WHAT NO ONE TELLS YOU ABOUT MISSOULA...

[@jeyallenvenn]

Great video on my city! Released the day after my b-day, too. There's also the National Bison Range and the Ewam Garden of 1000 Buddhas just north of town, on the Flathead reservation. Lots of native language road signs going up that way, and there's always people selling cherries along Flathead lake. Best day trip ever.

[@valeriestensgar321]

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[@valeriestensgar321]

Let’s start a fire Alan mau

[@valeriestensgar321]

LocAalplay it

[@valeriestensgar321]

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[@usaalways]

Just booked my airfare for my 6th trip in past 5 years to Missoula this coming June. It's my favorite place in the world! My ultimate experience is Big Sky Bewing...nothing can compare to a Moose Drool on tap! Great trails, vibe, and has everything you need. While you can get around without Renting a car if staying one day, but I highly recommend renting if staying a week so areas outside Missoula can be accessed..more trails, glacier national park, Bison Range, trips to Bozeman,.etc. Oh and keep in mind look into renting off the airport if u want to explore well outside of Missoula. I noticed this year all the renal companies in the terminal only offer very limited miles(875) ...I guess to keep the prices down as last year I was forced to fly into Billings because it would have cost me 2,700 to rent weekly at Missoula airport! I'm renting 6 miles from the airport for under 600 instead of over 600 with limited miles.

[@sam_l0ves_cats_]

There are so many local cafes, bakeries, restaurants, and more! But yes, the winter is very cold!

[@josephstewart5201]

And there isn't a single one of them worth a shit!

[@GgZoo-iK3to]

Not that bad if people have the money. And I should mention, the only time I recall it being beeping cold was when I came home from living in KW. I had to get the beep out of here. Growing up here was anything else then easy and wonderful. So many abusive drunken vets who, or why the law allows so many men to get away with such evils maybe cuz many police officers practice such actions. Plus their is a just really really bad people here n for some reason it is truly ignored! Why no1 talks bout the East side cereal killer. Who's home was on the entrance of East Missoula, right next to that gas station.

[@LupeNava23]

From Laredo, Texas here. I went to Missoula this past June. I loved it! It’s a beautiful city. The people there were very nice and kind to me. It was so easy to start a conversation with anyone there. I loved everything about Missoula. I’m definitely going to visit a lot more. The M trail view and sunset are one of a kind. Thank you for this video it helped me a lot in knowing what places to visit in Missoula.

[@RunTheAtlas]

Thanks for sharing!

[@serotedog]

What an amazing video, so informative and we appreciate the food recommendations. Shout out to the Bumble Bee 🐝 ! ;)

[@kats952]

Very informative and great video of the area!

[@jimanderson5082]

Nice video. I live about 3 miles out side Missoula. Been here since 1963.

[@mikearnett3450]

Thank you. We will be there next June.

[@baybeachbeauty]

Great video! Really makes me want to visit- or live there! Thanks!

[@spraymansterms4347]

LOL mild winters. Also, you must have visited in the 'sunny season,' i.e., that sliver of time between 8 overcast months of inversion and 3 months of fire season.

[@RunTheAtlas]

I meant mild compared to Chicago and canada 😝

[@spraymansterms4347]

All joking aside, Missoula is a cool town. Ecclectic as far as Montana towns go. Lived there while attending UM. Helena is home--thanks for the tribute!

[@matildagreene1744]

Mildly below 0

[@sandymitchell8182]

what happen to BIG SKY?? lol I guess it can be big &cloudy

[@wncjan]

Never visited Missoula, but I stayed in motels along the interstate when passing, east, west and north. May come back one day.

[@tammilynn3180]

Thanks for your video. Especially the part about "mild winters" in Missoula, I plan on moving there.

[@tiki_trash]

😥 Please don't. There was a time we would welcome you with open arms. We are full, no vacancy.

[@tiki_trash]

I don't know what you mean by mild winters, but winter here lasts 5 months.

[@jt1929]

Depends on where you’re from. On the opposite eastern state side, the weather is harsh. Missoula does get snow but it’s not as bad, it’s best if you have an all wheel drive vehicle. The interstate coming from the east can get deadly as it’s winding and some parts get no sunshine during winter from the hills that run parallel. I’ve done cleanup from tractor trailers overturning and spilling their loads on the icy bends. Also consider smoke from summer fires as well, all of Montana gets it.

