Should I move from DC to Denver?
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Anonymous
The title of the 90s movie 'Things to do in Denver When You're Dead" keeps running through my head  On the other hand, Casa Bonita (great childhood memories) has been reconstituted by the South Park people. Yay!
I am from DC, but family in "the West", and have a love/hate relationship with my hometown DC.. basically, I love I when I leave and see the swooping shot of the Washington Monument in the movies haha. It's so beautiful! The green canopy! Monuments! Civic pride! But to live here... eh...daily reality is not that, right? Nice friends here tho, FWIW, none in Denver - just family. (Not "just", but just) I have been through a lot of trauma in DC of late and putting in more of myself feels like, well, a grind , and Denver is a "fresh start" option. I keep telling myself aim going to "ski it out" (and I don't ski). I guess I'd have to learn , or some other outlet..when one door closes kind of thing?? One child, good school options in both places (private, nothing against public whatsoever, but child just happens to be on that track so would not likely switch over). Appreciate thoughts. |
Anonymous
| Go for it! Good luck! |
Anonymous
I love you ❤️ |
Anonymous
| Why not try, what's there to lose? But if you didn't have or don't have a "good" relationship with family, then that's something to consider. Denver lovely place for most part and you can always visit DC if there is still a DC. |
Anonymous
I think if I leave I'm not coming back tho. There's loss in that. I was born here. This...is... home ?Goodbye to the Lincoln Memorial, goodbye to walking over the bridges, down the back alley, goodbye Marilyn Monroe mural, goodbye foodie scene of that waxes and wanes. There's so much I don't even do in DC that I'd always thought I'd do when I had time /more resources. I've never visited the Library of Congress! I've gone to Kennedy Center performances...that I can count on one hand. But then, so much trauma, and will I ever, ever get to it anyway? I could be feeding ducks in the park in Denver, chatting with hot granola guys in brew pubs and skiing it out! Appreciate thoughts. |
Anonymous
I have a good relationship, I mean...family is family so always s/thing to be desired, but they do feel like a beacon of comfort/security right now. Maybe that's a bad motivation but I'm longing for that feeling of total safety that is family. My life her is probably "fancier", but without that emotional security/satisfaction that is, well, family. Curious by what you mean "if there is still a DC" Assuming you are referring to election, or the he crime wave? One of these? |
Anonymous
Not everyone has "family is family" family. Security, total safety - does that exist? Is your family young, will they probably be around for a while to comfort you and are they able to comfort - don't expect sometimes family simply can not they are humans too. It is easy to start feeling like DC is fancier when you visit other places and who knows you may get bored of Denver quickly but if "comfort" is what you are looking for, try it. And as for DC being DC in future, no one knows what will come next. Go to tourist spots and beautiful LoC before you leave town or save those things for when you visit. |
Anonymous
No, not young. Which is kind of why I want to glom onto them while I can. It's now or never for family time.. Re tourist spots, they exist in my head or in the movies. How often can one really traverse the mall? DC for me is an attitude, a smell, a sound, like any place. Not necessarily better, just, familiar.The DC that appeals to me is the exciting one in shows like 24 or Homeland, not my daily existence anyway 
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Anonymous
| God no. |
Anonymous
| Cleaner air in CO = win |
Anonymous
It would be a pretty charming incorporated township, not Denver proper. Do you just think Denver a yawn? Curious about "god no"..part of me thinks it's a snooze fest, but part of me is like, there's actually legit fun stuff to do there and community, maybe more than DC? |
Anonymous
I'd love to agree with you, but I'm actually into air quality and DCs is surprisingly pretty good. Apart from seasonal allergens . Denver has wildfires and bad traffic , though Id stick mostly to the township, not cross cross the city daily - OP |
Anonymous
| I would not go there because you might run into MAGAs out in that part of thr country |
Anonymous
| Denver used to be great. The past ten years have been terrible. Too much growth. It’s lost its big small town feel. |
Anonymous
you're idiotic! you do know that colorado went blue, right? |