Great job on your article! I’d like to read more!!
As a little aside, I’d like to share that I haven’t lived in Montana for 30 years, but I still call myself a Montanan. My people were one of the very first pioneers in Park County. My mom and Grandma Maxey McKean loved to be involved with Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers. Myself and my two brothers were all born in Bozeman, when it was a place no one had ever heard of, when there were no direct flights, and nothing famous ever happened. But time marched on, movies started to be made there, movie stars started to fall in love with their temporary movie-star trailer’s locations, and before anyone knew what was happening, kids growing up in Bozeman couldn’t afford to buy their own parents homes. I think what stands out to me about Montanans (I’ll leave the word real out) is respect for our resources, knowing the value of the fish hatchery, respecting fire ? warnings, genuinely caring about the beauty of nature and the people who will be fishing, camping, climbing, skiing, etc, after you leave a space. The city planners and those in charge of rent regulations, Landlord Tennant laws need to be held accountable to protect those who just want to lay their heads in the town they either grew up in, or grew to love later on in life. I think the unfair rage and frustration is misplaced so easily in the “Real Montanan” debate. The frustration so many feel, is truly more properly debated as the more uncomfortable topic of wealth and great wealth vs. the average guy just trying to make a living.
As a little aside, I’d like to share that I haven’t lived in Montana for 30 years, but I still call myself a Montanan. My people were one of the very first pioneers in Park County. My mom and Grandma Maxey McKean loved to be involved with Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers. Myself and my two brothers were all born in Bozeman, when it was a place no one had ever heard of, when there were no direct flights, and nothing famous ever happened. But time marched on, movies started to be made there, movie stars started to fall in love with their temporary movie-star trailer’s locations, and before anyone knew what was happening, kids growing up in Bozeman couldn’t afford to buy their own parents homes. I think what stands out to me about Montanans (I’ll leave the word real out) is respect for our resources, knowing the value of the fish hatchery, respecting fire ? warnings, genuinely caring about the beauty of nature and the people who will be fishing, camping, climbing, skiing, etc, after you leave a space. The city planners and those in charge of rent regulations, Landlord Tennant laws need to be held accountable to protect those who just want to lay their heads in the town they either grew up in, or grew to love later on in life. I think the unfair rage and frustration is misplaced so easily in the “Real Montanan” debate. The frustration so many feel, is truly more properly debated as the more uncomfortable topic of wealth and great wealth vs. the average guy just trying to make a living.
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