The Great Uprooting – Instead of asking more Montanans to come home, we should figure out more ways for them to stay

A growing population of remote workers is great in theory. It means a more educated and high-earning population is arriving in Montana, adding to the local tax base and diversifying our field of employees. Gov. Greg Gianforte even launched an initiative earlier this summer called “Come Home Montana” encouraging, among other things, former residents to “bring your remote job to one of our many growing, community-focused towns.”

Many of them did. And so did everyone else. In turn, demand far outweighed supply, and housing prices exploded. A growing number of migrants wanted the same access to the natural resources we have long been spoiled with. They wanted to live the life they had only imagined when scrolling through their respective Instagram feeds.

By Kellyn Brown

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