Moving to colorado

Alex La. wrote:You guys are great and i couldn't thank you all enough for the help. Another quick question though i wanted to ask was what towns have community colleges?

Pretty much any city in the Front Range is going to have at least 1 community college.
Front Range CC (in the towns previously mentioned + Fort Collins and Boulder)
Red Rocks CC (Denver) + Denver has a lot more
Pikes Peak CC- Springs (has a north and south branch)
Western Colorado CC - Grand Junction

I would try to find a computer to research some of these because each one offers many different degrees and programs.

Personally, I love the Springs, but I am super biased because I grew up there. Fort Collins is awesome too, but I will probably end up moving back to the Springs when I finish my course work.

Yeah i'm kind of on the edge between fort collins, Grand junction, and, Colorado springs. But between everything i'm like overwhelmed because there are so many opportunities! My goal is to have a town with a community college (Trying to be Rescue tech/EMT), with a great mountain view, with great climbing/bouldering, and enough work to pay my bills(And by work i mean anything). But i don't want to be in a town like Denver.

Alex La. wrote: But i don't want to be in a town like Denver.

Alex La. wrote: Seeing as I've never been to Colorado

So what's Denver like then?

You're going to find positive and negatives everywhere.

Because I live in the biggest city in the country and im tired of big citys. It might not be same but I'm trying to avoid big cities. And I don't really want to move to another one...

Alex La. wrote:Because I live in the biggest city in the country and im tired of big citys. It might not be same but I'm trying to avoid big cities. And I don't really want to move to another one...

Denver is actually pretty small actually, only just over 600K. Colorado Springs has about 450K.

Don't discount D-town, it's actually a really great city with alot going on. It has a small town feel to me, but with all the big city amenities. And in my personal opinion, Denver is much better than the Springs. Of course that is just my opinion and will probably differ than the Springs folks here.

And if you are looking for smaller cities, then Foco, Boulder and Juction will keep you below 150K.

I dont live in the biggest city heh, i was exaggerating a lot, i live in baltimore. And we have 600k, And it's way to many for me :P. I'm kind of going out there to get away from that you know what i mean.

Alex La. wrote:I dont live in the biggest city heh, i was exaggerating a lot, i live in baltimore. And we have 600k, And it's way to many for me :P. I'm kind of going out there to get away from that you know what i mean.

I live just north of Downtown Denver in 5-points. I have been to Baltimore multiple times and I can share a few differences.
1. In Denver roaming crackheads are not 99% likely to break your car window for quarters in your change tray.
2. Generally, Denver is a fairly clean city.
3. You will probably not be living in a row house in Denver and likely will have a lawn, even if it is a small lawn.
4. At night in Denver, you will not be looking over your shoulder constantly for fear of being mugged. Most likely you could live 20+ years in Denver and never get mugged. Try that in Baltimore.
5. In Denver you will rarely, if ever, hear gun fire.
6. You will find people generally way friendlier in Denver than anywhere on the East Coast.
7. In Denver, say by to humidity. In the peak of summer, it gets down to single digits. Denver averages a lower relative humidity than some dessert areas.

Rick Blair wrote: I live just north of Downtown Denver in 5-points. I have been to Baltimore multiple times and I can share a few differences. 1. In Denver roaming crackheads are not 99% likely to break your car window for quarters in your change tray. 2. Generally, Denver is a fairly clean city. 3. You will probably not be living in a row house in Denver and likely will have a lawn, even if it is a small lawn. 4. At night in Denver, you will not be looking over your shoulder constantly for fear of being mugged. Most likely you could live 20+ years in Denver and never get mugged. Try that in Baltimore. 5. In Denver you will rarely, if ever, hear gun fire. 6. You will find people generally way friendlier in Denver than anywhere on the East Coast. 7. In Denver, say by to humidity. In the peak of summer, it gets down to single digits. Denver averages a lower relative humidity than some dessert areas.

8. There are women EVERYWHERE in Denver

haha, I'd just like an abundance of world class climbing :D. with the above ^.. And ofcouse the other things we spoke about.

