It's like Jackson, WY. Totally unaffordable and flooded with rich people. But we do like the town and have visited there several times on our way to Glacier National Park from Idaho.
We are staying there for three nights next July with my sister and BIL. We just got an email from the lodge we are staying at that there is a big Americana / Country / Rock music festival in town the weekend we are there and they jacked our room rate up $100 per night!
I'm really glad they did not put Coeur d'Alene on the list. Nobody should move there. Nosirree. Horrible place.
Under the Big Sky at the Big Mountain Ranch, July 18-20, 2025.
I would move to any of those states, except maybe Montana if I could find a place remote and cheap. But that ain’t likely to happen there, so it’s Kansas or bust!
I found the best place to live using science. A little elevation makes relatively Southern lattitudes reasonable in the Summer time, and still allows for a little bit of winter. And it’s low cost of living. The trick is finding a good job.
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I’m assuming your comment re Coeur d’Alene is ironic? Or, has the area been sufficiently saturated with kalifornians?