arcata is indeed hippie-ville USA. however, it does sound pretty good. not quite warm enough for me in the summer, though.
Whats up with Bend, Oregon?
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Was born there....Used to be the lil' secret stash, now it's owned by rich californians. The place is still awesome, over 300 something sunny days a year. You can ride year round, and in the winter you can golf 9 holes and snowboard 2 feet of fresh pow in the same day. I didn't bother reading all the other replies, but that's my summary of the place. SIck area, being invaded by snoody Cali pricks with lots of money. Just stay out of MT and were all goodCarbon Fetish said:
If you could explain what the **** you are talking about, I'd aprpeciate it. Thanks.stevew said:
So, I say "theres only one public place in town we can have our dogs off a leash and thank the private land owners for that opportunity" and you dish out some dip**** insulting remark. I'm sitting here in suspense awaiting your response.stevew said:
OHHHHHHH LOL I get it now. I don't like religious folk much so there is irony in my accepting the use ot their property. OK, I'll give ya that one.stevew said:
Cool place, my sis lives there, but man, don't stand downwind of the little park in the middle of town when there is some sort of hippie-concert going on. Whew!narlus said:
Cool area though, except for that...
JJames
My dad always used to say that a developer was someone who wanted a house in the woods, and a conservationist is someone who already has a house in the woods.narlus said:
This was after he got his vineyard in Paso Robles, and didn't want any more...
JJames
Ahahaha!Just James said:My dad always used to say that a developer was someone who wanted a house in the woods, and a conservationist is someone who already has a house in the woods.
This was after he got his vineyard in Paso Robles, and didn't want any more...
JJames
That about nails it.
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I move to Aberdeen Washington in 1989, prior to that I lived accross from City Park in Denver on 17th and Colorado BLVD in a 1 bedroom apartment gone condo that sold for $77,000.00. I think it was about 600 square feet.
My first house in Aberdeen cost $26,000.00 and was a 960 sqaure foot 2 bed one bath mill house. Now I have a 3 bedroom 2000 square foot house that I paid $85,000.00 for... there are plenty of decent houses in the area that sell in the $60,000.00 range. There is no traffic congestion and we have a great public transportation system that cost $.50 per ride or $1.00 to Olympia which is 50 miles away.
The job market sucks so you have to be resourceful and live within your means - if you can do that there is a weatlh of outdoor opportunities within 10 minutes of town. Lots of rivers and the harbor for kayaking. Low traffic and great country roads for cycling, lots of forest and trails for mountain biking and a Walmart to help perpetuate the low wage lifestyle.
I'm definately home and have no desire to seek greener pastures.
My first house in Aberdeen cost $26,000.00 and was a 960 sqaure foot 2 bed one bath mill house. Now I have a 3 bedroom 2000 square foot house that I paid $85,000.00 for... there are plenty of decent houses in the area that sell in the $60,000.00 range. There is no traffic congestion and we have a great public transportation system that cost $.50 per ride or $1.00 to Olympia which is 50 miles away.
The job market sucks so you have to be resourceful and live within your means - if you can do that there is a weatlh of outdoor opportunities within 10 minutes of town. Lots of rivers and the harbor for kayaking. Low traffic and great country roads for cycling, lots of forest and trails for mountain biking and a Walmart to help perpetuate the low wage lifestyle.
I'm definately home and have no desire to seek greener pastures.
I'm thinking the key to good living is finding cheap housing. This housing price arms race I'm in is maddening.
Serial Midget said:I move to Aberdeen Washington in 1989, prior to that I lived accross from City Park in Denver on 17th and Colorado BLVD in a 1 bedroom apartment gone condo that sold for $77,000.00. I think it was about 600 square feet.
My first house in Aberdeen cost $26,000.00 and was a 960 sqaure foot 2 bed one bath mill house. Now I have a 3 bedroom 2000 square foot house that I paid $85,000.00 for... there are plenty of decent houses in the area that sell in the $60,000.00 range. There is no traffic congestion and we have a great public transportation system that cost $.50 per ride or $1.00 to Olympia which is 50 miles away.
The job market sucks so you have to be resourceful and live within your means - if you can do that there is a weatlh of outdoor opportunities within 10 minutes of town. Lots of rivers and the harbor for kayaking. Low traffic and great country roads for cycling, lots of forest and trails for mountain biking and a Walmart to help perpetuate the low wage lifestyle.
I'm definately home and have no desire to seek greener pastures.
Ours is free. Mwahahaa. :evil:Serial Midget said:
But do you use it?blue said:
neaky:
Cheap housing, property taxes and utilities are at the top of my list.Ridemonkey said:
Next is transportation that does not suck you dry, low to no car payments and liability insurance only.
Then comes health insurance - self employed people cannot afford decent health insurance. Thats one of a few reasons why I had to get a structured job. :mumble:
Of course the best insurance is to stay healthy in the first place. I'm going to write my biking expenses off as health care costs on my 2004 returns.
neaky:
I saw lead mentioned in another post. No lead in Sandpoint. You are thinking of Kellogg Idaho,which is built on an old superfund site, ( smelter tailings) that has been "cleaned up" and the fact that the Lake CDA has heavy metals in the lake sediments, as does much of the CDA basin. It's not an issue unless a) you live in Kellogg b) you fish in lake CDA, the CDA river, or the Spokane River and plan on eating them. I help run an environmental consulting firm in the area, hope that clears that up. Sandpoint has been discovered ala` Bend, the housing market there has skytrocketed in the last few years.
