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What Northeast Ski Town in the Northeast Would You Move To?

andyzee

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I stand corrected. But taking into consideration that Burlington is within an hour of Smugglers Notch, Stowe, Bolton Valley, Sugarbush, and Mad River Glen, I'd consider it more of a ski town than Lake Placid. Don't get me wrong, love Placid, but just don't agree with the statement concerning ski towns.
 

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I stand corrected. But taking into consideration that Burlington is within an hour of Smugglers Notch, Stowe, Bolton Valley, Sugarbush, and Mad River Glen, I'd consider it more of a ski town than Lake Placid. Don't get me wrong, love Placid, but just don't agree with the statement concerning ski towns.

Burlington city. Placid town. You cant realistically say the two places are all that comparable.
 

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I stand corrected. But taking into consideration that Burlington is within an hour of Smugglers Notch, Stowe, Bolton Valley, Sugarbush, and Mad River Glen, I'd consider it more of a ski town than Lake Placid. Don't get me wrong, love Placid, but just don't agree with the statement concerning ski towns.

The primary driving force of the economy in Lake Placid is tourism, which skiing is a part of in the winter time.

Tourism is not the primary driving force of the economy in Burlington. Do tourists go there? Sure. But, the economy is based around the Universities, Hospital, Financial Services for N. VT, IBM, etc.

Would you consider Rutland more of a ski town than Lake Placid? It's within an hour of Killington/Pico, Okemo, Magic, Bromley and Middlebury Snowbowl.
 

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The primary driving force of the economy in Lake Placid is tourism, which skiing is a part of in the winter time.
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That doesn't make it a ski town, that makes it a tourist town. If you want true ski towns, first that come to mind would be Killington, to a lesser extent, Ludlow and Stowe.

Edit: After thinking about it, you do have a valid point with economy being the deciding factor, but not sure if that would be the only factor. I consider Burlington a ski town if for nothing else, it is so close to so many mountains. I like to use it as a base of operations for skiing, for me, that makes it a ski town.

 
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We're pretty happy with where the weekend place is located. It's not exactly a "ski town"...but maybe it will be when Maple Valley reopens. :wink:
 

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Rangeley....minutes to Saddleback, about 45 to Sugarloaf. Arguably the best lakes in the region. Doesn't get the touristy vibe as much as some other mentioned towns. Sure its a lot more remote, but isnt that a good thing when looking for a ski/outdoors town?
 

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Anywhere I could afford to be slopeside and wasn't an area that has potential to be NELSAP'd
 

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We'll leave the light on for ya.

Dammit u guys ------ NOW the secret is out :D --------------------- NC is "on the verge " Gore's expansion is impressive and the Way Laid Back vibe makes this place a real Dark Horse. Lake George in the summer Islands, Mtns, Whitewater rafting , lots of golf , - cool location
 

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Rangeley....minutes to Saddleback, about 45 to Sugarloaf. Arguably the best lakes in the region. Doesn't get the touristy vibe as much as some other mentioned towns. Sure its a lot more remote, but isnt that a good thing when looking for a ski/outdoors town?

Depends on what you do for a living. Unless you want a low-paying service job, you need to telecommute. It's damned tough to have frequent business trips from Rangely. No problem pulling that off from Stowe where you are 45 minutes from a real airport. You can get to all the eastern hubs: O'Hare, Detroit, Philly, Dulles, Newark, JFK, LGA. The down side of the airport at Burlington is that there is no competition so, other than JetBlue, the flights tend to be really expensive. I use Manchester NH instead of Burlington to get to Philly. It's an extra 30 minutes of driving but the fares are double in Burlington unless you book weeks in advance.
 

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How come nobody has mentioned Ellicottville, NY? It is home to the "highly ranked" Holiday Valley. :roll:

Shocking.

I agree with vcunning's slopeside requirement. Walking out the back door for a dose works for me.
 

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So what is the official proximately of a town to a ski mountain to qualify it as a ski town. Oh by the way, Burlington is 24 miles from Bolton Valley, Lake Placid is 19 miles from Whiteface.

You can't really compare Bolton and WF as far as ski terrain. LP is much more of a ski town than Burlington, in my opinion. I have spent a lot of time in each.
I think the MRV offers a bit more than either. You can always look at it as Burlington is only an hour away.
Before the Bridge troubles, Schroon Lake would put you in the middle of LP, Gore, MRV, Burlington and Killington. The trouble there is you would be living in Schroon Lake.
Dude, you're living in JH. Did you ever go back and visit your old grade school or high school? There are places at JH that you havn't bothered to check on yet that are bigger and more fun than some places mentioned in this thread. You better come back and ski some of these places before making a decision in the Fall when everything is so pretty.
 

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Depends on what you do for a living. Unless you want a low-paying service job, you need to telecommute. It's damned tough to have frequent business trips from Rangely. No problem pulling that off from Stowe where you are 45 minutes from a real airport. You can get to all the eastern hubs: O'Hare, Detroit, Philly, Dulles, Newark, JFK, LGA. The down side of the airport at Burlington is that there is no competition so, other than JetBlue, the flights tend to be really expensive. I use Manchester NH instead of Burlington to get to Philly. It's an extra 30 minutes of driving but the fares are double in Burlington unless you book weeks in advance.

yes, but wasnt the original question posed as to not take a job into consideration? I think people like to live in places like Rangeley to get away from that sort of life.
 

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Yeah, not talking jobs here. Im more of the one to make it work regardless. I just want to live in a badass place.
 

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Yeah, not talking jobs here. Im more of the one to make it work regardless. I just want to live in a badass place.

I'd just rather live in "a place" rather than a "badass place" since all too often it seems like "badass" places tend to become just "bad" places after a bunch of folks(often just "asses" not "badasses") seek out the "badass place" lifestyle themselves :(
 

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I'd just rather live in "a place" rather than a "badass place" since all too often it seems like "badass" places tend to become just "bad" places after a bunch of folks(often just "asses" not "badasses") seek out the "badass place" lifestyle themselves :(

Yeah well there are tradeoffs with everything. My point was more along the lines of Im going to live where I want to live and make it work kinda thing.
 
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