Hi Alex!

My finace and I also moved to Colorado from the East Coast. We didn't have jobs lined up but did save a good bit of money to fall back on. We managed to line up an apartment (600 sq ft) in Boulder for 800/month but...we are two people who only needed a one bedroom. I LOVE boulder for the most part, my commute to work is short(2 miles), climbing can't be beat, the gyms for the winter can't be beat, great food, lots of outdoorsfolk. The only drawback is, there are a good bit of pretentious wealthy folks. But the goods far outweigh the con. You can likely find a decent roommate situation due to how many college folks there are around. Boulder is VERY liberal, Co Springs is def a lot more conservative. Just keep that in mind. Fort Collins is rad too, college town, decent nearby climbing(Horsetooth,Poudre,Carter Lake, etc). Good Luck!

I grew up in Durango, so i don't really know anywhere else, but there is awesome bouldering pretty much IN town. and then we have 3 major crags, golfwall is our outdoor gym, pumpy limestone, east animas is our trad area, although there are some hard sport lines there, and we also have Lemon(sport climbing), which is about 30-45 minutes from town, and its got awesome 100-120ft pitches varying between 5.10 and 5.13.

Not to mention, within 3 hours,Indian creek, mill creek, Telluride, ouray, silverton.

Also Durango has a ski area north of town, there is some cool kayaking, absolutely amazing mountainbiking.

If you move here, there are a couple of places expanding that are constantly hiring people "mercury payment systems" is one really fast growing company that treats its employees great.

Pm me if you do move here, Always looking for more people to climb with!

Yeah, the reason I don't really want to bum around is because I don't have a whole lot of money to blow. And I font really feel like being homeless again hah. I don't smoke so not really about the pot :P. But another reason I want a destination is because I have a rear wheel drive ford ranger haha. So if I get stuck im screwed...

Well let me add this haha, I'm a v7-v8 climber i love projecting and i want to be somewhere, wheres there's tons of world class climbing and projecting, and enough work so that if i move out there today i can find a job sweeping floors somewhere. And sorry i'd be thanking everyone personally but i dont have internet and i'm using my phone. So i'm kind of limited on abilities. Thanks again though everyone.

colorado springs is epic just moved here from ca and its sweet. alot to do everything is relativley close. great gym (city rock) and some awesome near by places to get outside. email me if you want some more info be more than happy to help you out

I'm not into bouldering much myself, but if you are, check out Ft. Collins and Morrison. I live in Evergreen, near Morrison, which is a great place to live if you want to wake up in the mountains but be close enough to Denver to take advantage of jobs there. And we have Alderfer/Three Sisters right here which has bouldering and lots of nice trails. Ft. Collins would have more people college-age/just out of college and probably better roommate opportunities, though. If you have questions about the Evergreen area, feel free to PM me.

Interesting that Albuquerque, NM never gets mentioned in these threads.

If you do move to the Springs, I would try and find a place downtown or on the west side / Manitou. Even going up the pass (hwy 24) to check out Cascade or Green Mountain Falls might be worth your time. Lots of little homes for rent in the mountains 20 minutes from town

One of the big pros for C. Spgs is that we can use hwy 24 to access the mountains. Denver relies on I-70 which can be a nightmare if you are on the road during peak traffic hours. The Springs has year round climbing in town with every type of climbing within an hour or two.

The city is a hub for evangelical conservatives so if that is not your cup of tea then check out the sides of town I mentioned earlier and you will feel more at home.

There are two good gyms. CityRock- good rope climbing and bouldering. SCC- good bouldering.

I am not sure about the solar industry here but the overall economy is doing okay compared to other cities.

I will throw in a vote for the four corners area as well if you can find work down there. I have always had a good time in that part of the state and it does not feel as crowded as the front range.

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?

haha, Everyone said some place different, it's going to be hard for me to choose now :D!

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.

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...

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.