Have always loved whitefish- started coming here in the early 80’s with my family - hoping to some day convince my Husband to retire here- whitefish has always had my heart- beautiful views from big mountain
The smell of the air, the actual air in this area is uniquely invigorating! Can't put a price on that and northwest Montana is utterly unique to me for that reason
Why I'm here?😱🤠 I had a talk with my dad two days ago. I found that my grandfather lived 12 years in the mountains from MONTANA in 1880-1900. I found that he was a shepherd and lived in the mountains with thousands of sheeps.❤ I promied my DAD I will ONE DAY found where he was and go and visit. We are from ROMANIA, UE!❣❣ Thanks a lot for this video! 😍😍
We stayed two nights in Whitefish on our way home to Murfreesboro, TN. We absolutely loved it and would like to come back in the winter to ski (actually snowboard).We were there on a Tuesday, which was farmers market night in the square. Great!
You don't want to ski in Whitefish. The visibility there is awful with 90% cloudy days. Freezing precip on your masks is consistent. Go to Utah or Big Sky. Better snow, and less California influx. And yes, I live in Montana.
Lets talk reality. What this says is true, and there are a lot of other good points about here. But a small house here starts at 325K, rents are off the scale, it has the highest property tax in Montana, the traffic is horrid here in the summer, unless you already have a work from home job that pays well, or have a skilled job in construction, the economic oppourtunities fall way off. The weather can be really iffy, at best. Due to demographic shifts for Covid, there has been a huge increase in population in the Flathead over the last 16 months leaving a lot of stress on existing infrastructure and services. Most of the locals here are really good people, people who have lived here 10, 20 years or more or born here that worked hard to make a good place to live, not necessarily to sell real estate. Just remember, a town isnt just buildings, views and recreational oppourtunities, its people who have made something of it, if you come to live here, remember that when you see nice clean neighborhoods, nice little houses and things being laid back, its not fodder for an ad, it is a community of people that made it that way
Montana is so beautiful. I currently live in the second biggest dump, behind NY, yes I'm talking about California. I'm looking forward to retirement and moving to Montana. Big city life is garbage, especially right now. Can't wait. I won't be bringing blue state ideas either, I'm leaving for a reason after all.
Have rented a house three times in the western foothills overlooking Whitefish Lake with a gorgeous view of Big Mountain. Great town wonderful people. Only downside is ex-Californians moving in and trying to change Montana values.
@@maryrichardson6029 Go to Facebook and look for a group called "You know you are from Whitefish", you can see what a lot of history, things going on and what the locals are talking about....just to get a feel. P.S. I moved here 39 years ago after going to Western Kentucky lol
Ehhhh nothing here in Montana really reminds me of NC. It isn’t that NC isn’t beautiful, but the mountains here are less “furry” like the ones down south aka covered in brush etc. they’re much taller ranges that appear rugged, with foothills, ranges every where you look...not very similar to NC. I did love black mountain NC though. But there was really just one largish hill I’d say in town. Not at all like the ranges here.
@@carloslebron2226 Germany is almost as big as Montana but we’re having 83 million citizens….so you can tell it is very crowded and you really need to seek for quiet places….. Plus, the typical German people are just boring af. Most of the people I spend my time with are not originally from Germany or are the ones you’d never consider to be “typical German”.
I'll add an 11th reason to live there...the hospital and care there is amazing. We had a family member suffer a serious injury in the area and he spent several days in the hospital there. The care he received there from ALL the staff was amazing. I'm a Dr. and my wife is a nurse so we do know what good care is about. Only wish we could afford to live there as it is probably the most expensive place in MT to live (Bozeman is also close).
Whitefish area is quite beautiful. I served there in the U.S. Border Patrol for two years. I understand that it has grown significantly since I transferred. The round bails in the background reminds me that each year after bailing there would be a round bail near the road to Missoula with two boots sicking out of the center of a bail. 😀
at this moment in Whitefish, the temperature is 36F and 50F in Missoula, 63F where I'm from, Connecticut. I would like to move up there to open my art gallery, I'm longing this very much.
I was born in Whitefish because their was no Hospitals in Eureka! Big Sky Country! If you love extreme weather plus hunting & fishing and going to bars at night then its a perfect for you! But maybe its changed a little over the past 30 years because thats about the last time I was their.
Can`t get better than that. Just stay away from people. The more there are the more trouble. Who would have believed there would be idiots tearing down artistic statues 10 years ago????? Seriously??
@@REDMAN298 Not me. I was way wrong. And I never thought the people that invented everything, and built everything ( almost ), would be dumped on in such an ugly way. No one defends us, either.
The Whitefish/Kalispell/Flathead Lake region is now mostly chain restaurants (Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Texas Roadhouse, Qdoba), fast food, chain motels, Walmart, etc., all the stores the people from out of state (CA, OR, WA) wanted. Not much local flavor left.
Is The Palace still open? on bike in 2011, having a beer, July 4. Everyone started leaving. Pregnant bartender says, "They are going to lake for fireworks." I went. Great decision! I Met some great people there. Been there before inJuly, but 1st time Logan was still closed on 4th. Would love to live there.
