I fell in love with Montana and especially whitefish while doing fire ecology research from CU Boulder. Found the people to be wonderful, outdoorsy, and caring as well as involved. Felt that I found my true home after lots of searching while in the military. Unfortunately, it seemed too difficult to get a foothold within the smaller economy that would allow for home ownership. Just wanted to share my experience and to add that making laws against second homes for the very wealthy and implementing some sort of mandatory community involvement through worked hours might help attract the right people when having new people come to the state and/or town. I know that I would love to do community volunteer work while the super wealthy might not, because a lot of us care as much about the environment and community at large than just the spectacular views.
I fell in love with Montana and especially whitefish while doing fire ecology research from CU Boulder. Found the people to be wonderful, outdoorsy, and caring as well as involved. Felt that I found my true home after lots of searching while in the military. Unfortunately, it seemed too difficult to get a foothold within the smaller economy that would allow for home ownership. Just wanted to share my experience and to add that making laws against second homes for the very wealthy and implementing some sort of mandatory community involvement through worked hours might help attract the right people when having new people come to the state and/or town. I know that I would love to do community volunteer work while the super wealthy might not, because a lot of us care as much about the environment and community at large than just the spectacular views.