Welcome to A Colorado Ski Town-A demographic Primer

When you see a deer you see Bambi
And I see antlers up on the wall
When you see a lake you think picnic
And I see a large mouth up under that log
You're probably thinking that you're going to change me
In some ways well maybe you might
Scrub me down, dress me up all but no matter what
Remember I'm still a guy

Brad Paisley




This post, at the suggestion of my editor, will be short by design.  I will try to tackle some offshoots (gender relations in our society) in some future post.  Meanwhile I wanted to share a "keeper" quote from a casual conversation Barbara and I recently had over a few glasses of wine.

About three weeks ago our "new neighbors" invited Barbara and I onto their porch for some wine and introductory "chit chat".  The couple happens to be the only other "full timers" who live in our HOA.  He is retired from the military (and now to kill time and meet people he drives a ski bus), while she is the head of HR for the Winter Park Ski area.  Her previous job was the head of HR for Whole Foods and she and her husband decided that life in Winter Park was worth "downsizing" for and would,  for her at least get them of the "rat race".  Overall a typical "modern marriage" .  Somehow we got onto the topic of local demographics while chatting about her challenges in recruiting seasonal workers etc. 

Barbara happened to mentioned that there was a disparity in Male to Female ratios in Winter Park (More men than women) and how single females here had better odds than say in Stowe (where the ratios favor men).

Our neighbor responded with this gem:

"Yes but while the odds here might be good most of the goods here are odd".

We got a real laugh on that one and then shared some laughs about the kind of workers attracted to life in a ski resort town. I am certain that some of my Stowe readers can relate to that!

Until next time
Adieu.