We recently moved here two years ago from the midwest and we love it. We wanted mountains and we live first in Evergreen, and still continue to live in Evergreen. I like the Idaho Springs, Empire, Georgetown areas. The school district is small and the teachers are great. Rent first though because it will give you a feel to what it is like to live here. If you don t have a huge family then finding housing shouldn t be to bad, but always try to bargain. Jobs are okay...sort of. Now all the ski shops and winter shops are gearing up for the tourists so if you could find a job there then you should be good. Otherwise Denver isn t to far away and Golden usually has good jobs available. Georgetown is really windy though, but I know the apartments there are always available and seem pretty nice. craigslist is good for find things. If you move then move in the summer because moving now is bad, cold, windy. Anyway just don t go over the divide to live because a lot of the snobby people live there, but not all of them are snobby. Hope things go well!!!!!!!
here are some good places ive lived in colorado only about 2 years but i move around alot and the best places i have lived are rifle.longmont, boulder but id stay on the west side of the mountain you know hop on i-70 and don t stop till you hit rifle that were im living right now. The people are real nice in fact last night about 12 we ran out of water and are maintenance man came all the way from grand junction to help i haven t met a mean person yet. Rifles a big town has a walmart and a local grocery store and you couldn t ask for a better view. and the oil and gas is booming up here on pieance mountain there is nothing but work. so id suggest living in rifle or in longmont its a fairly big town im just not a big city kind of guy but if you like the city that s a good place to be. so rifle is my vote but you might want to check them out before you commit to themHope this helps and good luck with the moveJoshua
Edgewater/Highlands (NOT highlands ranch!) area is really great. Wonderful for young couples and starting a family, older homes with great charm, good schools, close to downtown but feels like a safe quiet neighborhood. Other areas close by are applewood, wheat ridge, lakewood (but lakewood is HUGE so the more northern parts are the ones close to the same area) golden, arvada...in my opinion, these are all great starter locations.
The jobs are not that great right now but you didn t say what kind of field you are in and that may make a difference. I would stay away from Boulder its a big college town. Ft. Collen s, Greeley all are big college towns. Westminster and the new parts of Thornton, are pretty nice places to live if you are looking for better price houses as long as you stay away from the older part of thornton. I hope this helped and I give you a big welcome to our state. I think you will like it I don t know of too many people that hates Colorado.
Reality check. The unemployment and under-employment rates along the whole front range (from Pueblo to Ft Collins) are quite high. Finding a job easily and quickly is unlikely to happen. Check CaigsList Colorado for the various communities and see how often the type of job your are qualified for is available. http://geo.craigslist.org/iso/us/co
Ask yourself Why you are moving out here. Is it because you want to see the mountains? If so, I suggest you live in the mountains or close to them. Steamboat would be sweet, so would Idaho Springs (More eastcoastish), Golden maybe. Denver isn t as close to the mountains as you think. I ve been living downtown for 6 years now and I wish I had bought a house closer to the mountains. It can be such a production to get up there sometimes.
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Parker is very nice