Replying to What do you know about Sandpoint?

So the wife and I are thinking about moving to Sandpoint, we live outside Denver now and it suckssssss(Too far from sking, too few lakes, too much $$$).

We're going to be in Sandpoint next week (Mar 3rd-6th) checking stuff out, and hitting up Schweitzer.

So where's a good place to live? North side of the lake? South side? Along a tributary? Up in some hills? We want some space, so at least an acre (would settle for less if the property was on the water). Our price range is