You're comparing apples to oranges. Montana to Seattle is 640 miles. That's almost the size of Finland (north to south), while very few people live in the far

You're comparing apples to oranges. Montana to Seattle is 640 miles. That's almost the size of Finland (north to south), while very few people live in the far north. Spokane to LA is 1,200 miles, that's two Finlands worth of travel. 1,200 miles from the population centers of Finland gets you to Ukraine! There is no part of Finland where you easily survive outside in the winter (without a tent with stove and plenty of firewood). Leaving the country means losing access to the social safety net.