Why Billings, Montana, Is the Best Town of 2016
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
- In 2016, Billings, Montana, beat out the likes of famed mountain towns like Jackson, Wyoming and Bend, Oregon to take home the top spot in Outside's annual Best Towns contest. Why exactly did it win? We spent a weekend there to find out.
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The video didn't even mention how Billings is an hour away from a really great mountain range in the Beartooths with a ton of fishing,hiking, and backpacking opportunities. There is also Red Lodge Mountain for people who like to ski.
Yep
And the snowy mountains
Shhh....don't tell anyone that. We like that place without crowds. If someone wants to find it, they will.
I was blessed beyond measure to have just visited, a local helped me find my hotel, she was stunning, no kidding! Every one was sooooo friendly, and that Bison burger at Jakes?, out of this world! Well, another visit beckons, right?
they are only friendly because they know you are leaving soon.
"A complete renaissance"? People always think change is good. Leave it alone, you'll only mess it up.
more people, more trash, more policies....You can see it here in Calirado, how Colorado went from a great outdoor mecca to over flowing with people that basically destroy trails. Our trail system can sustain the amount of use we're seeing here in CO. Then you have transient population just skyrocketing where they are leaving trash, human waste etc. I agree with your statement, sometimes certain places need to be left alone, it's what makes them unique.
*can't
@@jogger1987 sad reality
Looks like the liberals are really pushing things there.
Why are people obsessed with diversity just for diversity's sake? Does lack of a variety of melanin pigments make a place boring? Of course not! I don't see people complaining that in Cali you have
agreed
tigerhop As a lifelong Montana resident, I couldn't agree more.
because they want a way to take control of a place
It's not too big of a deal to me honestly.
Agreed. Diversity for the sake of diversity is such a strange political goal. If I travel to India, I'm not mad because 99% of the people I see are Indians. That'd be proposterous. They're all Indians because their ethnicity has dominated that geographic place for so many years. Same goes for "low diversity" (read: white) areas of the United States. They're white. So what? Anyone is welcome. But there's nothing wrong just because the majority ethnicity is white in that particular region.
I do like billings (I live there)
Alex_ Plays I live up in the heights
Me to
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Lamp I live in Connecticut xD why am I even watching this? 😂😂
Lockwood idk if that counts though haha
I liked the way you could navigate the city. Not a whole bunch of windy streets. ABY
Everyone: Talks about my town
Me: I live here for the Goosebumps.
i grew up in montana 3 generations of my relitives are buried in polso or ronan, i moved back to montana after 30 years and what i found was the rudest people to be around cant tell them of something new becuse if they havent seen it it dosent exist,and will argue untill there blind and still wont admit anything, so anyone going to montana save your money go someplace you can enjoy
That's about right.
Looks a great place, im. From uk 🇬🇧👍😜
What a beautiful sight. I forgot what a 90% white town actually looked like.
:/
Fucking racist I live here come see what the south side is like
Wow an actual racist
4 years later it's more like 75% white now and getting better. 🤘🏽
Billings sounds like a nice place but I am a wimp and don't think I could handle the winters there.
Love Billings
@bravo23 delta
You must be a joy to be around.
you forgot the dirt bike crowd
Can anybody that lives or has lived in Montana tell me how the summer heat is. Does it get humid allot up there because I HATE THE HUMIDITY. I really don't mind the heat as long as its dry but that damn humidity like we have here in Jacksonville Florida, I cannot stand it. Can anybody tell me about the summer weather in Montana? Is it a dry heat or humid most of the time?
William Santiago the heat in summer is pretty dry, average high end temp in summer is 90-95 degrees, average middle middle is85-87 or 88 degrees, and 80-82 or 83 is relatively low in summer. But we get lots of snow at least compared to Miami florida, Florida is near ocean wear water is which causes humidity. Montana temp wise is like a slightly lowered scale of Arizona but with snow in winter, its actually considerably, really dry here. Feel free to message if you have any more questions.
So if you were to take all the snow that fell this winter season, put it all together, and it fell all at once it would be 103 inches deep. That's our current record for snow. And in billings if you travel west for 1.5-2 hours you'll be in a mountain range, and in winter, on the beartooth pass in the mountains in Yellowstone national park, the snow will reach like 25ft high on both sides of the road, that 103 in all season was just billings, and the mountains here some have snow on them all year long. And their emagnificent, and you can do skiing and stuff like that.
Just checked and the Montana records for hot and cold are, -70 degrees below 0, and 117 degrees. But it never comes near either of those commonly ever.
But the mountains are awesome!
