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Best place to live in the metro Denver area? |
Travel Info I'm moving to Denver in a few weeks and am totally clueless about the city as I've never been there before. Could you tell me more about the different parts of the city and which are good / not so good to live in? The only important quality I'd like my place to have is that it's easily accessible by public transportation from downtown. Thanks! Travel Tips If you're looking for centrally located and convenient to downtown (without actually being IN downtown/Lodo), then I would highly recommend the University Park/Observatory Park area. It's not quite as expensive as the trendy Washington Park, Hilltop, or Cherry Creek neighborhoods, but every bit as convenient to downtown. Also, once the Light Rail opens on November 17th, you'll be able to get the train at Hampden, Yale, Evans, Colorado, or the University of Denver stops...and then it'll be an even quicker shot to downtown. Oh...regarding public transportation. Until the southwest corridor of the Light Rail opens in November, there aren't very many places in Denver that have convenient public transportation access to downtown. Unless you live in Littleton (off of Santa Fe Blvd), you're pretty much stuck on the RTD buses until November... Speaking of Littleton...if you're a "suburb" kind of person, I would recommend looking into the southern suburbs of Littleton, Lone Tree, Englewood, Highlands Ranch, or even Centennial. They either already have or WILL have convenient Light Rail access and are really quite nice. I would, however, avoid any of the eastern suburbs (Aurora, Parker, Brighton) or any of the northern suburbs (Thornton, Northglenn, Broomfield). There are currently no light rail plans for access to downtown from either the northern or eastern suburbs, so if you DO intend to rely on public transportation, you'd be stuck on the bus. I hope this helps and welcome to Denver... Others LoDo (Lower Downtown Denver) is awesome. Everything is easy to get to and there is a bunch of stuff to do. My sister lives 3 blocks from where she works at the Pour House, one of the the biggest and best bars in Denver, and loves everything about it. Aurora- Fantastic suburb of Denver. Quite, clean, lots of families. Churches on almost every corner and the schools are awesome. Cherry Creek is the posh side of town. The money is all there. I haven't spent much time there but if you can afford it I would shoot for that side of town. Great places to eat and spend your rent money. :) I agree with what the other person said, except for the Aurora part. There are some nice parts in Aurora, but there are a lot I would stay VERY far away from. I think you'll find most of the suburbs nice and fairly reasonably priced. Try to avoid the area around Colfax and Federal though. I've lived in about 18 Denver neighborhoods and suburbs. I've yet to find a neighborhood I didn't like. There are many nice places to live around Denver. I'd pick an area with convenient transportation to work. Note to Silver - Public transportation includes buses, subways, elevated railway, light rail, commuter rail, etc. I take an express bus to work at the State Capitol every morning. Denver Neighborhoods Map at http://www.denvergov.org/admin/template3... Denver Public Transportation at http://www.rtd-denver.com/ Actually I would have to recommend Highlands Ranch area because they have the light rail now. In addition to this you will be a part of Douglas County which have a great shools system if you have kids. |
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