Where to live after college?

Bangor

Bangor

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So, I've searched, and there've been a couple threads for people who want to ski bum and do that sort of thing. That's cool, but not really what I'm looking for.....

I'm trying to figure out what would be the best place to move to, when I graduate, a year from now.

A couple of requirements:

- In a perfect world, I'd live just outside the suburbs of a city, be close to whatever job IN the city I end up getting, and also be quite close to prime skiing.

- Mountain's gotta be sick. Obviously.

- The city itself must be dope. I like Montreal, I (cautiously) like Boston, I like SLC. I like Burlington. I'm undecided about Philly. I do not like NYC. I do not like anywhere in Connecticut. Out of these cities that I've been to, how would you compare your recommendation to the above?

- Night skiing would be optimal. I've grown up skiing (up to) 14 hour days.

- I probably want to keep it in the US, but I'm open to other suggestions..... advice about visas/citizenship would be helpful....

At the moment, the Portland, OR area, and Mt. Hood Skibowl/Timberline areas are near the top of my list.
 
I live just outside Portland and its a pretty sweet set up. Im 20 minutes aways from down town. It sounds like you've been here but portlands a pretty cool city, theres a lot to do and always something new. you could have a good time just meeting new people down town. There are 3 ski areas on mt hood which are all pretty nice. Timberline- fairly flat but has a good park not to mention skiing year round. Skibowl- not crowded and has some of the best terrain on hood. Meadows- kinda a combination of the two but they got a new GM and things may be going towards the day pass kind of touristy skiers. Another great thing is youd be like an hour and a half max from the beach. The waters freezes your balls but its not too bad. so you got the mountain and the beach about equal distances apart from where you live. Once you get used to the rain its not too bad
 
boulder, co. itd be a nice transition from college to the real world cuase after you get all ur partying out you can just move down the hill to denver!
 
awww whats wrong with CT, our winters lacking snow? Our summers lacking any days under 100 degrees? PFFFFFFFFFFF this state is awsome...
 
portland sounds pretty dope but Vancouvers pretty chill too.
we have three awsome mountains 20min away from downtown, whistlers an hour and a half's drive away, and the city itself has a great atmosphere.

Wake up, golf in the morning, go sailing in the afternoon, and go skiing at night! all in one day.
 
CT sucks and so does everyone i have ever personally met from there. thank you.

Go to tahoe you will not regret it, stay on the west shore, avoid south lake (skiing) and squaw is dope but full of yups. im not saying anything more about it because people from CT might snake.

 
slc and denver are the two i have experience with. slc is a lot closer to good skiing and prob a little cheaper. but i'm sure portland or vancouver would be good.
 
SLC i think in my future living area for a long time. Unless i get mad moneys somewhere else.
 
I've been in Lower Downtown (LoDo), Denver for awhile after college. Close to the mountains, 5 minute walk to the city, rooftop pool parties all summer, 30 some bars to choose from, etc.
 
Burlington would be a great place to live after college. i mean you have like 10 mountains within 30 minutes of the city and killer urbans to be slayed
 
move west.

seattle, portland, denver, salt lake, boulder, bellingham, bay area all kick ass.

if you have questions about boulder, seattle, or portland let me know.
 
some people are recommending the bay area. I live in san francisco, its about 3 and a half hours or so from skiing. any questions you can pm me, but not as good for skiing as SLC or something.
 
It all depends if your decision is more ski-oriented. If it is, obviously move west. If not, then you can't go wrong with Montreal, culture and skiing wise. (and the mountains are pretty sick here anyways)...
 
Seattle.

If you live outside of the burms >hour to skiing. >less than 15 min to down town (no traffic). Very good night skiing @ stevens and alpy. Plus its 2x as nice as living in a shit hole like SLC.
 
yeah I'm motivated by two things:

- good skiing

- a nice place to make enough money to support alot of good skiing.
 
For all the reasons above, seattle. Amazing city, dope vibe, relatively easy access to great mountains everywhere around you.
 
I've been thinking a lot about this too-- its between seattle and portland. definitely would'nt want to permanently live in slc. eastside suburbs of seattle are close to kiing and closer to the mountains--- but the downsides are traffic ---and its getting pretty crowded with new devlopment-- and the ocean is close, but not a lot of nice beaches. I haven't lived in Portland, but I was thinking it might have better traffi and beaches, and Hood might be a nicer than snoqualmie/alpental..
 
what kind of ski bum do you want to be and what kind of job do you want to get?  if i wanted to be a park rat ski bum i would move to breck and if i wanted to be a powder shredder ski bum i would move to mount baker and i wanted to be both i would stay here in SLC.  
 
Portland, OR is definitely sick..

One problem is that its pretty rainy there.. But you have a sick combo with Meadows, Timberline, Ski Bowl and Batchelor is within driving distance as well I think. And you can't beat Timberline being open year round...
 
