The DARK SIDE of Montana

It's easy to talk about the good things in Montana. This isn't that video. We dive into several of the worst parts of Montana and what is negatively impacting the state and living here.

The issues in this video are very real and if you are struggling with any of them, please get help.

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[OHVLife]

Homelessness and drugs are a problem in ALL states.

[a-bar-b]

It’s really bad in Montana !! Don’t move here Stay where you are !!

[danmcn]

Spot on. I grew up in Anaconda, MT and escaped to Bozeman for a long time before leaving altogether. Montana is a wonderful place to visit and to film movies & TV shows, but it has a huge downside. I remember rampant alcoholism, drug abuse, violence, and a lack of the simple basics of life. You can easily tell who the locals are in a place like Bozeman. They are the ones who have a full time job and maybe two other part-time gigs just to get by, and they can't possibly afford to go skiing at Big Sky. You want to talk about homelessness? Last Chance Gulch in Helena turns into skid row during the summer, and bums will urinate in doorways and pass out on the sidewalk so that the shoppers have to step right over them. There isn't a third world country more dismal than Browning, MT and please don't ever go driving on Friday nights because of the drunk drivers on the road.

[d.f.]

From Montana:
Driving- I am permanently injured by a 94 year old blind woman driving. Not alcohol.
Drugs- disclosure: As a teen I was drugged most days. Due to divorce and distance within my family. It helped.
Homelessness - wasn't a problem before Californication raising housing prices, raising property taxes to the point REAL Montanans can't live there anymore. I now live in South America, in a town like Bozeman was 100 years ago. Growing up in Bozeman my neighbor had a basement apartment that was $200 a month. Today it's around $1, 500.
Suicide - I have struggled with suicidal thoughts all my life. Family issues, religious expectations, isolation and lack of sunlight exposure all contribute.

[humphreyjames]

Land tax has doubled and locals are being driven out and the rich are driving costs up .

[johnjaco]

Our biggest problem Local, and state government. And high property taxes. Don't forget The 8 months of winter. lack of livable wage jobs.

[KAT-dgel]

If I had to live in a camper I sure as hell wouldn’t live in Montana with nine months of crappy weather.

[brittneywolf]

Thank you for your videos! They are very informative and helpful. I am looking to move to Montana and it’s nice to see the “other” side of things.

[ohsweetmystery]

Part of the reason there are more alcohol driving deaths in MT is because if you drive off a cliff or into a creek, you will probably die, unlike in a city where you usually just hit a light post or get pulled over.

[DougC-ivzq]

Since this video was published the Supreme Court Overturned the ability of local officials to remover homeless from public places. But drugs do need to be addressed up front... everywhere.

[kellymcalien]

I don't think Montana will sit still for gentrification.

[wichitatxgal]

Very Informative.
I did move to Missoula in 2012.
Started Nursing School.
Worked part time for health care company.
Everything was like 15 years behind in everything.
My apartment was furnished with 30 year old furniture and bed! Kitchen and bath were very clean.
I researched and read as much as I could in 2012, but there were not YouTube videos like yours!

Talk about forest fire smoke! You are advised to NOT go outside!
I quickly got a sinus infection, because of attending class I had to get out!

The real eye opener: going to clients home to help them with their disabilities. These clients didn’t have a roll of toilet paper, filthy kitchen towels, poor poor quality of clothes, no cleaning products!
I had to keep a bag in my vehicle of toilet paper, kitchen dish rags and clean sponges, paper towels.
If they lived in apartments: they didn’t have quarters to wash their clothes and bedding!

It was every client I had!

I moved back to my home state after 1 semester of school.

Just too expensive to buy minimal groceries, gasoline, everything!
I went to McDonald’s maybe 4 times. Never a restaurant!
Beautiful scenery and vistas but that’s it.

[InvisibleWarrior]

Every place has positives and negatives but I really like that you are talking about the negatives, so people aren’t going solely on their Yellowstone fantasies. Montana is an expensive place to live well. If you can’t get your life there figured out BEFORE you go, you are probably going to be disappointed.

[JohnHart-rhvo]

Montanas only problems is all these fucking out of staters moving here

[KAT-dgel]

I’m a fourth generation Montanan born in the late 1950s. I’ll honestly say, I hate everybody that’s moved here since 1985. Allow me to edit this. Moved here or born here from out of staters.

[zachjohn]

Governor of Alaska is offering to pay one way flights to La, or places who openly accept homeless

[KAT-dgel]

LOL I used to drink and drive all the time. I don’t drink anymore but I was a good drunk driver never got pulled over never got in a wreck.

[kentbickford]

Escaped Illinois in 2014 for Montana. No regrets. Advice - DON'T drink and drive, don't do meth, keep to yourself and protect yourself. Homeless camps are increasing but like he said the libs in the city government won't move to stop it. Just with the people from the left coast would stay out - they bring their politics with them.

[yankeeyankee]

So the worst things about Montana are alcohol and drug abuse? Interesting that MT is also one of the happiest states! Coincidence? Maybe not. Could it be that that very loose interpretation of personal freedom is responsible for the high level of happiness?

[notsomadscientist]

I can't blame the folks living in campers! Bidenomics is crushing the dollar! Nobody can afford a house. If I didn't have children, I would hella live in a camper!