I live in Helena (western Montana) and humidity is pretty nonexistent in the summer! If it’s “humid”, the humidity is like 40% (like right after a heavy rain, which is rare). Most of the time humidity is like 5-10%. It makes it so that the 90 degree temperatures are very bearable (I’m from Iowa, so I know humidity). Just remember to bring or buy lip balm!
Winter is coming!
Red lodge tops billings for outdoor activities. but on the other hand we don't have as much music and food areas.
Jasper Poore ha we have food I like red loge and that one Mexican food place is good but more food here Bozeman is better tho
Its sooo nice up there one of the safest places to live and away from all the crime and stuff like that and less issues. I would love to be up there I wouldn't llive in LA Chicago New York tooo biggg. This places rules
Safe? You didn't stay there long enough. They might not gun you down in the street in broad daylight but stay there long enough and your picture might end up at the entrance to Walmart.
It's not great. Where else will you see an oil refinery just outside the downtown area? Homeless people all over. And the cops visit South Park at least 2 or more times a day
Holy crap I'm seeing so many comments of people saying that billings looks terrible like how live hear billings is hands down my home and my home city now there are too many people but it's still great
Shifting Manual- Too many people?!? lol!
I have been a target for robbery for the past 8 years and it's ruined my life .I need help .I have lived here my whole life with the oldest last name of my dad ernst.part of it my husband is an abuser metrapark.my name is a disbey name
It would be nice to here about Billings from someone not trying to make a sales pitch. I sat through 2 ad's {skipping of course) to listen to this. We will be coming through town in late August and for once it would be nice to not hear a sell. If I'm looking to buy, I'LL look to buy. Sorry but sick of living in a world of CONSTANT sales pitches, ad's and the latest and greatest.
Looks grest, im. From manchester uk 😜
I see the $10,000 mountain bike crowd has invaded Montana also.
kevin b it’s getting there.
are you crying about it?
Bikers are sickening
Everyone wants to know about our winters.well we do have four seasons,winter is coming,winter is here,still winter and construction season.Also the snow never melts in Montana the wind blows it around until it just wears out!!
great
I lived in Billings and did Security there 2016/2017. I wouldn't want to live there again. Partially due to the amount of homeless downtown. Plus didn't find anything special about the place. I moved there from out of state to better my life. And I will say this though I got a job within a week of moving there and was doing the best in my life at that point. Full time job, my first vehicle, my own place. Went to the gym daily. Enlisted into the army from there. I've lived in a few other states before moving to Montana and pretty much had zero luck with anything. And Montana has been the best state I ever lived in. Out of about 6 total. If you absolutely have to go live in Billings go to Billings Heights. It's the nicest area compared to downtown and the west end of town. Also it probably has the more milder winter snow compared to the rest of the state. Although I'm the type that prefers more snow.
My grandfather was born in Billings Montana, seeing where he grew up is one of the reasons I want to transfer to Billings. Luckily my company has open positions in the area. Plus rent is cheaper than California, and I'm so sick of California.
I'm not the only in MT?
Looks great, but I bet it's cold as ass there in the winter.
Squirrel Attackspidy I live here and haven't spent a whole lot of time here, I've been here all my life but I'm 13 and the coldest I've experienced was around -25 below 0.
Squirrel Attackspidy I just searched it and the coldest day in montana ever recorded was Jan 20th 1954, with -70 degrees below 0.
Squirrel Attackspidy indeed. It’s cold as shit when it’s winter
Where my grandma and grandpa live
No fluoride added to their water. Pure water = happier people
Billings has fluoride in our water, sorry lol
Are there any jobs in healthcare administration?
Yes there is actually a lot of medical opportunities here.
I was born here 💚💚 i love it
Well ill agree with the montanians that state is top 20 in economy top 10 in least crazy. I would love to live there montana is the place. Id love to live there laid back feel where what you want and act as you want. No uppities. That is my kind of state.
Colorado is much more beautiful. More things to see and do. Higher peaks. You can truly be yourself in Colorado or Wyoming
Can't wait to live there
It's not that great
Hey buddy thank you so much for the info. One day soon me and my wife are going to drive up there from this hell hole Jacksonville Florida. I don't know how anyone wants to live here in Florida where you step outside and within five minutes you start sweating like a stuck pig and you start stinking. Sorry about the rant it's just that I hate it here, to humid down here. I'm really looking forward on making my trip to Montana, again thank you for the info on God's country.
My uncle just left the mountains of Colorado to live in FL lol your description is what I told him. However, he loves it lol
Colorado is better
I live in Connecticut so why am I even here? xD 😂😂😂
@bravo23 delta bruh like wtf take a chill pill
Me also, literally live in NYC
You know. Billings is a hour away from me and it's beautiful.
