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Butte-Silver Bow, MT
Butte, Montana -
3/10/2008Nestled in the Rocky Mountains, this medium size mining town thinks like a small town. It is friendly and welcoming. Centrally located to all the fun things the great outdoors can provide--camping, fishing, hiking, hunting. Yellowstone National Park is less than two hours away. Glacier National Park is about 3 hours away.
Butte relied heavily on the mining community and once boasted a population of over 100,000 people. However, the mining industry's downturn, and more recently in the 80's, Butte now is a community of about 35,000. Infrastructure for building new homes was fairly minimal from about 1980 to aobut 2005. You will find older homes (pre-1980) and new homes (post 2004) for the majority of homes you will find available in Butte. The newer the home, the more expensive it will be. Getting property with your home is very probable.
One of the best engineering colleges in the country is found in Butte, Montana. Cost of education at Montana Tech is much less than bigger schools and they "really" take care of their students...my son is a sophomore there.
We moved here from Idaho. We're not Montana natives and we love it here.