Everyone is moving to CO!
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In terms of tech jobs, the industry is doing well here; however, had I taken a job with a local company I would expect to take a ~20% paycut from what I was making in CA. Versus the W Coast, gas and state taxes are less but rent is similar. Food is more expensive and largely sanitized for the midwestern palate. As others have noted you have to factor in things like proximity to outdoor stuff which translates to gas/time savings along with less tangible quality of life things. |
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Southern Sun, The Rio for Mexican, and if you want to take her out for a nice dinner Tapas at the Med (these are all in Boulder). In Golden Woodys is a good pizza/salad bar option and it's right next to bentgate. Welcome and good luck =) |
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I used to live The People's Republic and would bike to work year round. Many times the bike path would be plowed before the roads were, definitely bike friendly! It has been a few years, though, so YMMV. |
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NickinCO wrote:Southern Sun, The Rio for Mexican, and if you want to take her out for a nice dinner Tapas at the Med (these are all in Boulder). In Golden Woodys is a good pizza/salad bar option and it's right next to bentgate. Welcome and good luck =) As far as the pay scale I'm not sure where in PA you're from but moving from Chicago to here the pay was a huge drop but cost of living is significantly cheaper. Depending on your field of work there is no real union strength out here as compared to the midwest/east coast.Mid west wankers and Ass hat east coasters are the reason places like Boulder smell like feet and vagina. Don't move to Boulder, or colorado in general. The place is utter crap. Be a man and move to UT, WY or MT. Seriously, you'll be happier. Boulder and Denver suck ass in a big way. Move to SLC if you want good weather, climbing, skiing and cycling. |
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Randy W. wrote: Mid west wankers and Ass hat east coasters are the reason places like Boulder smell like feet and vagina. Don't move to Boulder, or colorado in general. The place is utter crap. Be a man and move to UT, WY or MT. Seriously, you'll be happier. Boulder and Denver suck ass in a big way. Move to SLC if you want good weather, climbing, skiing and cycling.It's possible his choice of state involves the desire for personal freedoms and progressive culture, aka not UT WY or MT. Although there certainly is a lot more open, barren space in those three... |
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point proven there are obviously assholes everywhere |
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I guess I'm just looking for a lower asshole density without sacrificing too many amenities. |
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Wade J. wrote:I guess I'm just looking for a lower asshole density without sacrificing too many amenities. Chufftard, I'm gonna come live live with you. I'll bring a case of beer and a pellet gun, we could have fun.Wade, coming from the east coast you're going to feel the infringement of hard assholeism even more in CO. The problem in CO and CA for that matter, is that people move from west to east, and on their pilgramage obtain a holier then thou personallity. When they arrive the level of asshole is different and more passive. At least out east, everyone is pissed and they show it! Honestly, their are better places to live than colorado. |
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Randy W. wrote: Wade, coming from the east coast you're going to feel the infringement of hard assholeism even more in CO. The problem in CO and CA for that matter, is that people move from west to east, and on their pilgramage obtain a holier then thou personallity. When they arrive the level of asshole is different and more passive. At least out east, everyone is pissed and they show it! Honestly, their are better places to live than colorado.classic and spot on except for the earlier SLC comment, that place suks dont ever move there. The Mormons ruined all the good rock, snow, beer and personal freedom within 20 minutes of downtown. Its a living hell. |
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Thanks again everyone, we had a great trip. You guys had some awesome input. |
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Glad you had a good time! I saw that El Rey has a new name the other day when I drove by, but I forgot to mention it here. Boulder can be douchey for sure, but me and most of my friends just focus on enjoying our own lives (without trying to change anyone else), and honestly, it's pretty easy to do here. And there are plenty of cool people to hang with. By the time you get back it'll probably be more like winter... |
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A bit late but if you are still wanting to work in real estate you are coming to the right area. We have a lot of building going on here. housing prices went up 12% in the last year in the Denver area. We have a shortage of properties where many decent properties are off the market in less than a month. |
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How about considering Golden or even Longmont. It seems more in line with what you want. The entire front range has access to the mountains not just boulder or west Denver. If those places are not appealing you should definitely find a place on Pearl St or to 29th St. |
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Thanks Parker! I was really surprised at the amount of development going on in both the Denver and Boulder areas. We'll be back out in the beginning of January, I'll be trying to schedule interviews for that time, so you're not too late! |
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Definitely check out Golden. 20 min from Boulder (15 from Eldo!), 20 min from Denver, 10 min from CCC sport climbing and much easier/quicker access for skiing than Longmont. Plus it is a neat little town in its own right and as of now, still quite a bit cheaper than Boulder (especially if you look outside of downtown proper). The downside is longer drives to RMNP, Lumpy, etc.... But close to Golden Gate Canyon which is pretty incredible. So many options. |
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Randy might actually have a lot of valid points about the People's Republic. |
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In the spirit of Boulder bashing, I thought I might re-post this: |
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Tevis Blom wrote:Golden, as mentioned, is actually pretty nice but it is definitely a cookie cutter McMansion type of town.No way! Lots of different neighborhoods with different vibes. That small downtown loft/condo thingy is pretty funny. |
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@ hank, yeah, Golden is pretty cool. |