Missoula Montana Travel Guide 

Lived right outside of Missoula for many years, maybe Missoula is welcoming newcomers but down the road not so much. You did not mention the terrible hard cold snow filled winters. Over the years I have seen lots of people move here but they move out after a couple years. Wages are low, winters are cold and it is expensive. Our locals are finding they can no longer afford to live in their homes because of high property taxes and rent is high. So that has a lot to do with how the locals feel about the new comers. Just thought I would share some of local feelings not all of us feel that way but oh Jeff now so so many do.

Went there in 2021 for trucking school. Enjoyed my time in the state. Very beautiful place.

Loved this! Moving up to Montana in about a year for University from Arizona. Big change but I’m excited!

I bet its people from Los Angeles bringing the rude 'tude.

great video. I cant wait to video Montana. On a side note. I always find it interesting how settlers wanted protection from hostile invaders....when technically THEY were the invaders. Its really no different than if someone were to camp on your front yard. I get it though. It was the past. Its just ironic. natives did horrible things to other natives as well, so please dont flame me lol.

Don’t know about the growth thing. Some pretty substantial changes in the economy would have to happen. Right now anyone (who isn’t already established) besides wealthy people importing money can’t really afford to live in Missoula. Time will tell I suppose.

Camp along one of our rivers in town. Some people will come along and move you to a free motel. Do some paper work and you will get free medical and free dental. Free meals. City will not arrest you because jail is a revolving door. Some of our new residents think jail is a luxury motel in the winter. Putting you in an apartment looks better than having you in jail and creates a housing shortage. City is creating a homeless problem in order to make a solution. What is Mayor Engen's solution? The largest drug treatment center in USA. The largest mental health treatment center in USA. City is buying property and zoning for such a thing on West Broadway. Called a Green economy. I have lived in Missoula since 1960. You want all the things to do, move to Portland Oregon. There is much more variety of activities. Drug related crime here is getting out of control and more police is not working. Higher taxes with no results. People are people no matter how many trees you have. The city's actions encourage all the unfortunates of other towns to come here. Professional tax leeches.

Urban sprawl. College town. Explosive growth. All key words to avoid a liberal overgrown city. Hard pass.

Have you ever kissed a man?

My name is Wesley Kisor. I don't know if you knew but the novel A River Runs Through It which was made into a movie was filmed in Missoula Montana.

I like all your videos and the way you explain the things! You are a great person! All the best and success!

I love how EVERY single town and state locals say, "Don't move here! We won't accept you!" Lol why? I'm an American like you.

Better known as Little Portland

Any thoughts on best town/city you would prefer to live in between Prescott, Missoula, or Boise? I understand different populations, but your thoughts or anyone interested to chime in would be great!

This was a beautiful video for Downtown missoula, thank you, I love living in missoula MT truly.

I lived in Msla in the early and mid '70s. I was happy to call it my home, made many friends during my brief college days. Then I left with a young girlfriend, whom I married and much later divorced. The Puget Sound area of Seattle and into the west slope of the Cascades can do that to couples. Anyway, Msla has changed from the old days. Not sure I'd want to live there again, even if I could afford it. Have no problem with it being a liberal bastion of the western part of the state. I don't like newcomers moving here for reasons you mentioned.

Of course they’re coming from California! Don’t move here, just visit!!

Don't come here.! Stay away

Missoula is known for its blue-ribbon trout fishing (made famous by A River Runs Through It) and spectacular natural beauty. The outdoor recreational opportunities are limitless. ... And we proudly live our history - Native American and Lewis & Clark to Smokejumpers and Glacial Lake Missoula.

California, New York, and Boston would be my guess.

Do they have gay bars and gay friendly entertainment there? Looks like a beautiful place.

I visit MT yearly, and absolutely love it. However, wouldn't want to move there.