ZumbaPalys SuperDog- Lol!
@@JESUSSAVESISA i was in Billings recently, friendly helpful people. The food at jakes, the cocktails( no alcohol in mine pls.) , yummy, mouth drooling.
Its also in need of more workers for Jesus.. Another visit backons, right?
@@georgeholmes1490 " friendly helpful people" They must have known you were leaving.
@@remotecontrolgamer2580 yes, possible, those friendly folk knew i was a tourist.🕊️
Billings Montana is safe for most part. Places like chicago new york miami big cities in general are too crazy. And montana is ranked 43rd in crazies so thats good less psychos lol. Go montana. Im coming here one day truthfully. I need my peace and quiet in billings.
Won't find it in Billings it's a meathhole
You should move there. Sounds like your type of place.
RemoteControlGamer lol that’s what u think everyone has their opinions it looks nice u won’t know till u see it for yourself and it don’t have too many issues
Mental health America. This is where you can find the stats. Ron, you have your stats flipped. 43rd in mental health is not good. The lower number is better access to care and prevalence
Higher numbers is lower access to care and more prevalence
And I do believe Remote control gamer has lived in Billings. So again, you are questioning someone who has been there
I’m moving to Montana soon and it looks boring..I’m from the west side so this is different lol
I dont remember i voted 2016 best town..where the result come from? Dont click by the youtube title.
Jackson Hole, a place where a million is almost minimum wage.
I think it is cool to see all of these places I know I think it is cool. But in all seriousness we are falling apart. 😅🙃😶😲
I'd be concerned about rattlesnakes riding a bike through that tall grass, rocks and dry wood.
beautiful, but horrible freezing winters.....you have to wear longjohns for sure........nice to visit in the summer, but would not want to live there......way too cold
If I move to Montana the murder me cause I must have gone crazy
the entire video boils down to one sentence: you can ride your mountain bike drunk!
I think everywhere but billings is great
Agreed!
Billings is crack head central car theft auto get robbed all day and you will love it!! :D
BrooksApocalypse yeah i fucking hate it here
I live in Billings, Montana. Its not not that great. I personally think billings is more for old athletic adults not teenagers because teens want good places to shop.
Hence turned into crap cities that have nothing but buildings to see, lose its identity and scenery.
7% income tax? No thanx!
diversity? you wanna see culture and diversity come to Washington State! i guarantee you'll see every color race and type of people here! and each one of them will be a neighbor to the other... but yeah sure billings is nice... it was a friendly place when i lived there... just not much to do and a lot of squawk about nothing... and i missed being connected to what was going on in the rest of world i feel as if Montanan has its own little bubble and doesn't really know whats going on in the rest of world regarding trends fashion technology and so much more... but the people are hearty and friendly and very easy to get along with and there's tons of amazing nature...
Diversity? Who wants that dystopian garbage?
jdsullivan38 I do... and apparently all the people marching for black lives matter want that too eventually the majoritie is going to rule and right now your opinion is a little outdated but eventually it’s going to be ancient and I can’t wait to see that day! 😁 change is coming progress is here and there’s nothing you can do about it so buckle up buttercup because it’s gonna be a one hell of a ride!
@@kiekie84 You're deluded if you think that's the majority. Stop watching TV news
jdsullivan38 i’m not watching the news LOL I’m watching live video from people I know personally and I actually live in the area and I’ve been there
@@kiekie84 you call anarchy and extortion for protection progress?
Look at the dystopian world of "Chop" in Seattle. That's the future you are so excited over? The crowd delayed police and medical attention that was badly needed and someone died as a result.
Hope the good Lord blessed you to the point you will never need to have 911 active to come to your rescue. Oh wait, you own a firearm? Then would that make you a hypocrite?
Let me guess, you could not smolllllllllllllllllletttttttttte............what Bubba....................was........................cooking?
Then Bozeman is 2017👌🏻
Bozeman was the best, no offence meant to nobody..i just visited : the food , mouth drolling , those Bison thingy's mouth drooling couldnt stop eating and shopping and the scenery out of this world, the shopping ..all in a small space within easy reach i mean
Billings is not what it seems like.
Billings is exactly what it seems like... an ugly cow town.
JESUS SAVES ISA 43:11:12 your a cow
I live here fuck
Mountain people
Haha! You won't find any moutains in Billings. Nothing but flat desert and sagebrush. Eastern Montana is the ugliest. Go west towards Kalispell, Bozeman, and Missoula! Thats where Montana's true beauty begins to show!
I"'ll take Whitefish any day.
