The next surge

[mtmuley]

I drove around 90 miles a day for high school

To and from I guess? mtmuley

 

[Ben Long]

Understood. Do you have decent supply of water? A 500' posthole could cost 50k. Access road maybe another 50. Finding a reliable contractor that has a 2 hour daily commute is tough. Then getting through the ridiculous county permit process can take a year or more. We don't have much new construction. Maybe someone hardy soul will invest 1m to give it a shot every few years but most people with that kind of cash are smarter than that.

I am constantly stunned by where and to what expense some people will go to build their "Montana dream home." 900 foot well? Dig it. Plow a mile of snow up a mountain? I got a guy to do that. The thing they cannot live without is internet connection. Starlink or whatever tech is taking care of that problem. Mountaintops that seemed utterly untouchable a decade or so ago now have castles atop them, some with helipads. Meanwhile cookie-cutter apartment buildings go up in town and the trailerparks sprawl to house the workers they need to support this lifestyle. It's the new gilded age, IMO. If we want to keep our winter range and access, the time to do it now.

 

[BigHornRam]

Most folks are ok, it’s the hyper determined to save you from yourselves that invariably skew the mix. We get plenty of the latter but Mother Texas also relocates many of the same to paradise states.

I thought you guys quarantined them in Austin?

 

[noharleyyet]

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[Hem]

People hiking up trails with music playing on open speakers drive me bat shit crazy.

 

[Hammsolo]

A fricken TV show brought people here. mtmuley

Maybe we need to make a series about California!?! Something sexy and ridiculous.

Are people going to surge to Texas with that new series Landman? Much more hospitable weather.