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MartinK Member
Joined: 08 Apr 2012 Posts: 41 | TRs | Pics Location: Bellevue |
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Wed Sep 24, 2014 11:49 am
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Got laid off last week - time to think about where we want to live? Likes: Dayhikes in reasonable driving distance, mountains, some amount of water sports, moderate to warm climate, less rain, either IT or Finance employers.
On the list so far
Stay here (Bellevue)
Rent cabin in Sequim. Drive to eastern WA more often. Hard to beat this job market.
Denver area (+Boulder) weather pop 650k/2.7mil Wikipedia
Salt Lake City area weather pop 190k/1.14mil (SLT metro area)/2.4mil (SLC/Provo/Orem) Wikipedia
Reno NV weather pop 224/473k Wikipedia
Albuquerque NM weather pop 555/902k Wikipedia
Asheville NC weather pop 84/425k Wikipedia
Job market questionable (likely more suitable for retirement)
Boise, ID weather pop 214k Wikipedia
Bend, OR weather Wikipedia pop 78/162k
Missoula, MT weather Wikipedia pop 69/111k
Bozeman, MT weather Wikipedia pop 40k
Also exploring Montana, Northern NM, California?
Comments/Ideas very welcome
Thanks
Martin
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
Im partial to the west coast but id say the best place to live and work is where you live and work.
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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coldrain108 Thundering Herd
Joined: 05 Aug 2010 Posts: 1858 | TRs | Pics Location: somewhere over the rainbow |
Reno NV
ABQ or Santa Fe NM
Flagstaff AZ
Redding CA
Since I have no expectations of forgiveness, I don't do it in the first place. That loop hole needs to be closed to everyone.
Since I have no expectations of forgiveness, I don't do it in the first place. That loop hole needs to be closed to everyone.
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MtnGoat Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 11992 | TRs | Pics Location: Lyle, WA |
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Wed Sep 24, 2014 1:56 pm
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Where is 'here' now, Martin?
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
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MartinK Member
Joined: 08 Apr 2012 Posts: 41 | TRs | Pics Location: Bellevue |
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MartinK
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Wed Sep 24, 2014 3:50 pm
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I updated my location
Keep 'em coming!
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boot up Old Not Bold Hiker
Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 4745 | TRs | Pics Location: Bend Oregon |
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Wed Sep 24, 2014 7:56 pm
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You can join everyone else and move to Bend Or.
Job is the big challenge there. Most likely candidate for IT skills is the very large hospital complex there.
Population is skyrocketing. That could be good or bad.
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touron Member
Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 10293 | TRs | Pics Location: Plymouth Rock |
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touron
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Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:40 pm
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Portland, Petaluma, Seattle
If I could make a living...
Touron is a nougat of Arabic origin made with almonds and honey or sugar, without which it would just not be Christmas in Spain.
Touron is a nougat of Arabic origin made with almonds and honey or sugar, without which it would just not be Christmas in Spain.
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kyle d Member
Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 521 | TRs | Pics Location: Ogden, UT |
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Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:10 am
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Lots of good suggestions so far (and you live in a great place already). I would say I find Redding to be too hot. And it's not that close to the Trinity Alps (not like Weaverville). The Trinity Alps are nice though, and you have quick access to the Lassen area on the other side.
I moved to Ogden Utah in June (about 40 minutes north of Salt Lake), and so this is a perfect opportunity for a photo dump, that may incidentally provide some information about what it is like to live on the Wasatch Front in Northern Utah:)
Summer was nice. Lots of places to explore, and a lot of varied terrain, which was surprising to me.
Rock Gardens high in Bues Canyon, Ogden, Utah. Ben Lomond Utah Stansbury Mountains Below Deseret Peak Overlooking the Dry Fork meadows Mount Nebo and Paintbrush Examining all the "old Junipers" on the way up
Autumn has been even better. Lots of color:
Bigtooth Maples along the trail Aspens Aspens Aspens and clouds Walking the old road Morning hike in the North Fork North Fork Ogden River North Fork Ogden Autumn in Ogden valley Smiling
The best thing is the very (very!) close proximity to the mountains. It's really easy to get out and enjoy them, even with a 1 year old.
Ogden and North Ogden from the trail to Ben Lomond, Utah Wasatch Front North of Malans peak Fall color and conifers Malans Peak (left) from 29th Weehooing the canal road, Ogden Spinning around at the park Another bench with mama Our regular evening walk Maples and Ogden Ben Lomond with some Fall color
I don't know much about watersports, but there are lots of people out on the local reservoirs (Pineview for us) and some people kayak the rivers. That may be the weak link here.
The summers are too hot for my taste (very similar to Wenatchee, WA), but not as bad a Redding (we are a few degrees cooler than Salt Lake, Logan is a few degrees cooler than us, if you're interested). We are 4ish hours from lots of really great stuff (that's about my range for an extended weekend): Southern Utah, Wind River Range, WY, Central Idaho Ranges. And of course there is abundant powder snow in the winter.
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MartinK Member
Joined: 08 Apr 2012 Posts: 41 | TRs | Pics Location: Bellevue |
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Thu Sep 25, 2014 10:34 am
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Great pics!
I spent a week hiking last fall around SLC and I was pretty impressed. I did Frary Peak, Lake Blanche, Emigration Canyon, a crazy high elevation trail I got Altitude sickness at and a shorter hike. It was really impressive.
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MartinK Member
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Thu Sep 25, 2014 11:00 am
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Updated the first post with some research
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Daryl Big Shot Economist
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Thu Sep 25, 2014 12:34 pm
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Having been a lot of places and lived in a few, it's hard to beat here weather and outdoor opportunity wise. We don't get too cold or too hot often, snow is rare. Sure it rains a lot, but we have clothes for that. job market wise it's hard to beat too.
PS, if anyone out of state is reading this, I'm just kidding, it totally blows here. Don't even consider it.
Now, if work and money were not an issue I'd summer in Montana near Glacier Nat park and winter in southern utah (like right on the AZ border southern). but I'd still come back here to visit, and find a month in spring or fall to spend on the OR coast.
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16100 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
Park Avenue West
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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FailsToMeetExpectations Member
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Don't know which corner of IT/Software you are in to; however the market is red hot worldwide, and it is relatively easy to get visas as a result. Might want to add Vancouver, most anywhere in Europe & UK, Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, and Sydney. There are many more locations, of course; however those are the hot ones in the English speaking world.
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