Whitefish has changed since I lived there in 76. Unaffordable now.
my last name is billings
Edit: cool
Pickleball?
Im moving to billings. One of the safest areas to live in compared to big cities like chicago cali nyc nah aint living there ever
ron thammavong it’s not the safest place to live lots of drugs and shootings, stabbing every night I recommend to live I the hights
@@tylerbruursema3789 Really? Every big citys that way u never hear it from there
ron thammavong it’s the sad trouth
Truth
@@tylerbruursema3789 You are wrong man. It all depends on where you at. Montana is nice man. Even i dont hear about montana and its better than most big cities.
Lol
Billings>All Montana
Minekneeguy
I have family that lives in Billings and I think its funny how they try and portray Billings as being a "big city." They always remind me how of how much like Denver it is, but its really not even close! Billings is just an ugly industrial cow town right on the crow reservation. I don't feel the real urban, "big city" vibe in that town. I recommend either Bozeman or Missoula. They have a big city feel, and always have a lot going on in those towns. They're going to outgrow Billings eventually though. Plus, the mountains in Bozeman and Missoula are to die for!
A) we all know Billings is small, but it is the largest city in Montana. We call ourselves a "little big town".
B) We aren't on the Crow Reservation, although the Crow nation is very close
C) Both Bozeman and Missoula are significantly smaller than Billings. Neither have more than 100k people, both are college towns, neither have a significant amount of large city factors, like gourmet dining, high quality inns, fair transportation, etc. Neither have tall buildings, where Billings has the tallest building in Montana, and has plans to possibly build even taller structures. Billings is older, and has received more international attention, such as Norwegian royalty staying at the Northern Hotel circa 1920. Trump, Obama, Clinton, Kennedy, and many other political figures have been to Billings, most not going to other cities. You have no point. Billings is superior to any other city in Montana.
So...Billings reaches 100k and all of a sudden that makes the town special?
Billings, MT population: 100k
Missoula, MT population: 70k
Great Falls, MT population: 60k
Bozeman, MT population: 40k
Billings, MT metro population: 180k
Missoula, MT metro population: 170k
Great Falls, MT metro population: 90k
Bozeman, MT metro population: 108k
Looks to me like Billings isn't much bigger then other Montana towns...Now, lets compare Billings, MT to actual cities like Boise, Spokane, Green Bay, and Salt Lake City. Spokane metro population: 600k Salt Lake metro population: 1.2M Green Bay metro population: 312k Boise metro population: 664k Billings, MT metro population: 180k. You see? Maybe Billings is the biggest city in Montana, but Billings, MT is just another town in Montana. Billings size compares to none of these cities.
Just because Billings is wasting 34 million dollars on a typical building, doesn't make it a big city. Plus, I'm a Montana native, from the Great Falls area, and I find Missoula and Bozeman to be more vibrant with a more "big city" feel then any other towns in MT.
Actually, you're wrong about Billings receiving more international attention. It wasn't too long ago, in the 70's, when Great Falls was titled the biggest city in Montana, and was actually bigger than Billings is today. Thanks to Great Falls, and the Anaconda Smelter Co., Montana had the most thriving economy providing (at the time) one of the nation's highest paying jobs, bringing foreigners and out-of-stater's to the Electric City to work. Now, let's talk about presidential visits in Montana...Kennedy came to Great Falls memorial stadium, along with Eisenhower, Johnson, Bush and many more. And yes, even those campaigning to be president such as the Clinton's and Obama in back 2008, and most recently on July 5th, 2018....Donald Trump Jr., and President Trump himself, held a rally at the Four Seasons arena at the Montana ExpoPark. Plus some movies were filmed in Great Falls: "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" starring Jeff Bridges and Clint Eastwood, "Holy Matrimony" and the "Slaughter Rule" starring Ryan Gosling, and a couple more films and even TV series like, "Heartland"....I kinda think Great Falls has gotten more international attention then Billings...don't you think? ;)
What I'm saying, is that Billings is just going to repeat the same history as Great Falls. As of today, the growth rate in Billings slowed down at 0.98% from it's previous 1.5%. Great Falls growth rate now 0.05% from it's 1960's 41.14%. Now, let's compare today's Billings and Great Falls growth rate to Missoula and Bozeman...Bozeman's growth rate is a 5.2 (above the national average), and Missoula's growth rate is a 2.86. What is the main driving economy in Billings? Answer: oil. Since the oil revenue is dropping, so is the Billings economy. That means the Billings population, just like Great Falls, will start "flattening" or slowing down.
