slapdappy
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Colorado BS thread
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bofa
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I listed a few things on Denver's craigslist a little over a week ago pretty cheap so I could get rid of them before the move and haven't gotten a single email. Back in FL, I'd at least get some lowball offers, trades, charity requests, and some offers to receive a bank transfer from someone's uncle in Nigeria.
I was just wondering if it's different here and I hadn't noticed it yet.
slapdappy
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sometimes sellers or buyers replies to me end up in my junk mail or bulk mail folder.I listed a few things on Denver's craigslist a little over a week ago pretty cheap so I could get rid of them before the move and haven't gotten a single email. Back in FL, I'd at least get some lowball offers, trades, charity requests, and some offers to receive a bank transfer from someone's uncle in Nigeria.
i often do not receive replies when I contact a seller, even though the item is still for sale. Maybe my emails get filtered to their bulk or junk folders.
I tend to receive courtesy replies saying 'sorry, sold it. forgot to take down the ad' if the thing is still listed but has sold.
Of course the most common result of listing something like a mt bike is ten people replying in the first three days saying it is just what they've been looking for, can I hold it for them, they'll contact me after work, etc... then never hear from them again. I assume this happens everywhere.
Does anyone have good recommendations for a road that will be open by next week and offer good views?
I have friends coming into town and one is 6 months pregnant and from Boston so hiking at high elevations is out of the question. I'd like to take them somewhere with some good views and that would also have good views from the road there (getting there from Denver).
So far the easiest thing would probably be loveland pass but the views from up there require a slight hike up to one of the nearby peaks for the best views.
Does anyone know if Georgia pass in Jefferson is snowed in? I've heard good things about that but the only concern is snow blocking the top of the trail. I might just go this weekend to investigate but it's a bit further than I care to go just to check for snow.
Any other recommendations for things to check out? I just moved here in November 2013 so not wicked familiar withe everything yet.
Any hot springs recommendations? I've heard good things about strawberry hot springs but vaguely remember the drive out there being full of nothing, but that was 4 years ago when I came out for a ski trip.
I have friends coming into town and one is 6 months pregnant and from Boston so hiking at high elevations is out of the question. I'd like to take them somewhere with some good views and that would also have good views from the road there (getting there from Denver).
So far the easiest thing would probably be loveland pass but the views from up there require a slight hike up to one of the nearby peaks for the best views.
Does anyone know if Georgia pass in Jefferson is snowed in? I've heard good things about that but the only concern is snow blocking the top of the trail. I might just go this weekend to investigate but it's a bit further than I care to go just to check for snow.
Any other recommendations for things to check out? I just moved here in November 2013 so not wicked familiar withe everything yet.
Any hot springs recommendations? I've heard good things about strawberry hot springs but vaguely remember the drive out there being full of nothing, but that was 4 years ago when I came out for a ski trip.
LandCruiser
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Highway 24 is scenic.
I drive it home just about every day.
I drive it home just about every day.
I checked out Georgia Pass and Chins Lake routes this weekend and they're snowed in still.
The Georgia pass we went in from Jefferson side and that was plowed up to the T intersection past the llama farm where I think the actual trail starts. There was maybe 18 inches of packed snow (snowmobiles) at the entrance based on a couple post hole steps I saw where someone hiking hit a soft spot.
Chin lake, from the entrance from rainbow road next to the big house with the big gate was burnt in/ plowed for maybe a mile and a half or so up to this house way back in the woods. There was this crazy old guy with a gun threatening to shoot anyone that used the top of his driveway to pull a 3 point turn in to get out. I ended up backing up for a couple hundred yards to another driveway entrance and turning around. I checked out the back entrance that keeps you on the good dirt roads through Idaho Springs longer and that was plowed up to the last house. There's about 1 to 2 feet of snow covering most of the woods still up there.
This week if I have time I want to explore some good trails that stay below 8,000 feet as that might be passable with snow melt right now. Any recommendations for low elevation trails near Denver?