I really want to live in Whitefish, Montana or Ketchum, Idaho. Better water resources than where I'm from and I am anxious about water and big cities and I found great job opportunities I think when I graduate college I'll try to find a job here
@@CowboyRobot2000 Ah, because being a liberal will somehow ruin your town. No my dude. I'm 12 and I just want to be able to live in a place where I don't have to feel like I'm going to die. I'm not going to bring all the Democrats with me :D
Trout Creek is a beautiful area but isolated...You are about 100 miles from box stores, but the fishing and hunting is good up there, if quiet and low keyed is what you are looking for, it is a great place...also a bit warmer and sunnier than the Flathead is
I know that the answer to this question is variable, but is there an average price per square foot to build a house on land in the Kalispell/Whitefish area?
@@LivinginMontana1 Land was very cheap their 75 yrs ago even when logging was king! If anyone had owned around 500 acres or so back then and sold it now, you would be a millionaire! Even now that logging is pretty much dead.
Iam really thinking about movong to Whitefish or Kalispel. My biggest concern is if there will be decent paying jobs there.. if someone could throw in video about work opportunities that would be nice to.
@@LivinginMontana1 I have been lead Maintenance for 3 years at Holiday Inn Express in Astoria Oregon. I did everything to Landscaping, Pool Chemicals, Ceiling repair. PTAC swap outs and programming new ones. I see there are some luxory Resorts up there and that would be optimal. I also take care of my Disabled older Vet brother who is Tribal Member. I plan on visiting in November or Spring. Make Contacts and potential future plans. I will contact chamber of commerce. Polson sent me nice package. Thank you!
Chico in paradise valley, near Yellowstone, for a more manicured setting with access to alcohol from the pool side lol but for a natural setting with elk on the mountains and snow frosted trees in winter, try the boiling river in the Yellowstone. Though chico does sit beautifully up against a mountain.
I've always had Montana in the back of my mind. Move from California to Kentucky, in the 70s. Husband died. Montana is calling Me. BIG FEAR, California moving in and screwing things up. Soo, might vacation there. But, I'll stay in Kentucky for now. Great video. Beautiful state.
🎶Turn me loose, set me free Somewhere in the middle of Montana And give me all I've got comin' to me And keep your retirement And your so called social security Big city, turn me loose and set me free 🎵🎶🎵🎶
Hello, been watching all of your videos, we want to put our home on the market and move back to the mountains. Montana looks great, will reach out to you both when we are ready.
I moved to MT 9 years ago from the Sierra Nevada's because of my family. It's not as great as some people say it is. There's a lot of learning curves. I would move back if I could. The best thing is that the people are nice. But the rest... must have snow tires, must have lots of wood for heat or spend a lot to heat your home. Handling each piece of wood at least 3 times get tiring, and you need so much of it. If you use electric heat and the electricity goes out in the winter your home will probably freeze, pipes burst, which has to be fixed right away no matter how cold it is or how expensive, so the running water in the house doesn't rot the wood. You must have back up ways of heating your home. The winters are long, what sun we do see isn't strong enough to penetrate the atmosphere and make the body produce vitamin D. Must take lots of vitamin D in the winter or the depression is going to be crippling. Each winter I'm here it seems longer and longer no matter how much D I take. The snow starts off charming and quaint, but then it doesn't go away for months, it's just white everywhere, for months. Driving in the snow is scary. Just plain scary, and it takes a long time to get anywhere. If you move here move to a road that has a school bus route, so at least the county has to plow that road. If you don't you have to plow roads yourself or hire someone else to do it, and they may not be able to get there in a timely fashion because they have so many other roads to plow. In the summer it's just brown, everything is brown. It was like this where I came from in California, but at least in the winters there in most places everything was green and pretty. In the summer there's deer everywhere, at first it's so cute and charming, but soon you discover it's very easy to hit one and ruin your car. They dart across the road at any moment, and because of this there are many many deer carcasses along the roads. The job market does suck. To live in MT for most people is to just accept that you're going to be poor, you're going to struggle financially. There's so many little things that you learn the hard way when you move here. This is why the smart people are snow birds, if they can afford it. Also, what good parts there are to Montana are just going to diminish the more people move here. The more populated this area is the more of it's charm it's going to lose. If despite all the hardship here, you like it, inviting more people here isn't going to keep it nice for long. Already it's not as clean and pristine as it used to be.
How long and cold are the winters? If terribly long, my wife gets the blues. I’m a soldier and love the west, the mountains and people that live there but my better half likes warmer climates.
Kyle Thornberry motorcycle season lasts almost 10 days. Calyforny is the place you oughta be, pack up ur Volvo and move to Beverly. If you want a riding season that is....
