We'd rather Montana. I really like the region between Ronan and Hamilton. It's hard there too though with the politics, but in the end no where is perfect or will ever be so a lot of concelations have to be made in the end. I really like the potential for flying around Hamilton and the climbing uip Blodgett is out of hand with too much potential for new routes.
None of this is now really it's just I have never had the possibility of the thought enter my head of moving from this farm until now.
I've been to that area. The National Bison Range is neat, and you have options from agricultural land in the valley to forested seclusion on the mountainsides. If you stay away from the Kalispell tourist traps, it's not too crowded.
In the grand scheme I prefer the western slope of the continental divide. Leeward is almost always drier with less tress. That leaves a shit ton of area to look at as potential.
Having lived in Montana for 11 years, I consider myself a Montanan at heart, even though I've lived in other states much longer. I'd rather be there, too, but Idaho was as close as we could get, due to my husband's job. And now we have grandchildren here.