Cost of Living

Montana simply cannot have it both ways. Our housing issues are now at crisis level with soaring prices and next to no inventory. Have you known anyone who has tried to rent a trailer? It's next to impossible with very lengthy waiting lists.

This might be a frustrating town but it's not short on wit and quick retorts.

I had a very interesting conversation yesterday with a friend I hadn't seen in months. We hadn't seen each other because she and her husband moved from Bozeman to Butte.

Rent is no joke around Gallatin County. Prices are sky high, and resentment is rising. Don't ask a stupid question online if you're not prepared to get verbally destroyed.

Bozeman has hit the big time, and there's no turning back now.

I'm talking money. Stretching the paycheck. Incentives that truly work. Bozeman is rapidly running out of time to figure out how to allow us "normal folks" to live here. Let's get insanely creative and throw all the ideas on the wall before it's too late.

We all know that Bozeman is an expensive place to live, but is it the most expensive town in America? According to some information recently released, it could be.

Here's a basic breakdown of the estimated cost of living in Bozeman.

We're in trouble. This isn't a "shake your head" broken record thing anymore. Montana towns are in deep, serious, fast-moving financial transformation. I've sugar-coated my personal concerns about Bozeman's change up until now. I can't do that anymore.

One of the most important lessons my grandfather ever taught me was to set aside money for retirement. After all, you want to be able to enjoy your golden years.

Home prices and property taxes are not on this list. However, in an age of constant internal Bozeman Bashing, there are still MANY things that I appreciate about living here.

With all the talk about Bozeman's housing prices, property taxes and the cost of living here in general, a few of us got together over beers to discuss long time residents not being able to afford living here anymore. (Socially distanced, of course.)