Moving from Steamboat to Bellingham

[riser4]

You jest, but I really liked Walla Walla when I visited and liked the outdoor areas it gave access to. Not great for resort skiing, but it has a lot of areas to explore. I'm not sure on the lady situation (save one particular Walla Walla enthusiast), but there are plenty of places I'd be less happy moving to than Walla Walla.

Have you considered the benefits of living in Spokane?

[Bunion 2020]

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She feels the OPs pain.

Callie Kuchan is returning to Illinois after finding a small ski town in Colorado too expensive.
Kuchan lived in Breckenridge for four years and wanted to stay, but couldn't afford to buy a home.
She also said the mountain has gotten too crowded since Covid, and it's too hard to make friends.

Has the OP considered Chicago?

[BmillsSkier]

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She feels the OPs pain.



Has the OP considered Chicago?

Fred, do you know this woman?

[skaredshtles]

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She feels the OPs pain.



Has the OP considered Chicago?

I hear you can get a nice, big suburban house in Chicago for less than a hovel in Breckenridge.

[Bunion 2020]

Fred does not. That MSN comments section is such a fustercluck.

Cascade and Devils Head are just a short drive north though.

[The AD]

That idiotic light rail is desperately needed and is actually great transportation. I use it often when up there.

Agreed 100%. Should have been started 20 years earlier at least.

I will say that in contrast to phatty I currently live just over a mile from a station with an even closer one opening next year. That will be followed by one that's going to be a five minute walk from my house (NE 130th).

[riser4]

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She feels the OPs pain.



Has the OP considered Chicago?

It has been reported here on teh TRG that there is an awesome BDSM dungeon for hire in Chicago.

[Timberridge]

Fred does not. That MSN comments section is such a fustercluck.

Cascade and Devils Head are just a short drive north though.

How do you know fred doesn't?

She's sorta cute in a mountain-y way. I think a side hustle of Only Fans could maybe make up some of the income delta and allow her to stay.

[BmillsSkier]

How do you know fred doesn't?

She's sorta cute in a mountain-y way. I think a side hustle of Only Fans could maybe make up some of the income delta and allow her to stay.

I was wondering the same thing. Fred's kinda the one-man Rotary club of Breck, he knows everyone.

If she reverses course and does the OF route we're gonna need to find a way to work her into the movie about Fred.

[fatnslow]

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She feels the OPs pain.



Has the OP considered Chicago?

Which short bus did she ride to Colorado ? I didn't know resort towns are expensive and ski areas get crowded on weekends.

[BmillsSkier]

Which short bus did she ride to Colorado ? I didn't know resort towns are expensive and ski areas get crowded on weekends.

Not to sound like some of the elderlies here, but there's a whole generation of people like her that make similar decisions on a daily basis and are shocked at the outcomes.

[dan_pdx]

Have you considered the benefits of living in Spokane?

Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

[skaredshtles]

Not to sound like some of the elderlies here, but there's a whole generation of people like her that make similar decisions on a daily basis and are shocked at the outcomes.

And then pretend(?) to be surprised.

I dunno - I guess denial ain't just a river in Egypt...

[alpinevibes]

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She feels the OPs pain.



Has the OP considered Chicago?

Ha, what a terrible, cringey article. How does someone have the lack of self-respect to let something like that get published about themselves? Everything about that first photo of her *screams* "midwest girl who moved to summit county" ...

[BmillsSkier]

And then pretend(?) to be surprised.

I dunno - I guess denial ain't just a river in Egypt...

Her story is remarkably similar to many others just like her that I've seen play out many times over. "oh look how affordable everything is thanks to covid, and no one has to work in an office anymore, lets move to [insert expensive city/resort/beach/mountain] and live our best lives!"

**2 years later**

"What do you mean they raised the prices of everything back to where they were pre-covid and how dare they ask us to actually come into work again?!?! I'm shocked and someone should do something about this!"

Ha, what a terrible, cringey article. How does someone have the lack of self-respect to let something like that get published about themselves? Everything about that first photo of her *screams* "midwest girl who moved to summit county" ...

Clicks are clicks to the aforementioned generation.

[Timberridge]

It wouldn't be the first time Summit County has claimed a midwesterner.

[BmillsSkier]

It wouldn't be the first time Summit County has claimed a midwesterner.

[fatnslow]

Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

How do rate the experience in the inland empire so far ? It's never appealed to me but people seem to love it and you can't argue about all the outdoor opportunities close by.

[fastfred]

Fred, do you know this woman?

I don't
sounds like she has a loving husband so I never saw her on the tinder rounds or face down while sitting at the bar after to many jameo shots
she's so uptight prolly not my kind of girl I like em loose and crazy

my heart strings have been tugged hard by her article if she only knew me I woulda rented her a room in my house well below market rate or we could exchange housework for housing I'm flexible

this place churns and burns the freshman class hard they always looking for an excuse why they could never graduate

[BmillsSkier]

I feel like this could be made into a very different kind of movie.

[fastfred]

I feel like this could be made into a very different kind of movie.

probably
I remember once this girl came into the bar applying for a job she pretty much broke down crying after a few minutes talking to the manager
it was pretty messy cause breckenridge wasn't what she expected and she was living out of her car and couldn't find a place to live

the manager was pretty stand up guy gave her some food and a drink on the house and we all told her it'd be alirght just plan on living in your car for the next year and then you'll finally find a place to live

[BmillsSkier]

Breck, what a cruel bitch it can be.

[Danno]

I blew through breck back in January 1989, before I even became a Colorado native. My buddy was living in a house in Blue River with maybe 6 or 7 other people; one dude was living in the laundry room. This shit ain't new.

[dan_pdx]

How do rate the experience in the inland empire so far ? It's never appealed to me but people seem to love it and you can't argue about all the outdoor opportunities close by.

Overall, I would say there are pluses and minuses, with the big plus being the variety of outdoor recreation in the area. The big minus is that you have to drive a fair bit for most of the goods - that's no different from Portland, but Portland does a little better on urban amenities. My wife is really unenthusiastic about the town though, so it's probably not our forever home.

More detail on the upsides:
-People are noticeably more friendly than Portland
-I've never had any crowds on my Schweitzer days (but the 2-hour drive each way got pretty old)
-There's a great beer scene and an okay restaurant scene - there's a small number of outstanding places and a reasonable number of places that are fine
-Awesome gravel riding into the Palouse out my door

Downsides:
-We didn't pick a great neighborhood, if we were doing it again, we would have bought in a more chi chi area
-The winter weather is pretty intense compared to Portland (one week last November had a high temp of -10 F). My wife really struggled with this, and even I started to question our choices when I found myself thinking we might need a space heater in the basement to keep it above freezing.
-Alaska slashed their flights, and with our parents in Portland and Bend, that's been a bummer. Also makes work travel a PITA / more expensive

[dunfree]

Today I learned that Bellingham is far from skiing and the hills re small

just the dumbest of dumbshits