Anyone from Montana?

Hey, I might have a good spot for you. I'm just north of Montana in Canada, and we drove through much of the state during the holidays. There was this one really great town we drove through called Bozeman. It was like this quaint little city/big town with a cool, lit-up-at-Christmas main street with old fashioned shops lining the street. It reminded me of an old New England town or something. There's a University there--the University of Montana-Bozeman I think--and it looked like a very cool place to live. My hubby and I were saying we should check into jobs at the University there. Also, listening to the news recently (since we're only 100 miles north of the border and Canadian TV stations are pretty lackluster, we mostly get northern US stations), the labor market in Montana is great for workers right now. There aren't enough workers, so people can get great wages at jobs that would normally be lower-paying. In Bozeman there are all sorts of little clothing shops and period-type diners and such. I'd look up on realtor.com to find out the price of real estate. And mountain people LOVE everything outdoors. Skiing is huge, snowboarding, horse-back riding, rock-climbing, dirt-biking, kayaking, lots of camping. In my experience, people who live in these regions prefer sports that might kill them. Well, that's all I got--hope it helps! I'm sure there are people out there who can add.

My aunt has a cabin in Montana, on Flathead Lake. I go there during the summer so I can answer a couple of the questions. Kind of. (I'm having my MC from Montana as well, Polson)

If you live near Flathead Lake, Kalispell would be the nearest semi-big town. They have an airport. And I would say Big Fork does too... *strains to remember*

The lake is a lot of fun. There's rafting on the river into the lake. A lot of the local college age kids work for the raft co. as guides. (Though that's in Polson.) http://www.flatheadraftco.com

Plus there's a resort, there's fun and jobs to be had there.

I can't speak for the winter though.

I have pictures if you like.
Just let me know.
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