Sandpoint Very Unfriendly Town

I recently spent a few days in Sandpoint and found it to be a very unfriendly town. My children and I walked the Farmer%26#39;s Market on Saturday and were almost ran over by locals a couple of times (yes I am sure they were locals!) I am very unsure what draws people here to visit, it seems like a very ';elite crowd only'; place to live. They advertise homes with hangars on the lake for millions of dollars and then try to get tourists to come support their local economy and then when the tourists get there, treat them badly and they have horrible accommodations. La Quinta was 149.00 a night, totally dumpy, green carpet in the outdoor hallways, very, very dumpy. What a joke! I won%26#39;t visit Sandpoint again.

Sandpoint Very Unfriendly Town

I%26#39;ve never found it to be unfriendly, though I haven%26#39;t been there in several years. The skiing is pretty good there, and the lake is gorgeous. They do have a history of having some pretty undesireable people in the area, but my understanding is that group moved down to the southeast somewhere.

Sandpoint Very Unfriendly Town

Unfortunately, Idaho has had a long history of wealthy Californians and Washingtonians coming in and buying up real estate (which used to be cheap in Idaho) and building huge houses to ';get away from'; the hustle and bustle of city life. So most of those ';locals'; you saw are probably transplants. I%26#39;m sorry you had a bad experience. I have never noticed Sandpoint being unfriendly... but maybe that%26#39;s because I%26#39;m an Idahoan.

Thank you, you two seem to be friendly, too bad I didn%26#39;t run into you on my trip!

I love Sandpoint. I go there at least once a year. I have always been treated really well, in the shops and restaurants.

I know Sandpoint. It is not unfriendly. The skiing at Schweitzer is world-class and the people are friendly. Sandpoint does tend to be crazy during the summer, but that%26#39;s part of being in a town that lives off of tourism. If you can%26#39;t put up with that, then take your exceedingly high expectations elsewhere.

i am always wondering how a ';first time poster'; finds TA, to tell there story . how does this happen, i really want to know.

hehehe... Charly I have often wondered that very same thing. I wonder if TA shows up in a search for ';places to complain about vacations'; or what...?

Inquiring minds want to know.

i REALLY don%26#39;t give any thought to a ';one time poster'; with a bad review, this is what makes TA hard to figure out for a newby...live and learn...outofstatelover sure has been quiet.