Over-rated Bozangelas
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11/23/2018
I've held a mailing address since 2004. It was nice when it was a sleepy cow town. The town has become so overrun with Californians and Boulderites. Lift lines are insane at the local ski areas, hiking trails are overrun, dogs are banned in all open spaces, public land access is a zoo with idiot hunters and the fishing has gone to sh*t with every joe in a drift boat. What is worse is idiots walk up next to you while you are wade fishing and cast into the same pool... you don't come to big sky country to stand next to somebody while fishing. Plus dirt bikes rip up the single track mountain bike trails within a few years of their creation. Individuals visit here and think its nice on a summer day then move in and realize winter lasts 9 months. These same individuals bring in their wealth from Orange County and drive the real estate prices to insane levels. Crappy built spec homes on 1/8 acre with a granite countertop for $500K+. The town has no concept of zoning for new growth and city council is run by developers who allow developers to create urban sprawl with no road/traffic management. What used to take 5 minutes in a car five years ago now takes 35+ minutes. Property taxes are going through the roof because we don't have a sales tax so everybody gets hit to pay for roads and public services and the creation of new schools yet we have tourists pouring through and they don't contribute a dime to the wear and tear they create. Expect to pay $5000 a year in property taxes for a modest house and expect another 3 or 4 new bonds in the near future to create more middle schools and elementary schools because classes are bursting at the seams.
Loshi | Bozeman, MT