Kyle Thornberry don’t know. All I hear is there is a race for Montana. Thanks to CoVid People are in such a desperation to be there prices have gone past Jupiter. Don’t know how well the highway 93 is maintained in the last few years. I don’t go there anymore. Waaay too many people in the flat head valley for what it is and running out of places to go. People stacked upon people stacked upon people stacked upon people. Montana was the last best place. Not anymore. I think maybe northern Alaska is now. But the good riding season is end of June to mid September. Everyone else is riding too.
thanks for the video it was very insightful. i am considering moving to either the coure d alene area or the whitefish, big fork area of montana. i have a 5 year old son and am looking for a slow, peacful, family friendly environment with access to likes, rivers, camping, fishing and hiking and also good school, kids sports cluns and boy scouts. would love to hear your thoughts ive lived in the sierras in auburn ca, austin texas, and boise idaho (for referance)
Just a heads up. The CDA area has been changing rapidly, especially the last 5-6 years. Slower paced living compared to bigger cities like Los Angles but far from what it once was not too long ago. Overcrowding, high traffic in summer months, building like crazy, and rapidly increasing housing costs is quickly ruining the area for most of the locals. For example homes built 5-6 years ago that cost around $250k-270k new are selling for $600k-700k today. Homes that were 200k 5 years ago are selling for 300k along with other new homes being built of the same size especially in nearby cities like Post Falls. These aren’t even massive homes and are built on small lots. There is a housing shortage. They can’t build them fast enough and they are sold before the foundation is even poured. Mostly to out of state individuals from California. To them the increasingly high home prices are still a bargain compared to home prices in California. Unfortunately this keeps driving up prices further and housing becomes unaffordable for most locals even rentals for CDA, Post Falls, Hayden and surrounding area. Wages still aren’t great but are improving to be more in line with Washingtons higher wages. Mostly to avoid losing good employees who leave to work in nearby Washington which Spokane is only 15 minutes away. The area is still nice, relatively low crime with plenty of camping, fishing, hiking, skiing in the area.
Used to be a lot nicer before all the traffic and houses and people....I used enjoy Beaver lake but now it reminds me of being around Portland or Seattle. Weird bicycle people everywhere smoking pot. Progress I guess if that's what you are into.
That's genuinely disappointing. My husband and I were seriously considering moving there to get away from that crap. We really want to leave City life behind forever. Those views and the balance of nature there is spectacular. We're Californians, but Conservative, and it still breaks our hearts to see what happened to our home.
Just passed mile marker 2 and still going strong around the lake. Many races you can have in Whitefish. Street, trail, and ski are some of the many races.
If you’re not white, don’t go to Whitefish. As a lifetime Montanan with ancestral roots here. Whitefish is one of 3 extremely racist towns in Montana. Kalispell and Townsend are the only others more racist. Notice all the ethnicity in his video? Montana is 8% Native American in population out of 1 million. Whitefish is between three of the major reservations. Flathead, Blackfeet and Salish Kootanai. So there’s a huge non white population around them. They hate every one of them and are always in court battles over it as well. Many of the Whitefish residents also refuse to acknowledge or respect native holy grounds and water rights. And are just as rude about hunting privileges to the tribes the chose to reside between. In ugly situation all around up there.
It is true...but unfortunately promoted by real estate agents/companies is a point of view based on $$$$. I feel crowded now and my neighborhood has changed radically. Most of the growth (not all) simply makes me sad...
100* with 100% humidity and 3pm thunderstorms is not what I like. But there`s plenty of bugs to eat. yuk I was stationed in Jacksonville for 3 months and, when I left, promised myself to never return.
Greg Milner lol! Anything under 60 degrees and I’m miserable, this southern boy would love looking through a window but never walking outside in the winter. Just to old now to get myself acclimated.
@@WhoIsSerafin 60* is nice. I lived in Hawaii 3 yrs. avg. 85*. I prefer the change of seasons. Like the outdoors in the cold. I heat with wood so am busy cutting and splitting.
WHO IS SERAFIN I moved here near Yellowstone Park in SW Montana, from Florida, two and 1/2 years ago. The seasons are amazing, but sometimes cut short. Right now though we are having days in the high 70’s with 40’s at night. Guess this is an Indian summer? But I can take off any day and drive into beautiful mountains without tons of people and traffic or buildings. Just miss all my Florida family.
Richard Mann good to know. We are conservative Republicans. We are also Bible believers and followers of Christ. We are looking to resettle somewhere new summer.
Looks nice. But it needs a free public gun range and a place to hunt. Other than that it looks like a very pleasant place to live.On a side not are their any breed restrictions on dogs? After doing some research I've been leaning towards a Rott for inside. In Montana I would probably consider a Great Pyrenees's if I decided to have a non hunting dog outside. Also if Y'All ain't somehow connected to the tourist industry their they should recruit you. Y'All painted a Picture of almost perfect.
If you’re coming, you better hurry! Winter is coming and like most trouble makers- I doubt you’d make it through the first hard freeze up here let alone a good blizzard cause you’d get froze in and could not not leave. Folks here are friendly till you upset the apple cart , then your likely to suddenly go missing and end up as bear bait.
@@MontanaMomma1 Not sure who your talking to, but if I leave the State I'm in it would most likely be for another Red State. I'm in Kentucky not California. One of the things I like about KY is we have Constitutional carry. If I ever leave Kentucky I strongly doubt it would be to turn some place leftwing.
@@danelleh3251 Yeah, we've got some tweakers in the valley. I'm cool with the sales tax in Whitefish because it makes the tourists pay for the streets and infrastructure. I can go to McDonalds in Kalispell and not pay it.
