Is there a place in the USA that’s cheap to live and has good skiing

**grskier** · 03-09-2022, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by Core Shot

Where the fuck is that?

It's debatable, somewhat mysteriously defined by blue plastic...

Surprised there isn't a thread on it

**prsboogie** · 03-09-2022, 01:39 PM

As someone who has to drive 2.5 for a 1K vert ice cube ski bump I would take anywhere around an hour to ski 2K non-boilerplate terrain more than once a week. I love reading complaints about the 1.5 hour rides to glorious pow filled dream turns

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**haysman16** · 03-09-2022, 01:44 PM

Pocatello? you could live right by the base of Pebble Creek which in good years is really good. 2.5 to Sun Valley, Tetons and the Wasatch

**Harry** · 03-09-2022, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by total_immortal

Personally, I'd look at the I-90 corridor between MT and WA.

This. St. Regis MT has some cheap dumps, also some super expensive mansions. Ski Lookout Pass & Silver Mountain (aka Jackass).

Or Salmon ID. Cheap dumps and expensive mansions. Ski Lost Trail. Big mine about to open up so lots of good paying work.

All depends on if a 40 y/o single wide is acceptable to you. Most dentists would say no. But you are not a dentist.

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**XXX-er** · 03-09-2022, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by skaredshtles

This is patently absurd - there are still LOTS of places you can do this. Main issue is that they all pretty much suck.

well you can't do it here, small 200K entry level shitty houses built on blocks havent really existed for a few years and the rents are crazy if you can find a place to rent

**RootSkier** · 03-09-2022, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by Harry

This. St. Regis MT has some cheap dumps, also some super expensive mansions. Ski Lookout Pass & Silver Mountain (aka Jackass).

Or Salmon ID. Cheap dumps and expensive mansions. Ski Lost Trail. Big mine about to open up so lots of good paying work.

I was going to mention Salmon, but it's an hour from LT, which (a) isn't even open every day and (b) has gotten INSANELY crowded lately.

**The SnowShow** · 03-09-2022, 02:02 PM

Driggs? My friend’s cousin lives in a shack there.

**Benneke10** · 03-09-2022, 02:08 PM

Remote work has ruined almost every cheap mountain town within 2 hours of a decent airport. Try Elko, NV

**byates1** · 03-09-2022, 02:17 PM

Cokeville WY

**BFD** · 03-09-2022, 02:22 PM

Alamosa or Monte Vista, Colorado. Less than 2 hrs to Monarch or Taos. One hour from best ski area in Colorado. Seriously Ogden? That entire Salt Lake area is a repulsive sprawl.

**stuckathuntermtn** · 03-09-2022, 02:23 PM

They're opening a mine in Salmon? Shit. Hope it does some good.
Ogden sounds cheaper than Missoula right now, lol.
Anyone under 40 who isn't already a home owner is fucked. Go me! Go Millennials! Go trickle down and deregulation!

**stuckathuntermtn** · 03-09-2022, 02:24 PM

As for IAS's question: what about NH?

**Self Jupiter** · 03-09-2022, 02:29 PM

Gorham NH?

**californiagrown** · 03-09-2022, 02:33 PM

Im sure there is somewhere within an hour or Taos that you could get a "place" for <200k. It would likely come with some serious baggage though.

My suggestions are to look at rural mobile homes in Nevada, New Mexico and Idaho. Unfortunatley, anywhere that meets IAS' criteria will almost certainly have tweakers... so figure out what kind of tweakers you can live with, and move there.

**Flounder** · 03-09-2022, 02:45 PM

I told Benny in another thread and I’ll drop it here. Rutland VT is doable. 20 minutes to hot jersey babes at Killington. Not sure how many Ogden’s it is (mostly because I still don’t fully understand the scale) but living there would not be my first choice. Lots of shitholes but if you’re good at renovating, houses start at $15k. Your neighbors may be tweakers and/or racist rednecks though.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/05701

**skaredshtles** · 03-09-2022, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by BFD

<snip> One hour from best ski area in Colorado.

You are an hour from Telluride?

**NBABUCKS1** · 03-09-2022, 02:54 PM

it's all relative but I think the ogden ship has sailed. $400k to get up on the bench, $325k to get anywhere closer to downtown. Hill is packed and today was the largest crowd I've never seen at snowbasin..and it's wed (powder starvation obviously at play here).

second the rural montana. Lost trail rips and you'd have the smaller bump maverick.

**cloud cult** · 03-09-2022, 02:55 PM

always befuddled when people talk about ogden, i think it and the entirety of davis and weber counties has to rank top 10 among the ugliest towns in the west

**CnRzG** · 03-09-2022, 03:03 PM

Is Rossland still inexpensive?

**hatchgreenchile** · 03-09-2022, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by BFD

Alamosa or Monte Vista, Colorado. Less than 2 hrs to Monarch or Taos. One hour from best ski area in Colorado. Seriously Ogden? That entire Salt Lake area is a repulsive sprawl.

I find myself looking at places in Conejos Canyon alot. Very cool area.

**Buzzworthy** · 03-09-2022, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by cloud cult

always befuddled when people talk about ogden, i think it and the entirety of davis and weber counties has to rank top 10 among the ugliest towns in the west

Brigham City to Payson is just one continuously cut up strip mall from north to south. 25 years here and I’m ready for a change to an equally expensive place too full of people.

**liv2ski** · 03-09-2022, 03:24 PM

Quick Zillow search showed this 2 unit property for $280k. Get a $266k loan (5% down) at 4.25% = P&I of $1,308. Assume taxes & insurance are another $350. 2nd unit rents for $800 per month and you are all in for under $900 per month. That is damn cheap.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2...72308267_zpid/