The Georgia pass we went in from Jefferson side and that was plowed up to the T intersection past the llama farm where I think the actual trail starts. There was maybe 18 inches of packed snow (snowmobiles) at the entrance based on a couple post hole steps I saw where someone hiking hit a soft spot.
Chin lake, from the entrance from rainbow road next to the big house with the big gate was burnt in/ plowed for maybe a mile and a half or so up to this house way back in the woods. There was this crazy old guy with a gun threatening to shoot anyone that used the top of his driveway to pull a 3 point turn in to get out. I ended up backing up for a couple hundred yards to another driveway entrance and turning around. I checked out the back entrance that keeps you on the good dirt roads through Idaho Springs longer and that was plowed up to the last house. There's about 1 to 2 feet of snow covering most of the woods still up there.
This week if I have time I want to explore some good trails that stay below 8,000 feet as that might be passable with snow melt right now. Any recommendations for low elevation trails near Denver?
So my wife and I have lately been exploring our options relocating to Colorado. Colorado Springs was our first choice, but it looks like I may have to wait a year for a position within company to open up there due to overstaffing.
Fort Collins...I might be able to transfer to sooner, maybe even this fall. For those with knowledge of the area, what do you think about life in Fort Collins? We want an outdoor lifestyle, with the conveniences of a sizable city.
Considering taking a drive up there to check things out. Anything a prospective resident should see on a scouting trip? Any guidance or suggestions are appreciated.
Fort Collins...I might be able to transfer to sooner, maybe even this fall. For those with knowledge of the area, what do you think about life in Fort Collins? We want an outdoor lifestyle, with the conveniences of a sizable city.
Considering taking a drive up there to check things out. Anything a prospective resident should see on a scouting trip? Any guidance or suggestions are appreciated.
Entropy85
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I've lived in Colorado Springs for almost my entire life, and you could definitely do worse. Right now my family and I live in Security-Widefield, which has the feel of a little smaller town, and like it! Ft. Collins is nice though, I always liked visiting friends who went to college there.
Limbwalker
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Old Stage Rd is open on the weekends! Construction continues thru the week but it supposed to be complete soon-ish
Might have to head up there this weekend...
Might have to head up there this weekend...
My best friend goes to school at CSU in Fort Collins and also student-teaches there.
He likes it a lot, he's from Golden, CO. But I will tell you, from what I can tell so far it seems pretty much like a College town like Boulder.
[MENTION=94888]EatonKyleH[/MENTION] might have some better insight, as he is from there as well.
Not really, no. CO Springs is mainly military stuff.... Air force base, etc. A couple of corporate companies (Oracle is one noticeable one), but not a lot.
LandCruiser
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You have a lot of Air Force on the North Side (especially cadets and instructors), the South Side of town has Fort Carson.
Colorado College is downtown and that's where you have the most libtards.
UCCS is up on Austin Bluffs, they bought a damn mountain, but many of their students are off campus and scattered around town.
Like said above, most people work for defense contracts, civilians on the bases, and in the few high tech industries around town. You also have three and a half hospitals that covers the rest.
It's a "big" town, but there isn't much there.
Fishwerks
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Fort Collins is a great town in my opinion, it will give you "an outdoor lifestyle with the conveniences of a sizable city", as you put it. Highway 14 just 10 miles north of town takes you up the Poudre Canyon which has plenty of opportunity for camping, fishing, hiking, wheeling (when the damn trails are open) and whatever else you want to do in the mountains. Plus it's only 60 miles from Denver so there are pro sports and theater and all that relatively close.
There are too many restaurants to name, and I haven't tried most of them because I just keep going back to my favorites. The Old Town area is fun during the summer and fall, that's the hub of restaurant and bar activity. New Belgium has a badass brewery tour, and there are a bunch of smaller breweries in town, so if you like beer you will be happy. They hold some fun festival-type things in Old Town too during the summer.