You just have to know how to play their rules against them. It’s unconstitutional to charge a sales tax in Montana. Not to mention illegal. I’ve disputed this at the local grocery store there. With success. They and West Yellowstone have tourist sales taxes that they illegally place on all visitors and residents. Just have to know your rights is all.
When my parents retired, they visited all fifty states. I asked them which was their favorite. Both said Montana, no question.
How about Oregon and Idaho ?
Have always loved whitefish- started coming here in the early 80’s with my family - hoping to some day convince my Husband to retire here- whitefish has always had my heart- beautiful views from big mountain
The smell of the air, the actual air in this area is uniquely invigorating! Can't put a price on that and northwest Montana is utterly unique to me for that reason
Why I'm here?😱🤠
I had a talk with my dad two days ago. I found that my grandfather lived 12 years in the mountains from MONTANA in 1880-1900. I found that he was a shepherd and lived in the mountains with thousands of sheeps.❤
I promied my DAD I will ONE DAY found where he was and go and visit. We are from ROMANIA, UE!❣❣
Thanks a lot for this video! 😍😍
We stayed two nights in Whitefish on our way home to Murfreesboro, TN. We absolutely loved it and would like to come back in the winter to ski (actually snowboard).We were there on a Tuesday, which was farmers market night in the square. Great!
You don't want to ski in Whitefish. The visibility there is awful with 90% cloudy days. Freezing precip on your masks is consistent. Go to Utah or Big Sky. Better snow, and less California influx. And yes, I live in Montana.
Lets talk reality. What this says is true, and there are a lot of other good points about here. But a small house here starts at 325K, rents are off the scale, it has the highest property tax in Montana, the traffic is horrid here in the summer, unless you already have a work from home job that pays well, or have a skilled job in construction, the economic oppourtunities fall way off. The weather can be really iffy, at best. Due to demographic shifts for Covid, there has been a huge increase in population in the Flathead over the last 16 months leaving a lot of stress on existing infrastructure and services. Most of the locals here are really good people, people who have lived here 10, 20 years or more or born here that worked hard to make a good place to live, not necessarily to sell real estate. Just remember, a town isnt just buildings, views and recreational oppourtunities, its people who have made something of it, if you come to live here, remember that when you see nice clean neighborhoods, nice little houses and things being laid back, its not fodder for an ad, it is a community of people that made it that way
It's the most beautiful place I've been.....Spent 3 years there. The people are Great, the area is great....The WINTER SUCKS....LOL
I would want to move there so i could snowboard lol seem cold though lol
I evergreens looks so pretty there! Seems like such a peaceful happy place
Absolutely gorgeous, it's like paradise there. Just wow.
The Whitefish library has most of my books. I love that! I have written 20 books.
I lived in Miles City, after I got out of school, in the 70's. Loved it.
Awesome little town. I miss living there, and can't wait to visit again one day. It has changed a lot over the last 18 years.
Montana is so beautiful. I currently live in the second biggest dump, behind NY, yes I'm talking about California. I'm looking forward to retirement and moving to Montana. Big city life is garbage, especially right now. Can't wait. I won't be bringing blue state ideas either, I'm leaving for a reason after all.
Amen!!! I love that Montana is mostly red :)
Good Man, I'm for Red aswell
I remember there were just two seasons in Montana.
Develop Activities not true. Summer lasts almost two weeks.
@@b-genspinster7895 This is true, do remember getting snow in July.
Winter and road construction!
@@kennethburton9165 whewwwwww, ur kidding me....🙊🙊🙊🙊🙊☕☕☕
@@blackberrylady6025 kinda kidding, spring and fall are very short seasons.
Your summers are like our winters here on the east coast of Australia...
Have rented a house three times in the western foothills overlooking Whitefish Lake with a gorgeous view of Big Mountain. Great town wonderful people. Only downside is ex-Californians moving in and trying to change Montana values.
That was my concern.
California coming in and screwing things up
Say it ain’t so !
@@shreddedatsixty
You know, y'all are screwed.
@@maryrichardson6029 Go to Facebook and look for a group called "You know you are from Whitefish", you can see what a lot of history, things going on and what the locals are talking about....just to get a feel. P.S. I moved here 39 years ago after going to Western Kentucky lol
@@allenrmontana
Thank you.
Did you know I was in Kentucky??
Grew up and still live in Maggie Valley NC. Smokey Mountains. Looks alot like here minus hard wood trees. Beautiful none the less.
Ehhhh nothing here in Montana really reminds me of NC. It isn’t that NC isn’t beautiful, but the mountains here are less “furry” like the ones down south aka covered in brush etc. they’re much taller ranges that appear rugged, with foothills, ranges every where you look...not very similar to NC. I did love black mountain NC though. But there was really just one largish hill I’d say in town. Not at all like the ranges here.
I love Whitefish, I come up every July. My books are in the library.
So enticing - watching in Germany, dreaming of Montana.
Germany is beautiful as well. I am from Florida...
@@carloslebron2226 Let's switch :-)
@@carloslebron2226 Germany is almost as big as Montana but we’re having 83 million citizens….so you can tell it is very crowded and you really need to seek for quiet places…..
