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Best places to live.

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j_romero
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What up everyone.
I've been looking for places to move out to from Big Bear, CA after high school. Nothing wrong with it just wanting to go check out other places with a little more exposure. I'm of course looking for really good skiing with good park, urban, pow and big mountain with chill people, lots of stuff to do in the summer and a little bit of a party scene. I've been mostly checking out places like Tahoe, Summit County, or Utah. Any recommendations?

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Aug 21 2012 1:47AM
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powderdrunkie
Posts: 2034 - Karma: 976
i've lived in Utah, Arizona, and washington. visited everywhere else.

Seattle is where it's at.
Aug 21 2012 2:16PM
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BMskier
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wherever you are happy...
Aug 21 2012 2:17PM
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dayinthelifepc
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Park City is pretty nice!
Aug 21 2012 3:17PM
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jayo.
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how big of a city would you want to live in?
Aug 21 2012 3:21PM
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J_Christoph
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This, I'm also a fan of the Grand targhee area
Aug 21 2012 4:24PM
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Spinoza
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on route to Banff, in a year. can anyone confirm?
Aug 21 2012 4:32PM
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j_romero
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doesn't matter really just a bit more than a small town
Aug 21 2012 11:18PM
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FuckAllOfYou
Posts: 3864 - Karma: 2,518
anchorage, girdwood, fairbanks or whitehorse. duh
Aug 21 2012 11:19PM
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FuckAllOfYou
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or Yellowknife sorry
Aug 21 2012 11:20PM
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bakedpow
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is college involved in this or just a year off?

either way here is a list of towns iv lived in.

Big cities: Seattle, portland, vancouver, salt lake city, denver.

small: Whistler, nelson, bellingham, fort collins, boulder

i really liked seattle, bellingham, vancouver. something about the pnw just does it for me.
Aug 21 2012 11:27PM
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BennyBagels
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206.
Aug 21 2012 11:36PM
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50Kal
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Aspen Is pretty sweet. Great parties and Awesome skiing. Lots to do in Summer. It is affordable to live if you work. Not as impossible as everyone says.


Aug 21 2012 11:40PM
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easiestEC
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I've lived in NH, Maine, and Tahoe.

Tahoe is my favorite place to live so far, but i could see myself living in wyoming or colorado.
Aug 21 2012 11:50PM
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bighomieflock
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I've never actually been there, but I think whistler or vancouver would be a mecca for a skier/mountain biker like myself.
Aug 21 2012 11:53PM
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RockNRollNghtClb
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Utah, california, colorado
Aug 21 2012 11:54PM
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E__
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That would be nuts if you did move there, Banff is one of my favourite places but living wise I would think it would be pretty expensive.