If you want to get away from the university you can live on the south end of town where all the new-build stuff is going on. The south end feels like most suburbs in my opinion, I don't spend much time down there.
If you are going to come to town to check it out, spend some time in Old Town, go up the Poudre Canyon (Highway 14), oh and go to Horsetooth Reservoir. It's on the west side of town. Lory State Park is another place that is close where you can go hike around.
The biggest downside to Fort Collins is that rental prices are astronomical because of the university, on average the rental price is higher than in Denver :jaw: Oh and most people in Colorado like the outdoors, so sometimes you have to fight crowds during the summer in the more popular areas.
EatonKyleH
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I lived in Colorado Springs for 7 years.
And have lived in Fort Collins for the last 8 years.
I'd pick Fort Collins over Colorado Springs any day.
I'd also consider Windsor, Eaton, Bellvue, Wellington, and some others. All very nice towns within 20 minutes of Fort Collins that are all very nice if you are into the suburb type feel with larger lots, better bang for the buck kinda thing.
Colorado Springs is a fine place to live but the two are vastly different.
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Colorado springs is sprawling. You'll have to get on the Interstate often to do many normal errands. I used to commute nearly an hour each way from where I lived (in city limits) to my work (also in city limits). The "downtown" area isn't much and often times I was running from one side of town to the next to get things done.
Fort Collins is pretty dense and the downtown strip offers everything from your typical chains to really world class shopping. When I moved here people would tell me something was on the "other side of town" I'd cringe at first being from the springs but here it means about 10-15 minutes.
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Fort Collins is rather liberal politically
Colorado Springs is more Conservative
(take your pick obviously. Wellington, Eaton, etc are more established agriculture towns and are more conservative towns around here... lower taxes, less gov.)
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If you don't like "hippies", "hipsters" or whatnot I could see Fort Collins being annoying sometimes. The population is younger (college) than Colorado Springs. Pros/Cons to that.
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Both have great access to the outdoors.
Fort Collins is close to Rocky Mountain National Park, several wilderness areas, etc.
Also as mentioned Colorado's trails and parks in general are pretty busy. Some beautiful areas of Wyoming are only approx. an hour away with wayyyyy less people.
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Colorado springs isn't a College town by any stretch. Like said more of a military and defense population. Several large religious organizations based there as well. Focus on the Family, World Prayer Center, Compassion International, etc.
Fort Collins population swings drastically when school is in or out. There are a lot of students and traffic magically clears up during summer and other vacation times.
Besides the school the other major players here are breweries.....lots of them. And many tech giants.-
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Fort Collins is definitely going to be significantly more expensive for a comparable home and area.
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Anywhoo hope this helps. I don't want to just keep rambling but I really think depending on the details of what you want you'll be much happier with one over the other as they are not really very similar at all.
And have lived in Fort Collins for the last 8 years.
I'd pick Fort Collins over Colorado Springs any day.
I'd also consider Windsor, Eaton, Bellvue, Wellington, and some others. All very nice towns within 20 minutes of Fort Collins that are all very nice if you are into the suburb type feel with larger lots, better bang for the buck kinda thing.
Colorado Springs is a fine place to live but the two are vastly different.
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Colorado springs is sprawling. You'll have to get on the Interstate often to do many normal errands. I used to commute nearly an hour each way from where I lived (in city limits) to my work (also in city limits). The "downtown" area isn't much and often times I was running from one side of town to the next to get things done.
Fort Collins is pretty dense and the downtown strip offers everything from your typical chains to really world class shopping. When I moved here people would tell me something was on the "other side of town" I'd cringe at first being from the springs but here it means about 10-15 minutes.
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Fort Collins is rather liberal politically
Colorado Springs is more Conservative
(take your pick obviously. Wellington, Eaton, etc are more established agriculture towns and are more conservative towns around here... lower taxes, less gov.)
