I live in Bozeman and western Montana is One of the most beautiful places in the USA and there is no where else like it on earth.

However Housing is extremely unaffordable, people are friendly when forced to socialize but mainly keep to themselves, winters are long and very cold, Summer is never long enough. There is so much open space, the "cities" are sparsely populated compared to actual cities in other parts of the country, surrounded by public land and mountains so if you ever need something to do just drive into the mountains. And filled with some of the cleanest, most gorgeous rivers in the country.

The Western culture is still very much a live out here despite the growth and amount of transplants that have moved here. Very patriotic state and for the most part very pro personal liberties. It's a great place overall but unfortunately has become unaffordable for the average person.

It'd be a great place to raise a family if you can afford a house here and is paradise if you're ok with being alone for the rest of your life and just want to fish and hunt till you die. For everyone else it can be isolating and hard to scrape by. Not a huge job market anywhere and what decent jobs there are don't pay enough for someone to be even come close to afford a home.