I really enjoyed your video. Great channel. ⭐️💕 Greetings from Albania. 👋🏼🇦🇱

There used to be beautiful trees, picnic tables and benches in front of that courthouse....but, because homeless people sat on those benches ( OMG!!)...they took EVERY TREE, PICNIC TABLE AND BENCHES OUT!! UGLY!! JUST PLAIN UGLY NOW!! BUT...I LOVE Missoula!!! Used to live there 💕😊

Great video. I'm going there in a month so I'm just getting ready. Question; are you walking away at the end of every shot on purpose or did it just end up that way? Lol I'm not trying to be mean, I just noticed that. It's definitely a style

I moved to MIssoula in 1986. Folks weren't very welcoming to people from out-of state even back then. . Thanks for sharing. MIssoula is a great place to live. But even when I moved here in 1986, people weren't very welcoming to people from out of state. which was absurd because my family has lived in Missoula since 1921.The field behind sentinel high school is named Stegner field after my grandfather who was a well known and successful track coach. so if I was coach's granddaughter it was okay if I moved here. Of course we used to come up here to visit my grandparents and cousins every summer. Oddly, I ended up with the original mortgage documents to my grandparents house on Plymouth in the slant streets. they paid $900 for it in the 1930s. those prices are long gone in MIssula now. I don't think that you can even rent an apartment for that amount of money. and you certainly can't buy a house.

The only people that I know who leave asap are doctors who find the liberal Missoula is a right wing pseudo-liberal place c ranchers and environmentalists united together in order to preserve their property. A seldom mentioned but significant group hidden 1 -2 miles outside of town are ‘retired bikers’, retired drug dealers, retired longshoremen and other assorted rough people. It’s not a particularly wholesome place. Actually “A River Runs Through It” is a tragic and brutal story. An even better tale of the real Montana is”The Power of the Dog”. Nobody in Montana has seen or heard of that movie. Haha. Poor quality & poor selection of resturants but it’s great for Missoulans.

Great video! Such a beautiful place. My husband and I Added Missoula to our potential list. We’d just need to make sure he can move his plumbing job over. I’m an admin so can find something anywhere we go. Thank for the video

Studied and lived there many years ago! A place filled with so many memories!

Missoula's growing faster than Billings, so it's just a matter of time before it catches it to become the largest city in Montana.

missoula its my dream too move into mountana amazing place

Rent sucks, food is blah, winter is dark, cold, and long. I hear Spokane has better rivers and better weather.

Nice music nice tutorial nice video, but let me ask you this, sir? I've traveled the world for years and I've seen development large cities and backwoods. I've seen places that. communities want people to come in and communities that want people to stay out. Very rarely have I heard anything in my short experience and soon to be again. where locals actually invite people to come in to develop their beautiful state. in so many ways.. Overdevelopment Are you promoting over development? Are you promoting people from California? Oregon, FL Wisconsin, Chicago, NY Russia. The entire world to come in and develop Montana and become another. Colorado hot spot play zone that just destroys the land just for tax money? just for places where people come to visit and enjoy their. time off and can't find servers because their servers aren't being paid enough. So they say by restaurants or hotels and then everything gets out of control. Nobody can find a place to live. because they have to work there and they can only make $10 on the $1000 that they actually work 75 hours a week on just as satisfied tourists just to live a dream to enjoy what Montana was once and now is becoming because you believe that the City Council will make it work for people to live in the forest that will cut trees down seriously.? Beautiful video. Think it up again. Thank you for sharing. God bless. don't ruin Montana.

Good stuff! Small detail when you pointed out the M it was actually Greenough park in the lower rattlesnake

Awesome thank, thank you for sharing

Who's here after watching maid ?

Damn, you missed the best thing in Missoula, that being the mecca of FCS football, Washington-Grizzly stadium!

Another great tour. Not gonna lie, your videos make me want to move to Montana BTW: SURFING IN MONTANA?!!

This was great! I love living here ❤️

My Son me and my best friend are flying there in August for Pearl Jam.. we only have a few days .. got a little time .. what do recommend.. we are from KS .. thanks .. love the video ❤

If this generation not be liberate perhaps in future the tomorrow generation will be liberate باذن الله

Lol I like how this video only showed the “good” parts about Missoula… what about the bums and the tents ! 😅

Seriously considering moving to Missoula next fall. Need to get out of Illinois asap & sadly CO has become just the same. 😣

Do more research don’t know about our town. Shows you just google things

Montana's greatest city"

Pass through there a week ago coming from whitefish . They were getting hit with 3 ft of snow ❄️.

You mention slot machines but not exactly what is legal. (Similar to the delicate topic of prostitution in Nevada which subject you avoided.)

Your watchers need to know that public transportation is currently free in Missoula.

Big Sky Country!

I miss living in missoula montana I can only go there for the summer now though :( I was visiting when this video was posted lol

I 💓 Missoula it's my favorite place ... I 've always had some much fun in Zootown.... Whether it was going 2 pubs, distelleries, bars or just being in nature or chillin by there river ... One thing I 💓 about Missoula is as a gay man I always feel so safe & I also feel safe walking around at nite by myself which I don't feel here living in Seattle .... Can't wait 2 get back 2 Zootown 2 see my friends & 2 enjoy nature in Jan.....