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If you don't like "hippies", "hipsters" or whatnot I could see Fort Collins being annoying sometimes. The population is younger (college) than Colorado Springs. Pros/Cons to that.
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Both have great access to the outdoors.
Fort Collins is close to Rocky Mountain National Park, several wilderness areas, etc.
Also as mentioned Colorado's trails and parks in general are pretty busy. Some beautiful areas of Wyoming are only approx. an hour away with wayyyyy less people.
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Colorado springs isn't a College town by any stretch. Like said more of a military and defense population. Several large religious organizations based there as well. Focus on the Family, World Prayer Center, Compassion International, etc.
Fort Collins population swings drastically when school is in or out. There are a lot of students and traffic magically clears up during summer and other vacation times.
Besides the school the other major players here are breweries.....lots of them. And many tech giants.-
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Fort Collins is definitely going to be significantly more expensive for a comparable home and area.
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Anywhoo hope this helps. I don't want to just keep rambling but I really think depending on the details of what you want you'll be much happier with one over the other as they are not really very similar at all.
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Thanks for the input guys. So far I feel good about what I know of the Fort Collins area. The outdoor opportunities in the area look great.
Having lived in an ultra conservative bible thumping town for 12 years, the thought of a more open minded community is refreshing. One of the more welcoming stats I read regarding Fort Collins was the low ( 39-41%) amount of people belonging to a religious organization. I hang a little to the left politically myself, although I'm willing to live and let live.
On the other hand, I have cousins in Colorado Springs. There we would have a ready made support group waiting for us. I did also notice that the cost of housing will be higher in Fort Collins. We may end up looking in nearby communities. I can't rule anything out yet, not having had the chance to look around.
I think we would be happy in either city. Without a doubt, both would be amazing after our current location. I'm trying to schedule a recon trip in October to come check out the regional office I would be working out of (Johnstown), and the surrounding areas for a spot to live. My AOR bumpers should be ready by then too, so I can save on shipping and bring those back with me on the return drive.
Having lived in an ultra conservative bible thumping town for 12 years, the thought of a more open minded community is refreshing. One of the more welcoming stats I read regarding Fort Collins was the low ( 39-41%) amount of people belonging to a religious organization. I hang a little to the left politically myself, although I'm willing to live and let live.
On the other hand, I have cousins in Colorado Springs. There we would have a ready made support group waiting for us. I did also notice that the cost of housing will be higher in Fort Collins. We may end up looking in nearby communities. I can't rule anything out yet, not having had the chance to look around.
I think we would be happy in either city. Without a doubt, both would be amazing after our current location. I'm trying to schedule a recon trip in October to come check out the regional office I would be working out of (Johnstown), and the surrounding areas for a spot to live. My AOR bumpers should be ready by then too, so I can save on shipping and bring those back with me on the return drive.
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Here I come. 2 week work trip to Fort Collins / Johnstown to scout the area and get a feel for things. The wife is going to tag along and explore while I work. 9/22 thru 10/5. [MENTION=94888]EatonKyleH[/MENTION], anybody else in the area, maybe you guys can show us your favorite restaurant while we're in town. Evidently I haven't figured out how to tag someone in a post yet...
oh, maybe i have
oh, maybe i have
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Wrapping up day 2 of my visit. So far I have a very positive feel about it. The people have been friendly, and there's lots to do. I got a good view of the area on my last job today at the tallest building in Fort Collins, First National Bank. Evidently, bankers need tv too
I've requested some routes into the mountains, Drake, Estes Park and Red Feather Lakes areas, to see how I like those areas. Nice thing about my job, I can live wherever there are people. Work from home most days, show up at the office once or twice a week.
I've requested some routes into the mountains, Drake, Estes Park and Red Feather Lakes areas, to see how I like those areas. Nice thing about my job, I can live wherever there are people. Work from home most days, show up at the office once or twice a week.