As of right now, Missoula and Bozeman are the fastest growing towns in Montana. Because they are both huge University towns, they are developing a tech scene. I've recently read that Bozeman is one of the fastest growing tech hubs. And yes, they will eventually surpass the two Montana "rustbelt cities", Great Falls and Billings. Now this being said...what's so special about Billings Montana?
JESUS SAVES ISA 43:11:12 I agree! The only reason they’re building a useless 324 ft building in the town is just to show off and be cool. Locals in fact do portray billings to be bigger than it really is. So what if billings reaches 100,000 ppl. The metro population in billings is no bigger. Not even SLC has a building this tall, but yet SLC economy is way stronger, and houses many major corporations in they’re skyscrapers like Goldman Sachs and many more. The proposed “skyscraper” in billings is just being used as a hotel and apartments lol! What a terrible waste of money! 😂
They also forgot to mention the amount of crime and drug use that is in Billings. No different in Kalispell or Missoula.
Lies there is no drugs in Montana it's to far from the Mexican border for drugs. Only drugs in Montana is weed.
It belongs to the Crow Indians
@4:19 really? What the hell are you feeding? A 2 year old? Get out of here with this California hipster foodie crap!
No one gives a crap about micro breweries , except woman and manwoman. So they can use word such as, " Culture" and phrases such as, "the scene" or my favorite, "I love the experience" Good grief Wild Bill, Wyatt, Doc and others like Jim Miller, John Hardin would just say, "Wut thu fuck chew jus say?"
Really?! I was just there and that place is dump! The geographys is nice but doentown is dirty and trashy and not exciting and just abunch of people smoking.
It’s not
Yeah, Billings ain't what it's cracked up to be. Sorry. This city is falling apart. Visit and you'll see it's not that great.. :/
I fucking hate this place bruh
dfdos then your trash. Billings (where I live) is the best. Unlike other cities.bevause you can do wat you want ^-^
I almost got stabbed by a native downtown had a meath head come in my house try to rape my girlfriend and I went to jail this town is a fucking shit hole
just blazin that’s why we have cars
bad things happened in billings
december 2nd
lies
These are the reasons why Billings, Montana is the best town in 2016? I can drive 30 miles south and see 50 micro breweries in Seattle and literally thousands of restaurants with excellent food. Montana is beautiful geographically, just stick with that. Show those things.
greg Botlin montana, town?.. iam confuzzled
Seattle, 30 miles? To the south?
@@imamaru What?
@@SuperCatman Yes, when someone lives 30 miles north of Seattle. Simple English
@@gregbotlin4446 you know, I don't know. I made that comment over a year ago and I have no idea what the hell I was trying to say
Billings is poop I live in the heights
FFB SoloZ I Love just outside billings, and the views and people are amazing. Not poop at all
The Heights is part of Billings, it's not a separate town.
South side is the ghetto side of billings
Hentai Dealer I thought west billings was a ghetto too haha
West side is the safest part of the city what you mean🤷😂
True the west side is the safest place to go in Billings.
don't let this video fool you, Billings has a ton of black people.
Really?!? I have yet to see ONE black person in Billings. I have family in Billings and I don't see no ethnic diversity other than a lot of Crow Indians, cowboys, and old people. There's waaay more black people in Great Falls, FYI. Makes sense because of the air force base.
I see lots of black people in Great Falls and natives, but typically it's more white with it being 80% white or so.
JESUS SAVES ISA 43:11:12 come to the southside and see whats up youll see lots of colored people
I just don't find Billings that great. Missoula is by far the best town in Montana :)
megcrimson87 yeah but billings is the only city
Missoula is considered a city and you just can't beat the culture, the people, the social awareness/programs and of course the river surfing that it offers.
I agree with you on most things in that stae ment for most of the nation but i have to say at least 90% of the people i know is a republican and the other %10 is not a radical left their fine with the way the election turned out and are looking forword to the next one so the can try demicticly to get who they want and if that dosent happen their always next election for them
the best town is livingston
megcrimson87 is it
Fayetteville, Arkansas is a better city than Billings, Montana. Fayetteville has excellent biking and hiking trails and a world-class public library. Billings, Montana does not have these things.
Another person salty that their city lost
Fuck bikes and books nigga you a fuckin nerd
Carl Linveld why are you bringing Arkansas into this?? This is about Montana bud.
@@judeathknowshisgun5290 nuh uh
@@caulifla6677 god told me to bring Fayetteville into everything. not necessarily the rest of Arkansas, just Fayetteville.
No diversity? No thanks.
Billings is getting more diverse by the year.
Yeah don't worry, soon every town and city will have a white minority! Let's hope they won't follow the same road as detroit, chicago etc...