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Bozeman, MT is known for its stunning natural beauty and plethora of outdoor activities. This is a great destination for those looking to experience the best of Montana's outdoors, from skiing to hiking and fishing. It is also home to a vibrant arts and culture scene with many museums, galleries, and theaters. Its cozy downtown area has plenty of shops and restaurants for visitors to enjoy. Bozeman also has a thriving nightlife with plenty of bars and clubs to choose from. No matter what you're looking for, Bozeman has something for everyone! Reviews from visitors have been overwhelmingly positive, praising all that Bozeman has to offer. Many speak highly of its diverse range of attractions, including the incredible outdoor experiences available in the surrounding area. Others comment on how friendly the locals are and how much there is to do in town. All in all, Bozeman is a great place to visit with something fun for everyone!
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For yuppies only - 12/27/2007
This town is a poor choice for several reasons. The main one is the fact that if you are an average Joe, you will not be able to afford rent, let alone buy a home in hardly any of the areas around Bozeman, and especially not in town. The town is going to engulf most of the Gallatin Valley and it will not be a pretty little mountain town any more. The college is a good one but if you come be prepared to be harassed by every slum lord in town and every employer. It is coming to the point that now students can only live and work on campus. This town has done its best to ignore the university. As far as nightlife, it is fun, until you graduate from college and realize that the few bars where you are accepted are just a place for other students who just want to get drunk. And raising a family? Forget it unless you want to send your kids to extremely cliquey schools where they will be reminded by the "haves" that they are "have nots" and they will be taught by teachers who are there because
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For yuppies only - 12/27/2007
This town is a poor choice for several reasons. The main one is the fact that if you are an average Joe, you will not be able to afford rent, let alone buy a home in hardly any of the areas around Bozeman, and especially not in town. The town is going to engulf most of the Gallatin Valley and it will not be a pretty little mountain town any more. The college is a good one but if you come be prepared to be harassed by every slum lord in town and every employer. It is coming to the point that now students can only live and work on campus. This town has done its best to ignore the university. As far as nightlife, it is fun, until you graduate from college and realize that the few bars where you are accepted are just a place for other students who just want to get drunk. And raising a family? Forget it unless you want to send your kids to extremely cliquey schools where they will be reminded by the "haves" that they are "have nots" and they will be taught by teachers who are there because
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Do some sole (and financial) searching before movi - 11/19/2007
Bozeman was a great little town set amoung beautiful mountain ranges with fantastic recreation oppertunities. However, if you want to survive in Bozeman and enjoy being there you need money before getting there, you most likely will not make it there. Housing is riduclous and pay is so low that most people are working 2-3 jobs, which leaves little time for fun. Montana has many great small towns that will not suck you dry. Bozeman has given way to being anywhere USA with the new Linens and Things, World Market, Home Depot, Lowe's and on and on. Not long ago there was a dirt road where those places are now. One might say why stop growth, the 1% unemployment has put the town in a horrible hiring situtation, McDonald's can't even keep their doors open due to staffing. Many many many college grads are working low wage jobs. For you own future do you homework. They say the way to make a small fortune in Bozeman is to start with a large one. Good
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Pros & Cons - 11/3/2007
PROS: Bozeman is a beautiful town. Surrounded by mountains with easy access to every outdoor activity you could imagine. It's population is just big enough to escape the "small-town" feel, but just small enough to get to know your neighbor.
CONS: While the above mentioned Pros contribute to a positive "quality of life" there are what I consider two major pitfalls: cost-of-living and lack of culture. The cost of living is very high making it impossible for the average Joe to own a home. It definitely either takes a two-earner income or landing one of the few professional jobs that actually pay worth a darn.
The culture here is very narrow-minded. You have your western/cowboy/mountain/outdoor culture and that's about it. And even that is losing it's identity among the strip malls and over-development. I'm from the area(caucasian), but my husband is not, and he stands out as being from a different ethnic background. He says of all the places he has lived
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Nice place but... - 10/21/2007
Bozeman is a great place to live but is experiencing major growing pains. Quickly turning into "Anywhere, USA", complete with box stores, chain restaurants, high housing costs and homeless folks.
