r/geography Geography Enthusiast 26d ago

Why aren't there any large cities in this area? Discussion

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u/AngryPhillySportsFan 26d ago

It's now the getaway quiet place for every rich person in the west wanting to play cowboy for a week or two every year. They bought all the cheap houses during covid and now want double what they paid.

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u/crod4692 26d ago

That and ski resorts. Big Sky is close to Bozeman, right?

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u/AngryPhillySportsFan 26d ago

About an hour apart

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u/Helios_One_Two 26d ago

Yeah Californians buying houses site unseen near whitefish and Bozeman ruined the housing market here…

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u/yorlikyorlik 25d ago

I’m not trying to start anything, but under what set of laws or rules does it say that land values must be artificially suppressed, and land ownership be restricted to “locals”? Who do you think sold the land (and profited handsomely) to the Californians? (Last word must be read in either Bill Hader’s or Fred Armison’s voice)

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u/GomiBoy1973 25d ago

Some Montanans did very well. A lot more can’t afford to live there anymore.

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u/ThatDarnBanditx 23d ago

My parents live near whitefish in a house that’s been in family for generations, and their neighbor who bought a house cash for 100K above asking, bought 4 houses in the valley, happens to be Californian and bring all their friends out every summer, who then say they want to buy a place up there

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u/Burt-Macklin 23d ago

No laws, just like unfettered capitalism, but that doesn’t change the fact that greed is shitty.