Living in or near the mountians
 

If you could afford to live anywhere that was in or near mountains, where would you look? I know we can rule out Kalifornia. How do the other states compare? Also rule out any place that has brutal winters.

Real mountains like the Rockies, or big hills like the Smokies? Define “brutal winter.”

Ruidoso Mountains. :seasix:

https://www.racethread.com/Pictures/...s__010__1_.jpg

Definitely NOT the high country around Boone NC. Too many uneducated rednecks, Brew-tal winters, and idiot drivers from Floriduh clogging the roads. Oh, and the "mountains" are puny compared to the Rockies.

[anjdog]Below 60 degrees.[/anjdog]

Any mountains in America. Brutal being defined as cold and/or snow for more than 2 months. For example, Knoxville is not in the mountains, but close by so if there is snow in the mountains, you do not have to deal with it if you don't want. I am not familiar with the west to use a western city as an example.

i have no idea...... (looks outside at trees, hills, rocks, and mountains).

:slap:

i am literally at the very southern end of the Rockies. 7000 feet above sea level, gets down to 0F several times in winter, -10F maybe 2-3 times. moderate amount of snow, but it goes away after a few days.

my neighbor just bought her place about 140 yards south of mine this year for 410K. and another neighbor just finished building his new home on a previously vacant 5 acre lot near the front of the neighborhood. so now we are all built out.

it's 20 min to downtown Santa Fe.

:DAB:

view of home from the mailboxes (about 3/4 mile away) -

home is in the center of the picture.

Right here in Utah, Park City/Sundance.

The bolded rules out a large percentage of the mountains in the U.S.

SoCal.

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mountains = elevation. elevation turns into cooler weather most of the year.

a good, warm jacket isn't that expensive.....propane to heat the place.....little different story.

For the geographically challenged, this is here in New Mexico (USA)

My son lives near SLC (Holliday)

True, but who wants 2 feet of snow for 3 or 4 months? Or below freezing every minute for 3 or 4 months? That is why I said can be near the mountains.I assume Montana is ruled out since it snows from October to April. I like snow, but not for that long.

I think we all know why SoCal is not an option. Nobody with a brain wants to deal with that messed up state. Change the politics and you have a different story.

Cooler is fine. Being lower in elevation, but not down below 2000 feet, is fine too. As long as the mountains are within reasonable driving distance for a day trip.

I spend a lot of my free time near Boone (Blowing Rock). Those uneducated rednecks are some of my best friends. Down to earth and would give you the shirt off their backs. I have nothing but good experiences with the locals. The out of town visitors, not so much.

Why can we rule out California? Do the Liberals keep us from seeing some of the most beautiful mountains in the world? And living in them?



Mount Shasta
14,180′

White Mountain Peak
14,252′

Mount Whitney
14,505′

Mount San Jacinto
10,833′

San Gorgonio Mountain
11,503′

Mount San Antonio
10,069′

Lassen Peak
10,463′

Mount Williamson
14,380′

North Palisade
14,249′


Mount Diablo
3,848′

Mount Ritter
13,150′

Mount Eddy
9,026′

Telescope Peak
11,043′

Mount Linn
8,094′

Toro Peak
8,717′

San Benito Mountain
5,266′

Santiago Peak
5,689′

Junipero Serra Peak
5,856′

Split Mountain
14,065′

Mount Sill
14,154′

Mount Russell
14,094′

Loma Prieta
3,786′

Clark Mountain
7,933′

Mount Pinos
8,848′

Pyramid Peak
9,984′

Mount Baden-Powell
9,406′

Mount Langley
14,026′

Mount Muir
14,019′

Thompson Peak
9,003′

Mount Tyndall
14,026′

Middle Palisade
14,019′

Mount Lyell
13,120′

Red Slate Mountain
13,140′

Mount Morgan
13,757′

Mount Tom
13,652′

Mount Darwin
13,832′

Mount Kaweah
13,806′

Strawberry Peak
6,165′

Mount Burnham
8,996′

San Gabriel Peak
6,161′

Waterman Mountain
8,038′

Vetter Mountain
5,909′

Castro Peak
2,825′

And yet over 20 million people chose to live in SoCal with millions of Conservatives. You've now come up with two dumb ass post so far. You've almost have got to the same level of LearPilot and StorytellerStealth. :yesnod: