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Moving to Denver

thatguy said:
been here five years. Place is rad, 300 days of sunshine a year, legal pot, young transplant city, close to the mountains. those are the positives.

Traffic sucks as we don't have the infrastructure for all the new people coming in. Rental market is crazy, my sister pays 950 for a 500 sq/ft studio in Cap Hill with no parking spot. Buying in the city is just under 400 sq/ft right now for a nice place. Highlands is very cool but if you are looking for "affordable" than you better be living in New York, Chicago, LA , San Fran or San Diego right now because those are the only cities that Denver is a bargain for. More people between 18-30 are moving here than any other city, but there are still lots of jobs available. I lived in Uptown, congress Park, Cap Hill and now live in Park Hill (by the zoo) because we have a kid now and it is more family oriented over here. Stay away from Aurora. If anyone gets shot in Denver, its in Aurora.

All depends on what you and your lady deem affordable. If you don't mind spending 1700-2200 on rent then you will be fine. You might have to thunderdome people for apartments as they go fast. and word of advice, when going to apartment showings, take your completed application and deposit check with you because good apartments are on the market for hours not days, and the person behind you will probably snatch it up.

But welcome to the city, enjoy the breweries, our ****** drivers Breckendridge with all the other new people and Texans and fairweather Bronco fans.
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The drivers do seem particularly terrible here. Worse than LA. I don't get it.
 
thatguy said:
been here five years. Place is rad, 300 days of sunshine a year, legal pot, young transplant city, close to the mountains. those are the positives.

Traffic sucks as we don't have the infrastructure for all the new people coming in. Rental market is crazy, my sister pays 950 for a 500 sq/ft studio in Cap Hill with no parking spot. Buying in the city is just under 400 sq/ft right now for a nice place. Highlands is very cool but if you are looking for "affordable" than you better be living in New York, Chicago, LA , San Fran or San Diego right now because those are the only cities that Denver is a bargain for. More people between 18-30 are moving here than any other city, but there are still lots of jobs available. I lived in Uptown, congress Park, Cap Hill and now live in Park Hill (by the zoo) because we have a kid and it is more family oriented over here. Stay away from Aurora. If anyone gets shot in Denver, its in Aurora.

All depends on what you and your lady deem affordable. If you don't mind spending 1700-2200 on rent then you will be fine. You might have to thunderdome people for apartments as they go fast. and word of advice, when going to apartment showings, take your completed application and deposit check with you because good apartments are on the market for hours not days, and the person behind you will probably snatch it up.

But welcome to the city, enjoy the breweries, our ****** drivers, Breckendridge resort with all the other new people and Texans, and fairweather Bronco fans.
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^^^This is a great synopsis of what is like out here right now^^^^^^

My father summarized driving here best, there are two kinds of drivers here, the ones who are so aggressive that they will kill themselves and take you with them and the ones who are so completely oblivious that will kill you out of sheer ineptitude.

I live in Highlands Ranch and commute downtown daily. (stupid, very stupid) I have been in Denver now for 12 years and still love it out here. I have determined that most of Colorado is inhabited by Iowa-ex patriots. Everyone seems to be from Iowa here.
 
dmclone said:
What does it have to do with the governor? Have you looked at what the governor of CO thinks about it. I agree though that it won't happen anytime soon
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If the state produced legislation to legalize it the dinosaur would veto it. However, if they put it up to a vote and let the people decide, I'm not sure what kind of recourse he would have. He has been on record saying it's not going to happen while he's the governor.
 
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