Californians are arriving in Montana in droves. But they're not welcome.

[Hoodat]

Californians are arriving in Montana in droves. But they're not welcome.

Tessa McLean   |   July 22, 2021


Sasha Vermel had been sewing face masks locked down in her Oakland home for months during the pandemic when her hands gave out. She realized she couldn’t even open a door anymore.

It was the last straw. She’d been out of work as a designer and seamstress since COVID-19 hit, she’d been home-schooling two kids for months and the 2020 wildfire season had been relentless. She went to her husband and asked if he wanted to fly to Missoula, Montana for the weekend and look at houses.

That was in September 2020. By Thanksgiving, they had moved there, joining the thousands of people who have relocated from California to Montana in the past two years.

While the move was abrupt, Vermel and her husband had thought about leaving the Bay Area for years. She said they would often do “real estate tourism” on Zillow and browse houses in other cities they might move to. They considered Asheville, North Carolina, but there wasn’t much of a tech community there, something her husband was looking for. They also thought about Austin, but quickly realized it wasn’t quite as affordable as it once was  .  .  .

https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Californians-moving-to-Montana-exodus-tech-16330335.php


So they're liberals.  Which explains why they aren't wanted in Montana.  It is because of people like this that California became a hell hole in the first place.

[Hoodat]

“Part of me is annoyed that [locals] even care. Why are they special for just being born here?"

@roamer_1

American by birth.  Montanan by the grace of G-d.

[dfwgator]

What she misses most is the diversity in the Bay Area — the state of Montana is 88% white.



Then get the f___ back to California, Bitch!

[roamer_1]

@roamer_1

American by birth.  Montanan by the grace of G-d.

@Hoodat
That's right... Welcome to Montana... Now go home.

See  this guy here:

Cooper says that he’s also encountered people that are hostile toward another Californian moving in, but he deflects the conversation immediately. “I say yes, I’m from ‘Commiefornia,’ but don’t worry, I’m not bringing any of that crap up here. I’m escaping it. Then everything is fine. There is a lot of opposition to people bringing the politics from here to there.”

He'll do alright. I know quite a few California rednecks... punched cows with some fellers from down in the Sierras back in the day... No different from folks here... We know all y'all ain't Californicators... But it is hard to pick out the good ones.

BUT, Yah willin, we'll hit a proper winter with four or five feet of snow on the ground, and by spring they'll all be down in Texas. 

[roamer_1]

What she misses most is the diversity in the Bay Area — the state of Montana is 88% white.



Then get the f___ back to California, Bitch!

That's right. Folks up in here don't see color. And we like it like that. Folks that DO see color do not belong here.

[cato potatoe]

The "tech" community.  I bet she wants to delete everything her neighbors post on the internet.

[Gefn]

Didn’t Missoula have this problem in the 90s? I seem to recall a lot of people moving there about then.