How old is your child? Uprooting after 12 or do is tricky, so if they are close to that age, you'll only want to move once.

If it feels like the right decision, move. Otherwise you'll always wonder what if.

If you hate it you can move back to DC or somewhere else.

Having read only the subject line, I say yes!

I would. We love CO and the outdoors.

Never to late to learn to ski, I started at 42 and now live for ski trips to CO.

Definitely don’t move to Denver to chat up hot guys. You’ll be disappointed in our dating market of Peter pans and swingers/ENM folk.

-highlands ranch

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Anonymous wrote:Cleaner air in CO = win

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

Denver actually doesn't have great air quality--lots of red flag days (or whatever the term is) during the summer.

I don't think anyone gave any thought to transportation planning for growth in the Denver metro area. We live in Colorado Springs but are up there frequently for our kids' sports and it's fine if we go early in the morning on weekends but any other time ugh.

Littleton is nice, if DH had ended up working out of the Denver office when we moved we would have looked there or in Golden. Not a fan of Highlands Ranch, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I live in a Denver suburb and I love it. There is nowhere in the US I’d rather live. It has grown quite a lot but there are some great tight knit communities and I find people to generally be laid back, kind, and friendly.

That said, wherever you go- there you are. You’ll still have to work through the trauma you experienced.

Is there any way you could do something like an extended trip and get a real feel for if you like it and could see yourself living here?

Which burb (general area if you are not comfortable saying)? I don't find Denver per se appealing at all. It feels very cold and visually dull. But the closeness to mountains is appealing. Boulder is beautiful but I heard a weird culture.

Boulder is not a suburb of Denver.

OP, Littleton has great light rail into Denver, easy access to mountains, and you can definitely make a life centered on Littleton. If you’re looking at listings for Littleton, keep in mind the address boundaries are pretty big, so zoom out to understand where you’re looking (it sounds like you would like to be closer to downtown)

Meetup.com is a big way for meeting people and with the massive influx of new people, it’s easier to make friends than it used to be. Outdoor culture is big, but there are lots of quieter things to do. You don’t have to be into climbing and extreme sports. Hiking, snowshoeing, xc skiing etc. Denver also has a pretty great arts scene for a city it’s size, and all the major sports teams.

Anonymous wrote:I live in a Denver suburb and I love it. There is nowhere in the US I’d rather live. It has grown quite a lot but there are some great tight knit communities and I find people to generally be laid back, kind, and friendly.

That said, wherever you go- there you are. You’ll still have to work through the trauma you experienced.

Is there any way you could do something like an extended trip and get a real feel for if you like it and could see yourself living here?

Which burb (general area if you are not comfortable saying)? I don't find Denver per se appealing at all. It feels very cold and visually dull. But the closeness to mountains is appealing. Boulder is beautiful but I heard a weird culture.

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Anonymous wrote:Life in Colorado and/or any place in the Mountain West to California involves way less exclamation points than how you are presenting. You ready for that chill?

Haha I love you. I'm mostly hyperbolic when I write, but good point. I'm not sure id totally fit the vibe. Down to earth yes, lots of winter sports 'tude, no. But I like different kinds of people, ok with I'm like this and you're like that...but yeah, I'd want to find a few exclamationy people to relate to.

Maybe try branching out into other types of punctuation.

Haha, you're fun. I am a fan of the semi-colon; I'm not sure what type of person is semi-colony? That feels like my crotchety NY friends.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not go there because you might run into MAGAs out in that part of thr country

Have you seen some of the people in and mostly around DC? drive just 20 min out of the city. -not OP

Please don't. Stay where we can see you.

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Anonymous wrote:Life in Colorado and/or any place in the Mountain West to California involves way less exclamation points than how you are presenting. You ready for that chill?

Haha I love you. I'm mostly hyperbolic when I write, but good point. I'm not sure id totally fit the vibe. Down to earth yes, lots of winter sports 'tude, no. But I like different kinds of people, ok with I'm like this and you're like that...but yeah, I'd want to find a few exclamationy people to relate to.

Maybe try branching out into other types of punctuation.

Anonymous wrote:It is easy to romanticize a move. I lived there. It is so outdoorsy but I am not into skiing and most mountain sports. Things were very spread out, so much driving. I found myself missing more art and culture. The pace of life was so slow to me, I felt my brain was melting. I missed the ocean. It can very transient in Denver, almost feels like no one is from there but you get that in DC too.

Now it is so crowded, prices are high, the West is in danger of droughts. We are experiencing climate change everywhere but Denver can have a perfectly nice day and then snow or a tornado out of nowhere.

You should check it out, but see if you can live there long term.

Thank you - I like the outdoors but I'm not "outdoorsy" . On the other hand I'm like, maybe I should be - OP

Anonymous wrote:I was visiting family in Denver in October and was dismayed by how bad the traffic was, even at non rush hour times.

This. I've heard this. This would suck. Could I limit my life to Littleton and a reasonable commute to a job? The rail is good too? Uber?

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Anonymous wrote:I would not go there because you might run into MAGAs out in that part of thr country

Like Boebart and company??

Was going to say ... -OP

Anonymous wrote:Life in Colorado and/or any place in the Mountain West to California involves way less exclamation points than how you are presenting. You ready for that chill?

Haha I love you. I'm mostly hyperbolic when I write, but good point. I'm not sure id totally fit the vibe. Down to earth yes, lots of winter sports 'tude, no. But I like different kinds of people, ok with I'm like this and you're like that...but yeah, I'd want to find a few exclamationy people to relate to.