Hem
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Thought asking that question might squash the conversation.
Bozeman: is it really that bad anymore?
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peterk1234
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In the past year I have noticed Bozeman residents are spilling over into Livingston. Lots of number 6 plates here all of a sudden. It will be interesting to see if they last. The pass can be rough in the winter. Also the number of people shore fishing along 89 heading south is incredible. I won't be surprised if they are shoulder to shoulder as the days get warmer. And the number of unfriendly dog walkers on every piece of accessible public land has increased ten fold. I have no issue with folks walking their dogs but do me solid and say hi as you walk by. The tenor around here has changed at a very rapid pace. And I've only been here for three years. Ya, I'm a transplant. But my family and I embraced the local culture. It's why we came here. Things like a simple wave to the oncoming vehicle on a quiet dirt road means the world to me. I hate to see it disappear.
It's not just Bozeman. It's everywhere. The growth is staggering.
It's not just Bozeman. It's everywhere. The growth is staggering.
Hem
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OMG!
Nicest guy.
He had a twinkle in his eye when he told me he digs up dinosaur bones.
Hem
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I'm guessing he is doing better then hanging on.
Straight Arrow
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Me too. And when the news media interviews a representative of the "unhoused", my wife and I wonder, "Where in the heck did they find that person? Surely that is not a fellow Montanan!"
Montana man, 68, begs for moratorium on property taxes after bill reaches $8K just ‘to live in our own house’
He’s on Social Security but still works to cover his taxes
Agree! Something needs to be done before people moving in blow out homeowners of past values.
Interesting, Busse. Good bump for his interest as Gov
This true?
noharleyyet
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Straight Arrow
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Yes and locally famous as it was filmed at sites in the Bozangeles area. It became a local joke for awhile. It didn't really attract much attention resulting in growth in the area ... then later along came A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT!!!
Yellowstone has been fun. mtmuley
Whatever. Sytes
Maybe you didn't get what I mean. mtmuley
The same content shared earlier Yellowstone I found humorous though a constant for people rushing to MT - your response. Maybe you didn't catch the return volleyed humor. (or maybe you did.
)Got it. mtmuleyThe same content shared earlier Yellowstone I found humorous though a constant for people rushing to MT - your response. Maybe you didn't catch the return volleyed humor. (or maybe you did.
HONEYBADGER
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Locusts leave the land they have destroyed and look for more land to destroy.
Montana man, 68, begs for moratorium on property taxes after bill reaches $8K just ‘to live in our own house’
He’s on Social Security but still works to cover his taxesfinance.yahoo.com
Agree! Something needs to be done before people moving in blow out homeowners of past values.
Interesting, Busse. Good bump for his interest as Gov
This true?
Our house near C Falls went up 500% in 10 years. We bought a 10 acre parcel and built on it. It doubled from 2021 to 2023.
Other properties in Lake County (raw land) went up 300%. It's not right. They still have to pass bond levy to put a new roof on the high school. Or the students may have to do remote learning. Meanwhile our teachers and law enforcement do not have a pension benefit program. It's complete bullshit.
Feel bad for Montana kids that want to stay. mtmuley
Straight Arrow
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Belgrade, just west of Bozeman, is growing as fast, maybe faster, than Bozo. The school student population is burgeoning and a new elementary school is direly needed, but the recent bond levy failed, due to the recent escalation of property taxes, IMO. School financial needs are discriminated against as that is the only tax bill on which you may vote with a NO to school funding. If more money is needed for roads, weed control, snow plow trucks, county employee wage increases ... or whatever, the tax bill is just increased, with no voice and no way to object by the property tax payer.
The $1,150 tax rebate is a joke. It's a poor token of sympathy for the poor folk from Gov G and the legislature, Ds and Rs, as an acknowledgement that the property tax system has been fornicated to the point of putting poor Kurt on the street with his new sign that says, "Urban camping for life."
The $1,150 tax rebate is a joke. It's a poor token of sympathy for the poor folk from Gov G and the legislature, Ds and Rs, as an acknowledgement that the property tax system has been fornicated to the point of putting poor Kurt on the street with his new sign that says, "Urban camping for life."