Plus, the typical German people are just boring af. Most of the people I spend my time with are not originally from Germany or are the ones you’d never consider to be “typical German”.
I would love to visit such a beautiful area. Tired of Florida heat, humidity and hurricanes.
Sharon Houpt take the Amtrak empire builder that stops in whitefish! Beautiful route!
I'll add an 11th reason to live there...the hospital and care there is amazing. We had a family member suffer a serious injury in the area and he spent several days in the hospital there. The care he received there from ALL the staff was amazing. I'm a Dr. and my wife is a nurse so we do know what good care is about. Only wish we could afford to live there as it is probably the most expensive place in MT to live (Bozeman is also close).
Glad you had a good experience with the hospital! FYI, Bozeman is by far the most expensive area in Montana!
The views are fabulous. I love Montana. I have lot's of cousin's that live in Montana.❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Wow! Simply gorgeous
Looks absolutely beautiful....
How beautiful it is! No trash anywhere on the ground everywhere you went.
Exactly!! No mattresses or furniture dumped on the side of the road!
Nice informative video. 👍
Montana full. Heard North Dakota is super nice
Number 11. The awesome people !
Very beautiful country side in Montana
Whitefish area is quite beautiful. I served there in the U.S. Border Patrol for two years. I understand that it has grown significantly since I transferred. The round bails in the background reminds me that each year after bailing there would be a round bail near the road to Missoula with two boots sicking out of the center of a bail. 😀
at this moment in Whitefish, the temperature is 36F and 50F in Missoula, 63F where I'm from, Connecticut. I would like to move up there to open my art gallery, I'm longing this very much.
I was born in Whitefish because their was no Hospitals in Eureka! Big Sky Country! If you love extreme weather plus hunting & fishing and going to bars at night then its a perfect for you! But maybe its changed a little over the past 30 years because thats about the last time I was their.
Can`t get better than that. Just stay away from people. The more there are the more trouble. Who would have believed there would be idiots tearing down artistic statues 10 years ago????? Seriously??
@@REDMAN298 Not me. I was way wrong. And I never thought the people that invented everything, and built everything ( almost ), would be dumped on in such an ugly way. No one defends us, either.
The Whitefish/Kalispell/Flathead Lake region is now mostly chain restaurants (Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Texas Roadhouse, Qdoba), fast food, chain motels, Walmart, etc., all the stores the people from out of state (CA, OR, WA) wanted. Not much local flavor left.
Music could be turned down a little - volume level competes with the narration. Good helpful information about Whitefish.
I partied with Bigfoot in Montana.
Yeah? How'd that go? He a nice dude? XD
He’s a riot to get hammered with, right? We lucky few 😎
Is The Palace still open? on bike in 2011, having a beer, July 4. Everyone started leaving. Pregnant bartender says, "They are going to lake for fireworks." I went. Great decision! I Met some great people there. Been there before inJuly, but 1st time Logan was still closed on 4th. Would love to live there.
I just looked. Its still there. great place. locals go there.
The Palace is still going!
Ironically enough the bartender is 10 years old.
I really want to live in Whitefish, Montana or Ketchum, Idaho. Better water resources than where I'm from and I am anxious about water and big cities and I found great job opportunities I think when I graduate college I'll try to find a job here
@@CowboyRobot2000 Ah, because being a liberal will somehow ruin your town. No my dude. I'm 12 and I just want to be able to live in a place where I don't have to feel like I'm going to die. I'm not going to bring all the Democrats with me :D
How bout Trout Creek?...lol . Hope to be up there in bout s year, retiring. My son and daughter in law live ther. Thanx so much for ur videos!
Trout Creek is a beautiful area but isolated...You are about 100 miles from box stores, but the fishing and hunting is good up there, if quiet and low keyed is what you are looking for, it is a great place...also a bit warmer and sunnier than the Flathead is
Montana is full. I heard North Dakota is pretty good.
3 gen of my family went to Wfish HS.Most my friends left to see the world...
I love Whitefish the most! Sadly it is way too expensive for me to ever afford a home in Whitefish.
I'm sold my favorite was the views your lucky man God bless you and your wife
For older folks looking to retire, what do you think? Is there a small hospital or ED, pharmacy, doctor?
Yes there is a hospital in Whitefish and a larger Regional Hospital 15 miles south in Kalispell.
@@LivinginMontana1 Thank you so much, and such a quick reply!
I'm sold i love it 🤪
I know that the answer to this question is variable, but is there an average price per square foot to build a house on land in the Kalispell/Whitefish area?
Scott McLain You are right, there are a million variables but with that being said, I would say probably about $200/sqft.
@@LivinginMontana1 Land was very cheap their 75 yrs ago even when logging was king! If anyone had owned around 500 acres or so back then and sold it now, you would be a millionaire! Even now that logging is pretty much dead.
You should be more concerned with the land prices as they are high in this area.
Omg I love that you featured the ice rink, my son was actually skating that day.
Iam really thinking about movong to Whitefish or Kalispel. My biggest concern is if there will be decent paying jobs there.. if someone could throw in video about work opportunities that would be nice to.
Thanks for watching! That is a great idea, we will definitely do a video on the jobs in the area. What type of work do you do?
