We Went To Montana: The Housing Inequality Will Shock You
Workers in Bozeman & Big Sky Montana are sleeping in vans, while the uber-rich buy massive mansions next door.
Montana’s Republican governors promised that huge tax cuts would be a boon to the economy.
Instead, they’re a giveaway to billionaires and private equity firms.
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@Proud-American-1959
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
Huh.
I guess not saving money when you are young is a bad idea.
@CanWeGetDeep
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
6:35 is that an airbag that has been stuffed back into the wheel?
@JohnDavis-oy3sm
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
I’m retired Army and I live in Thailand for the past 10 years and I only paid 350 bucks a month for rent and I live like a king
@JohnDavis-oy3sm
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
30% of your income on rent that was back in the late 80s early 90s now people are spending 80 to 90% of their income on rent everywhere in America
@JohnDavis-oy3sm
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
I love that lady choose another place to live.
@JohnDavis-oy3sm
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
Montana used to be relatively inexpensive until all the California people move there
@darkscope2
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
I love Montana. We have #4 strongest pro-2A rights in the country! I hope to hell we never become a blue state.
@bvanderford
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
They voted for this. Red hats making Montana great again
@christian-qc4zp
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
Cache valley Utah is a great example of this.
@darrelonthank-uk3rk
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
How in the f*%k does US Forest service get away with selling land that's not there's 🤬
@pimperish666
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
Something to think of. If these rich people are building their 100th home in Montana and pricing the locals out to the point where they can’t afford to stay, why not change careers into construction? And the state gov makes it clear no illegal labor to short cut the labor costs.
And ironic the story is making it about the state was once a union state and now it’s not because the state shifted to tourism. Confident that’s false and the state had to meet new environmental regulations closing out those industries like OR did with their lumber industry and PA with their steel industry.
@the_shadow_healer
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
There is way more classism than racism in America. 💸💲
@piratedaves
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
The rich love the Montains too. The cities have been ruined by liberal policies.
@shanes1221
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
So move somewhere else?? 😂
@WesternAdvisors
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
Just be glad democrats aren't ruining your state like California, Oregon and Washington!
@davyhoogy
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
Whats the problem? This is what were allowing all over the world without a fight. But dont worry, soon UBI will be a thing 😂 the rich are going to pay to keep us alive. Work wont be necessary, they just give us free money and accommodation. Hilarious.
@keepumseperated
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
I’m a right winger, but I’m sorry, leftists are right, capitalism has ruined our country.
@TK_121
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
You will own nothing and be happy
@gbrown3020
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
Quite the one sided piece of garbage.
@kelliyoung4949
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
😂you can blame Taylor Sheridan for the latest Montana run
@DylanT18
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
Dude it’s fucking everywhere. We need a revolution.
@Cadence4412
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
They didnt care when it was across the street. But now its at their door. The impoverished communities of big cities plagued by years of systemic issues shouted this…. The rich told you it was the poor's fault. And now theyre after yours.. what a surprise. All while they get richer and richer.
@808kahulaa
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
1:00 notice she didn’t say Hawaii. Boseman aint that expensive
@lsg03-m7
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
you will own nothing and be happy
@fussa6013
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
I lived in Montana for 3 years. This piece is absolutely true. The oligarchs are destroying America.
@Articolate
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
Biden White House, trading public land.
@CommonwealthRecovery1
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
Kudos. Great video.
@markchild1621
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
This sounds like the partial plot to a King of the Hill episode.
@jpacquah8650
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
It is upon the people to take back what is rightfully theirs!!!
@felixthecat4584
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
Those of us working in service of the ultra-rich can just barely afford to live here, let alone save up and buy something of our own! No wonder there are so many suicides and DUI arrests!
@ithanvega
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
Yet they overwhelmingly voted for their god king Trump and his Republican Party. They’ve brought this upon themselves for decades.
@Islanddogs2018
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
I live in a resort area, the only people building and buying now are the multimillionaires.
30 years ago, a normal house was around $150k. You can’t buy the smallest buildable lot for less than $500k and the cost to build (before tariffs) was around $1 million for a 2000 square foot house.
@adig7524
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
I heard you can make good money with daycares in Montana
@Left-Field1999
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
I'm glad I visited Bozeman, MT before Californian's and rich folks invaded one of America's beautiful state.
@Dylan.Cordoba
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
Can you do a video on Montauk Long Island New York? Same kind of scenario has happened here where the wealthy have completely changed what was once a small fishing town. It used to be an escape from the rich Hampton people but now it’s just like the rest of the hamptons in terms of pricing
@cristinaherrera5321
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
Hey. Valley Girl spokesman. Vocal fry much?
@cristinaherrera5321
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
The irony of that woman telling people who can't afford the over-priced apartments and houses to leave are the very people that she relies on for her "life style".
@fibonaccifive8705
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
Bend, Oregon.
No longer livable.
Go check out a place called dirt city where the numbers of homeless people, families, children, will shock you.
@madisontaylor9396
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
Lakes Region NH!!! Ultra wealthy buying second or third houses (also Justin Timerberlake 👀), leaving no land on our beautiful lakes undeveloped, every business is short staffed and our schools are dying because young, non wealthy families can’t afford to live and be successful there if they don’t already have connection to the town. The problem has been increasing since I was a kid but during COVID the area and the tourist that visit completely changed.
@benoconnormusic
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
tax cuts you say for the "1%" is a tax cut for every consumer, an incentive for business and creates more competition. The consumer and lower tax brackets win too. If you want equity and handouts then move to Venezuela. This an a basic economic practice liberals never understand… 😂
@SpiritEnvy
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
$2,500 dollars is average rent, who the hell can afford that? what?
@AZ-ev3vp
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
They hiking the prices because they know aint no black people up there and want to keep it that way😂
@NoGoogle808
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
Buy a lot of land for people to build cabins and live as a tribe for affordable housing..make small tribes
@DawnstealerGaming
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
When I went to college in Bozeman in the early to mid-90s, all I'd hear about was "liberals flooding in from California and changing everything." Sure, there was the occasional Cali millionaire that would buy ranchland, but it wasn't endemic – it wasn't near enough to change the feel, politics, or personality of Montana. Compare that to Montana being flooded with hordes of far-Right Californians and Texans during the pandemic, and that DID have an impact on all of the above, including the cost of living.
@jessicam.ankeny
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
Park City, UT
@petecritelli4511
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
Every community in Montana is working diligently to find ways for everyone to afford housing. But, it is simply a matter of supply and demand. Reports like this are riddled with liberal, Democratic party bias, as well as alluding that those who cannot afford Montana are victims. No one is entitled to live anywhere they cannot afford. And government should not enact ordinances that restrict those who have worked hard to attain, in favor of those who have not.
@LuGer212
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 am
"(Something good happened) – Unfortunately, this wouldn't last…" is like the tl;dr for the US nowadays.
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