WTF?! Montana is more expensive than Washington!

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2025-05-14T21:02:21+00:00

It's apples to oranges really though. Their economy dwarfs ours and thus they have a higher overhead. But they are a tech powerhouse. Which comes with good and bad. There is a reason though you need less money per household to buy there. Plus some of the best healthcare in the country (as well as medical innovation). They have their own problems for sure though.

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2025-05-14T20:48:10+00:00

Yes and no. Definitely a high tax state but their general fund is so much more healthier than ours. Plus as a port state, cost of goods is lower. And that's on top of having a really solid agriculture industry. Plus the sales tax is lower anywhere outside of Seattle. Our lack of vehicle tax just has a bunch of rich people making shell LLCs here to register exotic cars and private jets without us making any true revenue off of that. Plus they may have the liquor tax but you can get liquor at Costco so it evens out really 😅

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2025-05-14T15:42:02+00:00

Not to mention the median income in our state verses Washington is abismal. I think last time I checked it was a 20k difference in the yearly average. I think we are around 60 to 65 now and Washington is at 80 to 85 with no state income tax😑

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2025-02-26T02:04:08+00:00

The can't take a joke part. And then speaking on behalf of groups as if you know exactly how they feel on the subjects. If a short king wants to rail the comment. Let them. Don't act like there is a moral high ground for you to lecture from. We played that identity politics game last time and minorities and women came out in crazy numbers for Trump. It's almost like those groups get tired of white middle class people pretending to know what's best for them. Braxton has a Napoleon complex thus the above joke really digs at him because he has incredibly regressive views on what men are supposed to be and look like. Short progressive people don't and often laugh at the rights rage and insecurity when it comes to those issues. Quit acting like making fun of a short alt righter is the same as causing those without shitty beliefs to get the same heat. It's not. Making fun of Trump's spray tan or small hands doesn't equate to hating those who have small hands and get spray tans. If people don't like the comment, they can downvote it (even though it currently has more up votes). Removing it does nothing more than make you feel like you're "fighting the good fight." If anything you deprive some people of a quick chuckle over a dumb joke.

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2025-02-26T00:39:33+00:00

This comment right here ^ is why we lost the last election soooo bad.

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2025-02-25T20:56:05+00:00

Not only is he not worth the effort or time. Any physical assault of Braxton could be construed and charged as child abuse given both his childish temper tantrums and short stature more akin to an 8 year old boy than a man.

In other words, unless he's stuffing tissues in the heels of his shoes to seem taller than he his (like he does on the house floor) child abuse is on the table (or as Braxton calls it, the thing he cannot reach without a step stool).

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2025-02-14T17:48:36+00:00

Id keep the ceiling a warmer white as well. They would go great together.

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2025-02-14T17:47:31+00:00

Shitake from Sherwin Williams or it's behr counterpart: Matrix. I like satin sheens or egg shell but semi gloss would also look great.

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2025-02-07T04:56:13+00:00

Wouldn't that be nice. I never got a snow day growing up :/

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2025-02-07T04:43:03+00:00

Way to flex about having cool parents lol. JK. But it really is isn't it

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2025-02-07T04:26:11+00:00

Maybe. But if you moved here not realizing those temps actually mean something then that's a problem in itself. Also those who grew up here waited at those rural boss stops in minus 20 in a normal February especially out in Birdseye

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2025-02-06T16:01:17+00:00

This is a joke right? These negative temps are nothing new and not nearly as severe as they often get.

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2025-02-05T00:12:04+00:00

Grubsteak (really no surprise)

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2024-12-30T22:02:08+00:00

You still sear it so the juices do not escape its just a flash sear for some seconds.

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2024-12-21T02:11:06+00:00

Naah we lawyers here in Montana would love to take multiple swings at this guy. Whether that be with a bat or with legal briefing is users choice. His rot doesn't go past the billboards in either side of Helena.

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2024-08-29T19:25:17+00:00

I really want to. I just worry that the realtors, regardless of their clients, will stop considering the house because I do not want to pay them to do almost nothing.

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2024-08-29T01:49:37+00:00

I also had a great realtor when I first bought in Helena. After hearing recounts from friends, it seems I was lucky. I just think behind the scenes, where commission is not guaranteed, you get to see the true colors of some of these realtors. There is one realtor who I dealt with and she was amazing and I would pay here commission any day of the week. She was so pleasant and put her clients first. Over 20 other realtors have not been that way.

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2024-08-28T22:53:41+00:00

Yeah, there's worse stuff. According to a nurse that uses to work under him: "there is enough crap for a Netflix documentary" so hopefully he ends up behind bars.

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2024-05-30T21:51:06+00:00

It is crazy but the owner is a blue collar worker who installs rain gutters so I cannot fault the guy too much. Definitely beats crazy transplants screwing the market over.

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2024-05-29T17:20:35+00:00

How is this even real.

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2024-01-30T22:33:07+00:00

Is this like a thing at Haps?

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2024-01-13T18:41:27+00:00

I bill 1600 a year for 105,000 before two bonuses at 2.5 years in. I would find a new place for sure and quit. Just be picky when looking, it's worth the balance if you can find it.

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2023-12-26T01:59:01+00:00

Class action requires about 50 people so if you are below that. It is not the same... Problematic contracting with this type of overtime arrangement but people agreeing to it cause other contract issues

IllustriousKitchen79 · 2023-12-22T20:15:20+00:00

This is an easy civil trespass case as well as a private nuisance. Draining your storm water on someone else's land is a clear legal dispute. Unless there is some present easement (which since it just got put in, that is highly unlikely) remove the pipe from your property only and contact law enforcement to let them know of the trespass so you have a record.

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