I am facing the same dilemma too. I think ill head home to the west side of Washington, north of Seattle. I know all the ski areas around here and good jobs. My gf hates the area but fuck it, she won't run my life shes just some broad.
 
Get away from the east coast. dont even bother.

Do you want to ski every day? You gotta be within 30 min. of a mountain. Tahoe, Aspen, Whistler, Banff, Queenstown, Engelberg.

Do you want to ski every weekend? You gotta be within 3 hrs. SanFran, Vancouver, Boulder, Seattle, Portland, Missoula.

What's your profession? Does it mean more than skiing to you? You can make okay loot outta any job, so base your life on life, not work. And if your job is impt to you, get a job where you can work from home. If not, move to Tahoe or Whistler. There are tons of jobs and mountains that will make you never want to move back east.

Im from Philly. If youre trying to ski, DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT MOVIN TO PHILLY.
 
I live in Zurich, Switzerland... work a full time job... and manage to get 150 ski days in per year on average. So maybe you should think about moving to Europe.
 
I love dope cities. I just did my first ski bum season in a ski town and although the skiing was rad, I missed the city.

You said you were open to other non-american suggestions so I'm going to suggest Vancouver. Vancouver is a really cool city, has a few local hills within the city limits that allow night skiing and you have Whistler close by for weekend skiing. Baker's also not too far away for some weekend trips back to your home country. You could live in the suburbs (I don't know why you would do this except for skiing proximaty) and be really, really close to one of the local hills (Seymore, Cypress or Grousse) and shred every day while still working.
 
Ive been thinking about the same thing. Id like to ski powder as much as I can, but I really dont where the powder is at the best. Also some kind of ~100 000 person city would be nice to have near. Skiing should be around 30 minutes because I want to ski every day. Ive thought about BC, Oregon, Washington and such.

I still got a long time until I can move but any tips would be nice from the locals or someone whos toured lots of resorts.
 
Weren't you in Europe somewhere, if memory serves?

Vancouver also seems like a dope place to be, from what I've seen in pictures/vids it seems like an awesome city, although I know very little about it beyond that. It's a fairly large city, correct?

I'm really hoping to spend a little time sometime shortly after I graduate traveling and maybe visiting a bunch of these places.
 
SLC, or the Portland area would be my recommendations if you have nothing tying you to the east coast.

If you do want to stay EC for whatever reason, you really cannot go wrong with Burlington.
 
atlanta most def

no but seriously, dont go to that shithole.

Im deciding between evergreen, co and slc. I hate the city of slc. It's just not that nice, but the skiing is so much better and a lot closer, but i love evergreen and the areas west of denver. Not in the city, but close, but still in the mountains, and decently close to skiing. Hopefully i can find an architecture firm out there to work with.
 
Colorado or California. I live in the bay area and its about 4 hours from any snow. If you want to ski everyday in tahoe get a house in like truckee or tahoe city.
 
explain how its messed up then? lots of suburb living...jobs in the city...and skiing real close..just like he stated he wanted
 
fuck dat

that exact attitude is why your shitty state sucks so much dick and noone wants to live there :)
 
For me I dont think I could ever live away from the Ocean, I cant really explain it, but I just dont think I would be happy~

I guess this doesnt really help him, but I already repped Seattle~
 
seattle and portland are pretty similar.

the mountains near seattle just kill hood, way better steeps, backcountry, and cliffs. and other than in summer, better parks as well (stevens killed it this year, and snoqualmie is always a good jib fest with lots of features). portland seems to be generally cheaper and doesn't have quite the big city vibe. im probably a little biased cause im from the seattle area, haha, but im surprised portland has gotten so many mentions and seattle hasnt when the skiing is superior, and its more of a real city.
 
What I like about Portland more is it is a much friendlier and incorporated downtown area. NW, The Pearl, and downtown all basically flow into each other, public transit is super easy, it is easy to get to chill neighborhoods on the east side of the river.

Seattle is different, at least in my opinion. You can't just walk from ballard to fremont to capital hill with easy like you can around Portland. Seattle does have a more big city vibe, but you can get that in Portland too.

You are right that the mountains kill it in WA. That is one thing portland cannot compare to.

Portland has better, cheaper food, a great bas scene, a great music scene, great access to outdoors. Skiing isn't as good.

That all being said, Seattle is a great city. I just made the choice between Portland and Seattle and some of me is sad that I choice Portland because the skiing up here kills it and Seattle is a great place. But it is a lot cheaper for me to live in a really sick part of portland than it is in seattle, I love the vibe and for the most part (sometimes I want to punch hipsters in the face) the people. But we shall see. If I get down there and find I miss WA too much, I would not be surprised to see myself living in Ballard, Fremont, or Capital Hill in the next few years. Until then, NW Portland is home.
 
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