My husband is paying your state good money in taxes and getting basically nothing in return for it because we technically live in New York.

:/ I have been looking in Rutland and all the cheaper areas.

It's really cute bute way out of our price range :(

Yes, we are keeping our eyes open for places to open up there

Hey! I'm sorry to hear you weren't able to make it out here, but maybe it was a blessing in disguise because financially you might not have done any better here. I guess you never know what the future holds though.

No, we haven't been back since we left because it's too expensive to travel. I was born and raised outside of Helena and everytime we went to visit it broke my heart to see how different it was from when I was a kid. Bozeman is basically unrecognizable now. Seems like only the rich could afford to live in the country like we wanted so we decided there was nothing left for us there and left.

All I ever wanted was a little house in the country, with chickens and a garden so we could grow some of our own food and live a quiet life. I thought we could have that here but I guess not.

My husband works almost constantly and I don't know how to do DIY so that would be really tough. But I'm happy it worked out for you :)

Thanks

Well what was I supposed to do? :(

That would be great! Right now the very most we can probably afford is $1,500. It's almost half our monthly take home pay but that seems to be unavoidable now.

Thank you. I guess that's one thing the two states have in common.

I have actually been wanting to live in the middle of nowhere, like back home in Montana. Don't want to live in a city. But it seems nothing is ever available except town homes.

I'm glad it worked out for you in the end 😊

Oh nice! I'll look into it, thanks :)

We actually live in Whitehall. My husband drives to Middlebury for work.

Right? I realize that now. Thanks, I appreciate the support.