You can't eat scenary
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12/27/2007
People in Missoula will go on and on about how pretty the area is right around town and in western Montana. And they are right. I have travelled out of the country twice an all over the United States and would agree that the area from Darby, MT to the Canadian border is very beautiful. I would put it in the top 10 most beautiful places I have been. However, people also think that you should be grateful to live in western Montana, after all, they think eastern Montana is just sooo ugly that it is unlivable. I am a teacher and that is one of the worst jobs that you can have in Missoula and western Montana. There is little union protection, as Montana is so backwards conservative, even "liberal" Missoula and so they don't believe in unions. If you are in any type of union job be prepared to have it told (or implied) to you that you should be grateful to live in Montana. That is basically the mentality I got. So unless you think that living in western Montana is Shangri-la and you do have a wage similar to a teacher's wage, your best bet is to stay out, away from all the college students desperately trying to make a living there. Realistically, would you want your children growing up into being brainwashed into thinking that there is no other place besides Missoula and western Montana?
Bob | Casper, WY