What is Denver CO like?

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kate815

I completely disagree with most of the negative answers given above. I moved to Denver four years ago from Chicago and I could not be happier. First of all, being from the midwest, there are few places I would move in this country and Denver is one of them because of how friendly people are. The weather is great, don't let people fool you - even the winter is not bad - nothing like the cold of the midwest. There a so many activities to do whether you like going on walks around your neighborhood, biking on trails, eating a great restaurants, going to nearby Boulder for an afternoon hike, a weekend getaway in the nearby mountain towns. It's great. You never feel lazy.

I think that Denver is a safe city. I think that living in a city goes hand in hand with feeling a slight bit unsafe at times (at night) but Denver is not anymore unsafe that any other big city. I personally felt safest when I lived in the Washington Park neighborhood in Denver. They have great houses, yes expensive mid 300s to 400s for something modest and nice. I live in the Capitol Hill neighborhood right now, which I love for the location, I now live in a high rise so I feel safe - I don't know if I'd want to live in a house in this neighborhood, but I always go on walks around the nearby Cheesman Park and I love it. The suburbs in Denver are very cookie cutter. They are nice and safe and have a lot of great ammenities but at the stage I'm in right now I wouldn't move there.

Another reason I like Denver is because you can live in a big city without having that big city, overcrowded feel. I don't think the traffic is too bad. It takes me 30 minutes to get from Downtown Denver to the furthest exit on the Denver Tech Center. That is nothing compared to what traffic is like in Chicago. Anyways, I have found http://www.hubbuzz.com/Denver/MetroAreaOverview.aspx to be a really helpful site when looking for neighborhood information. If you go to the neighborhoods tab, you'll see that they have every neighborhood in Denver and the Denver metro outlined with maps, neighborhood write-ups, pictures, etc.

Glenn T

Check this site out.....

Pro - Clean
Con - Traffic

Neighborhoods - Lakewood, Englewood, Littleton, Highlands Ranch, West Denver and Downtown (LODO). Nice area's!!!

Aurora, Denver East, Westminster, Thornton, Commere City. Not so nice area's.

alliecat8979

i agree with 55Spud, and i do not feel safe here.... live in the mountains if you can, but if you like the burbs, there are plenty to choose from... avoid aurora though... and move close to where you work because commuting is a pain

TresJolie

Although I recently relocated to the east coast, I lived in Denver for most of my life, and I'd have to say that it is a great place to live. For the people who say that it is expensive and unsafe, it is NOTHING compared to living in the DC area. I always felt like it was very family friendly as well.

Miranda C

I was born and raised in New orleans, but lived in Denver most of my adult life and i just moved to Las Vegas 2 weeks ago. I am miserable in Las Vegas and want to come back to Denver. Its a nice town. The best areas are South. Like Near the Denver tech Center area. That would be interstate I25 south of Hampden . Also Highlands Ranch which is south of Denver by about 15 minutes. Parker is also nice its south, too. Denver has a lot of sunny days. When it snows, the snow usually is melted by the next day or two, not like the east coast where it stays because of lack of sun. I felt very safe living near denver even though crime can happen anywhere of course. I feel scared in Las Vegas, i did not feel that way in Denver. Its a casual atmosphere, people wear nice jeans even in some nice restaurants. Boulder is a college town and very pretty. You can see the foothills when looking west when you are in Denver. I think that you will like it. People are friendly but some are reserved. Not quite the friendliness you get in the south where you are from. But once they open up to you, they are great neighbors. Summers are gorgeous, you don't always need air conditioning and can open your windows. Though the sun comes out enough to get a great tan. like its in the nineties right now. There are a lot of high tech computer people in Denver. Most People seem to be educated. I miss it. stay away from Aurora, Thornton, Commere City areas. I don't think the girl above is correct about housing being too expensive. the average rent for a one bedroom apt is 650-740 and the average house to own is about 275,00 to 300,000

st.princess

i love denver
born and raised baby
it depends on which part you move to
Cherry Creek/Glendale is more expensive but extremely gorgeous.
Englewood is really nice.
Aurora is more... a different vibe. Ok i guess
I love downtown because its really alive
The area around it i think isn't too expensive i think, but it isn't that... um, uppy if you know what i mean.
Highlands Ranch/Lone Tree/Fairview/Stapleton is more expensive but i think its kind of boring.
and there is this one area by Hampden and I-25 that i love.
also check out the school because if you want to raise a family i think you should check the area's around there.
Good Schools: Denison Montessori, Denver Academy (also middle), HAMILTON!!! George Washington, Denver School of the Arts, East

