Thinking of moving to Colorado...

[naturaltan]

It's not experience one, it's subjected to one.

... how true is that.

I suppose there are a select few who enjoy cold and snow, but they're mainly the skier/snow boarders. Shoveling sidewalks and brusking the snow off your car everyday will wear on you quickly. I'm all for the change of scenerary ... but as Rich said, because what you wish for.

regardless ... it sounds like a great journey!

 

[Burner02]

Hey GS!
Come on and get your Rocky Mountain High!
Buolder would be a much prettier place to live..but you are gonna pay for it.
Ft. Collins has a great campus...if you like the alurring scent of cow..


I just got rid of my Ford F-150 4X4 for a FWD car w/ low profile tires...and it is supposed to be a wet winter..outta be...fun...


GS..wait 'till you try snow boarding at one of the SEVERAL world class resorts within a short drive from Denver..you;ll be HOOKED!
My mouth waters every time I walk past mine...

We have a couple nice colleges here in the 'Springs as well.
UCCS and Colorado College.
Smaller town, also on the fot hills of the front range...easy access to the mountains...
you can be hiking or mtn biking a LOT faster here.

You gotta love the weather here. It will snow one day, two days later, it will be sunny, the snow is melted and you will see people washing their cars. Good stuff.

 

[Burner02]

Oh yeah...your VW is a front wheel drive car.

 

[Arnold]

Ft. Collins has a great campus...if you like the alurring scent of cow...

that would be Greeley, not Ft. Collins.

 

[Burner02]

oh yeah....but Boulder is still nicer..

 

[crisg555]

Arizona is actually my second choice! I'd prefer a place with a real winter, mainly because I've never had that before. .

How about visiting Colorado for a week or two during the winter. Just to make sure you like the winters... just my 2cents..

 

[GoalGetter]

How about visiting Colorado for a week or two during the winter. Just to make sure you like the winters... just my 2cents..

Because that would actually be the smart thing to do and I probably wouldn't think of doing it haha! Yeah it's a good idea, and I should. I've only ever been there in the summer, or for skiing on a long weekend.

 

[Burner02]

really? Where did you go skiing at?

 

[GoalGetter]

really? Where did you go skiing at?

Aspen and Breckenridge. I've gone twice.

 

[Burner02]

still have not made it to Aspen. Too far for a day excursion. I like Breck. Spend a lot of time there.
Was going to get a season pass this year, but I am a shift worker, and 1/2 the season I will be on midnight shifts, so wouldn't be a good investment this year..

 

[GoalGetter]

still have not made it to Aspen. Too far for a day excursion. I like Breck. Spend a lot of time there.
Was going to get a season pass this year, but I am a shift worker, and 1/2 the season I will be on midnight shifts, so wouldn't be a good investment this year..

Shift worker? I thought you work in real estate... you do something else as well?

 

[BUSTINOUT]

Here is what I hear about Denver.

Several people have told me that Denver isn't "friendly," and that they've encountered "snobbery," there.

Does anyone agree or disagree with this, generally speaking?

I heard the same about vietnam once upon a time. lol

It just depends though. That's like saying ALBOB and his boyfriend that he just married, moved to Montana and found everyone very unfriendly... well go figure. lol

CO is a beautiful place to live and is near the top of my list of relocation spots.

 

[Burner02]

Shift worker? I thought you work in real estate... you do something else as well?

I do a few different things.
I am a realtor for Keller Williams, but right now, am still new to the field and still need to make an income.
Close some clients, afford more advertising, get more clients, close them..more advertising, etc. Until I can replace the income from my full time job consisstantly, I have to stay at my contractor job.
(unless I win the lottery..)

Lemme know if u swing out this way this winter, we can hit the slopes!
I snow board, but that is no big deal.

 

[Burner02]

I heard the same about vietnam once upon a time. lol

It just depends though. That's like saying ALBOB and his boyfriend that he just married, moved to Montana and found everyone very unfriendly... well go figure. lol

CO is a beautiful place to live and is near the top of my list of relocation spots.

Butt..I bet albob and IT would make great ranch...hands...


I am gonna miss my 4X4 for accesing the trails around here.
I do enjoy the hiking though! I am hoping to get my mtn bike here in a couple months...then it's on!

 

[ZECH]

I'm aware of the major suckage of a real winter, but i want to experience one, regardless. Even if I come running home afterward and decide to never do something so stupid again.

Some people DO love snow and winter and live year round waiting for those 3 months of it that so many others dread. Maybe I'll be one of those. I've never really liked summer, or heat, or the beach. I'm in the wrong town. it's unfortunate.

Hard winters are great as long as you don't have to get out in them. For you going to school and work will really suck. Like Dale said, I think you will grow tired of it quickly! Why do you think many peolpe move from up north to the south??

 

[Burner02]

hey DG!
Don't forget, young grasshoper..

She's moving WEST!
It snows...it melts two days later!
We've actually been begging for snow around here. And it is very mild here, dry cold.

 

[ZECH]

hey DG!
Don't forget, young grasshoper..

She's moving WEST!
It snows...it melts two days later!
We've actually been begging for snow around here. And it is very mild here, dry cold.

What ya say Burner! I guess it depends on where she ends up and what elevation. Yeah, I like snow for a day or two and then it's gone. That is the way it is here. When we do get snow, it doesn't last long. Too mild. But in the mountains, it stays all year. Never make without a 4wd! I love snow, but it gets old trying to do over a one hour commute every day in it.

