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Pandemic Population Boom in Rural Hotspots Sparks Resentment

September 14, 2023/

“There’s a lot of resentment,” said Maggie Doherty, a writer and columnist who lives in Flathead County, Montana. “There’s bumper stickers that say ‘Montana’s full’ or ‘Don’t California my Montana.’”

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