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There is a saying in some mental health fields called "Greyhound therapy". Its where the client is convienced they just have to move to a certain spot and then everything will be OK. Or on the darker side a troublesome client gets put on a bus and shipped off to anywhere besides where they are currently.
Living in montana I have been looking for other people interested in relocating out of the city to a better place. The majority have no idea of the difficulty or the rewards from living inthe rocky mountains.
Now with the show yellowstone playing it is interesting the conversations that come up. Since we live between yellowstone and glacier park we have a on the ground view point. Here is a bit that I pulled off of facebook that is more true than not.
Things in Montana that are different than the TV show Yellowstone.
1. Most cowboys here don't look like Rip or Kevin Costner. They look more like Larry the Cable Guy. And they chew Copenhagen.
2. Most women here don't look like Beth Dutton. They look more like that crazy cowgirl chick on the show. Coincidentally some of them also chew Copenhagen. This isn't an attempt at humor. They really do. It's a thing here.
3. Bozeman is pretty much like they make it out to be in the show. It's full of hippies and people who use pronouns and stuff.That may be the only accurate thing about the show.
4. Nobody in Montana washes their vehicles as much as people on that show do. Most of us wash our trucks when it rains.
5. Indians here are a lot different than the ones on the TV show. I have yet to see one with braids. They're twentieth century Indians I guess. Some of them even live in Bozeman now.
6. We do have casinos. Just not big Indian ones so much. Poker and Keno machines is all you can play in them and they are damn near everywhere.
7. It snows here. Not like the dusting you see on the show at times. The you won't get plowed out for 2 days kind. The summers on that show are longer than anyplace in Montana I know of.
8. People here wear guns in public more than you may be used to. It's because we can I suppose. If someone sees you without a gun they may offer you one of theirs. This is a sign you have been accepted by the locals. Don't ever refuse to take a gun if one is offered as this is considered rude.
Here is a photo on my back porch with the snow coming in sideways and the temp about 17 degrees. That scarf hanging from the tree to my right is just blowing in the wind. I was going out to rescue my chickens who got surprised by the sudden weather front that hit and went from calm to blizzard in about two minuets.
Living in montana I have been looking for other people interested in relocating out of the city to a better place. The majority have no idea of the difficulty or the rewards from living inthe rocky mountains.
Now with the show yellowstone playing it is interesting the conversations that come up. Since we live between yellowstone and glacier park we have a on the ground view point. Here is a bit that I pulled off of facebook that is more true than not.
Things in Montana that are different than the TV show Yellowstone.
1. Most cowboys here don't look like Rip or Kevin Costner. They look more like Larry the Cable Guy. And they chew Copenhagen.
2. Most women here don't look like Beth Dutton. They look more like that crazy cowgirl chick on the show. Coincidentally some of them also chew Copenhagen. This isn't an attempt at humor. They really do. It's a thing here.
3. Bozeman is pretty much like they make it out to be in the show. It's full of hippies and people who use pronouns and stuff.That may be the only accurate thing about the show.
4. Nobody in Montana washes their vehicles as much as people on that show do. Most of us wash our trucks when it rains.
5. Indians here are a lot different than the ones on the TV show. I have yet to see one with braids. They're twentieth century Indians I guess. Some of them even live in Bozeman now.
6. We do have casinos. Just not big Indian ones so much. Poker and Keno machines is all you can play in them and they are damn near everywhere.
7. It snows here. Not like the dusting you see on the show at times. The you won't get plowed out for 2 days kind. The summers on that show are longer than anyplace in Montana I know of.
8. People here wear guns in public more than you may be used to. It's because we can I suppose. If someone sees you without a gun they may offer you one of theirs. This is a sign you have been accepted by the locals. Don't ever refuse to take a gun if one is offered as this is considered rude.
Here is a photo on my back porch with the snow coming in sideways and the temp about 17 degrees. That scarf hanging from the tree to my right is just blowing in the wind. I was going out to rescue my chickens who got surprised by the sudden weather front that hit and went from calm to blizzard in about two minuets.
