Baylon said not all Montana transplants are remote workers buying property and driving up prices.
AdvertisementThis is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with 34-year-old Ian Baylon, a tradesman who moved from California to Montana in April 2022.
Here in Montana there's a huge shortage of labor too.
While it was very competitive in California, there's a lot of demand for the trades up here, but nobody up here really wants to learn the trades.
A lot work in tech or finance, and there's no need for them to work locally.
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