Montana relocation: resentment toward newcomers

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Originally Posted by KillerK

I'm in mt. saphire's boat. I might be moving to rural Montana for a job. I'm in no way wealthy, and even if I wanted to "Change" things (I don't) I couldn't anyway. I would do my best to integrate into the community. I want to move to Montana because it's Montana, not because I want to go there and turn it into something else. I want to go there to adopt the Montanan way of life, not just to appreciate the pretty mountains or whatever and then try to live the same way I did back East.

Good luck! Let us know how it is going. I think like the OP, others may have made up their minds about you before you go. So just be yourself. And make yourself at home. Its as much as yours as theirs.

(just don't tell them that. I'll bet they will hate that)

[missmaggieva]

I lived in Montana for a job which lasted about 4 years. I met some really nice people whom I still stay in touch with. I grew up in a rural area so the isolation didn't bother me very much. However, the whole "don't steal my ice cream" attitude was so ridiculous. People don't move there to steal your jobs or anything else for that matter. Sometimes businesses have to look out of state for someone qualified -- so stealing opportunities that weren't yours in the first place is ridiculous, or you would have been hired. Also, Montana is in the US still and as a citizen anyone has the the right to buy property free and clear of anyone's opinion, this is a fundamental right. The people "with money" who develop in Montana have the money to put people to work as well, but choose to isolate themselves from the hostility... which in turn they probably buy up land and take residence somewhere else... or you'll get rich people who aren't looking for work, are in seek of an eternal vacation, and will never seek work as trust fund babies. These are the type of people Montana attract with their anti-social anti-business attitude & this directly reflects on the way you view outsiders... you created this situation, now this is what you got... bipolar society of elite rich and dirt poor. These people who don't work are driving up the prices, not the people who could have provided opportunities. Realize where your "outsider hostility" got you. This is much worse than a big business moving in, providing you opportunities to support your families. Most of the people I met with children there where on welfare. Funny how they can be so opinionated about other Americans but don't have a problems allowing the tax payer to feed and house them.

[jasper12]

I am not from around here....but no one is mean to me....

[CosmicWizard]

jasper12 wrote:

I am not from around here....but no one is mean to me....

True for me too. I've live most of my life hundreds and even thousands of miles from my birth location and no one in any of those foreign places ever singled me out as an intruder...at least not to my face. Whatever may have been said behind my back is none of my business anyway. It would be the cowardly act of an insecure person.