Also South Central bitches.
Aug 21 2012 11:58PM
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cheener12
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Yo man I typed up this huge ass thing about how cool Sun Valley, Idaho is but then newschoolers logged me out for some reason but yea, SV is dank.
Aug 22 2012 12:07AM
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StReEtPIRATES
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besides uaf why would you ever live in fairbanks?
Aug 22 2012 3:43AM
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McFellon
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I was there for 2 weeks this summer. I got pretty jealous of everyone living there. It should be a lot of fun.
Aug 22 2012 6:56AM
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LC.
Posts: 5952 - Karma: 2,423
Chamonix. Except in August. Almost through it now.
Aug 22 2012 7:08AM
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easiestEC
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good question. my roommate is from fairbanks and she says it sucks
Aug 22 2012 7:34AM
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japanada
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stay in the PNW if you want park, pipe, and real terrain. Dont do summit co, youll be way disappointed. Maybe become a U-tard?
Aug 22 2012 9:28AM
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polmei
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eagle county
Aug 22 2012 11:18AM
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jayo.
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Is moving to a foreign country a tangible option for you?
Aug 22 2012 1:25PM
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Forcillo
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Vancouver is a sick city, with cypress locally and Whistler for the weekends. I plan on moving out there when I get out of college. There or Portland
Aug 22 2012 1:34PM
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MustBeMattyB
Posts: 495 - Karma: 2,147
Lived in Boulder, CO my whole life, traveled a lot but still one of my favorite places on earth!
Aug 22 2012 1:38PM
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GayWolf420
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PC/SLC ain't bad at
Aug 22 2012 1:54PM
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GayWolf420
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All. The valleys bigger of course in slc meaning easier to find places to sleep, eat and work. Millcreek, Sugarhouse, Cottonwood Heights and Foothill are all real close to LCC/BCC and are near parleys which takes you up to PC. PC isn't bad either. Smaller than SLC, Lots of skiing, a lot of condos/apartments everywhere but mostly neighborhoods. Lots of bars on main. Cops leave you alone as long as you're
Aug 22 2012 2:04PM
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GayWolf420
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Fuck mobile. Cops leave you alone as long as you're not underage. Other than that, they aren't bad places to live.
Aug 22 2012 2:06PM
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bjobe
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Bend Oregon because everyone smokes marijuanas and theres a mountain.
Aug 22 2012 10:57PM
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egg.
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boulder...
Aug 22 2012 11:02PM
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FuckAllOfYou
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uaf. and I just like the cold a lot, i guess. It appeals to me. I'm weird that way and I loveeee the north. The native alaskans are also super fascinating and a cool culture
Aug 22 2012 11:05PM
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masterhatin
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GWOOD!
Aug 23 2012 12:11AM
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Mr.LemonPie
Posts: 4100 - Karma: 1,625
Wanaka NZ. Easy to get a visa, and it is amazing.
Aug 23 2012 12:20AM
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RudyGarmisch
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Seattle and Portland are top two, SLC, Vancouver BC and Denver would be in the top 5.
Aug 23 2012 12:23AM
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Errl
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North Philly.
Aug 23 2012 1:22AM
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midwestpowhunter
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MERICA
Aug 23 2012 1:24AM
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Inline.
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Bozeman, Bend, and Park City all seem like nice places to live/ski. I can vouch for Bozeman.
Aug 23 2012 1:31AM
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StReEtPIRATES
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Haha yeah i personally dont like fairbanks at all, just because the skiing there is minimal. I have lived in anchorage all my life and its a great town. Alyeska is 30-45 minutes away and turnagain is about an hour-1.5 hours away.
Aug 23 2012 6:08PM
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Download-My-Apps
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I used to live in Banff and I loved it. Less hollywood than whistler, but having said that... I have had way better pow days in whis and the parks at the banff hills dont compare to whis.
Aug 23 2012 6:19PM
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Thenowhereman42
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I'd move to Tahoe. Tons of resorts to chose from, still in California, cheaper than Mammoth with more job opportunities.
Aug 25 2012 6:03PM
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simuhn
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hands down. Bend. best for everything short of surfing.
Aug 26 2012 4:51AM
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pastysmasher
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Banff is sweet, great vibe, not too pricey, cool people, not too expensive and sweet skiing although you really need to know your way round the resorts to get the very best out of them. Also lake louise park is pretty damn sweet. love that place. havnt been to many other places yet though to be honest.
Aug 26 2012 5:05AM
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rareison
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Houses are pretty good to live in
Aug 27 2012 2:25AM
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GANDALF
Posts: 6304 - Karma: 6,599
The PNW is awful. Why would you ever wanna live/ski there?
Aug 27 2012 2:30AM
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KillaSteeze
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Whistler,BC theres 2 mountains to ski on, when theres pow you can find some for days, multiple parks (alll different levels) and the place is full of chill people who party all the time, one of the biggest places to bike in the summer, multiple lakes to go to, and so much activites throughout the year to do, pretty much the perfect place to live.
Aug 27 2012 2:36AM
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ninthwardCAD
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this
Aug 27 2012 3:56PM
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Flacker
Posts: 594 - Karma: 1,460

Boise Idaho is a great place close to alot of nice ski hills and super chill people.

Looking for a little smaller Bend Oregon really really great place for summer and winter

Aug 27 2012 4:22PM
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chiefbroseph
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no, don't go to idaho, its really shity! trust me, colorado is where its at!
Aug 27 2012 6:28PM
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