10 Questions You Can Only Answer If You're From Montana
Some questions are best answered by those born and raised in Montana… especially if they’re about Montana. Have you been asked any of these by well-meaning out-of-staters?

"Are you kidding? How long do you have?" is the only acceptable response to this question.

We were raised right, and we've got a lot to be happy about.
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"Oro y Plata," or gold and silver, named for our abundant mineral wealth. Our unofficial motto is "Montana's full."
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Because we can't be tamed. Just kidding (kind of) - most Montanans drive the speed limit, but our speed limits are quite high. They used to be non-existent.

The coldest temperature ever recorded in Montana was -70 degrees... so pretty cold.

Shoh-toh. And while we're at it, Havre is Have-er.

Right here in the Treasure State.

We do not hate Californians, nor do we hate the state of California. What we hate is the attitude that our way of living isn't good enough and must be changed. Californians that don't feel this way are welcome here. We also kind of hate this question.
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No. It's about 100 times prettier in person.

Montana was the first state to send a woman to Congress, it's the only state in the country with a triple divide, and it's the home state of Evel Knievel, just to name a few.
Some questions Montanans get asked are perfectly reasonable… and of course, some are not.
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