Moving to Montana from California? Read This!

Even though it is the fourth biggest state, Montana has only over a million people. Out of which, its biggest city has 200K people.

No crowds, and wide open spaces on just 15 minutes drive are the attractive attributes of Montana.

Glacier National Park attracts most people for hiking and skiing. The spectacular views from up there are just mind-blowing and unbelievable.

Speaking of that, many people in Montana are moved from the western part of the US like Seattle, Washington, Portland, Oregon, California, and Denver.

Now the question is, why most people from the Western US are moving to Montana? It’s because the big cities don’t attract them anymore. Additionally, they want to be in a calm place surrounded by mountains.

But the internet is a basic necessity nowadays, especially after the advent of remote working and working from home, it is needed by everyone, everywhere.

However, fiber optics facilities are available for the residents of valleys. Starlink Satellite is the game-changer since it’s opening up services in Montana. Living in the middle of the mountains in Montana and accessing good internet is no more a dream.

Though Snow skiing and Snowboarding are Californians’ favorite games and they may get excited about witnessing winters since they have never seen that before, living in that weather may not be easy for Californians hence it can be a challenge for them when they relocate to Montana.

This story is being told for awareness purposes that two girls were killed by two different grizzly bears on the same night at the well-known Glacier National Park in Montana.

Bear Spray:

A highly concentrated and strong pepper spray to deter an aggressive bear is carried by the people visiting mountains since there seem a lot of bears.

A fun fact is that some people think that’s just a mosquito repellent spray so spraying it on your kids is fine but it’s not.

Kalispell, Montana has a big tech company and some other logging companies. Bozeman, Montana has some start-up businesses that are growing fast since people from Silicon Valley are interested in running those businesses.

Entrepreneurs:

Since there are no big industries, entrepreneurs are welcome there to open up new businesses. Moreover, due to the growth in Montana’s community over the last couple of years, demand for businesses and industries has increased.

Even after buying costly land, you have to build and construct a house, which will be much more expensive.

A nice single-family home in Whitefish, Montana costs $875k currently due to inflation. The same house cost was only $400k almost 4 years ago. This gives the idea that the real estate market is quite expensive in Montana.

But still, when people move there they are pleased and thankful for its calmness and beauty and like living there saying the money is worth it.