| Can someone help me out please.
Posted: 10/10/2009 2:59:28 PM | I live in Missoula, MT and it's a great little town of about 70,000. Hard to find good jobs though, especially depending on what you do. It's a small college town, so there's heavy competition for relatively unskilled jobs. North of here, Helena is a decent small city and I think the Kalispell area has a lot going for it as well. Great Falls is nice to visit, but it doesn't particularly inspire me to want to live there. All the other places are substantially smaller than the areas I have mentioned.
I also used to live in Spokane, and it's a decent city although many are put off by it's "industrial era" feel. There's a lot of good culture there and it's primarily a conservative town. Population is about a quarter million - big enough to sustain a decent economy, but small enough that you're not wasting your life sitting in traffic. The south side of town is nicer, in my opinion...but there's nice places all over town. Spokane is NOT far from Athol.
Kellogg is an OK town...but it's next to Wallace (a neat historical town) and it's right in the mountains, if you're an outdoorsy kind of person. The economy is by and large fueled by Dave Smith Motors, one of the largest auto dealers the NW (oddly enough!). It's a nice area, though.
Sandpoint is an awesome little town...incredibly beautiful and although it's somewhat small, it definitely has huge charm. That's almost literally "on top" of Athol, though it's definitely further than Spokane is. Newport, just west of there, is also a decent little town...but it's largely dependent on Spokane for it's economy and the economy is largely service based.
Anyhow, hope that helps. I've been all over this area, so if you have any questions, let me know. | |
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