[@usaalways]

I was told by a few Missoula locals the reason why "they" say winters are bad is to repell people from migrating to live there.

[@chaosplan]

We say winter is mild because we rarely get below -15°. The continental divide keeps the cold Midwest icy blasts away except for a couple of times a year. A few times each winter we get an inversion layer which traps ground fog in the valley for several days, it is frosty, cold, and very very grey. Winter lasts from fall to late spring. It is April 1st and snowing tonight. Mother’s Day is when we plant the vegetable garden.

[@sebastian_barcelone]

Forgot to mention Missoula Public Library which is ranked #5 in the world. When I was there in October 2022 they were doing construction on the 2nd story outside patio to make the view of M Mountain even better.

[@RunTheAtlas]

So cool- I didn’t know that!!

[@Nordicjumper]

Missoula is interesting. Since I moved to Missoula from Colorado, I have noticed that Missoula reminds me more of the Pacific Northwest than a typical Rocky Mountain town. It's a very artsy city with tons of things to do. Unlike some cities in the Rocky Mountains, Missoula has a very vibrant nightlife! Also, people tend to think that Bozeman is a ski town and forget that Missoula is also kind of a ski town as well. Montana Snowbowl ski area is literally only 30 minutes away from the city. It's a heavenly place to be in. There are not a lot of good places left to live in the US in my opinions, but Montana is a big exception, it's the best place to live in the US by far!

[@robertshorthill6836]

I lived in Msla during my brief college years. Moved west to the coast ( Puget Sound area). Moved back to MT to the Gallatin Valley before the boom. Now Msla is as crazy as Bozeman, but it still is my second favorite place to hang for a week or two during summer next to uptown historic Butte. I can barely afford to live anywhere in MT these days.

[@robertcolfack26]

Such a beautiful lady I been through Missoula 100's of time I was a long haul trucker for nearly 30 years my favorite place to go to is Fred's....

[@RunTheAtlas]

Thank you kind sir 😃💜

[@SubtractiveMoves]

Have you been to Paul's Pancake Parlor or Garden of one thousand Buddha's? I was there last November and looked up the cost of living and it was only 3% cheaper than where I am now( and I don't understand why). Its definitely a nice place but where I'm from there is so many more things to do and the quality of life seems better here. That being said there is a huge quality of life there in Missoula as well... if you want to cut loose and connect with yourself and become a human being rather than a human doing. I wonder what the job situations are out there.....I know the housing situation is a huge problem. And Verizon wireless.....for me didn't work at all when I was there. All in all....the people are fantastic....the area is gorgeous....and you will feel at home as soon as you get off the exit. Thanks for the video

[@tiki_trash]

Paul's is old school now.

[@mr.longtrail9960]

Same here. Looking for somewhere else to live as well. Quality of life decision. I have checked out the rents they are super high there. I know people moving in can drive up rents, but still.

[@mirwaisazami7964]

Good info! Thank you!

[@hazelr517]

Thank you very well filmed video!

[@beauwillis1894]

Winters are mild 😂

[@jacebronson2305]

Compared to what, the Alps? I lived in Missoula from 91-96 and you had hip deep snow from Oct-May. Outside of that mild I guess. Now summers were mild, you could actually survive without AC. That being said, it’s one of the most beautiful places in the country, and I do miss it. If you love the outdoors, it’s heaven. To be fair winters temperature wise is kinda mild compared to other parts of Montana but by that I mean Missoula (while still having 4 ft of snow for 6 months, the temp generally stayed in the 20s, where in other parts of the state it down to like -30. So I guess it’s 50 degrees warmer. Source: Being born and raised and living in various parts of Montana for 22 years.

[@RunTheAtlas]

@@jacebronson2305 well the locals who told me that were originnally from Chicago...

[@josephstewart5201]

Mild?, yes, but much longer than most people recognize.

[@empressspace8110]

It definitely is not mild winters lol

[@rodneyyoung385]

I'll bet you never paid for anything sugar Pants.

[@CountryKarate]

That its a sanctuary City.

[@kirkearlschultz555]

No it isn't.

[@CountryKarate]

@@kirkearlschultz555 Yes it is have you not seen all of the Muslims and illegals in Missoula open your eyes.

[@drewtrulock333]

I live in Red Lodge right now and love it but would love to move to Missoula because I need more of an artist musician scene I need to be around more creative artsy people

[@ABGreer]

😍😍😍

[@mikemckenna8530]

Go Griz! Great town.

