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For Sale: The Only Bar in a 14-Person Montana Town

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Re: For Sale: The Only Bar in a 14-Person Montana Town

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Post by pmilot »

rb808 wrote: post #19
socrates1998 wrote: post #16

This place isn't just in the middle of nowhere, it's in Eastern Montana, not even the nice part of Montana (the west). This place shouldn't exist. A mildly interesting story, but small town Montana is a rough existence even if you live in pretty part. I would not recommend anyone buying this place unless you don't mind throwing away $200k on it. Edit: All the down votes are coming from people who have never been to E…

You're not joking, I checked streetview and its one of the few places I've seen in the developed world where the streetview car didn't bother leaving main street and just GTFO. Edit: hey sorry if I come across as offensive, I'm from a small city and like living in quiet places.

I wonder just how strange and alien most locals would find the above comment about their town.

Not trying to be offensive here, I just find the thought of using Google Street View coverage as any kind of metric for such a place so... jarring.

Re: For Sale: The Only Bar in a 14-Person Montana Town

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Post by ctdonath »

With the onset of Starlink, I expect such locations could experience a population boom. With urban housing prices skyrocketing (demand exceeding supply = bidding war), many are discovering the only thing they need to live where they actually want to is reliable high-speed low-latency internet. The land is cheap ($150,000 for 321 acres in Ingomar, Montana), the region attractive (drove around there this summer, very nice), just need a good data feed. Leverage it right, and that old bar could spawn a happenin' site for remote workers.

Re: For Sale: The Only Bar in a 14-Person Montana Town

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Post by MS90 »

CharlesColeman wrote: post #18
kempbellt wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not really. You'd really just be paying for the history. Spending a quarter million dollars on a four wood (edit: brick ) walls and a door in a podunk Montana town that is about a 100 mile drive to the nearest town isn't a business purchase. You likely wouldn't recoup the cost in your lifetime.

> Spending a quarter million dollars on a four wood walls and a door in a podunk Montana town that is about a 100 mile drive to the nearest town From the OP: > The Jersey Lilly was the town’s first brick building , built in 1914 as the first bank of a very different Ingomar. > The nearest town, Forsyth, is “only” 44 miles away . “That’s really close in Montana, trust me.” If you want to write a dismissive comment, go…

I mean, he's got a point. Forsyth has less than 2000 people in it. As someone who used to live in Montana, the nearest town worth mentioning is Billings which is 111 miles away, and the nearest town worth really going to is Missoula which is 371 miles.

Re: For Sale: The Only Bar in a 14-Person Montana Town

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Post by trhway »

allthecybers wrote: post #13
Mikeb85 wrote: post #4

Asking price seems rather high. I'm sure you could find an abandoned building in Montana and turn it into a bar for far less than $225k.

Hopefully all those 14 patrons are loyal and healthy and plan to continue frequenting the establishment.

as if they had plethora of other entertainment options to choose from ...

Re: For Sale: The Only Bar in a 14-Person Montana Town

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Post by Merrill »

yellowapple wrote: post #20
stevehawk wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I gotta assume in this case you're more paying for the history.. can't imagine there's as lot of business with 13 residents and nearest city being 45 minutes away.

Just because the town only has 14 residents doesn't mean there's nobody passing through or otherwise visiting.

Looks like a corral for rodeo, cattle auction, county fair, etc. next door just south of the bar. Appears to be used.

Re: For Sale: The Only Bar in a 14-Person Montana Town

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Post by dang »

socrates1998 wrote: post #16

This place isn't just in the middle of nowhere, it's in Eastern Montana, not even the nice part of Montana (the west). This place shouldn't exist. A mildly interesting story, but small town Montana is a rough existence even if you live in pretty part. I would not recommend anyone buying this place unless you don't mind throwing away $200k on it. Edit: All the down votes are coming from people who have never been to E…

Please don't cross into regional slurs. "This place shouldn't exist" is a step into that, and we need users not to go there here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: For Sale: The Only Bar in a 14-Person Montana Town

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Post by MS90 »

socrates1998 wrote: post #16

This place isn't just in the middle of nowhere, it's in Eastern Montana, not even the nice part of Montana (the west). This place shouldn't exist. A mildly interesting story, but small town Montana is a rough existence even if you live in pretty part. I would not recommend anyone buying this place unless you don't mind throwing away $200k on it. Edit: All the down votes are coming from people who have never been to E…

Yep, once you get East of the Rockies there's really not much to see or do until you get to like...Minnesota.

It doesn't surprise me to learn that Montana has the highest suicide rate in the country.

Re: For Sale: The Only Bar in a 14-Person Montana Town

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Post by ewhanley »

socrates1998 wrote: post #16

This place isn't just in the middle of nowhere, it's in Eastern Montana, not even the nice part of Montana (the west). This place shouldn't exist. A mildly interesting story, but small town Montana is a rough existence even if you live in pretty part. I would not recommend anyone buying this place unless you don't mind throwing away $200k on it. Edit: All the down votes are coming from people who have never been to E…

It's about 60 miles east of the last tiny town discussed on HN [0]. Ingomar isn't _really_ much of a town, but it is a cultural waypoint. It's surrounded by historic farming/ranching communities and is within 50-60 miles of several more populous small towns. Driving 50-60 miles is a trivial venture in MT. When I was a kid growing up nearby, there were rodeos in Ingomar nearly every weekend during the summer. They pulled in a decent number of visitors (probably 100-200 or so), and the Jersey Lilly was, naturally, the busiest place in town. I believe they are still putting on the rodeos. It's not a huge amount of business, but probably enough to support a $200k price tag if you're looking for an unusual hobby/lifestyle in an area with a lot of western history. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21569610

Re: For Sale: The Only Bar in a 14-Person Montana Town

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Post by MS90 »

ctdonath wrote: post #22

With the onset of Starlink, I expect such locations could experience a population boom. With urban housing prices skyrocketing (demand exceeding supply = bidding war), many are discovering the only thing they need to live where they actually want to is reliable high-speed low-latency internet. The land is cheap ($150,000 for 321 acres in Ingomar, Montana), the region attractive (drove around there this summer, very n…

Not in Eastern Montana, I don't think. It's a pretty depressing place to live. All the mountains and beautiful wilderness that come to mind when you think of Montana are about 300 miles west. All that's really out in the east is flat grassland, meth, and Indian reservations.

The state has the highest suicide rate in the nation.

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