Bozeman is SO expensive that people are living in RVs because they can not afford an apartment. Same story in Jackson Hole. Coeur D’Alene is also very expensive now. Sun Valley is crazy.
This guy in Kalispell is just experiencing what many others out west have already seen.
Ditto my dear friend who bought a place near Hailey in 2009, With more water rights than normal for just 40 acres, Which I why I know as much as I do about the water hassles. Long, sordid story about how she's been harassed over the water. She's spent the price of a decent used truck on lawyers, just protecting hers. She's just been back East, looking at places. Going back this week to wrap up disposing-of/packing-up her chattels. The place will go on the market in fall, (for about 5x what she paid for it). Happy memories, but time to flee.