Yea... I don't know I heard the figure from a friend that I visited there that works there year round..He said the place clears out and there's only about 1500 people left each year that keep the place going, and the number sounded astounding then, so yea....dunno.
I have also been there a lot off-season and during season (my parents have a time-share there) and 8,500 year round residents for the entirety of the area sounds right.
But what makes you a resident? A time-share owner? An owner that shows up 2 months out of the year to your gigantic billion dollar house? Or? What are the population laws? Aren't most of the true year round residents renting from one guy, shacking up with about 3 more room-mates to afford a place and work the slopes? How does that living situation stand up to statistics?
Beaver Liquors is funnier still. Sorry.
