
In These Times | J Osborne
As the outdoors economy booms, a surge in housing costs has plunged this area north of Yellowstone into an era of gentrification. Working people are left scrambling for places to live, losing their homes, moving to cheaper towns and, in many cases, undertaking grueling daily commutes from places they can afford to live to places they can’t afford not to work. Above: A RV stands on a street in Bozeman, Montana, in December 2022, a housing “fix” many locals are turning to as rents rise.