Sports Writer, Sidney Herald [Sidney, MT]

Well, how would that compare to living in North Dakota? Sidney is just 10-15 miles from the state line, would it be cheaper for someone who took this job to live on the ND side?

 

The only North Dakota town of any consequence in that area is Williston (hometown of Phil Jackson), and that's more like 45 miles from Sidney.

This is the definition of remote:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=sidney+montana&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=13&iwloc=addr

Click on the map, then hit your cursor button in any direction to your heart's content. There's no there there.

Besides, there are only so many ways you can stretch $20K. Introducing a daily commute isn't likely to make things better.