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Can anyone tell me the best cities in Colorado to live? |
Travel Info My husband and I are currently living in Kansas, but looking to move to Colorado. We are looking at possibly Denver, Boulder, Ft. Collins, Colorado Springs, or Broomfield. Can anyone tell me what the best cities are as far as school districts, crime stats, real estate, and so forth? Travel Tips My parents just moved to Loveland 3 years ago and love it (no pun intended!). It is a rapidly growing city, not too far from Ft. Collins and right on I-25. Since they're retirement age, they don't know personally about the schools, but everyone they talk to seems to think schools there are great. Since it's rapidly growing, real estate prices are reasonable, compared to Denver, but are growing fast so would be a good investment. Denver is very expensive for housing. My brother bought a 100-year old 3 bedroom house there about 2 years ago and paid over $300K. We grew up in Southeast Denver, and the house next door to ours, which is 4 bedroom, 50 years old is going for $600K. Boulder is also very expensive, but good schools. Colorado Springs is nice, and also growing fast, but also fairly pricey. My brother-in-law just moved to Durango and are finding it difficult to find a house there, as it's not growing much at all. It's also pretty high cost-of-living. Do NOT go to Pueblo. It's the armpit of the state. Check out zillow.com for real estate prices. Others Denver, Look into Glenwood Springs or Boulder - both beautiful, clean and great social activities. Evergreen is an awsome town just 20 minutes west of Denver, very clean, quiet and beautiful, in the foothills. Good sense of community. Great places to hike and close enough to Denver to enjoy all Denver has to offer. I'm not sure as far as schools, crime stats are way lower than Denver, some of the area homes can get pretty expensive just look around, but also look in the Kittridge or Indian Hill area, they are very close by and probably less expensive. Check out the website below. I also like the Boulder area too but don't know too much about it. www.evergreenchamber.org/ Born and raised in CO, unfortunately not living there now :( I would skip the big cities and go to the San Juan Mountains. Durango is a reasonable size and even has a college. I talked to a guy in Ouray at an art store and told him I'd move to Ouray if I could find a job there. He said "I'm an ob-gyn guy and I found a job". Sometimes you have to be creative to keep the quality of life. From the choices you gave, I would pick the Springs. To me, it has less hustle bustle of the northern cities. Of the ones north, I liked Ft. Collins because it is a university town. Besides it is close to Wyoming. But then the Springs are close to New Mexico. I hopes it works out for you. Boulder is a nice college town. It is very friendly, out-doorsy, and scenic. Just outside town are some beautiful drives and nice ghost towns to the west. I like to visit the town of Leadville. Incredible camping just outside of town and views all around. Bring a Jeep or Quad and many miles of trails are friendly. Go to the top of Mosquito Pass! The elevation of Leadville is 12,152 feet. It is the highest Incorporated city in the US. Have fun, and enjoy the state! |
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