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I lived in Pinetop, AZ 50 years ago. It's down the road from Show Low, but 2,500 ft higher. There were no traffic lights within 100 miles back then, but the roads have been widened, shopping centers built. I'm surprised it's as small as they say.
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Why do you dislike Coeur d’Alene? Just out of curiosity, I’ve never been anywhere near.
All of those places have been “discovered” long ago, prices are through the roof and all the problems that come with California types flooding in. There are still places out there where you can get away from it all but they’re not on these top ten lists.
STOP TELLING THEM ABOUT IT!!!!
Sheez man, whaddya want to happen?! Everyplace ends up like BozeAngeles?!
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Elizabeth, Colorado is certainly not a mountain town.
Because we live just north of there and it’s WAY too crowded and getting worse all the time. Stay away!
Just kidding. All FRiends are welcome here!
West Coast bias. How about Knoxville TN, Greenville SC, Tri-Cities TN/VA, New Hampshire?
And it's nowhere near Rocky Mountain National Park.
I’ve lived in mountain towns in excess of 7k elevation. Air starts getting thin, and it gets colder than %*#*. Snow, ice and all that misery.
Look for the sweet spots in the south between 3800 and 5k. A whole lot less misery!☺
Yep. We are at 2,200 feet here in North Idaho. This is the “Inland Northwest” where weather is still moderated by the Pacific Ocean. The winter temps are fairly moderate here. But, once you get over the mountains to the east of us and into western Montana, it gets a LOT colder.
I lived at 7,500 feet in Pinetop, AZ for the fall-winter-spring of 1975-76. It was darn cold up there. Just south of us was Hawley Lake, AZ which regularly got featured on the Today Show for having the coldest temps in the lower 48!
Our little town had a limited snow plowing budget. When the budget ran out in February, the road plowing simply stopped! I got real good at putting chains on and taking them off.
Forgot to mention that my dad thought about buying a place on the golf course in Pinetop, but his doc told him moving to 7,500 feet in his late 50s wasn’t a good idea for his heart.
I live about 5 miles from “Barton” and never heard of it being a thing. As a matter of fact, I worked for Founder’s Ranch, the home range of the Single Action Shooting Society and their championship shooting range. It was bordered on the west by Barton Road (hellish in mud weather).
Not sure why it’s growing fast, most of it has no ground water, and many people haul water.
There are mountains in the East, too.
Well ... sort of ...
Btw, been in the west all my life and anything short of 4500 we considered a hill. Even the peaks around the LA area are in excess of 10k.
Funny you mention that. I was looking up the difference between “hill” and “mountain” just last week. It has a lot to do with the rise from the surrounding countryside. The peaks in LA are especially dramatic because of that huge rise from the surrounding plains.
I look out at 5,500 foot mountains but they are starting at a 2,200 foot elevation Rathdrum Prairie, so nowhere near as dramatic. There are quite a few rugged and remote ranges in Southern BC, North Idaho, NW Montana — the Selkirks and Cabinets. The Cabinets are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains at the western base of the Rockies.
That’s right.
After years along the eastern seaboard, mountains don’t thrill me none. Heck I get winded on Blue Ridge hiking trails, alongside the Shenandoah...
I’ve done the dirt road living in excess of 7k. Always an adventure. I’ve now grown to like asphalt and paved.☺
White Mountains, Eastern AZ. Beautiful area btw...
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