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1. Over apres-ski cocktails, the talk turns to real estate, development and how growth impacts the environment. You are:
a. Enthralled. You could talk passionately about these issues all night, and proceed to do so.
b. Interested at first. But after a half hour, you're figuring how to change the subject.
c. Bored. So you leave.
2. You've carefully considered how to earn a living in a ski town. Here's your plan:
a. You'll continue your current career by "telecommuting," or you've researched a new business and secured start-up capital. Or you don't need to work.
b. You're willing to take whatever you can find, at least for a while. You've always been creative about making money.
c. Plan? What plan?
3. About the move, your immediate family or companion feels:
a. Excited. You decided this together.
b. Nervous. But they're game.
c. Hostile. But they'll learn to love it.
4. You're standing in line at the movies behind a crowd of enviro-slackers in ponytails and ratty outdoor gear. As they chatter about a "way honed rock betty" and the day's epic climb, you feel:
a. Entertained. No. positively invigorated.
b. Nothing in particular. You're wondering whether to get butter on your popcorn.
c. Disdainful. Don't these people have jobs?
5. When tossed into a new environment, you:
a. Adapt and flourish.
b. Are knocked for a loop, then recover.
c. Crawl into bed and wait in the dark for your life to settle down.
6. At a town council meeting, the debate touches on zoning ordinances, a proposed leash law and a public-school bond issue. You find this political wrangling:
a. Exciting, in fact, you’re going to help get that bond issue on the ballot!
b. Mildly engaging, but nothing to fret about.
c. Sadly amusing. Local politics are so banal, and only create bad feelings.
7. Your favorite slopeside restaurant has a 30-minute wait, and you don't recognize anyone in the crowd. You decide:
a. They’re welcome visitors with fat wallets. You’re happy for booming business.
b. They’re annoying tourists, a necessary evil.
c. To leave. Things aren't like they used to be.
8. Your savings could cover:
a. Six months of unemployment.
b. Six weeks of unemployment.
c. A copy of the Sunday want ads.
9. You're driving on a narrow mountain road. Rounding a turn, you notice that the shoulder drops away over a canyon wall. You:
a. Love this place!
b. Continue chatting and try not to look down.
c. Are suddenly sweat-slicked and nauseous.
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10. It's Saturday night. You've been to every restaurant in town a dozen times. You've seen the movies at the theater a month ago, there's no play at the Egyptian Theater, no concert at Deer Valley, and no party to attend. You:
a. Invite friends over to cook a meal, your favorite way to spend an evening.
b. Curl up with a book and think longingly of the big city's charms.
c. Resent it.
11. Here's the academic line-up for your chosen ski town: a solid public school, a few private schools, and a large University an hour's drive away. You consider that array:
a. Excellent.
b. Satisfactory.
c. Dismaying.
12. After moving to the mountains, you receive several enthusiastic phone calls from friends and family who can't wait to visit. You react with:
a. Joy. This will be a great way to keep in touch!
b. Amused resignation. You figured your house would often resemble a B&B.
c. Irritation. After all, you didn't move to the mountains to open a hotel for your friends.
13. You've checked out the housing scene in your favorite ski town. and you can afford:
a. To buy your dream house.
b. To buy a nice house 10 minutes from town,. which is acceptable.
c. To rent a trailer by the river.
14. It's late May and spring is nowhere in sight. In fact, it's snowing. You are:
a. Incredibly stoked. You’ll be skiing the backcountry in June!
b. Impatient but resigned. Mountain summers are short, and that's that.
c. Grim and depressed. You had no idea winter could last this long.
15. When it comes to salaries, you:
a. Are quite rich and, frankly, don't concern yourself with such mundane matters.
b. Could easily live on half your current income. You've even roughed out a sample budget to prove it can be done.
c. Would need to match your current income.
16. From lodges to restaurants to ski-rental shops, you consider the service sector:
a. A great place to seek new business opportunities.
b. An OK place to work or invest for a while.
c. Distasteful. You hate being nice to people.
17. Skiing, outdoor recreation, physical activity and exercise are:
a. Central to your life. When you're not Just Doing It, you're discussing it.
b. Among your many interests.
c. Unimportant.
18. You travel alot. And your new mountain home is less than an hours drive from an international airport, while most other ski towns are two hours or more from any airport. You like Park City because:
a. It offers everything you expected and more.
b. It's a nice combination of convenience and lifestyle.
c. You think everyone is rich. |