Eight months of winter can get a bit old after a while. They don't call it the "great white pesticide" for nothing.
Employment statistics are deceiving. Unemployment is low but keep in mind that because wages are low, most folks are working two or three jobs to be able to afford to live here. There is a true saying in Bozeman, "the scenery is your salary." Only problem is that you can't pay your mortgage with that. There are lots of trust fund folks that seem to do just
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WAS a great town - 10/21/2007
I agree whole heartedly with the fact that Bozeman is ruining what made it great. The city has pretty much turned it's back on the university and it's students by catering to out of state yuppies (case in point: The R Bar).
The town will hire the local college grads, and pay them peanuts, because they can (a lot of grads would like to stay), I stayed an extra year and all my engineering degree got me was a job swinging a hammer and a night job slinging pizza just trying to make ends meet. The only success to be found in Bozeman is if you bring your own money or get your degree and get out. I worked building customs homes, never a single Montanan client, never met an MSU grad in Bozeman making more than 50K/yr, which will never buy a house in Bozeman (Belgrade maybe).
Gallatin county will continue to grow into a unrecognizeable blob of over priced houses while the college students won't be able to afford to set foot off
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Great little town with a lot of recreation. - 9/25/2007
Bozeman is a great place to live. There are outdoor activities galore and the people are friendly. People move to Bozeman for the winters to ski but stay for the summers. There is so much to do including, hiking, camping, fishing, white water rafting, mountain biking, climbing, floating, or going to the weekly outdoor concerts. It is hard to beat the beauty of driving along the Gallatin River through the Gallatin Canyon. Bozeman is a great
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Lovely place to live, work, recreate and raise a f - 9/25/2007
Bozeman, Montana is a quickly growing town that still maintains a small town feel. Nestled in the heart of the Gallatin Valley, Bozeman is surrounded by soaring mountains, numerous rivers, vast open landscape and of course, the Big Sky.
I have lived in Bozeman on and off since 1973. As a kid I loved riding my horses through the mountain trails, my bike along the gravel roads and cruising up and down main street visiting Western Drug or Crazy Daze.
After graduating high school I moved away for college and several years past that. I returned in 1998 because I could think of no better place to raise my two children. Since moving back I have enjoyed the same wonderful events that wowed me as a kid. The Sweet Pea Festival, Music on Main, The Montana State Bobcats, floating the Madison, hiking through Hylite and skiing Bridger Bowl and Big Sky (and now Moonlight Basin!) just to name a few. There are new ones, too, that are just as enjoyable such as The
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if you don't know already . . . why bother? - 9/12/2007
bozeman is a place for people who love mountains, the outdoors, winter, farmers markets, local beer, ice-skating in parks, sledding, hunting, hiking, biking, fishing, rafting, music, festivals, road trips, yellowstone, wolf-watching, barns, haystacks, horses, bluegrass, and sunsets. if you don't like these things, why are you reading this? if you prefer your high-paying jobs and your high-rise apartments, you won't fit in. if you are an improviser, a friend, a good neighbor, and a lover of open spaces and beautiful places, you'll find a way to make it work. my advice to those who want to move here: start a business. add something. grow something. that is the easiest way to get to know the
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Wannabe big city - 8/22/2007
This town is completely anti-student. Every business here will not hire college students and they will not rent to them at apartments. Wake up people! This town would hardly exist if there were not university. Traffis is horrible for a town this size. The growth is positively uncontrolled. There is a complete lack of planning and yet they just keep building more and more. Houseing is in the $250,000 range and that will get you a cheaply-built cookie cutter. People move here because it is pretty and yet they are ruining the very thing that makes it that way. The other people who stay are former college students who do not know any home away from home and are too scared to leave. There is one over-crowded high school which is extremely cliquey. The people in general are some of the most inconsiderate, selfish people you will ever meet. Any working Joe will have no hope of ever owning a house and will just be in the "have not" category. Come to go to college (if you can afford it), then
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