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    Quote Originally Posted by WØTKX View Post
    I'm a snowflake, so...

    Our house is a mighty fine house, with a dog and cat in the yard.
    And a mortgage that will be paid off about the time I retire.

    Currently appraised at $430K and going up, up, up.

    My wife won't retire (probably) as soon as I can.
    So we'll stay for a while mortgage free.

    Before finding a place with wide hallways and no stairs.
    We both like the snow just fine, and love mountains.

    But we might move out of CO.
    WY, MT, ID, NV, UT; maybe.
    You may also consider Asheville NC as well. All 4 seasons. Nearby ski slopes. Mountains and things to do around mountains.

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    I love Asheville. It's been a long time, but the "vibe" is very nice.
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    Then just hit 64 East and keep going until you hit the beach road.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WX7P View Post
    Location, location, location, Eric.

    Not to one up Carl, but my parent's house is now in the 830,000 range.

    I'm sure inflation has a factor, but it's really about supply and demand.
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    My dad had a house built in the NNJ suburbs that we moved into in 1966. I don't know what the house cost, but when my parents sold in in 1975 subsequent to our move to EPA, it went for a touch over $30K, and he was quite happy with that.

    2 days after the sales agreement was reached, the state of NJ imposed a ban on new home construction in our area due to sewage issues. Overnight, the value of the house had increased to well over $60K. I know Dad got a lot of phone calls from people (or their realtors) begging him to break the agreement and sell them the house for $75K and up. I remember him lamenting the timing -- but a deal was a deal and he stuck to it.

    Out of idle curiousity, thanks to this thread, I looked up the value of that home today. (Keeping in mind that a subsequent owner added on a garage and a bedroom, so it's a little bigger than it was when we lived there). "Zillow" reports that the house last sold in 2006... for $625K, and is currently worth (in their estimate) a touch over $636K.
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    Quote Originally Posted by WØTKX View Post
    I'm a snowflake, so...

    Our house is a mighty fine house, with a dog and cat in the yard.
    And a mortgage that will be paid off about the time I retire.

    Currently appraised at $430K and going up, up, up.

    My wife won't retire (probably) as soon as I can.
    So we'll stay for a while mortgage free.

    Before finding a place with wide hallways and no stairs.
    We both like the snow just fine, and love mountains.

    But we might move out of CO.
    WY, MT, ID, NV, UT; maybe.
    Your location is beautiful, there's no question. The view is killer.

    I'm sure the snow thing is based on where you were raised.

    I didn't see snow for the first time until I was eight. I remember that I felt it wasn't the Charlie Brown Christmas fantasy that I had envisioned, it was just COLD.

    I saw this with our cats in Tulelake. The two ferals we adopted loved playing in the snow, no matter what the temperature. The city cats took one walk in the snow (especially my avatar) and said NFW, and never went outside in the winter again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KC2UGV View Post
    Depends on the person. I love the snow. But, that's because I love snow-activities: Winter camping, snowshoeing, hiking, etc.

    My winter runs are some of the favorite runs too.

    But, if you hole up at the first sign of snow, until spring, yeah, it makes you miserable.
    I'm with you. I love the cold and snows. I am known to take walks in snowstorms and blizzards although they are getting rarer and rarer with climate change. I am working on a move to northern Alaska or Canada.
    I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.

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    My cat Milhouse loves the snow, as does our doggie Boots.
    Really cold, as in -10 or colder, they don't like that much.

    Imagine having a great sense of smell after a fresh snowfall
    After a fresh snow, like a long clear olfactory view.
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