I loved life in Bozeman, Montana, but I got priced out. Luckily, moving 100 miles away felt like an upgrade.
"When I moved to Bozeman in 2012, it had just under 40,000 residents. Today, it's pushing the 60,000 mark... The average value of a single-family house in Bozeman is over $740,000 and the average rent is nearly $2,400 a month."
The toll of Bozeman's housing crisis - High Country News
"All of these things sort of come to a head at the shelter. We see the culmination of a mental health crisis, housing crisis, a wage crisis, a drug crisis."