[@Patrick-yh5yd]

Very pretty lady.

[@deadmedowns]

Not a lot of traffic? I beg to differ. Tis place is known to have some of the worst street planning in the universe. Comically hard to navigate for a beginner.

[@John3.36]

Unless you have a bike, which is what they are pushing for.

[@John3.36]

Nice place, but hard to make a living there. There are not a lot of good jobs, housing is expensive, everything shuts down in winter as far as job hours. Summers are very short. Winters are long. I imagine remote working has changed everything. Otherwise most people can barely make it.

[@carrywolf9714]

expletive often cite or even unconsciously think of “A River Runs Through “. I think that they forget the brutality portrayed and the killing of Brad Pitt’s debt ridden and alcoholic character. Those are still fine justifiable sentiments for killing. The finest and most accurate portrayal of MOntanans and Montana is the movie, “The Power of the Dog” which most people in Montana haven’t seen or heard of despite it being head and shoulders above CODA, a heart-warming sentimental film. It received 12 Oscar nominations and Jane Campion won BEst Director as well as other less biased best movie awards. Another story which accurately portrays the no-nothingness of Montana and its people is “The Lonesome Dove”. None of the major characters were in the slightest bit interested in staying in Montana. The best cowboys and characters, Deets, MacCrae, Woodrow, and Lorena, dropped out, left or died, before the dull unimaginative unskilled cowpokes were left behind.

[@charleskeefer3043]

Pre Fontaine of a hero and the wine list of friggin years.

[@spudnikkx1112]

If you think Garden City is cool now, you should have been there in the 90's after they cleaned it up from the dirty 80's and before the massive Cali invasion starting around '05. You could find old WW II neighborhood small houses with garage for $ 600 a month then, and a house could be bought for 1/4 what it sells for today. The Top Hat bar had insanely great rock acts for dirt cheap and outdoor stuff wasnt over run with noob adventure seekers jamming trails like commuter traffic. Once California started to buy in, it all went to shit within 2 years. Sad, as it was so cool around '04 still.

[@RandyProctor-l7z]

Don't forget about all the homeless and drug addicts hanging out down town

[@anthonyoram7614]

I would love surfing there!

[@matildagreene1744]

You forgot to mention the below 0 weather and the cost of housing. 😂

[@tactikiller]

Yeah the influx of out of staters has made affording a home or apartment pretty unattainable for most of us here

[@bikerider4326]

I think I should move there! THANK YOU FOR SHARING!!

[@RunTheAtlas]

You should! Missoula is awesome

[@John3.36]

I wouldn't. Do a little research on the rental prices, housing costs, and average wages. It is hard to make a living.

[@bikerider4326]

@@John3.36 thank you ☺️

[@dianac2498]

It’s also has the 3rd highest suicide rate in the Country. Due to the brutal winters in part. Very little sunlight right in Missoula in the winter.

[@RunTheAtlas]

Yes that’s true. The vitamin d deficiency and sparse population contributes to that for sure.

[@johnmiller935]

Love Missoula!!! And only 15 minutes from Montana!!!!

[@DerindaStickel-iy5tt]

Huh? Missoula is IN Montana!

[@markhoffman3702]

Have to be from here to get it

[@johnmiller935]

Yep

[@johnnycashh7148]

If you don't want to look like you're from out of town...wear a flannel, cut off jeans and birkenstocks and no clean cut hair. 😅

[@RunTheAtlas]

Haha I’ll take note!

[@johnnycashh7148]

@@RunTheAtlas 😆

[@GgZoo-iK3to]

Why not hike in pairs or with a pistol? We did in the 90's .

[@julieshawver7901]

Sun sets 11pm in summer not 8 or 9

[@josephstewart5201]

I've lived in Missoula off and on now since the mid 80s, with continuous stretches of residency as long as 10-years, and quite honestly, it's no better or worse than any other place in the intermountain west, but there are a number of things people should know. The sun RARELY shines here, VERY rarely, and winters, are far-far longer than most people are will to recognize or admit. True summer, can only be found here in July and August. That's it! September brings fall, and winter typically lasts from October through May, bounded on both sides by rain and perpetually grey skies. The availability of both housing and jobs is atrocious, and the median priced home is WAY beyond the reach of most wage-earners or even many salaried professionals. Politically speaking, it's a college town, with 85-90% of the communities revenue stream coming directly or indirectly from student loan money, period! So it is populated largely by young, liberal, woke, indoctrinated, unsophisticated, shallow-minded, y- and z-gener neo-Marxists.

