Why not out of Salt Lake City or Denver.... much closer to Idaho than STL

No I am from St. Louis....Chautauqua just hired me not too long ago, and I am trying to get back there. I don't think St. Louis is a bad town at all.

I grew up three miles east of STL. I survived. It's not a bad area, just not a good one.

Go a little west (St. Charles, St. Peters, O'Fallon) of the airport, or just a few miles south (University City, Richmond Heights, Maplewood, Webster Groves) and the neighborhood gets much nicer.

I lived about 40 min east of St. Louis in a little town named Highland, IL. I suppose a lot of places outside of the metro are quite nice, I just think the drive to the airport would get old. I suppose thats the trade off unless you want to live right near the airport, but its not as "quiet".

There are a lot of nice areas within 15-20 minutes of the airport. The Central West End, Soulard, St. Charles, Webster/Kirkwood just to name a few.

I would recommend RIC. And let me know if you need a crashpad too :)

40 miles? You poor thing!

I know guys who drive 3-5 hours to get to work :p

I drove over 2 hours to work each way when I was based in RIC...that only got old when I spent a week on airport-reserve...! Not a problem on the beginning and tail-ends of a 4-day once a week.

I drive three hours each way for a trip

Still beat communting by plane, dont loose any days off

The best part is that you are not at the mercy of an Airline...That is not a comfortable spot to be in when your Job is on the line and there is weather all around...:eek: I would drive 5 hours if it meant I didn't have to fly the Airlines to work!