Replying to Your life in a ski town

Hey guys. I study geography in college and I'm doing a project about what you could call the "ski town effect" and I want to hear your stories about living in a ski town.

Not necessarily the "oh man I got wasted and let 'someone' pour milk on my tatas" stories. Though if you've got those, that's tight.

I'm looking more for how was it finding housing? Can you afford it? How hard has it been for you to find a job, or something more than seasonal work. What pisses you off about the hoards of people that roll through town on breaks. Does Vail own your home mountain, how has it changed since it's been bought. If you go on a ski trip what makes you choose the spot, affordability, the snow, the terrain, the babes?

That kinda shit.

What have you noticed?

Also, if you ever get a chance to do a project where you professor accepts ski movies as bibliography references, do it.