Living in Steamboat Springs, CO
Posted by The Steamboat Group on Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 at 5:21am.
Living in Steamboat Springs is a dream for many. It is my dream and may be for you if you are reading this blog. What do you mean my dream, don't you already live in Steamboat? Yes, we were fortunate to make our dream come true years ago but it still is our dream and I hope that we never forget that. Every day I walk out the door, look straight up at the mountain and consider myself lucky to be here, this happens in some form several times a day even when I am booked solid and working hard. The rewards of living here are likely better than you know, only more time here will begin to reveal the extent of these rewards and we still find great new stuff all of the time. To be clear Life in Steamboat is not heaven but it is pretty close, you just get to live here and still have to work to make it happen unless you are done working and then you really get to have fun.
Steamboat Springs is a unique combination of a small town in an incredible valley surrounded by mountains with gorgeous rivers and fields that was a real town before becoming a resort. This brings amenities far beyond what our size would warrant. That said the people here may be the best reason to be here. Most are incredibly down to earth, low key and caring people that are great to be around. Steamboat was a ranch community first and it takes something extra to be here so people are committed to the community and keeping it a great place to be. The other thing is that there are a lot of people that want to be outside doing something fun so it is easy to find people to fish, hike, bike, ski or whatever else you want to do. Want to be a part of that?
It is really more about deciding to live in Steamboat, setting that goal in writing, putting plans in place to make it happen and working to make it happen on a regular basis. Many people have moved here, live here happily and you can too if you choose to and back it up with action. I'm probably no more capable than you nor is the average person here, we just decided what our true priorities are and that as much as anything can make it possible. At the time our son was 2 and Wendy was pregnant with our daughter Neve. Definitely an easy time to put off a big change for later but we had come to the conclusion that Steamboat was the best possible place to grow up for them and it actually became easier to do once we knew it was best for the kids.
I'll be straight with you, Steamboat is a more expensive place to live than many places. This is mostly driven by housing costs (which are more accessible now) but that can be mitigated in a variety of ways. It just depends on your priorities. Some of you won't have to compromise to be here given where you are moving from or what you do but even if a few adjustments are necessary wouldn't it be worth it to be here? A few compromises include:
- Living outside of town instead of inside, how long is your commute now?
- Living in a smaller home or a town home. Not all bad since you will have more time to play.
- eating "out" more instead of eating in restaurants, outside that is, not many better places to eat than along the river or in the middle of some quick adventure
- spending time hiking, biking or skiing instead of spending money at the mall
What will you do for work? Many of you have realized that you can now work anywhere with a phone, fast internet and an airport. Why live in a city if Steamboat is your love? Last time I saw the numbers location neutral workers made up 14% of our local workforce. Some have their own businesses and others work for someone but can now live anywhere. This number has grown 3 times in the last 5 years so you are not alone in thinking about relocating to Steamboat.
When I first started spending more and more and more time here the best internet connection I could get was a slow 22K modem link to HP, now you can get a great cable connection but it was worth it even then. Some of of you will need to find something different and some will need to bring up their game to be here but the power of a goal and your hard work can make that happen. You already work hard to live somewhere else, why not work a bit harder, for yourself and preferably smarter to make your dreams of living in Steamboat come true? It sure as heck has been worth it for me and I changed careers, worked harder, smarter and for myself to make it happen.
I hope that this gives you a flavor of what is involved. What are your priorities? if you would like to talk more just give me a call at 970-819-6930.
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