@@LivinginMontana1 I have been lead Maintenance for 3 years at Holiday Inn Express in Astoria Oregon. I did everything to Landscaping, Pool Chemicals, Ceiling repair. PTAC swap outs and programming new ones. I see there are some luxory Resorts up there and that would be optimal. I also take care of my Disabled older Vet brother who is Tribal Member. I plan on visiting in November or Spring. Make Contacts and potential future plans. I will contact chamber of commerce. Polson sent me nice package. Thank you!
Not many jobs tbh, very little industry
Not much for high paying jobs and rent is pretty high compared to wages.
@@LivinginMontana1 Glacier Bancorp
Where can I find a hot spring or sauna?
Hot Springs, MT
Chico in paradise valley, near Yellowstone, for a more manicured setting with access to alcohol from the pool side lol but for a natural setting with elk on the mountains and snow frosted trees in winter, try the boiling river in the Yellowstone. Though chico does sit beautifully up against a mountain.
It's nice I have been there. It reminds me of B.C. Canada
how far away is the closest airport, and is it hard to get to in the winter?
skip davis The airport is 15 minutes from Whitefish. There are flights all year, even in winter.
@@LivinginMontana1 thank you so much! i'm a native pnw guy, and kind of done with what's happening in sea/pdx. where is the airport?
skip davis It’s in the middle of the valley in between Kalispell, Columbia Falls, and Whitefish. It’s called Glacier Park International.
Colorado is the closes airport and the only season is winter
I've always had Montana in the back of my mind.
Move from California to Kentucky, in the 70s.
Husband died. Montana is calling Me.
BIG FEAR, California moving in and screwing things up.
Soo, might vacation there.
But, I'll stay in Kentucky for now.
Great video. Beautiful state.
weird...I'm from MT but live in KY. I'll tell you everything you need to know about MT
@@hillbilly4895 We moved from Colorado to Kentucky 5 months ago an now we are moving to Montana
🎶Turn me loose, set me free
Somewhere in the middle of Montana
And give me all I've got comin' to me
And keep your retirement
And your so called social security
Big city, turn me loose and set me free 🎵🎶🎵🎶
Hello, been watching all of your videos, we want to put our home on the market and move back to the mountains. Montana looks great, will reach out to you both when we are ready.
Thanks for watching!
Lexy Mel we look forward to hearing from you!
I moved to MT 9 years ago from the Sierra Nevada's because of my family. It's not as great as some people say it is. There's a lot of learning curves. I would move back if I could. The best thing is that the people are nice. But the rest... must have snow tires, must have lots of wood for heat or spend a lot to heat your home. Handling each piece of wood at least 3 times get tiring, and you need so much of it. If you use electric heat and the electricity goes out in the winter your home will probably freeze, pipes burst, which has to be fixed right away no matter how cold it is or how expensive, so the running water in the house doesn't rot the wood. You must have back up ways of heating your home. The winters are long, what sun we do see isn't strong enough to penetrate the atmosphere and make the body produce vitamin D. Must take lots of vitamin D in the winter or the depression is going to be crippling. Each winter I'm here it seems longer and longer no matter how much D I take. The snow starts off charming and quaint, but then it doesn't go away for months, it's just white everywhere, for months. Driving in the snow is scary. Just plain scary, and it takes a long time to get anywhere. If you move here move to a road that has a school bus route, so at least the county has to plow that road. If you don't you have to plow roads yourself or hire someone else to do it, and they may not be able to get there in a timely fashion because they have so many other roads to plow. In the summer it's just brown, everything is brown. It was like this where I came from in California, but at least in the winters there in most places everything was green and pretty. In the summer there's deer everywhere, at first it's so cute and charming, but soon you discover it's very easy to hit one and ruin your car. They dart across the road at any moment, and because of this there are many many deer carcasses along the roads. The job market does suck. To live in MT for most people is to just accept that you're going to be poor, you're going to struggle financially. There's so many little things that you learn the hard way when you move here. This is why the smart people are snow birds, if they can afford it. Also, what good parts there are to Montana are just going to diminish the more people move here. The more populated this area is the more of it's charm it's going to lose. If despite all the hardship here, you like it, inviting more people here isn't going to keep it nice for long. Already it's not as clean and pristine as it used to be.
dreemwevur ,nice try killjoy
dreemwevur hilarious😂
How long and cold are the winters? If terribly long, my wife gets the blues. I’m a soldier and love the west, the mountains and people that live there but my better half likes warmer climates.
Don’t move here, bears will eat you
Oh I am movin there yawl need some more Thornberrys. How are the roads maintained? Motorcycle friendly?
Kyle Thornberry motorcycle season lasts almost 10 days. Calyforny is the place you oughta be, pack up ur Volvo and move to Beverly. If you want a riding season that is....
@@b-genspinster7895 i have no family in California andci think its on fire right now . Thanx
Kyle Thornberry lol! Californy is still the place you oughta be so load up that montero and head to oaklandee
@@b-genspinster7895 no can do. Whitefish needs more Thornberrys. Ps i am more of Dodge Ram 1500 srt Cadillac and AR type. Thanx again.