[@josephstewart5201]

@@njerseydavid Missoula sits on the west side of the Rocky Mountains, and consequently, it's climate and weather patterns are oceanic in nature, and not significantly different than places like Portland and Seattle on the west coast. In addition, it sits just below (south) of the single largest freshwater lake west of the Great Lakes (Flathead lake), which acts as a heat-sink, constantly absorbing and releasing atmospheric energy as water vapor (i.e., steam) throughout the year, making it much like the so-called "Lake Effect" seen in states of the Great Lakes region. As a result of those two factors, Missoula is very prone to persistent overcast skies 95% of the year, much like neighboring Couer'd'Alene, Idaho or Spokane, Washington. So I'm afraid if frequent sunshine and lovely blue skies is what you seek, Missoula should most definitely be removed from your hit list. You'll need to go south and well east of the mountains to find any of that.

[@jmc3461]

‘Unsophisticated’ and ‘shallow’ minded is telling on yourself

[@John3.36]

I think the only way that the town stays a float is from tourism money and college student money from the east coast. Everyone else eats dirt. Because of the Left-wing politics most industry is chased away to keep the town in a time-warp, however remote working is changing that as people now can make good money online and move in. As more people come in who do not need to rely on the local economy the city will have no choice but to grow larger.

[@mikebrubaker5951]

Son of a bitch I was about to move in there to take an estimating job. Everything you just described we have a huge problem with pretty much everywhere in the northeast

[@corinnelynn333]

So….do you mean educated people??

[@Joeeey__]

Go to dobis teriyaki inside of stocks

[@galatraienmeraki4031]

I'll soon go for the summer and I'm really afraid because in all the videos and references I haven't seen black people, and I am

[@RunTheAtlas]

True, there’s not a ton of diversity here. I kind of appreciate when I’m the only one of my kind in a place, it makes me feel like I’m in the Matrix or something. 😆

[@aokcollectibles2988]

There's only a handful of guys that are able to surf that one specicific spot in the river and its always fun to watch. IT looks dangerous and I'm surprised it's still legal and no one has drowned.

[@yourmom9758]

The city chipped in some money to finance the construction of Brennan's Wave.

[@tactikiller]

Missoula has always had a sort of identity crisis. In the 90's it really wanted to be a mini Seattle, now it's a mix between the worst of San Fran and Austin. Homeless and pretentious hipster artists who are hard to differentiate abound.

[@williegarland8888]

In eastern Montana, they call Missoula the Berkeley of Montana (and not in a good way).

[@RunTheAtlas]

😬

[@williegarland8888]

@@RunTheAtlas you being liberal sucks for the rest of the state.🫥

[@RunTheAtlas]

what are you talking about? Lol this isn't a political video

[@yourmom9758]

Missoula is the Berkley of Montana. Have you been to Berkley? It's awesome.

[@charlierogertango1055]

The reason Missoula and Bozeman are expensive is that they are university towns. They have a student population that have money. There's a tri state agreement that gives those residents in state tuition. Saving them money.

[@tiki_trash]

The University of Montana is the largest employer in Missoula. The largest employer in Montana is Town Pump, a company that owns truck stops and convenience stores, not a lot happening here.

[@usaalways]

I have been there 5 times the last 4 years, and lodging and rental cars have Sky rocketed!...so much that last August I was forced to fly into billings. Thankfully this year my airfare is cheaper, but I will have to really scour to find the most reasonable lodging.

[@katherinestickroth2983]

Watch out for Grizzlies and mountain lions in the mountains. They eat dogs…

[@RunTheAtlas]

Oh yes they are out there 🐻

[@genekshdhd2902]

Ranch club best food in town

[@Alop777]

I just wonder if that restaurant would actually cook the steak if i requested. 🤢

[@RunTheAtlas]

How do you like your steak?!

[@ozzyfb8517]

Banana shaped and uncooked with eggs

[@dutchmaster1999]

Missoula, open-mindedness??! 😂😂😂

[@RunTheAtlas]

For a city in Montana, yes. It’s a university town.

[@markhoffman3702]

So “open minded” their brain fell out