I am pretty happy in Fayston VT. If I could live anywhere, I'd probably live even closer to the mountains.... on the mountain side of the road so I could just ski everywhere.
Sure, if I could ski all day everyday I wouldn't mind bigger mountains but in the end i have to balance work family and ski....
Sadly... current plans are to move like 10 minutes farther away from the mountain (currently live 10 minutes to MRG, 5 to Sugarbush/Mt Ellen), but I guess you can't have everything in life. New location will be sunnier with some walkability, and that makes my wife happy, and might mean I Can steal the car to go ski more often with less guilt
I'm hoping one day to be able to buy a place up there, but I think I would like to be east of 100. I want to be within walking distance of the river and think its more full time residents over there.