I lived and worked in Maryland just outside of DC for a few years before moving to Fort Collins about 9 months ago. I highly recommend Fort Collins, especially if you are a bit tired of the city. It's a nice little town but still has plenty going on with regard to night life and activities in general, sort of the best of both worlds. I enjoyed going out in Arlington and DC a lot, but I honestly haven't missed that one bit since Fort Collins satisfies me in that regard just as much (and more since I'm just a short 5 minute drive from the bars as opposed to a 50 minute metro ride). Also, the drive to RMNP is relatively short (especially compared to DC driving times) and pleasant. It's shorter than my commute to work frequently was in DC.

Rick Blair wrote: 1. In Denver roaming crackheads are not 99% likely to break your car window for quarters in your change tray.

Maybe only 90% likely. I lived in central Denver before moving to Evergreen, and this was a regular occurrence. And we're talking pennies, not quarters. However, I lived in DC before that, and fully agree that Denver is a way cleaner, safer, nicer city than most of those on the east coast.

Alex La. wrote:Well, I live in maryland now so the wage is a little different here. But I install solar panels and have experience with construction. To be honest I don't really care what I do right now as long as I can pay my bills and climb. Right now I make 14 an hr and my single room apartment is 675/m.. I have a dog and some money saved and I'm just going.. I want to wake up to the.mountains honestly.. to be honest I'm in na, so no partying necessary. Im 20 and don't want kids lol.. Don't exactly wasn't a hermit shack but I don't need anything fancy. And I'm moving out there really because I'm tired of the city :/.

look anywhere but the springs. The housing bubble burst a long time ago so work has been sluggish here for all construction. Some companies might be doing OK but nobody is going gangbusters. better climbing is closer to a lot of other places than the springs. It is a little podunk too, so being from the east coast like I am you might find Denver or another town to your liking.

Stich wrote: I know. I hate the many loop roads we have like Circle Jerk and Whoawhatfuckingdirectionamigoingnow Drive.

planned on some ideal that General Palmer had of "wide boulevards and avenues"...has been grotesquely interpreted in the last decades. The traffic engineers here l-o-v-e the stupid little traffic circles, as they "calm" traffic.

Oh and the planning is like 30 years late for the population here too

You guys and gals have been phenomenal help, I am extremely thankful for everything. Thank you so much for being so generous, I am looking forward to an awesome move and to hopefully cross paths with some of you :D! I think I've decided to move to fort collins!!

No mention of FC traffic, get on College Ave after 4. Heh.

If you move to the Fort, by all means check out Avogadro's Number (just north of campus)- good food, microbrews on tap, and a big part of the live music scene there.

Coming from baltimore and dc the traffic can't be that bad. any ideas on a place to get a quick job up there?

Yeah, FC traffic on its worst day right at the peak of rush hour is NOTHING compared to dc/baltimore.

As for jobs, I've never really been looking while in FC, so I'm not sure about what the availability is really like, but there are a lot of restaurants, bars, and shops that probably need reliable people to work longer hours than the masses of college students can promise. The same might go for some positions at CSU. Like I said, I'm not sure, but those places which seem to hire a lot of college students might be a good place to look simply because you'd be offering something a bit more stable.

The people bagging Colorado Springs are forgetting that the Waldo Canyon fire is likely going to create more new construction jobs In the Springs in 2013 than the entire rest of the state.

Anywhere on the Front Range is probably going to feel pretty great compared to Maryland, but pretty much all of the "cities" have traffic issues. Fort Collins has the worst traffic in my opinion by far due to the lack of any freeways. Maybe just personal preference, but I would rather sit in bumper to bumper traffic on I25 than stop and go through 100 lights. The Fort is close to Estes, but pretty far from everything else( except WY I guess). it is also 10-15 degrees colder in the winter. I lived there for a couple years when I first moved to Colorado, but wouldn't consider moving back.

Colorado Springs has arguably the best winter crags in the state, better access to the mountains(than Ft Collins), and close to good bouldering. It really would be good to come out and check them all out.

Good luck.

I remember what I was most interested in at 20, and for that you want to be in Denver. But aside from that, Kevin nailed it.