Bozeman is Missoula south. I suggest Kalispell - that's where Randy Weaver lives now I'm pretty sure
These folks are in Kalispell.... They used to be Sonju Arms/ Sonju Aerospace Manufacturing...
https://falkordefense.com/
Bozeman is Missoula south. I suggest Kalispell - that's where Randy Weaver lives now I'm pretty sure
I don't know a whole lot about Montana (except the Bob Marshall area). Bozeman is pretty liberal, Helena I have heard is pretty blue collar, rugged, and conservative. My wife's friend, her dad is a state rep. It sounds like Montana geographically is mostly conservative, but the larger numbers in the few urban areas make up the difference.
Our best friends in the world are in MO, about 50 miles out of St. Louis near Sullivan. The woman had NINE kids and her kids are all prolific as well (they are home schoolers and very independent). He was an elder in the church I started in TX (he was in the Coast Guard then). We have visited them over the years. The mom is a woman who Carole just naturally "clicks" with, plus she was there as a friend when her physical (and thus emotional) health just came unwound, so she feels "safe" that she won't be unable to function and then have everyone judge her and feel sorry for "poor Eddie, who has so much burden" (reciting those verses from memory! lol). Anyway, it is beautiful country, the hunting and fishing are great, and I actually looked at buying property up there and moving. Life just seems to get in the way of all my plans! I definitely can echo that area as a great choice. SW MO and NW Arkansas are very very very good places, with lots of good people.Only place I'd ever leave NC for is MO, specifically the Ozarks/Mark Twain National Forest area.
Real estate, including 50+ acres of woods & hills, is very reasonable. I'd be closer to family & friends back home in KS, which is a huge draw. It's remote-ish, laws more favorable to my way of thinking that area is beautiful. Gotta tell ya, being able to hunt & fish in my own backyard would be amazing.
Only real issue is income. We're doing well, but I'll have a hard time making what I do here. However, I may be able to legitimately retire in a few years & not have to work if I don't wanna, so I guess we'll see.
On the other hand, I do have roots here & have people that I am loathe to leave behind.
Sullivan is 30 minutes from where I grew up. While I'd never move back to that area specifically. MO is a beautiful place. And alot of other places there I would liveOur best friends in the world are in MO, about 50 miles out of St. Louis near Sullivan. The woman had NINE kids and her kids are all prolific as well (they are home schoolers and very independent). He was an elder in the church I started in TX (he was in the Coast Guard then). We have visited them over the years. The mom is a woman who Carole just naturally "clicks" with, plus she was there as a friend when her physical (and thus emotional) health just came unwound, so she feels "safe" that she won't be unable to function and then have everyone judge her and feel sorry for "poor Eddie, who has so much burden" (reciting those verses from memory! lol). Anyway, it is beautiful country, the hunting and fishing are great, and I actually looked at buying property up there and moving. Life just seems to get in the way of all my plans! I definitely can echo that area as a great choice. SW MO and NW Arkansas are very very very good places, with lots of good people.