I talked to my brother in Montana today. His propane tank was hissing. It sprung a leak in the 100 degree heat. It has got down to 50 below in his town. He says the hot and cold and snow do not bother him. It is the gumbo mud and the wind that bother him.
Houses cost 10X as much in Seattle, but cars cost the same. I have to drive a tiny car in Seattle to fit in the tiny parking spots. When I go to montana, guys leave their trucks running with a rifle on the seat when they go into the store. I have gone to bars in Montana where all 20 vehicles out front were trucks.
In my zip code in Seattle the median house is $1.4M.
In Montana where my brother lives, the average 10 section ranch [ask price that I hear] is $3M.
