I'm in western Montana. Similar cost of housing/living but more mountains then you could explore in a lifetime and the winters are filled with powder skiing. E

I'm in western Montana. Similar cost of housing/living but more mountains then you could explore in a lifetime and the winters are filled with powder skiing. Edit: also the NIH and at least one big biotech company do have branches in my small town which persist essentially because it is so easy to get people to want to live/stay here.