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My last home in the US was near a ski resort in Colorado, and it was a fantastic life - incredible mountain biking in the summer, and of course snow skiing in t
by blunte 6y ago
My last home in the US was near a ski resort in Colorado, and it was a fantastic life - incredible mountain biking in the summer, and of course snow skiing in the winter. It was truly heaven. That was before remote work was as common as it is now. If I had to go back to the US, that would be the place.
Sure, you miss out on the cool things the city offers; but a couple hours drive and you're in a big city. I found the need to go only about once a month; the rest of my time was just too happy in nature to feel much need for what the city offered.
If you haven't tried mountain life - and I mean mountain life, not big city near mountains - you should. Rent a condo for the summer and temporarily relocate there. Chances are, you'll decide you don't want to leave when the summer is over.
- ghaff 6y agoI think a lot of people assume you're either 200 miles from the nearest Walmart or you're in downtown Manhattan/a dense close-in suburb. Go 1-2 hours from pretty much every large city and you can be in pretty rural areas--although not necessarily a mountain town of course. I do like going into cities now and then but I really don't need or particularly want one on a day-to-day basis.
- bluGill 6y agoIf you own a car it is hard to get 200 miles from a Walmart in the US. Not impossible, but very hard.
- ghaff 6y agoI'm aware. I was using it as an expression for how binary a lot of people assume urban vs. rural is.
- itsoktocry 6y ago>people assume you're either 200 miles from the nearest Walmart or you're in downtown Manhattan/a dense close-in suburb. Go 1-2 hours from pretty much every large city and you can be in pretty rural areas This must be why "ban cars!" is so prominent on HN. Apparently people here have a hard time imagining a location where they can provide quality-of-life improving utility.
- ghaff 6y agoQuality of Life is in the eye of the beholder. A fair number of people do prefer cities. But to my own example. I live an hour drive out from a major city so, in normal times, within fairly easy range of going in for a night of theater or whatever. But between myself and a couple of neighbors where I live, while not really rural, we're on about 100 acres between us.
- blunte 6y agoWhere I live now, I'm 1-6 hours by train from Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, and a bunch of other cool cities. Not having to drive to "go out" is awesome. Giving up cars usually means getting good public transport. That's a trade I happily made.
- bluGill 6y agoWorth an upvote, but the counter is many people wouldn't do those things. If you sit on your couch watching re-runs every night, you will probably do that in the mountain condo as well. If you get outside the house, then you can find interesting things to do anywhere. In the city that means a different experience than in the mountains, which is different from lake country, which is different from the plains; but there is always something.
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- fasteddie31003 6y agoMoved from SF to Denver to Breckenridge in the past year. We couldn't be happier. Just got back from my morning hike in the mountains. Got into a dangerous spot when I lost the trail and got stuck in hip deep snow without snowshoes. Hearing explosions from avalanche detentions now. Next, I got my remote standup and writing code for the next couple hours. Not a bad life IMO. Also, Breckenridge has better Mexican food than anywhere in SF.