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Why Do Montanans Hate Outsiders? What's Really Behind the "Go Home" Attitude

If you've ever typed "moving to Montana" into Google, you already know what's waiting for you on the other side of that search bar. Reddit threads telling you Montana is full. Facebook comments insisting locals don't want you here. Blog posts about bumper stickers that claim Montana is full. If you were simply curious about visiting, or seriously weighing a move, it's enough to make you second-guess the whole idea before you've even looked at a map.

Here's the thing worth saying up front: the frustration behind those comments is real. But the story that Montana is uniquely under siege, and that Montanans are uniquely hostile to newcomers, isn't quite right. This is…

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Why I Left Bozeman for Lewistown, Montana (And Why I'd Do It Again)

My first reaction when the idea of moving came up was something close to: not again. I've spent most of my adult life in motion with ten moves in the last decade and early twenties that were more nomadic than settled. Montana was the place that finally stuck and I've been here eight years. And for the first time in as long as I could remember, I had lived in the same home for more than three years. I was nesting. I had a routine. I knew where everything was. But if I'm honest, underneath all of that comfort, something was still unsettled. We always knew Bozeman wasn't forever. I just hadn't said when yet.

And then life handed us a reason to say it.

The Opportunity That Started…

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