bozeman

Boise, Bozeman or Missoula are mountain towns with young tech/startup cultures where you can still have a huge impact.

Outside of Helena, in Bozeman and Missoula, there is a much larger startup community that's really starting to take off.

The recent change in policy in Bozeman shows that such feedback can be effective.

The Sioux warrior Red Cloud shut down the Bozeman trail.

Which the City of Bozeman has since backed off on.

Well they mentioned 40 minutes from Bozeman (for me that is a 'haul' just to get groceries.) but if it is that close to Livingston there used to be an awesome steak house in town.

However, I would say that Bozeman is becoming quite the magnet for startups - we get a bunch of experienced developers who are sick of working for Oracle and a pipeline of CS majors straight out of MSU.

In other words, "you can't fly from Bozeman to Sea-Tac" is not a real problem.

Bozeman said." It's a challenge for reasons the article doesn't even mention.

There's a "converted military building" in Bozeman Montana.

I'm personally in Bozeman, and while Helena has quite a bit going for it, I doubt I'll leave.

For ski jumping you'll have to trek to Bozeman/Big Sky or down to Utah.

I'd say Helena is catching up in a big way with the social attractions of Missoula and Bozeman.