The bright shirt makes you look young and energetic.

OMG I have a friend who moved to Missoula from Milwaukee, Wi🚶

Excellent tour!

going to school up there!! cant wait!!

I'd love to come out to Missoula and perform. Possibly this summer.

Great video

This video throws a lot of makeup on a ham hog. Good video production though.

Taking a plane to visit my family in Montana, couldn’t be more excited, I just can’t wait so I watch these until I can actually go!

Love to see Big Blue represented in Montana. Go Blue!

Thank you for the public service announcement. As a planner I can appreciate the efforts to control harmful displacement.

Here because of Maid. Beautiful.

Nice small town city. Clean and orderly.

Snobs come from New York and California

They need upgrade great falls Montana nice video

If you want to know about people coming from other states that do not have the Montana attitude, personality, demeanor just look east or west. California, Oregon, Washington and east of the Mississippi. We are open to having you come to our beautiful state, but leave your BS attitudes behind. Assimilate to Montana values. Thanks

Becoming a blue dot in a red state.

Problem with the world is PRIDE

Man, I wish I lived there.

Hey Jeff, Been a while since I had time to watch videos, I have 10 acres on the Clark Fork river, never seen it. Hahaha.

I’m a truck driver from East Tennessee and this place feels like back home small but growing. Nestled in the mountains with all kinds of things to do outdoors.

nice surfin :)

MSLA will always be home! Thx for sharing!

I would like going there

Who remembers Charlies, Connies/the Pine Street Tavern, Tommy the Leprechaun, punk bands at Jays Upstairs? Trucks scraping their tops in the Orange Street wormhole despite the flashing warning sign…

I liked your video up until you said “Smart City”……there is some pretty scary things coming down the pike in government with carbon credit score, social credit score and smart cities. I hope that wasn’t where you were going when talking about city planners.

Went to U of M in 1974-75. Went back in 2018 and climbed up to the "M". I almost died--should have done it when I was 20 years old. Missoula in 2018 is very gentrified. Missoula Wine Merchants and Worden's are a far cry from Freddy's Feed and Read.

Hi guy ! love your video. It gets me miss the Missoula so much during my study at the UM. Miss the Clark Fork river in the summer for floading with cool smoke beer.

My hometown! ♥️♥️♥️

The Oxford, "I would imagine that's a British Pub". made me chuckle.

I’m from Portland. I would love to meet friendly people. I’ve always hated people here but it’s only gotten worse since so many ppl have come here

Loving to see this! And that was an awesome wildpainted mural!

Enjoy things the way they are because the 'boom' brings aholes in droves. I want to be part of a place like this because I want to get away from n.y., l.a., Chicago... Not to see it become n.y.,l.a. & Chicago.

I've been to Missoula a few times. It's a gorgeous town. If I ever had the money, I wouldn't mind living there. But I don't, so I won't.

Great tour. Guessing the one’s with Sticks up the rear are from; Californey & NY’ers primarily. No surprise.

Thank you sir for information about Missoula Montana hope to visit sometime soon. GODBLESS ❤

I actually want to move there but won't be able to until 3 to 4 years from now. Anyways hopefully, it won't turn into an insanely expensive tourist town during that time.

I couldn't agree more . The native montana folks are the nicest people anywhere. I miss missoula. Just wish Californians would leave so home prices would go back down then I will move back

You’re looking cool sporting that grey hair. Do folks in Montana like folks from AZ?

Going up next month for our 2nd visit. We liked the Iron Horse. Good video, thanks for sharing

Thomas's last name was pronouced Mar as in the planet without the S. There is also a county named after him. As any local if I am right.

The statue of the kayaker is actually Brendan representing Brendan who died here.

looks very boring. sorry to say. I love Montana but I love wild nature more thanbars

Very nice travel vlog! Great presentation! I am a new subscriber to your channel.

I'll be moving there next month :) i love montana. I wanted to move to kalispel but im a trucker and missoula is off i90 so its easy to find a job. Itll be nice to go home without having to deal with all the traffic and commotion i get in Western Washington. And it seems very truck friendly unline washington

Are you a fed?

My hometown

Thanks for this thoughtful, helpful episode. I got a lot from it.

Are black people from Africa accepted in montana? Or welcomed

Hey Jeff. Been watching Yellowstone so here I am.