Kyle Thornberry don’t know. All I hear is there is a race for Montana. Thanks to CoVid People are in such a desperation to be there prices have gone past Jupiter. Don’t know how well the highway 93 is maintained in the last few years. I don’t go there anymore. Waaay too many people in the flat head valley for what it is and running out of places to go. People stacked upon people stacked upon people stacked upon people. Montana was the last best place. Not anymore. I think maybe northern Alaska is now. But the good riding season is end of June to mid September. Everyone else is riding too.
Can’t wait that we from the North can come down to you guys ... fingers crossed that it be happening before Thanksgiving
I have a young adult with aspergers and mental disorder is there any really good doctors around there and services
How is the medical care? I have seen several of your videos ... do you ever talk about the medical facilities?
I have mentioned the hospitals in a few of my videos. There is a large regional hospital in Kalispell and a smaller hospital in Whitefish.
@@LivinginMontana1 Thank you
thanks for the video it was very insightful.
i am considering moving to either the coure d alene area or the whitefish, big fork area of montana. i have a 5 year old son and am looking for a slow, peacful, family friendly environment with access to likes, rivers, camping, fishing and hiking and also good school, kids sports cluns and boy scouts.
would love to hear your thoughts
ive lived in the sierras in auburn ca, austin texas, and boise idaho (for referance)
Just a heads up. The CDA area has been changing rapidly, especially the last 5-6 years. Slower paced living compared to bigger cities like Los Angles but far from what it once was not too long ago. Overcrowding, high traffic in summer months, building like crazy, and rapidly increasing housing costs is quickly ruining the area for most of the locals. For example homes built 5-6 years ago that cost around $250k-270k new are selling for $600k-700k today. Homes that were 200k 5 years ago are selling for 300k along with other new homes being built of the same size especially in nearby cities like Post Falls. These aren’t even massive homes and are built on small lots. There is a housing shortage. They can’t build them fast enough and they are sold before the foundation is even poured. Mostly to out of state individuals from California.
To them the increasingly high home prices are still a bargain compared to home prices in California. Unfortunately this keeps driving up prices further and housing becomes unaffordable for most locals even rentals for CDA, Post Falls, Hayden and surrounding area. Wages still aren’t great but are improving to be more in line with Washingtons higher wages. Mostly to avoid losing good employees who leave to work in nearby Washington which Spokane is only 15 minutes away.
The area is still nice, relatively low crime with plenty of camping, fishing, hiking, skiing in the area.
Used to be a lot nicer before all the traffic and houses and people....I used enjoy Beaver lake but now it reminds me of being around Portland or Seattle. Weird bicycle people everywhere smoking pot. Progress I guess if that's what you are into.
That's genuinely disappointing. My husband and I were seriously considering moving there to get away from that crap. We really want to leave City life behind forever. Those views and the balance of nature there is spectacular. We're Californians, but Conservative, and it still breaks our hearts to see what happened to our home.
what the race situation?
Presidential race: Trump is winning!
Drag Race: Ask RuPaul.
Any other race related questions: STFU!
The name is a white supremacist dog whistle.
Well, people flee Ferguson for this, eh?
Just passed mile marker 2 and still going strong around the lake. Many races you can have in Whitefish. Street, trail, and ski are some of the many races.
If you’re not white, don’t go to Whitefish. As a lifetime Montanan with ancestral roots here. Whitefish is one of 3 extremely racist towns in Montana. Kalispell and Townsend are the only others more racist. Notice all the ethnicity in his video? Montana is 8% Native American in population out of 1 million. Whitefish is between three of the major reservations. Flathead, Blackfeet and Salish Kootanai. So there’s a huge non white population around them. They hate every one of them and are always in court battles over it as well. Many of the Whitefish residents also refuse to acknowledge or respect native holy grounds and water rights. And are just as rude about hunting privileges to the tribes the chose to reside between. In ugly situation all around up there.
My wife and I visited whitefish and loved it!
I live in Alabama but wanting for me and family to move to Montana.
Beautiful. What are the medical facilities? I am a surgical oncologist and would move there in a heart beat. Jobs?
There is a hospital in Whitefish and a Regional hospital in Kalispell
Amazing 😉
Would be helpful if you could talk a little about the cost of living in the area, thanks.
Whitefish is an expensive and ritzy area. Gorgeous none the less though.
Big money. I priced homes and can’t even come close to affording them on my blue collar income.
@@joshmusser9934 yep. Lots of out of state$$$
Minimum wage in montant $8.50. Try to live on that in Whitefish!
The big money are buying up all the houses...I would say a small starter home in Whitefish is 350-400K, and a lot of people here work online.
Where are your grocery stores what are the schools like, crime air port age of population medical facilities you know important stuff Michigan
Mt everest is in Montana?
Don't mean to sound mean, but is there a problem with California's intrusion
I'd move there just to be in Montana!!
REASON #1 it is only a one hour drive to lost prairie.
It is true...but unfortunately promoted by real estate agents/companies is a point of view based on $$$$. I feel crowded now and my neighborhood has changed radically. Most of the growth (not all) simply makes me sad...
Any work out there?
I'm thinking about it, my budget is not
Then it snows!!!!
