Eureka!!! Living there (Kalispell, Whitefish: homes, school, taxi)

[wawagners]

Would you recomend living in Eureka? How is the town, people, stores, hospitals, pricing on homes, winters, any info would be great. thank you

[bigtrees]

I've seen some great posts on here about Eureka. Try doing a search and you'll find some good infromation.

[rickers]

Nice little town but be sure you B.Y.O.J !

[wawagners]

Thank you both :-)

[sunshinesoup]

I lived in Eureka for 16 years. There are good things about it, but bad things too, which is typical of any place. One of the worst things about Eureka is how remote it is. That is lovely on one hand, but when you have to drive 65 miles for cheaper groceries, personal care items, etc. it does get a little old. For years the logging industry was the main-stay of Eureka industry, but that has all but died out. Most of my friends who are loggers have had to move out or are facing dire economic situations. The contruction industry was helping to make up for that in the housing boom of the last few years, but now with the economy the way it is that too is drying up. My friend was in concrete and was doing great business for a while, hiring extra people, etc, but now he has had to lay off all his people and is just finishing up a job with no new ones on the horizon. In other words, this would be a great place to come if you can telecommute to work, but jobs are few and far between. Some people have started commuting to Whitefish or Kalispell for work, but I can imagine that drive would get old in a hurry. Also, if you have kids, this isn't as nice a place to raise them as you might think. I have heard from many of my friends, even ones who came from big cities, that Eureka drags them down. It's a small town and there's not much to do so most of the kids I know party and that's about it. There's has been a rash of teenage pregancies and most of the kids don't seem motivated to do much with their life. Unfortunately, it's so remote that if you want to do anything with your life like go to school, etc, you have to leave. I graduated in 2003 and left as soon as I could.
However, if you have a job or are retired, it is as gorgeous place to live and the people are fairly friendly once you learn to know them. I still miss the beautiful scenery and the wonderful summers. I just think people should be aware that it's not some perfect little town. I don't regret growing up there, and I never got into the party scene, but a lot of people I know did and got into drugs, etc, just like anywhere else. It really just depends on what you want out of life.

[Dizzydog]

Seems like some developers went and subdivded up a bunch of lots and are trying to sell them for $40-50k each. Dont think id pay that much to live that far away from everything but the place does seem like its nice.

I think they might be pricing themselves out of a good rate or growth though considering the prices in Eureka are almost on par with the prices in the Flathead area.

[folklore]

Originally Posted by Dizzydog

Seems like some developers went and subdivded up a bunch of lots and are trying to sell them for $40-50k each. Dont think id pay that much to live that far away from everything but the place does seem like its nice.

I saw that. A bunch of tiny lots all divided up going for 50K plus in the Yaak region, somewhere I was interested in because of the remoteness. That's scary though, because how do I know I wont get a bunch of liberals from NJ or CA moving in next door to me only to pass more laws, more restrictions and taxing everything under the sun. Heck, if I wanted that, I may as well stay here in PA.

[Walter Greenspan]

Here are some previous threads on Eureka:

http://www.city-data.com/forum/monta...al-eureka.html

http://www.city-data.com/forum/monta...eureka-mt.html

http://www.city-data.com/forum/monta...eureka-mt.html

http://www.city-data.com/forum/monta...a-montana.html


You can get a fact sheet for Eureka by going here American FactFinder and input Eureka for "city/town" (leave out the ZIP Code) and Montana for "State", and then click "GO".

You'll get a lot of demographics for Eureka, and if you click on "Reference map" (it's on the right hand side), you'll get a map.