Gallatin Valley and the Bozeman area. I do have a lot of great memories from the and a lot of good friends, but am so happy to be back into s small town that resembles Montana. Bozeman does not. It really breaks my heart to see what has happened to the valley that was once full of farms and ranches now having every square inch of available land being bought up by developers. I never thought I would say it but, ADIOS BOZEMAN.

So people like me that want to make a relatively self-sustaining homestead can't afford to go there anymore because Californians and the like have skyrocketed prices, only to then try and make Montana like California. Awesome.

The area around Grangeville is the "Camas Prairie" while Moscow/Pullman is the "Palouse" region in Idaho/eastern WA.

Good day, Thank you for a very informative and concise vid. So much info in 15 min clip...excellent. Stay safe neighbor.

New sub here, I just found your channel. It’s very informative and educational. I LOVE ❤️ IT!!! Montana is such a beautiful state. I really enjoy learning all I can learn about it. Keep up the GREAT WORK guys. God Bless You. 💜🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻💜

Could you do one with Utah?

Thank you very much for the info. I was wondering if you have rating of which city/county has more freedom in Idaho and Montana? My beliefs lean towards more of a libertarian, tiny government and freedom of choice.

I just skimmed thru, but it appears you pretty much wrote off SE Idaho, "flat, farm ground, desert,." Perfect, keep saying that, let's keep it a secret! Says the SE Idaho guy who once had a National Geographic photo journalist of many years, while standing in the living room looking out the living room window, say: "I've been all over the world, and this is one of the best views I've ever seen."

So what I have learned is that home prices are higher where more people want to live. Also, there is a lot of land in Montana where no one wants to live.

Many people that live in Idaho - Coeur d Alene / Post Falls work in Spokane because the wages are better. If you have children you may want to consider the schools and how they rank. I can’t believe how fast the market has changed since we moved to Eastern Washington. Both here and in North Idaho.

What about places up North like Eureka? Is seems expensive as well. But I visited recently and there wasn't much there. Do you predict more growth up there as well?

Fantastic ! Loving Montana

I’m from California, born and bred back from when California was still awesome. I checked out the greater Boise area a few months ago. It sucks. Too much traffic, kind of dirty overall, and people are not friendly at all. I’ve lived in and visited several regions of this great country. So far, Boise is one of the worst.

My Great Great Grandfather brought the dirt into Cascade ID. Levi Kimball, first guy in the local history books. Theres another ski area behind Lake Cascade called Tamarack. I wouldn't mind moving there one day. Live in Tahoe myself.

I have a ranch in Northern Idaho and love it here. Your opinion is negative of the amount of sellable land in Idaho vs Federal land. I find it to be a positive. As it will forever be less crowded. That is what people want, privacy and space. You look at it through the prism of being able to make money by selling property, not what the people want. Where I live there are no properties for sale as they are viewed as gems. You sell them you can not replace them.

I was born in Bozeman, Mt.75 years ago. I live in California now. Montana still calls my ❤ heart.

Subscribed cause you climbed that big ass Mountain

I live close to Couer D' Alene We are considering moving to Montana if we can find acreage and a job for my husband.

Cool.

I understand the point that you're trying to make about all of that federal land, but it's one of the things that makes living out west so great. I was born in the southeast and have either lived or visited 34 states. And the east coast has very little access to public land when compared to the west. Meaning, that there isn't nearly as many places for recreation and enjoying the beauty of this country. Out west, if you feel like going shooting or camping or 4 wheeling you can go onto some BLM land and enjoy yourself. We don't have that luxury on the east coast. Great video.

I see myself in either Elk City, ID or Darby, MT in the next 20 years

What's the drive from Pocatello to Boise? about 3 & 1/2 hours?

Looks like we need an updated video, average home price in Kalispell and Boise is now 450k!!!!

I want to live In either state but it’s a matter of cost of living and finding a good job!

Can you do a breakdown of counties please.

nailed it! its only getting worst. its so full, sit at lights 2-3 cycles. i can't wait to leave 9 days!!

Idaho has a sales tax, Montana doesn't. Boise the average home is $400 to $600k , Montana is a tad cheaper depending on locale Bozeman homes are around $250 to 400k , Missoula is about the same. But other Montana cities are cheaper for homes at $200k.

Have a couple of friends who moved to Boise in 2012 for jobs in Education . They got out 4 years ago as they thought it was being ruined and crowded . It was cheap to buy into realty in 2012 .

Great video thanks. I see your wearing a Friedas tshirt. Or should I say former Friedas? I'm looking to sell my place in West Glacier. If you have some listings in Martin City/Coram or Hungry Horse please send to PO box 11 west glacier. Thanks

Is Oregon a better option?

I always wonder how the average home price is calculated, is it taken out of market data ? Let's say in any given area you would find much nicer homes, bigger, more amenties etc that would reflect in the average right ? But it say nothing about the price if you so wish to have a smaller home, less amenties etc. ? Would'nt it better in that case to take a "standard" family home and see how much it would cost there ?

Living in NJ I have to laugh at what most people consider congestion and traffic. 😅😅 I'll be going to Bozeman and WY in mid June. Can't wait to see the beautiful area and state!

Didn’t Larry Lujack retire in Idaho?

I wish I would have bought a home in Missoula in the 70’s when I lived there. Unfortunately only stayed 6 years.

Montana vs North Dakota plz.

now maybe one comparing montana and alaska?

Currently living in Chicago and want to get the heck out of here. Great video

Federal Land equals public lands though. Trust me, coming from Texas where there is little to zero public lands, it’s a great thing

Teddy new what would happen if they didn't set the land aside.

Well, I've heard true representations on Idaho made, and I've heard biased representations. Yours is off the charts biased. Too bad, because Idaho has nearly twice as much pristine wild land than Montana. Also, even though there are lots of national forest in Idaho, people still own land in there. Montana is like the frozen tundra in the winter. If you like the arctic, you'll love Montana. And if you want to run into lots of people from California, move to Montana.

Kansan here...was just in love with the scenery of Idaho on recent vacation. But all this information is so helpful if we were to seriously consider heading out west! I thought a really interesting point about the federal land percentage. Either way beautiful country in the areas described.

Just found your channel Love it Great job Can I get a place in Big Sky for around 300 k?

Could the people escaping from the Republic of California have a hand in making real estate prices climb?

Omg I would love no tax... here in Ontario we pay 13%sales tax!