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The nice thing about Tahoe is that I can make use of the snow on the slopes and it's a conscious choice to go there, instead of being snowed in at random times and not being very close to quality skiing in the DC area.
The only skiing that I'm aware that's close to the DC area is the Massanutten mountain resort down in Harrisburg, VA in Rockingham County in Virginia. It has a large ski resort and a big hill for lots of snow tubbing. It's pretty fun, I visit Massanutten once every two years in the winter mostly. The resort is within the foothills of the Appalachians. Been going down there since I was a little kid back in the late-90's. It's at least a 2 hour drive from DC.
revitalizer has sort of an optimism in his last post....but D.C. is still lame. revitalizer speaks with no other frame of reference. I have lived in Honolulu, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, and Nashville. I can tell you that D.C. is not all that and even Las Vegas is better. I'd rather live in Los Angeles or Chicago........D.C. is just boring, too political (of course) and overpriced.
The only skiing that I'm aware that's close to the DC area is the Massanutten mountain resort down in Harrisburg, VA in Rockingham County in Virginia. It has a large ski resort and a big hill for lots of snow tubbing. It's pretty fun, I visit Massanutten once every two years in the winter mostly. The resort is within the foothills of the Appalachians. Been going down there since I was a little kid back in the late-90's. It's at least a 2 hour drive from DC.
I went there as a kid. It's OK. Snowshoe in WV and Winter Green are much better, but they don't really compare to anything west of the Rockies. Powder is much more fun to ski/snowboard on than ice.
I always liked D.C. neighborhoods. Nice architecture and streetscape. I've heard a lot of things about how the metro area is expensive. Perhaps due to many of the high salaried jobs in government?
Neighborhoods, streetscapes and some of the best public spaces you'll find in this country.
I'll give expensive and crowded. But if you're bored in DC, I'm afraid you might not be trying hard enough to not be bored.
People on the East Coast take this for granted perhaps, but wherever you are there, you're not far away from a different place to see, that may not be much like where you came from. Where I am, I'm ~40 minutes from the nearest major city (Houston), it's another 3-4 hours to Dallas, Austin, San Antonio. Very isolated. And no matter how much people in Texas like to think of those places as being drastically different from Houston, they're not. I'm sure after awhile DC could get boring if you never leave, but that's your problem.
If COL weren't a factor, rather than DC proper, I wouldn't mind at all setting up somewhere in Maryland between DC and Baltimore. The concept of having two cities that are nothing like the other in two direction, plus Annapolis in the same short distance in another.
Neighborhoods, streetscapes and some of the best public spaces you'll find in this country.
I'll give expensive and crowded. But if you're bored in DC, I'm afraid you might not be trying hard enough to not be bored.
People on the East Coast take this for granted perhaps, but wherever you are there, you're not far away from a different place to see, that may not be much like where you came from. Where I am, I'm ~40 minutes from the nearest major city (Houston), it's another 3-4 hours to Dallas, Austin, San Antonio. Very isolated. And no matter how much people in Texas like to think of those places as being drastically different from Houston, they're not. I'm sure after awhile DC could get boring if you never leave, but that's your problem.
If COL weren't a factor, rather than DC proper, I wouldn't mind at all setting up somewhere in Maryland between DC and Baltimore. The concept of having two cities that are nothing like the other in two direction, plus Annapolis in the same short distance in another.
I agree with this. I consider the East Coast - and especially the stretch from the Washington, D.C. metro area to New York City metro area - to be the most interesting and dynamic region to live in America.
I could not leave the East Coast without feeling like I'm giving up a lot that is important to me. It would be a definite downgrade.
Neighborhoods, streetscapes and some of the best public spaces you'll find in this country.
I'll give expensive and crowded. But if you're bored in DC, I'm afraid you might not be trying hard enough to not be bored.
People on the East Coast take this for granted perhaps, but wherever you are there, you're not far away from a different place to see, that may not be much like where you came from. Where I am, I'm ~40 minutes from the nearest major city (Houston), it's another 3-4 hours to Dallas, Austin, San Antonio. Very isolated. And no matter how much people in Texas like to think of those places as being drastically different from Houston, they're not. I'm sure after awhile DC could get boring if you never leave, but that's your problem.
If COL weren't a factor, rather than DC proper, I wouldn't mind at all setting up somewhere in Maryland between DC and Baltimore. The concept of having two cities that are nothing like the other in two direction, plus Annapolis in the same short distance in another.
I agree with this. I consider the East Coast - and especially the stretch from the Washington, D.C. metro area to New York City metro area - to be the most interesting and dynamic region to live in America.
I could not leave the East Coast without feeling like I'm giving up a lot that is important to me. It would be a definite downgrade.
+2 The Beast Coast truly is the real contender for a 'Best Coast' title
+2 The Beast Coast truly is the real contender for a 'Best Coast' title
And the waves on the actual coastline are a beast too. I went to Rehoboth Beach last weekend and got knocked over by a couple of waves. Totally unexpected. That hasn't happened to be in a long time. LOL.
And the waves on the actual coastline are a beast too. I went to Rehoboth Beach last weekend and got knocked over by a couple of waves. Totally unexpected. That hasn't happened to be in a long time. LOL.
LOL Yeah, I was knocked over a few times myself when I first went to Atlantic City back in 2010. Surf's Up!!!
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