One Thing Yellowstone Got Absolutely Right is Out-of-State Misery

This is considered to be the major problem with the series that seeks to sell itself on the feeling of authenticity grounded in the very existence of the titular Yellowstone Ranch in Montana.

But there's one thing that Yellowstone gets absolutely right — the show's depiction of misery caused by the influx of out-of-state newcomers is absolutely spot on, many fans agree.

A Reddit user recently started a thread, complaining in their message about "how awful it is to watch the out-of-state morons buy up land, drive up property taxes, and force residents out with second homes… while also influencing local politics and then fleeing the consequences."

And lots of people couldn't help but support the opinion in the comments, saying that the situation in the home regions was similar to the one described in the post.

Some people noted that locals tend to demonize outsiders, especially those coming from California — and the portrayal of outsiders in Yellowstone doesn't exactly help to curb this tendency. But then the numerous examples offered in the comments confirmed the series' claim: there are lots of out-of-state people swarming into an area with their money and behaving in all sorts of irresponsible ways, treating their new locale as a playground, not a home.

Of course, one can argue that America only exists thanks to the predecessors of these out-of-state migrants — the English Pilgrims swarming to the new lands in search of profit and opportunity.

The Dutton clan itself had only arrived in Montana in the late 19th century and, as depicted in the prequel series 1883, acquired their land by imposing an agreement on the natives — and that's something that the later generations of the family weren't proud of.

So it's not like they can boast some divine right to control the state and its politics — although this claim leads us to even more dangerous conclusions about the USA's right to the land it owns.

But then again, while the early colonies or the Wild West are unalienable parts of the United States' historical heritage, no one could seriously argue that these areas were nice places to live — regardless of whether you were an outsider, like the Duttons, or a Native American pushed off your land by an influx of newcomers.

Many places have flourished and become comfortable since and due to the arrival of new settlers — so perhaps some of the new Yellowstone residents could help the area improve, rather than spoil it and then leave for good?