Ideal ski towns for the future factoring in all issues?

[VTKilarney]

Red Lodge, Montana. You can thank me later.

 

[Domeskier]

I’m a good dad though and she’s a great kid. So I need to remind myself of that from time to time.

+1 I get the desire to give your kids a comfortable life, but in the end it's the care you took in raising them and the values you instill in them that they'll remember and treasure about you.

 

[Dickc]

I've worked a few different jobs from Manufacturing to IT work. Retired now and have back limitations. Regrets? Yup, but not worth worrying about.

 

[abc]

if you really are stoked on your decisions and life path there’s probably no need to get defensive on an Internet forum with complete strangers.

That comes from a guy who "gets defensive on an Internet forum with complete strangers"!

All that fury of "life style" confession (aka "personal thought") sounds a lot more like someone having serious doubt about his own choices and need to reinforce it to himself, constantly

 

[raisingarizona]

That comes from a guy who "gets defensive on an Internet forum with complete strangers"!

All that fury of "life style" confession (aka "personal thought") sounds a lot more like serious doubt about your own choices and need to reinforce it to yourself, constantly

Hey, I’m delicate little flower. But seriously, a lot of communication is lost on social media forums. Not everything is quite as it seems. But whatever......how’s that? Too defensive or not enough?

 

[raisingarizona]

That comes from a guy who "gets defensive on an Internet forum with complete strangers"!

All that fury of "life style" confession (aka "personal thought") sounds a lot more like someone having serious doubt about his own choices and need to reinforce it to himself, constantly

Or maybe someone confident enough to admit some vulnerability and humanness?

you aren’t bothering me bud.

 

[chuckstah]

1:15 to Sunapee 2 hrs to Cape Cod sounds pretty nice. But what is that drive to CC like on a summer weekend?

If you go Friday at rush hour, no good. Returning, when I had to be in the office Monday morning at 7, I'd leave at about 5 am and be a few minutes early. You learn to time the commute.

 

[chuckstah]

Isn't that the truth!!

My in-laws live in Falmouth near the Mashpee line. The community they live in is on an peninsula right off of 28. It's just over 3 miles from their house to the closest Dunkin Donuts in Falmouth (about 1/2 of that distance is on the low traffic main road in their community). On a weekend morning in the Summer season it will often take over an hour round trip to make the morning coffee and breakfast sandwich run!!

I don't go to my in-laws in the Summer season very much anymore because of the traffic!

Sounds like your in-laws live pretty close to our summer cottage. Falmouth, check. Dunkin on 28, check. Luckily for us there's another one that only requires a hundred yards in 28. My tires barely touch the pavement on 28 summer weekends. Back roads are fine.

 

[abc]

I prefer the anonymity and privacy that living in NYC provides over the claustrophobic closeness of life in most suburbs. No one cares if you're weird and unsociable in cities.

I’ve always thought it’s interesting how crowded and busy NYC is but yet, it’s lonely and cold at the same time. I definitely like to stay off the radar a lot of the time and I can be pretty weird and unsociable myself. Anxiety can be like that.

It's only lonely if you want company from strangers.

It's not lonely for the loners.

The pandemic is a godsend for us loners. We don't have to pretend to be social. We can stay alone without anyone wondering if there's anything wrong with us.

I can be quite sociable, but only if I feel like it, which isn't always the case. Having to be sociable when I don't feel like half of the time is why I do my best to avoid living in a claustrophobic suburb full time. I can only take it half of the time. I need to escape back to the anonymity of NYC.

 

[abc]

Or maybe someone confident enough to admit some vulnerability and humanness?

Vulnerability and humanness? In lecturing other on how your way of living day to day without a care for tomorrow is the way of life "no regret"?

Confident? You're confusing condescending with confidence.

 

[Hawk]

I think ABC and I are pretty much opposites. I like some alone time but pretty much need to surround myself with really good fun loving people, I mean the life experience is about sharing it with the ones you love. We have also learned that if a person is a downer, we drift away from them. No time for people that have an ax to grind or are angry all the time.

I can understand RA and his quest to simplify his life. It's something that many of our friends have done. The perk is that we now have places to stay all over the west. In my case I just need a little more than that and have saved to reach that goal. We also baked in enough time and money to really enjoy ourselves through our 30's, 40's and now in our 50's. Work life balance is just about perfect with 60 days on skis and over 200 days on the bikes each year. But what RA and ABC feel is a better ideal is not wrong either.

 

[kbroderick]

Red Lodge, Montana. You can thank me later.

Nothing to see there, move along now.

Besides which, most of their lifts don't have restraining bars. Sounds scary for New England types.

 

[dblskifanatic]

Nothing to see there, move along now.

Besides which, most of their lifts don't have restraining bars. Sounds scary for New England types.

Ski at Loveland - you get used to no safety bars!

 

[thebigo]

I have skied 75 days this year, almost every day with my 8 year old daughter. My dad was not around when I was a kid, he was always off chasing the next fortune. I promised myself I would not do that to my kids. I will never be rich but there is a roof over our head, money in the bank and the bills are paid. Would not trade this year for anything, hopefully we have a few months left.

I like to think I will retire on a large piece of land next door to either wildcat or cannon, but in reality I will be wherever the kids need me to be. I make sure to remind them everyday how miserable Florida is.

 

[kingslug]

Our friend is a real estate agent in Utah..says houses are selling in 2 days ..all cash..most coming from California. Guess that place is out. Should have moved there 20 years ago. Now..no idea. I am getting tired of 5 hour drives to ski though..

 

[Hastur]

^Try buying in VT. Same issue. Most houses are sold the day they are listed.

 

[Smellytele]

^Try buying in VT. Same issue. Most houses are sold the day they are listed.

to people from NY, NJ and CT.

 

[jimk]

Our friend is a real estate agent in Utah..says houses are selling in 2 days ..all cash..most coming from California. Guess that place is out. Should have moved there 20 years ago. Now..no idea. I am getting tired of 5 hour drives to ski though..

The whole world's gone crazy. My house near DC is appreciating just as fast as my son's in SLC, and has much higher overall value.

 

[abc]

The whole world's gone crazy. My house near DC is appreciating just as fast as my son's in SLC, and has much higher overall value.

Well, if everyone needs to spend all day at home, working or attending school, we all need bigger houses!

That's not madness. That's just accepting reality.

But I bet real estate inside cities are a different picture

 

[kingslug]

yup..there might be..oh..a few vacant stores near where I work..