A free-market economy is a bootstrapping entity: it builds off itself.
It may take some time and struggle to get going, and it may never match the economy of another region. But after all, the Pilgrims didn’t sail to America with job offers in their pockets. Nobody paid relocation expenses for the pioneers who settled the plains states. :-)
People move in search of something better, something that outweighs the cost and risk of moving. For many folks these days, that something better is freedom.
Let’s plan ahead and bring a job with us when we move. Maybe not Montana, but some state or group of states is going to flip, and I’ll move there.
No point getting into dental floss, that’s all tied up in Montana.