My beloved college town has a problem: It’s too popular
(Janie Osborne for The New York Times)
A residential area in Bozeman.
By Sarah Vowell | Special to The New York Times
| May 16, 2021, 3:00 p.m.
Bozeman, Montana. “Isn’t it beautiful?” asked the stranger veering toward me on the bridge.
By Montana standards, Bozeman Creek is actually a humdrum little drip. I had paused crossing the bridge because a crow had just dumped a gnawed mouse carcass into the water. But hearing the dreamy catch in the woman’s voice, I looked up from the furry portent of death floating downstream and answered, “Sort of?”
May 12, 2021
By Sarah Vowell
Ms. Vowell, a contributing Opinion writer and the author of âThe Wordy Shipmatesâ and âLafayette in the Somewhat United States,â writes extensively about Montana, the American West and U.S. history.
BOZEMAN, Mont. â âIsnât it beautiful?â asked the stranger veering toward me on the bridge.
By Montana standards, Bozeman Creek is actually a humdrum little drip. I had paused crossing the bridge because a crow had just dumped a gnawed mouse carcass into the water. But hearing the dreamy catch in the womanâs voice, I looked up from the furry portent of death floating downstream and answered, âSort of?â