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ThomasKeefer
Trad climber
San Diego
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 9, 2018 - 06:01pm PT
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Might close out a 25 year ride in the Navy and trying to decide where to move to from our current Monterey, CA place. Planning to teach Physics or Calc somewhere as a second career. We have been looking at some spots in VT, CO and OR so far but the freedom to go anywhere is a bit overwhelming... Please help :)
Criteria are:
-Great school system (2 kids 14/12)
-Good access to climbing, skiing, MTB, paragliding, kitesurfing, etc (don't need all of them but as close as possible)
-'reasonable' cost of living - need to be able to get a place for 400-500k (I understand that is not exactly reasonable)
-Dont want full suburbia but also not looking to start a farm
-Manageable traffic
Thanks!!
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RURP_Belay
Big Wall climber
Bitter end of a bad anchor
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Have you considered Bend? It's a bit of a drive to the ocean, but hits a bunch of your qualifiers.
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ThomasKeefer
Trad climber
San Diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 9, 2018 - 06:12pm PT
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Yes.. Thanks! Here is the current short list:
South Burlington, VT (great schools, decent access to all those sports just on a different level but the real estate market is horrendous... and that winter.. but it's kind close to family, and great beer)
Bend (Decent schools, hard to get to?, great access to sports, maybe a bit dreary in winter?)
Colorado Springs (Great Schools, good access to sports, probably a bit right leaning for me, traffic situation might be an issue)
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Los Angeles
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ThomasKeefer
Trad climber
San Diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 9, 2018 - 06:16pm PT
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Good call, Gary! Is there traffic in LA? ;)
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climbski2
Mountain climber
The Ocean
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SLC perhaps..seems perfect for ya.
Reno/Tahoe is a fair choice but rapidly getting pricey. Reno HS run from bad to decent depending on which one.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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head off to Russia with formerclimber, he'll get you settled in
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ThomasKeefer
Trad climber
San Diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 9, 2018 - 06:29pm PT
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SLC is an interesting idea we have thought about... Point of the Mountain is being bull dozed away :(
Russia sounds interesting.. maybe a bit too exotic
Aside from bouldering, what is in El Paso?
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ThomasKeefer
Trad climber
San Diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 9, 2018 - 06:39pm PT
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Anyone lived in Vermont posting on here?
I am torn since I have only spent one winter taking trips there - it was the 14/15 snowpocalypse so it might have seemed artificially cool.
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Duluth, Minn. And yes, you are welcome.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado & Nepal
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Colorado Springs is very conservative, bursting at the seams with retired military and evangelicals. Salt Lake city gives the impression of being on a well maintained military base and is also conservative but Mormon.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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What, NW Washington doesn’t tick some boxes? OK, the skiing isn’t great but it can be.
West of Puget Sound you can get a darn nice place for $500K. And I don’t mean in Bremerton. 🤨
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Visalia, CA :)
The northeast has access to mediocre versions of everything on your list. Their mountains are lame.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Wah
Winooski!
for those who will never need to gnow;
(That is north of South Burlington Vermont)
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ThomasKeefer
Trad climber
San Diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 9, 2018 - 07:41pm PT
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Thanks, Dingus, for the great words and good advice - you are spot on :)
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ThomasKeefer
Trad climber
San Diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 9, 2018 - 07:45pm PT
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Thats a kick ass clip Jim... kind of perfectly communicates the usually awkward feeling I get when someone says 'Thank you for your service' .. Its was like the blink of an eye and amazingly rewarding.
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Chippychopperone
Social climber
SLC, UT
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Check out Summit County, Utah. Many smaller towns in this county. Wanship, Midway, Heber, Oakley, Coalville and Park City. Close to Salt Lake City but much cleaner air. Tons and tons of recreation opportunities. Three ski resorts within 10/15 minutes. A bunch of other big resorts within one hour. Climbing in the Uintahs, little cottonwood, big cottonwood, American fork, city of rocks, echo canyon.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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Bozeman.
Susan
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Pennsylenvy
Gym climber
A dingy corner in your refrigerator
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SLC equals smog ! Gonna get worse too. I thought of it before the Olympics....after all the $$$$ whoring after that (development) SLC can suck it.
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Looks like you are in meteorology, CDR. So was I sixty years ago, but I didn't stay in (USAF). Left the Service and became a math prof. (Vorticity advection was popular at the U of Chicago at the time.)
I hesitate to mention this since Pueblo, Colorado has such a poor reputation, but I've lived in Pueblo West (ten miles from Pueblo) since 1985 and it's a decent prairie community with large lots and horses (2.5 acres where I live), and home prices are 1/2 the costs of those in Colorado Springs, 30 miles away on I25. The District 70 schools in PW have very good reputations. You get the advantages of Colorado Springs without the hassles and high prices. For $400K you could build a really nice home with five bedrooms and four bathrooms, on a spacious lot with views of the Wet Mountains and Pikes Peak.
Lately I've been going over to the high school to go up and down the bleachers (40+ steps) for exercise, and I am very impressed with the athletic facilities there: excellent football stadium, tennis courts, ball fields, gymnasiums, etc.
Just a thought. Good luck.
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