Montana is a great state. I've spent some time there in the rural outbacks hunting dinosaurs. Tough living though. Jobs are difficult to find. Winters are absolutely brutal. I live at 7K feet in the mountains of Colorado and work at 9K and above building custom homes. It's not as cold here as it is in Montana. Gotta be one of the hottest places I've been and one of the coldest places I've been.
Grew up in Louisiana so I understand hot and humid too.
I hope to one day pick up a ranch in the middle of the badlands in Montana for retirement.
One nice thing about Montana is that I have spent weeks in the badlands and literally not talked to another person (aside from my partner) for those weeks. Not many folk there.