It's too crowded and the riding sucks around here, too.
geargrrl
I actually did the other day, car is dead and I needed a way home...BUS!Serial Midget said:But do you use it?
Ohhh man, I'm a housing-rich Californian who hates unleashed dogs looking to move to Bend.
I'd be cool with the dog issues if they also required leashes and licenses for children under 15.
I dunno about that one. When is the last time a 10 year old kid did the old ass-wipe across your beach blanket? Or charged you on the trail? Another case of the stupidity of the few ruining it for the many. I'm sure RM's doggy would never do these things.Westy said:
There are 4 of us in my company and two additional girlfriends so 6 of us total. We have all been living in CA for many years and are tired of trying to get a business of the ground while paying ridiculous amounts of money for rent and also paying CA to let us do business in it's fine state. We are all "outdoorsy" and we are all good friends who go on trips together often FWIW we are in our mid to late-twenties. Lately we have been entertaining the idea of moving somewhere more affordable so we could throw our money into a mortgage instead of wasting it on rent. It would also be nice to do business in a community/state that doesn't tax small businesses as much as CA does. Luckily for us our business can be conducted from *most* anywhere as our clients are located all over N. America for the most part. Strictly speaking in terms of ideal location of course LA would be best but that is just not an option as far as any of us are concerned. We used to be in Santa Barbara but we face the same problem there as we do in Santa Cruz that is driving us to want to leave CA.
Of course most of the places mentioned in this thread are the places that we have thought about too naturally as we are very much like most of you. For me personally Bend has always seemed attractive. Let's keep this thread alive! If there is any more information to contribute please do. Anything pertaining to property values, trails, etc. Please feel free to post links and pics here as I am doing lots of research and could use the help.
It looks like we will be trying to make a trip up there sometime soon to check it out and of course do some riding. I'd love to have someone from RM give me a tour.
Of course most of the places mentioned in this thread are the places that we have thought about too naturally as we are very much like most of you. For me personally Bend has always seemed attractive. Let's keep this thread alive! If there is any more information to contribute please do. Anything pertaining to property values, trails, etc. Please feel free to post links and pics here as I am doing lots of research and could use the help.
It looks like we will be trying to make a trip up there sometime soon to check it out and of course do some riding. I'd love to have someone from RM give me a tour.
Bozeman and Missoula Montana and Cour De Alene are so where its at. Missoula rocks, snowbowl is ten miles away, the downhill blows everything in co off the charts, awesome fly fishing and hiking, college girls and bars, cool town in a really nice valley and close to just about everything in a few hours (denver-12 hours, spokane-3 driving slow, seattle 7 whistler-10, left bridge canada (if your under 21) is 3 1/2 with my short cut and fernie is just a stones toss away
Amen! I'm looking to move north at some point too, the LA area isn't really where I want to be anymore, and I am pretty sick of SB. It's kind of like that island in Pinnochio where there are only kids, and they're just partying and trashing the place. Pretty apt comparison I think...punkassean said:There are 4 of us in my company and two additional girlfriends so 6 of us total. We have all been living in CA for many years and are tired of trying to get a business of the ground while paying ridiculous amounts of money for rent and also paying CA to let us do business in it's fine state. We are all "outdoorsy" and we are all good friends who go on trips together often FWIW we are in our mid to late-twenties. Lately we have been entertaining the idea of moving somewhere more affordable so we could throw our money into a mortgage instead of wasting it on rent. It would also be nice to do business in a community/state that doesn't tax small businesses as much as CA does. Luckily for us our business can be conducted from *most* anywhere as our clients are located all over N. America for the most part. Strictly speaking in terms of ideal location of course LA would be best but that is just not an option as far as any of us are concerned. We used to be in Santa Barbara but we face the same problem there as we do in Santa Cruz that is driving us to want to leave CA.
Of course most of the places mentioned in this thread are the places that we have thought about too naturally as we are very much like most of you. For me personally Bend has always seemed attractive. Let's keep this thread alive! If there is any more information to contribute please do. Anything pertaining to property values, trails, etc. Please feel free to post links and pics here as I am doing lots of research and could use the help.
It looks like we will be trying to make a trip up there sometime soon to check it out and of course do some riding. I'd love to have someone from RM give me a tour.
JJames
As much as I love SB too, I feel you on that pinnochio analogy. Plus as awesome as the trails are they can get one-dimensional (I know you know what I mean). I have been loving the riding here in SC it's polar opposite from SB but property values are the same and there's no way I could ever afford a house here. Or at least not a house I'd actually like.
Been doing lots of research and I will be heading north to scope things out here the first week of June it looks like. Maybe the 2nd through the 10th. We're gong to hit Ashland/Medford area and then Bend. I'm looking forward to it.
Been doing lots of research and I will be heading north to scope things out here the first week of June it looks like. Maybe the 2nd through the 10th. We're gong to hit Ashland/Medford area and then Bend. I'm looking forward to it.