Well sure it starts to snow but it stops 8 months later.
@@jeg5438 Lol. then the snow melts for 4 months and temps in late winter can fall to --40.
@@jeg5438 🤣😂
No fishing?
If I could have Montana views with my Florida weather I would be sold.
100* with 100% humidity and 3pm thunderstorms is not what I like. But there`s plenty of bugs to eat. yuk I was stationed in Jacksonville for 3 months and, when I left, promised myself to never return.
Greg Milner lol! Anything under 60 degrees and I’m miserable, this southern boy would love looking through a window but never walking outside in the winter. Just to old now to get myself acclimated.
@@WhoIsSerafin 60* is nice. I lived in Hawaii 3 yrs. avg. 85*. I prefer the change of seasons. Like the outdoors in the cold. I heat with wood so am busy cutting and splitting.
Greg Milner well the changes of season sure look nice
WHO IS SERAFIN I moved here near Yellowstone Park in SW Montana, from Florida, two and 1/2 years ago. The seasons are amazing, but sometimes cut short. Right now though we are having days in the high 70’s with 40’s at night. Guess this is an Indian summer? But I can take off any day and drive into beautiful mountains without tons of people and traffic or buildings. Just miss all my Florida family.
Is there a good school for children?
Do you have room for a couple school teachers? Just asking.
no communists wanted. just sayin.
Richard Mann good to know. We are conservative Republicans. We are also Bible believers and followers of Christ. We are looking to resettle somewhere new summer.
@@billburton8092 we're not teachers but also Conservative and looking for sanity, nature and good people.
@@catherineshaw1122 do you mean “not teacher short”? We’re nice people who love nature and the outdoors.
@@billburton8092 typing issue, lol. Corrected above. ;)
Looks nice. But it needs a free public gun range and a place to hunt. Other than that it looks like a very pleasant place to live.On a side not are their any breed restrictions on dogs? After doing some research I've been leaning towards a Rott for inside. In Montana I would probably consider a Great Pyrenees's if I decided to have a non hunting dog outside. Also if Y'All ain't somehow connected to the tourist industry their they should recruit you. Y'All painted a Picture of almost perfect.
If you’re coming, you better hurry! Winter is coming and like most trouble makers- I doubt you’d make it through the first hard freeze up here let alone a good blizzard cause you’d get froze in and could not not leave. Folks here are friendly till you upset the apple cart , then your likely to suddenly go missing and end up as bear bait.
@@MontanaMomma1 Not sure who your talking to, but if I leave the State I'm in it would most likely be for another Red State. I'm in Kentucky not California. One of the things I like about KY is we have Constitutional carry. If I ever leave Kentucky I strongly doubt it would be to turn some place leftwing.
Beautiful but way out of my price. Maybe cutbank
Whitefish is the most beautiful place ever! It’s God’s county
Whitefish i ❤ you
Whitefish was soooooo much nicer before it was 'discovered.'
Just like any great mountain town.
I live in summit co Colorado and how this place has changed.
if i was to move back to montana it would not be whitefish unless they got rid of there sales tax
Still have it.
It might be the reason I do move there.
The drug issue is worse than the sales tax along with the amount of CA's and WA's that have made it even more liberal
@@danelleh3251 Yeah, we've got some tweakers in the valley. I'm cool with the sales tax in Whitefish because it makes the tourists pay for the streets and infrastructure. I can go to McDonalds in Kalispell and not pay it.
You just have to know how to play their rules against them. It’s unconstitutional to charge a sales tax in Montana. Not to mention illegal. I’ve disputed this at the local grocery store there. With success. They and West Yellowstone have tourist sales taxes that they illegally place on all visitors and residents. Just have to know your rights is all.
If your looking for a place to live and golf, move to Phoenix.
My aunt has lived in phoenix for 50 years and she said that she is leaving before the end of the year 🙄
@@adamUDavies Is she leaving because of the heat, the growth, or another reason?
@@christineh4782 she said it's because of the undesirable overpopulation in the phoenix area.
@@adamUDavies Same thing happened where I used to live. I completely understand. I hope she finds a safe and friendly place to move to.
I’d love to move there but it seems like everyone is and i don’t want to be one of those California people who left there state
Montana is calling me
I'm feeling the same thing !
Cold, Cold, did I mention its cold?
Heck, it was 25F over Labor Day weekend.
but only 6 months out of the year! lol
Thanks for letting me know.👍
@Rick Rangel it's not that bad, but no it ain't cheap, though it is a resort town and one of two places in Western Montana with sales tax.
Mathew Allen but then it shot right back up to the 80’s. Montana’s weather is bi polar sometimes.
Whitefish is pretty nice.
Realtors are ruining Montana. Oh yes bring your money. You will need it.
Hey brother what about the fishing
Lots of fishing in Montana! Really good fishing!
Grizzlies????
Every day
Hispanics from California with lots of money are heading to montana.
excellent! They need some ethnic diversity!]
Rich Ratch same
Hopefully hispanic businesses come with them. We need more Mexican supermarkets over here.
I hope they never turn that on blue !
I am VERY, VERY disappointed in Montana. It is another Oregon, Washington, and California when it comes to its liberalism.