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Square feet vs Vertical feet???

Is your house/apartment more square feet than the vertical drop of your local skihill

  • Yes

    Votes: 9 52.9%
  • No

    Votes: 6 35.3%
  • pretty close

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Huh..

    Votes: 1 5.9%

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Square feet vs Vertical feet.

Would you give up square feet in your home..move to a smaller place to live near a mountain with more vertical feet than your home hill??? Is the Square footage of you house/apartment..larger than the Vertical descent of your home mountain? I imagine people living in Whistler or Jackson Hole mainly have homes of less than 4-5,000 vertical feet. While most people with season passes at Blue have a house that's more than 1082 square feet. I guess at Killington and Stowe..it's a wash..

If You have a short minute..please participate in my thread or add any insight..Thanks in advance..
 

wa-loaf

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Currently 1500 sq ft and 1000 vert ft.

1500 is ok, 2000 would be ideal for the family and makes a for a nice mtn too.
 

severine

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LOL, I thought our apt was smaller than vert ft for local hill, but I guess not.

APT: 700 sq ft (with 2 adults, 2 kids, and a dog, mind you...)
Local Hill Vert: 625 ft

I can't imagine giving up any more space! But I want to move to Vermont (and hence closer a bigger ski area) anyway... is that a cop-out on the question?
 

wa-loaf

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LOL, I thought our apt was smaller than vert ft for local hill, but I guess not.

APT: 700 sq ft (with 2 adults, 2 kids, and a dog, mind you...)
Local Hill Vert: 625 ft

I can't imagine giving up any more space! But I want to move to Vermont (and hence closer a bigger ski area) anyway... is that a cop-out on the question?

Wow, that's how big our family is and my house feels small sometimes. I really want another bedroom/office/guestroom and a second bathroom.
 

hammer

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LOL, I thought our apt was smaller than vert ft for local hill, but I guess not.

APT: 700 sq ft (with 2 adults, 2 kids, and a dog, mind you...)
Local Hill Vert: 625 ft

I can't imagine giving up any more space! But I want to move to Vermont (and hence closer a bigger ski area) anyway... is that a cop-out on the question?
I give you and Brian a lot of credit...last time I had a 700 sq ft apartment was a 1BR when I was first married.

I'm at 2500 sq ft and 710 feet...but my "home hill" is an hour away and my commute to work is longer than I would like.
 

severine

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Wow, that's how big our family is and my house feels small sometimes. I really want another bedroom/office/guestroom and a second bathroom.

I give you and Brian a lot of credit...last time I had a 700 sq ft apartment was a 1BR when I was first married.

I'm at 2500 sq ft and 710 feet...but my "home hill" is an hour away and my commute to work is longer than I would like.
Less space for the kids to mess up, right? :D I complain about it, but I kind of like the coziness. Though 1 more room would be great. Brian and I started out with this place pre-kids and dog so there have been a lot of adjustments along the way to make room for everyone.
 

tjf67

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I moved out of a 2800 square foot house and moved into a 1200 square foot townhouse to be closer to 3k vert.
 

Grassi21

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House: 2600 sq ft
Local Hill Vert: 625 ft

With one kid and 2 dogs at this point in my life I would gladly trade some sq ft to increase the peak of the mighty Sundown. ;-)
 
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