When I first mentioned wanting a place at Jay, my wife gave me a resounding "f, no". She had never been that far north in Vt. and hated the idea of that drive. I took her there for a few days and both times we went, they were buried. It snowed almost non-stop on those two trips and after that, and seeing no lift lines on weekends, she finally got it and was on board. I completely agree with the happy wife theory when it comes to skiing.
The ability to fix crap weather streaks with fake snow every few days (most of the time) is what makes it different everywhere north of sugarbush. Still crappy sometimes, but 7 days out is an eternity usually in fake snow land.