Hometown USA: Glens Falls, NY

[Benny Profane]

Jackie O. didn't go to Elvis's funeral. It was Caroline.

 

[Benny Profane]

Jackie O

Thanks. That's really nice. Actually, I have a gig lined up and it sounds like it could be a good fit. I just get cold feet sometimes when I think about lifestyle stuff... speed traps, rain in February, parking tickets, poison ivy, singletrack covered with slick roots, vinyl siding, cologne, biting/stinging insects, reliance on snowmaking, tolls, lack of bike lanes, etc. in addition to taxes and weather as you mentioned That's all tongue in cheek stuff. I'm pretty easy going.

Glens Falls is sort of at the northern border of one of the finest road biking areas in the Northeast. Washington County rules.

 

[tirolski]

Jackie O. didn't go to Elvis's funeral. It was Caroline.

It was before the internet. Thank’s for the correction. Just remembered seeing lots of private planes and the many FedEx planes there. I missed the puddle jumper to Oxford as was drinking beer at the bar watching the Steelers. That airport is huge and I was a good runner at the time. Some nice Vietnamese folks gave me a ride to campus in their VW beetle.

 

[Yukon Cornelius]

So... my family and I are very close to pulling the trigger on a move from SW Montana, arguably the best ski region in North America after interior BC, though that too is within road tripping distance, to Glens Falls, NY and just wanted to get peoples' insight. Trading alpenglow on the Bridgers for the billowing smoke of Finch Paper might not be the easiest pill to swallow but there are practical reasons (family, friends, affordability, job opportunities, etc.) that seem to make sense at this point in our lives. I identify as a skier and proudly as a NY skier (rep'ing the St. Platty's Day shirt right now) and have enjoyed reading this blog for over decade so I kinda know what I am getting into, but not really. To be honest, Glens Falls became a target more from looking at maps than anything else, a remote spatial analysis exercise so to speak and Covid hasn't made on the ground recon any easier. GF meets the following important criteria:

• Close to family in the Hudson Valley
• Decent schools / close to daycare
• Close to significant open space (Adirondack Park)
• Ski area with night skiing that I can potentially see from my house
• Centrally located to bigger ski areas / BC zones in NY and VT
• Youth hockey programs
• MTB trails close by
• Other summer stuff - lakes/ rivers
• Relatively affordable

On paper things look good and we are excited about the transition. We want to become part of the community and raise our sons there. Will we miss the West at times? Absolutely. Will the trade offs be worth it? Hopefully. The reality is we don't know anyone in Glens Falls and what it is really like living there on a daily basis. What do you all think...?

The most common sales point you'll hear about Glens Falls, is it's proximity to places people would rather visit. "Right between Lake George & Saratoga", "3.5 hours to NYC, Boston & Montreal", and "45 minutes to Gore, 1.5 hours to Whiteface & Killington".

 

[Benny Profane]

It was before the internet. Thank’s for the correction. Just remembered seeing lots of private planes and the many FedEx planes there. I missed the puddle jumper to Oxford as was drinking beer at the bar watching the Steelers. That airport is huge and I was a good runner at the time. Some nice Vietnamese folks gave me a ride to campus in their VW beetle.

If you're into Elvis, or, just good biography, pick up Peter Guralnick's two part Elvis Bio, Last Train to Memphis, and Careless Love. Must read for any R&R fan. That's how I knew it was Caroline. I forget how she was connected to the family, but Vernon invited her and she sat with him. One of my time machine settings is to that hot, humid Memphis day to watch that event. Must have been something. Then I go back to '56 for one night on his first tour.
They keep the second floor bathroom where he croaked off limits on the Graceland tour. I felt ripped off. I wanted a picture of the King's throne.

 

[tirolski]

Glens Falls to Graceland for win of the thread drift award.

 

[Harvey]

I was gonna reply but Harvey gave this thread a timeout

I still didn't read it. I was sitting on the lift at McCauley thinking it wasn't worth cold hands. Guess I have no excuse now.

 

[Harvey]

Isn't this a ski blog forum?

Is there even such a thing?

 

[Harvey]

I promise to not post pics of sunshine and oceans when it happens

Lost me.

 

[Harvey]

It seems pretty innocuous to me. What did I miss?

Some FL haters, I kinda started that myself. And then some disagreement on the meaning of the Confederate flag.