Ryan and I were just perusing the internet news when we came across this article on land use in my home county, Flathead County, Montana. While the article is a good snapshot of the land use troubles in the area, one thing not examined adequately in the article is the ripple effect development, especially from out-of-the-area millionaires interested in vacation homes, has on housing prices for local residents. The article talks a lot about timber, conservation, and wealthy investors buying land in the west but portrays locals narrowly (i.e. old time timber folk and environmentalists).
It isn't often that my little corner of the world gets mentioned in the New York Times.
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