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04-15-2014, 03:10 AM #1
If you could live in any ski town or location year round in the United States...
where and why?
(Asssume work is not an issue: ie you telecommute, have a job offer, or are retired).Last edited by Jim S; 04-15-2014 at 12:30 PM.
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04-15-2014, 04:13 AM #2
Markleeville. Most everything but the ocean. Have not been in summer and I gather it is a bit of a shit show, but pretty easy to escape.
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04-15-2014, 04:26 AM #3
Hood River, OR. Great windsurfing, mt biking and skiing, besides being just plain gorgeous. Climate's nice, too and not far from the metropolis of Portland for city life.
San Francisco for big city choice... Fairfax or San Anselmo would be cool.Screw the net, Surf the backcountry!
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04-15-2014, 05:53 AM #4
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04-15-2014, 06:03 AM #5Banned
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south maine coast. if there was somewhere else i'd rather be, i wouldn't be here.
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04-15-2014, 06:18 AM #6
I moved to the roaring fork valley so I wouldn't have to answer that question any more. An hour to the desert, 20 minutes to skiing, an airport... And the summers are awesome here.
www.dpsskis.com
www.point6.com
formerly an ambassador for a few others, but the ski industry is... interesting.
Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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04-15-2014, 08:40 AM #7Registered User
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I've lived in two and been to most. I'm moving back to A town full time ASAP.
My only wish, a large fresh water sea started around Glenwood.
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04-15-2014, 09:28 AM #8
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04-15-2014, 09:31 AM #9Hugh Conway Guest
Boulder, CO. Why be anywhere but the best?
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04-15-2014, 09:32 AM #10
Seems like it depends a lot on making a living...There are a lot of places that work really well if you have a lot of money and free time...but not at all if you have to work all the time and don't have much disposable income.
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04-15-2014, 10:37 AM #11
Quartzsite, AZ
We heard you in our twilight caves, one hundred fathom deep below, for notes of joy can pierce the waves, that drown each sound of war and woe.
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04-15-2014, 10:41 AM #12
Baraboo, WI: within easy striking distance of Cascade Mountain & Devil's Head and you've got the circus museum and Tommy Bartlett for summertime.
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04-15-2014, 10:42 AM #13Registered User
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Squamish, BC, Canada.
Its got everything you need and nothing you don't. Other than being in Canada.
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04-15-2014, 10:50 AM #14
Having a nice plot of land near Glacier, WA would be pretty hard to beat for me. I don't really like sun that much and I hate the heat. YMMV.
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04-15-2014, 10:57 AM #15
Tahoe seems nearly ideal for me:
-great weather with many sunny days (few gloomy days)
-huge dumps in the winter (past 2 horrid years excluded)
-great mountain and road biking
-Lake Tahoe for water sports
-Truckee river
-decent infrastructure albeit a few of the villages are a bit dumpy(c/w Jackson, Deer Valley, Aspen etc)
only thing missing are salt water wavesEvery man dies. Not every man lives.
You don’t stop playing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop playing.
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04-15-2014, 11:07 AM #16
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04-15-2014, 11:30 AM #17
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04-15-2014, 11:32 AM #18
Dubai. Skiing 365 and a very real shot at being the best skier on the mountain every damn day.
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04-15-2014, 11:37 AM #19
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04-15-2014, 11:39 AM #20
I'm liking the Bend area. Excellent resort and BC skiing, great MTB trails and lots of rivers/lakes for paddling. You can get to salt water in ~3.5 hours. Area is large enough to have reasonable employment opportunities outside of the hospitality sector. Home prices are very reasonable. And teh Womenz outnumber men.
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04-15-2014, 11:43 AM #21
^^^homes in Bend are reasonable if you are from CA. Maybe not if you are from elsewhere.
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04-15-2014, 11:46 AM #22
I'm a big fan of the CO mountain towns- Breckenridge, Aspen, Steamboat, Telluride, CB. They all have their pros & cons. Reasons why I like living in Breck:
-7 ski areas within an hour with a long, lift-served season. Good snow quality preservation due to high altitude. Surrounding backcountry options are vast and numerous.
-Excellent mountain biking
-Whitewater kayaking/rafting on dozens of runs from Class II - V within 2 hours.
-Lake Dillon & Green Mountain Reservoir (flatwater kayaking, sailing, water skiing, etc)
-Easy access to Denver, DIA and Red Rocks
-Good schools
-Picturesque, historic downtown core.
-3 hours to the desert.Old's Cool.
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04-15-2014, 11:48 AM #23Rope->Dope
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Well, if we’re playing the fantasy land game…
Telluride. Why? Everything about the place is jaw dropping.
The average home price of $980K is a bit of a detriment though…
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04-15-2014, 12:08 PM #24
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