Looking for a small mountain town (Boise, Coeur d'Alene: sales, house, sales tax)

[Tinapearl]

Currently working and living on the Western slope of Colorado. In the near future, would like to move to a small mountain town. Areas considered would be, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona, the smaller the better.
Anyone who knows of a great mountain town, I would like to hear from you.

Thanks

Tinapearl

[Idaho]

Montana & Oregon have no sales tax. You might find that especially attractive.
The Idaho panhandle area - Post Falls & Coeur d'Alene (say "core-de-lane") to Sandpoint far north, to Mullan far east. All the towns in that area are worth looking at. In considering Arizona, you'll want to also consider the extremes of ecosystems there; from dry desert of the central & south, to high plains and mountainous areas of the north. Each is an entirely different daily living environment.

Have lived many years in two of the four states you mention, and spent significant time in the other two. I might be able to help you further, if you might share more specifics on what you're looking for in a small town. Outdoor sports? Fishing? Hiking? Hunting? Skiing? Hanging out in coffee shops? Bookstores? Libraries? Religious preferences? Etc.....

[Pineboy]

North Idaho is full of nice small mountain towns. Near to Boise you can look at the McCall area which is one of the most beautiful mountain valleys anywhere.
McCall is in the deep woods on the shores of a glacial lake and surrounded by smaller mountain towns that are really starting to be discovered. The McCall and Tamarack areas are about an hour and a half to two hour drive from Boise mainly because the road is windy and hugs the Payette River through a beautiful forested canyon.


Of course there is the Sun Valley area but it is very expensive.

Eastern Idaho has very nice small mountain towns in the Teton Valley.

You can't go wrong anywere you choose to live in Idaho.

[Putty]

May I ask why u are want to move from CO? u have plenty of options there?

[Putty]

I can tell you what I like......Road bicycling, greenways bicycling, rivers, historical waterfronts, and downtowns.......lots of bookstores, coffeeshops, libraries and such......LOL. Love to be able to live in the heart of the city, and be able to walk to the grocery stores, and coffeeshops and such.....
Anything sound like that?

[Big Fish PR]

As someone who was raised in Northern Idaho, and now lives in Montana....I need you to qualify the term "small" (laugh). I grew up in Hayden Lake and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, both great communities, but each have grown too big for my liking, and too over priced.

In Montana, I currenlty live in Helena (a great Mountain Town) population 36,000 - with 60,000 including the valley. That said, I just bought a second house in Marysville, Montana, population 218. Great little community...think Aspen about 45 years ago.

I would love to help in any way that I can, and hope that you find what you are looking for.

[Idaho]

Originally Posted by Putty

I can tell you what I like......Road bicycling, greenways bicycling, rivers, historical waterfronts, and downtowns.......lots of bookstores, coffeeshops, libraries and such......LOL. Love to be able to live in the heart of the city, and be able to walk to the grocery stores, and coffeeshops and such.....
Anything sound like that?

Like others have mentioned above, do you have a population threshold?
Coeur D'Alene, ID has a great downtown area & beautiful waterfront, but it is gettng pretty big

St Regis, MT is very tiny, about 1 and 1/2 hour drive east of Coeur d'Alene, ID, but the winters might be a bit harsh.

So there's a couple places to peek at, for starters

[StealthRabbit]

yeah, what are preferences, Colorada has lots of options but very $$$ and way too many people, and taxes...

If you need proximity to Downhill skiing, or a job? then that limits things a bit .

I like Thompson Falls, Mt, and Plains, Mt (1hr nw of Missoula)

or Clark Fork Id ?

Riggins (west central ID), and vicinity is decent, but a tad remote.

Clearwater area of west central ID is pretty nice.

[HotIdahoProperties]

There are some quaint mountain towns close to Lewiston.. Peck, Weipe, Pierce..

[RodFarlee]

Riggins, Peck, Weippe, Pierce...? North Central Idaho has canyon towns, not what I'd picture as a mountain town, not if I were coming from Colorado, anyway!