Over the past few years, Bozeman has routinely cropped up in magazine articles that list the best places to live in America. The latest such list, U.S. News Top Ten Retirement Cities, features, yet again, Bozeman. Read the larger list of Top Ten retirement cities, or read U.S. News' take on Bozeman.
The article does a pretty good job of portraying Bozeman as a technology center and outdoor mecca with a laid-back, small town atmosphere. Personally, as a tech entrepreneur and outdoor enthusiast, I cannot think of a better or more opportune place to live. And although we enjoyed living down the road in Billings for many years, and now make routine trips to Billings to visit friends, eat at the Cracker Barrel and (for Debra) shop, Bozeman, the fastest growing community in the state, has an atmosphere and air of excitement that Montana's largest city cannot match. I've been told that Bill Gates considers Bozeman as the next Silicon Valley, and have read that Bozeman will reach a population of 100,000 by about mid-century. I hope the latter prediction is wrong, although I would not bet against it (BizJournals notes that Bozeman is the 11th fastest growing small town in America). At the least, city and county planners are working diligently (and successfully, it seems to me) to maintain the rural spaces and landscape that still characterize most of Gallatin County.
Other recent Top Ten listings including Bozeman:
The #1 town in America for Best Quality of Life - BizJournals (August 2007
Natural Home Magazine named Bozeman the #3 town eco-neighborhood city in America - December 2006.
Most Active Town in America Top Ten - Men's Journal (March 2006)
In addition, Money Magazine in 2007 profiled Bozeman in its Top 100 Places to live in America.
Monday, September 24, 2007
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