Missoula: A Perfect Mix of Town and Country

Many towns in the West consider themselves "outdoor" towns–suggesting a citizenry eager to bike, run, ski, paddle, hunt, fish, hike, backpack, float and camp. Missoula, Montana, is one of these towns, but it possesses some indefinable spirit that keeps it from being confused with any other. Many of the West’s outdoor towns lie farther south, and closer to larger population centers. Missoula still has space around it.

By Rick Bass
Smithsonian Magazine

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Many thanks to John Rimel for sharing this.