Posted on 05/08/2006 4:41:15 PM PDT by jwb0581
Hey guys and gals, do any of you live in or know of a good place to live in Colorado? Such as, low crime rate, mountains, mid-sized city?
Thanks!
If you don't have a lot of money. Beware, you will have to learn to eat scenery as the natives say.
I've lived here all my life. Stay west of the divide. Avoid entire state if possible.
Eat scenery? Hmm, when is elk season? ;)
Then, if Leadville is too balmy or metropolitan for you, try Alamosa next. (Has held the title of the nation's icebox for decades) That will certainly give you a taste of Colorado winters, 9 months of winter and 3 of poor skiing. (I grew up a few miles from there. Couldn't wait to leave.)
We have been thinking of getting a place there too,,my husband skis six weeks a year and the travel is deadly.
What about Ft Collins? anybody? It is supposed to be a nice town from what I hear.
Also when your driving up from the Lyons its a beautiful drive. Driving over to Fort Collins can be a nice drive to.
I've thought practically everywhere in Colorado is scenic and exciting. You can find what you want there - you just have to explore to find your niche.
Ever been to Saddle River, NJ?
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My wife and I stayed there for our honeymoon in 1972. Great ride through Rabbit Ears pass. We almost built a winter cabin in Estes Park.
Florence must be nice, a certain Mr. Moussiaou just signed on for a lifelong lease for a dreadfully small efficiency there.
I hear South Park is a quiet, little, podunk, white bread mountain town... if you're a cook, the local school needs a new chef. The old one went gay and left town.
Castle Rock or Sadalia.......
Sure you could! LOL.
I'm a Longmonster myself. Of course Berthoud and Loveland just to the north have easy access to all the mountain fun and city resources and home prices haven't quite gone off the map yet.
Fort Collins won some kind of award as one of the top 10 places to live in the US IIRC.
There are a lot of good places to live in Colorado. Colorado Springs is one of America's most conservative mid-sized cities with a population of about 385K people. It sits at 6140 feet, along the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and at the base of Pikes Peak, 14,110 feet. Great place to raise children and the crime rate is very low. I'd stay away from Boulder and Denver, two liberal enclaves.
Fort Collins
Sorry jwb0581,
There are no good places to live in Colorado.
Signed: I was here first.
If you plan to try a small town in Colorado I highly recommend renting for a year. There are a lot of very strange old hippies in some of the small towns that add a lot of character, but not necessarily where you want roots.
If you can truthfully say that, you are a different breed than most. Stonington and Wild Horse are not major draws in Colorado but they are quiet towns. Especially Stonington ;^)
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Fort Collins has been a lot of fun for me for the last two years (doing graduate work at CSU). Admittedly it's harder than I'd like to get to the mountains, but I like the town. It might be bigger than you want though.
Don't move to Greeley, Greeley stinks. I'm jealous, I'm moving away from Colorado and it's a fun place!
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