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04-24-2015, 04:57 PM #26
I made it work in Boise, Idaho for 4 years and regularly skied pow, had a 1 bedroom apt. for $450 in downtown, and rode my mountain bike everywhere.
Was it ideal? No.
But it was Affordable. And when those Mormon chicks fall, they go down hard
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04-24-2015, 05:02 PM #27
Lakecity Colorado. Creed Colorado
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04-24-2015, 05:17 PM #28
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04-24-2015, 05:21 PM #29
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04-24-2015, 05:21 PM #30Chowder Lover
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The problem is making a living in a mountain ski town it tough. The ones that have jobs have them because they have tourists who also buy up all the houses and jack up prices. Silverton Colorado has a mountain and affordable housing. Good luck finding employement in the dead of winter though, not enough tourism.
If on the other hand you have a small trust find and don't need to rely on a job year round check it out.
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04-24-2015, 05:23 PM #31
Leavenworth WA. Livingston MT (already mentioned). What about some place up near Glacier MT? Kalispell?
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04-24-2015, 05:26 PM #32Registered User
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Logan Ut
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04-24-2015, 05:28 PM #33
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04-24-2015, 05:38 PM #34Registered User
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04-24-2015, 05:52 PM #35
Accuracy confirmed since we do it. we have a nice 2 bed/2 bath/ 2 car garage in rafter j (and FD: no family funds, no help buying the house, no secret lottery winnings) No offense taken on your doubt, (or living by the bird- my brother and his family live near there!) but I guess that's why I want to offer this alternative perspective. Maybe a townhome or smaller house is not enough for some, but who's to say it's not enough for media or any of the others that would love to stay here? We sacrifice with having older cars and such but I still see us having a pretty rich life compared to others that live in cheaper places and maybe have nicer cars. Guess it's all what you are looking for in life!
So yes we pay a $400k mortgage with 1.5 - 1.75 jobs. (and I say 1.75 with generosity as there is much off-season time off as well) Maybe we are just way more wicked smaht than everyone else but pretty sure any one else of decent work ethic etc could get the jobs we have. I'd also say that many of our friends have 1 professional working and 1 part time working spouse (for child care or ski bum reasons that make it work owning here. Sure a lot of them live in small houses/ townhomes/ affordable but those options are there.
I do get SO jealous though when I talk with some of my co-workers that have big homes with acreage that they bought eons ago for half the price of my home but c'est la vie.
I guess I need to be more jaded/ curmudgeonly and say how hard it is and you DEFINITELY do not want to make your home here bc it's IMPOPSICLE. I'll work on it
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04-24-2015, 05:56 PM #36
A hippie with a $400,000 mortgage?
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04-24-2015, 05:57 PM #37
Morrisville, Vt
300 inches of snow in the mountains(more than a ton of places out west)
less than a 30 minute drive to Stowe Mountain Resort. 2k vertical of really good terrain. with sidecountry from holy shit to mellow.
Tons of meadow skipping style BC from janurary to april.
World class mountain biking
world class beer.
you could easily buy 1500 sq/f for less than 200k here, when in stowe there is nothing for less than 200k.....
and all the rednecks and woodchucks you could ever hope for.
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04-24-2015, 06:01 PM #38
get useless in eustis?
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04-24-2015, 06:07 PM #39
I worked at Jackson Lake Lodge one season as a maintenance painter and became friends with lots of year-round full-time employees who got free housing. They didn't make much money, but they had no housing costs and the lodge feeds you too. They seemed to think they had it pretty good. I think some of them might even still be there. Most of the year-round jobs are in maintenance or marketing or administration.
What is that about 30-40 minutes to the ski area?
Anyway it's an option if you want free housing in the Jackson area.
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04-24-2015, 06:08 PM #40Registered User
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Livingston is out. We hate hippies, but we do enjoy meth.
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04-24-2015, 06:13 PM #41
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04-24-2015, 06:15 PM #42
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04-24-2015, 06:18 PM #43Registered User
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Last edited by hick; 04-24-2015 at 07:24 PM.
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04-24-2015, 06:42 PM #44Registered User
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PNW BC, Smithers And Terrace. The future is here!
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04-24-2015, 06:50 PM #45
I'm curious about what was wrong with Maple Falls?
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04-24-2015, 07:10 PM #46
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04-24-2015, 07:13 PM #47
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04-24-2015, 07:51 PM #48
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04-24-2015, 07:53 PM #49doughboyshredder Guest
If you actually wanted to live like a hippy instead of a poser you could find a 1/10 of an acre to buy somewhere and build an inexpensive yurt for <10K and be good.
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04-24-2015, 08:31 PM #50
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