Good Luck and i hope you love Denver as much as i do!!!

europa312

Denver is a great city- good resources, great for families. I'd recommend the suburbs either North or South of Town...if you are looking for newer homes Centennial or Highlands Ranch area in the South or for older homes Westminster and Thornton. I think you will really like it here.

oxymoron2400

It's a great place! I went to high school in Littleton and upon entering college, my first two years seemed like 'refresher courses' of those classes I took in High School! I am certainly no scholar and wasn't in any AP classes, so the schools are excellent (at least in Littleton). I have heard Cherry Creek schools are great as well.

I lived here for high school, then went off to CA for college and decided I needed a more normal life, so I moved back to CO and haven't looked back!

The weather is great -- you get 4 seasons each year.
We get 250-300 days of sunshine per year, even in the winter (depends on where you look for this info -- CNN says 300, but NOAA says 250...)

The traffic isn't the greatest, but compared to Los Angeles, it's manageable.

If you have a family, in my opinion, towns south of Denver are best for raising children (Highlands Ranch, Littleton, Parker, Castle Rock) -- parts of SE Aurora are OK, but expensive. Again, this is my opinion as those are areas I am familliar with at the moment (I have lived in Highlands Ranch for 4 years now and absolutely LOVE it here).

Good luck on your move!

Charlie

Hope you get some more answers from people living in Denver. i live in mexico now, but loved in Colorado springs for more than 25 years and loved to visit Denver. it is a BIG city with many of the common big city problems... but...it is a great city...near mountains, great things for families to do. there are great suburbs to the west, south and north. Hopefully your husbands' family there can give you more details.

55Spud

Too many Californians.
People are the least friendly I've run across, and by the way, I'm from Colorado so what does that tell you?
Too much traffic.
Too much pollution.
Too much crime.
In Denver, non-Hispanic whites are now the minority.
Cost of living and especially housing is through the roof - thanks Californians.

dan-YELL!-a

I live in Denver and it's great! Esspecially the city of Thornton, it's a great little suburbian area, perfect for families! Denver is not too hot, not too cold, and definatly not humid! But the only bad thing about it is that the air can be a little too dry, but you get used to it.

Ethen

No one talks to each other, unless they're over friendly, and the overfriendly people are creepy.

There's a city called Edgewater on the outskirts of Denver and it's the creepiest place I've ever been. Everyone I saw there seemed like a pervert. I was there for one day with a friend, and his Dad was getting a tattoo, and the tattooist was some freaky tall bald guy wearing a purple shirt, black pants and had flames coming from the sides of his eyes.

I never wanted to go home so much.

Denver sucks. It's small, actually, and I advise you move to Fort Collins or Loveland because atleast you'll live in a great city and be able to drive an hour to Denver. I used to live in Loveland until 3 years ago. I can't wait to get out of Denver and in to L.A.

Death by cats!

It's REALLY crowed, the property is expensive, the traffic is awful..and the air is really dry...

I love it there, it's a great city; but not one I'd like to live in.

Ricky V

John Denver is a nice guy, I'm sure his family will like you.

litecandles

First off John Denver is dead. He lived in Aspen and not Denver.

Denver is OK, it is growing and fast, to fast in my opinion.

Our state's water supply cannot take the number of people that want to move here. So if you do, be prepared for water rations in the future.
I am not going to welcome you to Colorado, we have enough people moving in, using our resources and stripping our wild-lands, just so they can have a home near the mountains.

The pollution you two would be adding, is very unfair to those of us, trying to keep our air clean so our grandchildren can breath the air when they grow up.

Commutes from the burbs to the city to work take it's toll on the environment.

The sports that everyone seems to love, mainly the transplants has damaged so many areas of natural beauty. But people just had to move here, the mountains are so awesome.
So they move here and the awesome mountains are ruined by their mismanagement. Their desire to 'have fun'.

Nope we don't need more families moving in here.l

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