That guy from somewhere else

I’m not from around here.

That fact is regularly pointed out to me.

Usually following a column someone didn’t like.

It’s true. I was born and raised a Hoosier. I didn’t arrive in Montana until I was 18.

I came here on my own.

And I’m still here by choice.

But I don’t bring that up when someone calls me an outsider.

There’s no need.

It shouldn’t make my opinion on matters of Montana any less legitimate. You don’t have to live here a certain length of time to have an opinion.

Of course no one likes someone from somewhere else coming in and telling them what to do. Me include...