Holy smokes. You weren't kidding. I googled the guy who is living in subsidized housing valued at $1.8 million. He's some kind of real estate...

A major reason I dislike subsidized housing programs like Aspens, where you literally have to win the lottery, is it makes Americans dislike...

Can you airbnb a room, or just long term rent a room, in your subsidized condo? Seems like an easy way to cash in on the true valley of that subsided...

Doesn't this subsidized housing in ski towns just cause even more people to want to move there? That would be pretty sweet to get a condo in Aspen...

Ya, just run that existing battery into the ground before you upgrade. Sounds like it might be starting to go bunk but is still serviceable. Now that...

AGM batteries do not HAVE to be vented. Some claim AGM batteries don't vent at all but I believe that is incorrect. They can vent Hydrogen, which is...

I have no idea about the Amazon LiFePO4 for $300 but at that price, I might be willing to just give it a try and find out. A 100 ah AGM battery is in...

Washington legislature is currently considering whether to allow four plexes on all parcels within cities greater than 6,000 people. 6 plexes if near...

That closed in 1949. And it was only rope tows. The thing preventing ski areas in National Parks today is that parks like Rainier and Oly are...

What ski areas that were in National Parks have closed due to low traffic? As AD points out, the only two I know of are still there. Paradise...

If Kircher sold Crystal because he was afraid of fire he has no business owning any ski area in the Western lower 48. The only ski area I can think...

Land swaps. Not selling off federal land for development. It appears a large chunk of Moonlight was on private land, even before the land swap. The...

He didn't privatize it. It was federally owned BLM land and Obama made it a National Monument. Trump undid parts of that National Monument. But it...

I did look, and upon close inspection, there is wilderness that goes to near the summit of Loan Peak. But it appears Big Sky is all on private land....

There is no way in our lifetimes National Forests, let alone wilderness areas and National Parks get privatized. Most likely not in our children's,...

You're really arguing that Big Sky is just like Crystal? Big Sky is surrounded by private land, roads, homes, and development. There is a 100%...

That already exists: https://www.denverwater.org/recreation/dillon-resevoir Pumps water across the Continental Divide to Denver.

The PNW is different. Unlike resorts in the Rockies, our ski areas are surrounded by National Forests with very little private land. Our ski resorts...

I guess that's my biggest complaint with Kircher. I don't agree with all of the master development plan. Kircher wanted to sell to an owner that...

I'll never boycot Crystal, no matter what. I have no choice. It would be like you refusing to ski at Bachelor. Then what's the point of living in...

Great, now that East Peak has mostly burned, you don't have to worry about the base area burning for a long, long time. The burn zone is one giant...

I know this is a joke but Greenwater is a massive flood/lahar plain. There is not much more development that you will see there. And we have urban...

It's because Bachelor is owned by another spoiled rich kid who was handed all his money from daddy.

Vail, Inc. has been around and traded publicly since 1997. By comparison, Amazon was founded in 1994. So Vail is just as entrenched as other...

Alterra has already announced plans to build a 100 room hotel at the base. They break ground on that after they finish the new lodge that is being...

Ok, where do we draw the line? Forcing electric vehicles on the public is ok. Should we force solar on all new construction? Should we ban natural...

But the person in the city who doesn't drive and relies on transit and ride shares to get around would still be paying their fair share. The gas tax...

To be completely honest, Alterra's management of Crystal has irked me in some ways, but overall, the skiing experience is still enjoyable and not...

A per miles driven tax is not anti free market. It is simply forcing those who consume resources to pay for the true costs of their consumption....

In a perfect world, California wouldn't force people to go electric whether they want to or not. But in a perfect world, we wouldn't have...