COMMENT BY
NW nomad from Missoula, MT
COMMENT ABOUT PLACE
Missoula, MT
COMMENT
White-Trash Dump
Between Lee and Rome, I spend my almost my entire schooling life here. As a kid you never really realize how bad a place might be until you come back as an adult and go 'wow'. Rome is the epitome of that feeling.
Once you get just outside of the city limits and up towards Lee Center or out to the lake, it's not that bad. The fall foliage is fantastic all the way from the farms to the little ski area out past Lake Delta [all beit an overpriced ski]. The city itself can go from quaint to ghetto in about 2 blocks. As a kid, over the course of 10 yrs riding my bike around town, I could count the number of times on both hands that I rode my bike around the town WITHOUT someone yelling something at me either in person or from out a car window.
Rome is a Thru-Way rest-stop that you only hit if you have absolutely no other choice. The worst part of town is down by the highway exits. Great thing to show people to get them off the road and into your town!
It's a place with dwindling recreation and Taxes that hit 10% when I was a kid and everyone raised hell, so the city graciously rolled it back to 9.5% and it's sat there ever since.
Rome's only claim to fame was Woodstock '99 and a once proud Air Force Base.
I was one of the lucky ones that got out and moved away - to a place that my friends didn't know existed. Most others are tied down with kids they had in or right after High School, and/or are living at home still.
Montana is stereotyped for being inbred and low-quality - which in some spots is true. Well, Rome is a place that makes those places in Montana look good!