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Denver Peeps - Considering a Move & Visiting in a Couple of Weeks (1 Viewer)

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I started the other thread asking those who have moved out of state to offer up some suggestions on how you might pick a place to move to and how you would plan for it.

To keep it brief, we are a family with a child who is in middle school. We are looking to ideally be withing a 30-45 drive of Denver (commuting time during rush hour). Probably doing career resets so can't really offer up anything helpful on that front.

We are scheduled to spend a few days in town in a couple of weeks (before the 4th of July holiday) and looking for suggestions from locals or those who once lived in the area about various things.

Not that it is your job to sell us on Denver...hell...the last thing you might want is a Californian moving out there and effing your state up, but how would you pitch/sell Denver to people considering relocating?

What would you have us check out or see so that we can get a feel or vibe on the place? We aren't really looking to do touristy things though. We want to try to get a feel for the area.

It would be really cool for some of you to give us some feedback on the communities or areas surrounding Denver. Outside of looking at a map and just knowing names over the years (e.g. Aurora, Englewood, Littleton, etc.), I couldn't begin to tell you anything about them or what character they have.

Thanks for any help.

 
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Moved from california 20+ years ago. Wouldnt live anywhere else. Family is good in the south area of town or southeast. If your near highway 470 in the south or southeast your good.

 
I've given my sales pitch for Denver around here a bunch of different times. I honestly think it may be the best place to live in the country. It seems like everyone you meet who lives here truly loves Denver. I moved to Denver nearly four years ago from Chicago, and I think it was the best decision of my life. I took a road trip out to Denver in fall 2011 to check it out and ended up moving there a couple weeks later. If you get bored living in Denver, you are probably lame. There is tons of stuff to do outdoors in beautiful locales year round, such as hiking, mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding, etc. I always get an Epic Local ski pass, which allows to ski unlimited at like 6 different ski resorts in Colorado. Denver has a great music scene with lots of concert venues, including the epic Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Red Rocks also hosts movie nights there during the summer time. The food scene in Denver has really been blowing up over the past few years. I think it is turning into a pretty solid foodie town. The beer scene is quite possibly the best in the nation, rivaled only by San Diego and Portland in my opinion. There are lots of great breweries and brewpubs in Denver, and they regularly host some of the best beer festivals in the nation. I think the weather in Denver is ideal if you are interested in having four true seasons. Denver is one of the sunniest cities in the country. The winters are not nearly as cold as most people expect, as the snow usually melts within a day or so because of the sunshine. The summers get hot but it is a dry heat and the falls are absolutely beautiful up in the mountains with the aspens changing colors. Hiking a mountain trail through the aspens in the fall is a sublime experience. You can go on short little road trips from Denver to any number of great weekend getaway spots, such as Vail, Breckenridge, Glenwood Springs, Aspen, Ft. Collins, etc. It just seems like everyone is extremely happy here, regardless of where they came from. Denver is very much a transplant city, so it is easy to make friends. I just think that Denver has one of the highest qualities of life that you will find anywhere in America. I don't know too much about the suburbs around Denver as I'm a city guy, but there are a lot of nice suburbs that seem like they would be ideal to raise a family (i.e., Golden, Highlands Ranch, Littleton, Centennial, etc.). I'll try to put together a list of a few things that I would recommend doing while you are out here.

 
Lot of people like south Denver that's why it cost more to buy and more traffic. Areas north of Denver are more open less crowded and housing is cheaper.

 
Pay attention to water rights. Down south in highlands ranch and Douglas County they are facing big trouble. Also right wing has taken over school board there and in Jefferson County setting up some big wars in the future. I'd stay away from far north because of fracking. Erie and places like that. Centennial south aurora Littleton are the better burbs. But if you can handle the prices the city is the best. Look around congress park or highlands if you can handle sticker shock.

Honestly you may be about 2 years late. Real estate is insane.

 
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Pay attention to water rights. Down south in highlands ranch and Douglas County they are facing big trouble. Also right wing has taken over school board there and in Jefferson County setting up some big wars in the future. I'd stay away from far north because of fracking. Erie and places like that. Centennial south aurora Littleton are the better burbs. But if you can handle the prices the city is the best. Look around congress park or highlands if you can handle sticker shock.

Honestly you may be about 2 years late. Real estate is insane.
You realize all these towns up north voted to ban fracking and got sued by the state.So fracking is a state thing.
 
####. I had SIDA! on ignore for some reason and now he's potentially moving to where I want to be in a few years. Could somebody please bring up all the negatives about Colorado ASAP? thanks!

 

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