COMMENT BY
TLB from Destin, FL
COMMENT ABOUT PLACE
Destin, FL
COMMENT
Gorgeous
My family is from the region, two generations back, and I spent both summers and winter holidays there with my grandparents (my parents only moved away in the 1960’s simply to find more lucrative work). It’s so beautiful, quirky, lovely. I now reside outside of Bozeman for approximately half the year, more after tourists have left and it winds back down. I prefer quiet. Local shops are great, it’s a slower pace. People complain a lot more now about being overrun by out of state buyers and wanderers, but I’d remind them that tourists bring money. You’d miss it! And houses are worth a lot more should anyone wish to move, or sell and downsize…they’d make more money from people buying in the area. That being said, I always, always support local when I’m there and I’d live there all year except I have a skin condition that requires a certain amount of natural sunshine, at least for some of the year and I manage it in between. But autumn and winter when I’m there…pure bliss, believe it or not. Definitely know what you’re getting into if you live the fantasy of a Montana town…weather and the land can be brutal. Locals are apprehensive unless you immerse yourself and become part of the community.