If you had to move . . .

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I'm surprised nobody mentioned Bozeman Montana..when I lived there from late 2002 until early 2004..most of the people I met had moved from the East or West coasts. There's a major university..huge hospital..it's right by the mountains 15 miles from Bridger Bowl and 50 miles from Big Sky/Moonlight Basin but there's all the creature comforts of the suburbs like a mall, movie theater with stadium seating, Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Target...some things I missed living out there were the ocean/good seafood...and the faster paced rat race lifestyle of the northeast..I walk,talk and ski fast and people out there do things so slowly. It takes like 15 minutes for a bacon egg and steeze sandwich at a bagel places that has crappy midwestern bagels..as for pizza out there..fugggetaboutit and they put mayo or BBQ sauce on "Philly" steezesteaks

 

[FRITOLAYGUY]

You carry all the signs of someone suffering in Highlands Ranch.

Close sno, i lived in castle pines inbetween H Ranch and castle rock, now i gotta ask why did u say H ranch to my comments lol?

 

[snoseek]

Close sno, i lived in castle pines inbetween H Ranch and castle rock, now i gotta ask why did u say H ranch to my comments lol?

It kind of fit the hellish description. Anyway Goeff mentions Boulder and I would rather live in Highlands Ranch (or just about anywhere else) than Boulder. I have to go to Boulder once a week for work and it pisses me off every time. It's a real pretty city but everything else makes it not worth living there. It's also too far from the tunnel and really expensive.

 

[FRITOLAYGUY]

It kind of fit the hellish description. Anyway Goeff mentions Boulder and I would rather live in Highlands Ranch (or just about anywhere else) than Boulder. I have to go to Boulder once a week for work and it pisses me off every time. It's a real pretty city but everything else makes it not worth living there. It's also too far from the tunnel and really expensive.

Oh cmon its not that bad, im sure u have had a nice beverage on pearl st before right? H Ranch is ok its all families, half of which seem to have divorced parents its just weird i dunno

 

[Geoff]

It kind of fit the hellish description. Anyway Goeff mentions Boulder and I would rather live in Highlands Ranch (or just about anywhere else) than Boulder. I have to go to Boulder once a week for work and it pisses me off every time. It's a real pretty city but everything else makes it not worth living there. It's also too far from the tunnel and really expensive.

As a New Englander, Boulder is one of the few places in the flat part of Colorado that doesn't feel like uncontrolled suburban sprawl Anywhere, USA. Most of metro-Denver could be anywhere... Atlanta. Raleigh-Durham. Dallas. I lived the last 8 years in Portsmouth, NH and Boulder feels like a bigger inland version of Portsmouth.

 

[deadheadskier]

.fugggetaboutit and they put mayo or BBQ sauce on "Philly" steezesteaks

bbq sauce no way, but Mayo? I won't eat a cheese steak without it.

 

[Warp Daddy]

"mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

philly cheese steak---------------------------woot !! Woot woot

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I'm not a big fan of Mayo...and Boulder Colorado is uber nice. I visited my cousins there a few summers ago..it's cool how their Pearl Street marketplace is exactly like Church Street marketplace in Burlington..it was designed by the same guy. But you have to have $$$$$ to buy even a small house in Boulder..almost as many fruits and nuts in that town as California..lol..sort of like a bowl of cereal with some crunchy granola thrown in..

 

[deadheadskier]

When I spent a summer in Colorado, I preferred Ft Collins over Boulder. For some reason it seemed more 'real' to me at the time. That was 15 years ago though, so I'm sure things are different.

 

[snoseek]

When I spent a summer in Colorado, I preferred Ft Collins over Boulder. For some reason it seemed more 'real' to me at the time. That was 15 years ago though, so I'm sure things are different.

Yeah I like Fort Collins for the excellent mountain biking and generally less pretensious vibe than Boulder. There's also the beer.

 

[LonghornSkier]

I love to ski but other than that I'm not a huge mtn person.
not in order but

Phoenix
San Diego
Boston
Outer Banks
Denver.... maybe

 

[skibumtress]

Not in any particular order:

Tahoe (firm I'll be starting with on Monday has an office in Tahoe. Can you say "transfer?"). Tahoe is where I would love to retire someday.
Colorado (Denver area if I still needed to work).
Utah (hopefully this year I'll be able to ski there -- never have -- again if still needed to work).
Vermont (Burlington area? Once again, if I still needed to work).
Perhaps the PNW (could always work in the Seattle area - lot's of in-house corporations there).

Never lived in a land-locked state (except for a year and a half of college -- I couldn't transfer quick enough), so I'm not sure I'd like Utah or Colorado for a long period of time.

 

[Nick]

Within the country?

I would love to live in Hawaii, if only for a few years. Although I would definitely miss the snow.

Other than that... Colorado, possibly California, I've never been but the bay area seems pretty nice. Maybe worth a trip sometime. I dunno where else I'd really want to go... Portland or Seattle maybe?

Most places down south it's just too hot for me in the summer.

 

[gmcunni]

without thinking too hard about it i'd consider Denver or Salt Lake areas

 

[Black Phantom]

Yeah I like Fort Collins for the excellent mountain biking and generally less pretensious vibe than Boulder. There's also the beer.

The constant sound and smell of spray paint really sucks in Boulder.

 

[wa-loaf]

I'd have to add the Lake Tahoe area after going back there this season.

 

[ctenidae]

Since I currently primarily reside in Connecticut, I'd move back to Boston in a heartbeat.

 

[bvibert]

Since I currently primarily reside in Connecticut, I'd move back to Boston in a heartbeat.

Since I currently reside in CT (as I have for my whole life), I'd move to anywhere in a heartbeat.

 

[Trekchick]

Nice Bump

Utah
Montana
Wyoming
Vermont
Colorado
Of these, I'd really least like to live in Colorado. My plan is to retire in Utah

I'd have to add the Lake Tahoe area after going back there this season.

Wow, how times do change, eh?

I never EVER had Tahoe on my radar. In fact, when I was ready to make a huge change in my life, and got a chance to move out here, I tried to avoid it and continued to seek out other options such as Colorado, Utah and Montana.
Every corner I turned, Tahoe kept coming up, so I surrendered to the bigger forces in my life.
I couldn't be happier!
Tahoe is treating me well and I know(now) that when a guiding hand leads you, let it!

 

[deadheadskier]

What part of Tahoe did you move to Trekchick?

Have you taken advantage of it's reasonably close proximity to the Bay Area?

That to me would be a great attraction to that area over say Colorado or Utah. If for some odd reason I wanted a break from winter, you've got it in a 4 hour car ride away.