 

[crisg555]

Because that would actually be the smart thing to do and I probably wouldn't think of doing it haha! Yeah it's a good idea, and I should. I've only ever been there in the summer, or for skiing on a long weekend.

Your too funny chica...

 

[Burner02]

Hey GD!
Just finished watching the seasone premere of COPs..and wsa disappointed. I thought it was supposed to be good episodes...

 

[GoalGetter]

I do a few different things.
I am a realtor for Keller Williams, but right now, am still new to the field and still need to make an income.
Close some clients, afford more advertising, get more clients, close them..more advertising, etc. Until I can replace the income from my full time job consisstantly, I have to stay at my contractor job.
(unless I win the lottery..)

Lemme know if u swing out this way this winter, we can hit the slopes!
I snow board, but that is no big deal.

i'm not in real estate but I'm going through the same kind of thing right now. Staying at my current job until I can make some real money with this other thing I'm working on... eh. I can relate.

Winter/slopes/snowboarding... It's not a bad idea. I just might do that. And you know what? I've been wanting to try snowboarding. I'm not sure I'll be great at it but I'm fearless, and that's gotta count for somethin'! Don't be surprised if I say I'm heading out!

 

[GoalGetter]

Hard winters are great as long as you don't have to get out in them. For you going to school and work will really suck. Like Dale said, I think you will grow tired of it quickly! Why do you think many peolpe move from up north to the south??

I may grow tired of it, or I may end up loving it! Though you're probably right.

Much the same way that you can't fathom how someone would want to live in the cold and snow, i have to wonder how someone would want to move down here and deal with this heat, humidity and schizo weather. Sometimes the humidity is so much that it's hard to move outside. Makes you want to sit still, indoors, all day.

For someone like me, who doesn't tan and doesn't particularly like the beach, living down here isn't really "worth" it. Think of it like living in Colorado and never going to the mountains. What's the point. You know?

And, for once, I'd like to look outside my window on a christmas morning and see SNOW instead of parents in tank tops and flip-flops chasing after their kids, who are trying out the new rollerblades Santa left for them.

 

[GoalGetter]

hey DG!
Don't forget, young grasshoper..

She's moving WEST!
It snows...it melts two days later!
We've actually been begging for snow around here. And it is very mild here, dry cold.

yes, yes hahaha! WEST not NORTH.

 

[GoalGetter]

Hey GD!
Just finished watching the seasone premere of COPs..and wsa disappointed. I thought it was supposed to be good episodes...

COPS had a season premiere? That thing is still on? Or is this an inside joke that I'm not supposed to get? haha!

 

[Burner02]

yep, 16 years later of busting the bad guys!
Pretty cool..saw this episode where they shot a 340 lb man with a tazer gun. (50,000 volts)
he went from a huge, mean and angry guy resisting to a whimpering wuss in a second.
I sometimes wish I had continued on after the Air Force to go into civilian law enforcement...

 

[GoalGetter]

...I sometimes wish I had continued on after the Air Force to go into civilian law enforcement...

You can't still explore that possibility? Or are you too far removed from all of that now? I'd say it's never too late, but what do I know. Granted, you'd never make as much money as you can make in real estate, but for some people happiness and fulfillment have little or nothing to do with money.

 

[Burner02]

Hey!
I think it is a bit too late. I kinda miss the military as well, but would not go back.
That part is passed. I made my choice when I did, and overall, I think I made the best one for me.
Yuo're not supposede to look back and say,"What if". I made my choice and will be happy with that.
I like to help people when I can, and I like the expressions of people when I hand them the keys to their new home.

 

[GoalGetter]

... You're not supposed to look back and say,"What if"...

You're right, though sometimes it's hard to not stop and wonder what was behind door #2, so to speak.

I like to help people when I can, and I like the expressions of people when I hand them the keys to their new home.

I hope I find something that will make me happy (career-wise) eventually. Up until now, my career, though I've established myself within the field and am somewhat successful, it's been "just a job" to me. A way to get by so I can do other stuff (travel, buy gas, eat, etc.). But honestly, I find no fulfillment in it. In other words, at 28, I still don't know for sure what I want to be when I "grow up".

 

[Burner02]

oh, I like real estate..it is just a bugger getting to be high speed with it. (There are over 3k agents in this city alone...a bit of competition..)
SO, I do what I can, until my clientelle gets bigger then can progress.

 

[GoalGetter]

fort collins in november quite possibly

So is anyone in or near fort collins?

I'm planning to visit for a few days in november (as crisg wisely suggested). Sure it's not the dead of winter, but it's the only time i'm probably gonna be able to make it out there before the end of the year, if not in december, to check out the area, the CSU campus, etc.

I've got someone who says she wants to come along for the weekend, but she's a little bit flaky. I think I'm on my own.

I was planning on flying into Denver, renting a car, driving out to Fort Collins and spending a day or so and driving back and spending the rest of the weekend in Denver. However a friend suggested I stay there overnight (ft. c.) and check out old town, and then drive back to Denver the next day on some n/s scenic route that runs alongside the interstate.

Thoughts?

 

[Burner02]

If I am not working, I'd e hapy to drive the 2 hours North to say howdy!
Maybe Prince and his wife could as well. Be a nice little get together.
There is an awesome drive that starts in the back of hte city of Loveland. It is hwy 134 (I think...I may be wrong. It is called 'Peak to Peak)
It goes thru Estes park and comes out beyond Boulder.
It was a favorite of the sport bike association I used to belong to.