Nobody who is already here can afford to live here now. Montana's ONLY social safety programs are federal programs, the state offers you nothing and are severely stingy when you are owed something like UBI benefits or child welfare services and any of the federal programs where money or some monetary benefit is issued.
If you can't find profitable employment or are already independently wealthy, life will be hard here.
Bozeman nonprofit invests grant in new shelter, programming
(Mind you, this is a warming shelter.)
https://www.ypradio.org/community/2023-01-06/bozeman-nonprofit-invests-grant-in-new-shelter-programming
And then there's the legislature...
Medicaid and abortion top health agenda for Montana lawmakers
https://www.ypradio.org/government-politics/2023-01-09/medicaid-and-abortion-top-health-agenda-for-montana-lawmakers
A podcast solely for the purpose of monitoring the legislature: The Session Week 1: 'The House is ready for business'
https://www.ypradio.org/government-politics/2023-01-09/the-session-week-1-the-house-is-ready-for-business
A bumper sticker that has been in circulation for years around here says:
Montana is FULL! I hear North Dakota is nice.