What is a native Montanan (Billings, Missoula: crime, buy, living)

[grannymontanny]

Originally Posted by Debee

I know it does, I was just funnin with these guys.Like ive said before i really dont care who is native or not as long as their good neighbors.

oh what i wouldnt give for some GOOD neighbors.
(incase anyone wonders why we both say Lakeside,we ARE neighbors,)LOL

[francej16]

Not a native Montanan ...Hubby and I moved here from Nevada (originally a Sacramento girl)

California SUCKS. I would never move back there in a million years. I was born and raised there and it has changed for very much the worse

You can't beat Montana for the land. It's just so damned beautiful here. I love how they don't tear land up for the umpteenth strip mall or 3000 more cookie cutter homes. They leave the land as as.

LOL in my town I was driving home (work 2 blocks away) and in front of me is a moose that wandered into the neighborhood LOL... beautiful animal. Drove behind him for a while until he beelined into someones backyard.

[grannymontanny]

Originally Posted by francej16

Not a native Montanan ...Hubby and I moved here from Nevada (originally a Sacramento girl)

California SUCKS. I would never move back there in a million years. I was born and raised there and it has changed for very much the worse

You can't beat Montana for the land. It's just so damned beautiful here. I love how they don't tear land up for the umpteenth strip mall or 3000 more cookie cutter homes. They leave the land as as.

LOL in my town I was driving home (work 2 blocks away) and in front of me is a moose that wandered into the neighborhood LOL... beautiful animal. Drove behind him for a while until he beelined into someones backyard.

Cool. i love mooses,i just posted some pix over on the photo forum ,of some ive seen.

[JoeJoeMan]

francej16 wrote:

I love how they don't tear land up for the umpteenth strip mall or 3000 more cookie cutter homes. They leave the land as as.

Huh ? That ain't the montana I been seein'........Around here (western mt) seems like they never miss a chance to put a new strip mall or housing development in....it's non-stop 'progress' - spreadin' faster than a montana wildfire !
Come to think of it, why don't they just take all that money they spending fighting fires and fight 'progress'.....afterall that will never grow back, at least an old burn will. Kind of ironic isn't it....we spend all the money to stop forest or range fires, but then we just tear it all up to put in malls and subdivision anyway.

[GiftShoppeGuy]

Originally Posted by DanielRead

Well I can say I am a Native montanan, My father was one and My granfather was one too, My family's been in montana since 1885. I believe the only native Montanan is one who was born here!

As was my Dad and his Dad and his Dad before him.

The only "true natives" are the ones born here...

It doesn't make a difference if you are black, brown, blue, orange or green... If you were born here, then you are a native. If you weren't born here, then all bets are off to being native... It's just as simple as that.

And, as far as the junk??... Missoula County is pretty clean actually.
It's not until you get past Earnies place south of LoLo that you find the garbage scattered around.

My advice to all of you newcomers?

If you don't like it, then don't look at it.. Ravalli County has always been one of the bigger garbage heaps in the state... And I certainly don't expect it to ever change...

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To comment on the coast??...

All of Washington and Oregon and California are gathered together in the same welfare state liberal bucket....

Has any of you visited Plains or Paradise lately??... You should hear what's being said there about the transplants from Washington.... or not, lest someones feelers get hurt....

It's the same all over the western part of the state here.... Most don't want the growth and even more than most don't want to have to pay for all of the extra services because some transplant over on the mountain top whines about his house burning down in the middle of the forest.

[jimj]

Don't forget cable not being run up there! Oh, the horror of it all.....

[Arleigh-20]

Hey fellers,
I gots a question for ya all. Who is responsible for the modern marvel along the banks of the Bitteroot River from Florence Northward. You can bet a bunch of "outsiders" ie; scientest, biologist and engineers brought all the wrecked cars from WA. CA. Oregon they could carry, and built that magnificant shore line with out the locals knowledge. Whad da ya think cowboys. Or maybe it was a bunch of Montaaans, that wanted to screw up a fine river with their own rusting hulks during the 60's.

If the fine "Native Europeans Montanans" that....."gulp"..... built Montana, would have their way for the next decade, you will have to change the name to
"MarsTana.

[jimj]

Originally Posted by Arleigh-20

Hey fellers,
I gots a question for ya all. Who is responsible for the modern marvel along the banks of the Bitteroot River from Florence Northward. You can bet a bunch of "outsiders" ie; scientest, biologist and engineers brought all the wrecked cars from WA. CA. Oregon they could carry, and built that magnificant shore line with out the locals knowledge. Whad da ya think cowboys. Or maybe it was a bunch of Montaaans, that wanted to screw up a fine river with their own rusting hulks during the 60's.

If the fine "Native Europeans Montanans" that....."gulp"..... built Montana, would have their way for the next decade, you will have to change the name to
"MarsTana.

In all seriousness I always wondered about the junk cars (40's vintage) on the shore while we floated from Hungry Horse to presentine bar.

[GiftShoppeGuy]

Originally Posted by Arleigh-20

Hey fellers,
I gots a question for ya all. Who is responsible for the modern marvel along the banks of the Bitteroot River from Florence Northward. You can bet a bunch of "outsiders" ie; scientest, biologist and engineers brought all the wrecked cars from WA. CA. Oregon they could carry, and built that magnificant shore line with out the locals knowledge. Whad da ya think cowboys. Or maybe it was a bunch of Montaaans, that wanted to screw up a fine river with their own rusting hulks during the 60's.

If the fine "Native Europeans Montanans" that....."gulp"..... built Montana, would have their way for the next decade, you will have to change the name to
"MarsTana.

Erosion prevention is really nothing new at all.

You'll find this once common practice applied all throughout the west. It's not exclusive to just Montana.

It was much easier and cost effective to put an old car along the bank that it was to tear up the back 40 thus scarring or otherwise ruining the land.

[Arleigh-20]

That is odd to hear that **** building with wrecked cars is common, all over the West!
I have fished almost every creek and river in Washington. I worked in the woods on the western and eastern sides, and I have never seen any thing like is evident on the Bitteroot.
This appears to be a "Native European" practice to Montana only. Actually, I have never seen nor heard of this quality of engineering, In WA. or Ore.