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Missoula, MT is a city rich in culture and entertainment. It is home to a thriving arts and music scene, numerous recreational activities, and an abundance of outdoor activities. Missoula is known for its spectacular scenery, the beautiful Clark Fork River, and its proximity to Glacier National Park. Visitors are sure to find something to do in Missoula regardless of their interests. The community of Missoula offers great shops, restaurants, attractions, and plenty of outdoor activities where visitors can explore the wonders of nature.
The reviews about Missoula are overwhelmingly positive. People love the small-town hospitality they receive from everyone they meet while visiting this charming city. Visitors often say that the locals are very friendly and helpful with any questions or concerns they may have during their stay. Those who visit always comment on how vibrant the city is and leave with good impressions of all that Missoula has to offer. Many people return time and again because of all that this beautiful city has to offer—from its unique natural beauty to its diverse cultural attractions.
based on 48 ReviewsGet to know Missoula with the latest comments and reviews from people who live in or have visited Missoula
Financially difficult and blighted by the homeless - 10/24/2020
I've lived here for 10 years and my view of the city has turned as we (barely) managed to buy a home, started a family, and the blight of homelessness has escalated out of control. When I moved here the transients were a handful of local street alcoholics, and mostly crusty punks who would roll through in the Summer months. This has taken a radical turn and West Broadway is a blighted neighborhood, overrun with dangerous meth addicts from out of state, drawn by the concentration of free services. The Western river trail system, frankly, is no longer safe after dark.
I do believe we share a responsibility to help each other, but enabling a self-destructive lifestyle of addiction and violence is not help. Many of those drawn to the Poverello simply do not deserve the services. By offering a, "no strings attached" bed and meal, residents who are dangerous and prone to violence are not turned away, which forces the vulnerable who do need those services to move on. My wife deals
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Fake people, - 6/21/2020
I lived here for 6 years, and it never got any easier to live, I'm a Native American, these people her look down on us, I have been put in jail for sitting in a parking lot, well I asked why, your making people nervous, with people that will smile in your face then make show your followed in a store, if you are any kind of minorities you will be looked as a drug addict or drunk, of you don't have a job as a doctor, cops here will find reason to stop you again if your a minoritie, these people are so fake and everyday these public people will do whatever it takes too make you move back to your home
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Missoula - Beautiful & Poorly Run - 5/28/2020
I have lived in Missoula on and off for the last 30 years, but consistently for the last 12. I met my wife and had my kids here. My father and my wife's entire family is from here. It is a beautiful place to live and it is close to everything you could want to do outdoors. So why two stars? The city is run by people that view you as a piggy bank. If they can imagine it, they will tax you for it. They are actively lobbying for any kind of tax they can get passed (gas, resort, etc) Housing is beyond unaffordable unless you view apartment living with a mortgage payment as affordable. City policies are creating homelessness in droves, crime is climbing at absurd rates and the city even lists one of the "places to see" as the homeless shelter. I love Missoula, but I loathe what it has become and every year we move further from the ability to fix the damage. Out of state buyers have driven home prices out of the range of local residents. So if you are looking to move here from
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Small Town Homeless Mecca - 5/23/2020
Missoula is an interesting place. If you are an activist focusing on the homeless, Missoula is probably the place for you as Missoula has made the city a very inviting place for the "homeless" population. We have a homeless shelter downtown and various vagrant camps along the Clark Fork River that runs through town. In the past year or so we paid the city to clean up the river shore in town, hauling away needles, garbage, waste and other detritus. City governance stated their purpose was to encourage city residents (not homeless) to use the beautiful river area to drive the homeless from its shores. It didn't accomplish that goal. In a matter of months the river area is once again populated by homeless and unusable by city residents. In response, the city said the non-homeless "homeful?" didn't use the land quickly enough so it was re-occupied. It has now surrendered its efforts to make the waterway livable for Missoulians. People and families concerned with their own safety
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Beauty and the city council - 2/9/2020
