Originally Posted by nwmtnbkr

You probably wouldn't recognize Whitefish--the towns near Glacier, including Kalispell, have all started growing and now sport the ubiquitous signs of gentrification, like big box stores. Whitefish has a high-end development that's now in the hands of Aspen developers, I believe. They're basically expensive vacation homes for out-of-state wealthy who like to ski. (You hear complaints that skiing at Big Mountain is becoming unaffordable for the locals.)