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Family, and despite 8 years spent in the midwest, Seattle and the Bay Area, not finding a better place to live (views, the people are friendly, and there's more here to do outdoors than you can do in the time allotted).

Montana is just so damned beautiful.

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Every time I drive through Montana I am just awestruck. Where in Montana are you at? Whats the real cold you deal with?

Bozeman. And the realistic worst is what we've currently got - averaging between -10 and 0F for about a week. Lowest it ever gets is probably in the -40 range for a day, but the entire city has shut down at that point, and it's a once-in-a-decade event.

Ultimately, the cold is annoying, but it's no worse than dealing with high heats - most of the time you're moving from a warm building to a warm car, and back into a warm building. And you can always put on more clothes. :)

This.

Especially family. It's a fantastic place to raise kids, if a bit isolated.

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