I've lived in Missoula for 12 years, moved from Michigan. I love the locals, some of the most friendly people aside from some snooty granolas. Missoula is freaking gorgeous but there are definite issues. There are some struggles with homeless and it's probably not going to get better because the rent is high and the wages are low. I'm talking $10-12/hr for a large majority of the population, and rent for anything decent starts around $750 for a 1 bedroom. This is only getting worse because the city council is doing their best to implement a TIF (tax increment financing) which is about to stick it to all the city's residents. Basically the tax payers are about to pay for all the new developments that are about to take place. The university also hasn't been bringing in the money either, enrollment has dropped. If you don't already have tons of money, Missoula really can't help you. God bless the locals and suck it city council (greedy
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Transients, bad air quality, rising taxes/costs - 10/15/2019
The transient problem and panhandling here is out of control. The traffic is getting bad, especially for Montana. There exists a prevailing attitude of entitlement seen like nowhere else. Wages are lowball. Locals run this place; good luck if you weren't born in Montana. The air quality gets very bad during fire season (July - Sept) and again with the winter inversion (Nov - Feb). All the smog from 5 valleys lands here. Big jumps in property taxes and cost of water
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Missoula-Friendly and Beautiful Place - 9/16/2019
I have lived here for over 7 years now. My experience has been nothing but great! The locals are welcoming and some of the nicest people I have met. I grew up in the Midwest and it is very rare that someone is rude or disrespectful. I could not believe some of the reviews on here. I am not sure if we are living in the same town! The winters get colder but nothing compared to the midwest. That bitter cold hurts! Here is it drier which also comes with some downsides. The upside is the cold does not feel cold to me. I rarely get my winter jacket out. The roads do not get as clean as some would hope. I think this is because we are used to driving on slick roads and snow is not that big of a deal. I can only remember one snow day for the kids since I lived here. The outdoors is some of the most beautiful landscapes I have seen. I travel all over the US for my job and I rarely find a place that compares. I do know the locals do not want us to became a huge city but they are
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Pure crap, all image - 8/6/2019
Don't be deceived by what people on here, or in the media tell you. This place is an absolute dump. It is only designed to reel-in transplants. The people in this city are as fake and dumb as they come. Small city, but very Democratic and more like the West Coast. No, I do not see this as a magical city. People are trying to make this place look fancy and good. Someone on here mentioned earlier that the people are mellow or in-between. No extremists - Which could not be any further from the truth. None of the people here really like each other. This is a pretentious city that tries to make itself look good on the outside, but lacks substance. Most people don't realize that Missoula is just another Democratic city for corrupt politicians to do experiments on human beings that they use as robots.
Housing costs too much, and only the richest can afford these houses. They are very good-looking houses, but it's not really worth moving here to work. Not a good job market, not
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Here’s what you need to know about Missoula - 4/26/2019
I’ve lived here most of my life. Don’t get me wrong—I’m not a snooty local who doesn’t like change. I’ve wanted Missoula to grow past its old 60k population of (white) rednecks and (very white) yuppies for ages. And it is. That is, for the most part, fantastic. If you’re considering a move to Missoula, now might be the best time (not to say I’d recommend).
I won’t complain about the fact summer the last few years has been rechristened “construction”—those are just the growing pains of a small city getting bigger fast for the first time. There are more new and exciting restaurants, etc than ever, better infrastructure, greater diversity (by about 1%); all that. However, there are a few things you should know.
On the off-chance you’re considering this place for its college, UM has become a burning trash heap and that’s not about to change. This being something of a college town, that ethos has infected the rest of the city. We’re also seeing the vibrant, historic
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Locals trying their best to scare you away. - 3/21/2018
Haha, these reviews are hilarious. Missoula is a nice little college town. Yeah, it's no metropolis but you knew that. They (the locals) don't want it to get any bigger so many here are bashing it. Don't believe them. I've been there. Nice place, nice people, not as backwards as other areas in Montana. Don't get me wrong, it's not as progressive as Seattle or San Francisco, but then it's not as Conservative as you might expect either. Very livable with nice scenery. Montanan's aren't as awful as these reviews here would lead you to believe. I will say this though, when I told the guy there I was from Indianapolis, his reply was "Oh, you're from a big city" - which made me laugh because I wouldn't consider Indy a big city, but then I remembered Indy's population is more than the entire state of Montana's. Oh well. Nice place. I like
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