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| re: Colorado - 5/4/2010 - 10/14/2010
I got that impression in the Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, & Castle Rock area where my friends live. I am a single mother and my son and I fell in love with the beauty of Colorado and liked the fact that there is so much to do there (we live in Albuquerque, NM where there isn't much for kids to do and it is not a safe place to live, and especially not an ideal place to raise kids!). I am contemplating moving back to the midwest where I am from or Colorado, but am concerned because the areas where I know people are ninety some percent white and my son is half Hispanic. I worry that he will not fit in with other kids since it's not very diverse as it is here in NM. Are there any other smaller cities that would be a better choice? Your feedback is appreciated! :)
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| re: Colorado - 5/4/2010 - 8/5/2011
. I grew up in Western Massachusetts and spoke with a woman who was an adjunct professor at UCCS and Colorado College. She did her doctoral (PhD) work 15 minutes away from where I grew up.
She said "In the 1980's and early 1990's Colorado Springs went through a major recession and so the Economic Development Council started recruiting companies here by offering tax breaks. What they got was a bunch of Southern Californian companies (Intel, MCI, Focus on the Family) and with them Southern Californians who are conservative and unfriendly. (Be careful who you say that in front of, they get really upset if you call them unfriendly... they're in denial.) The original Colorado Springs was libertarian - fiscally conservative (which is why the wages here are low) but VERY friendly. So, what you have is a town of conservative (not necessarily born again Christians) people with low wages. They drive into their garages and lock their front doors and only talk to people who are like them. I have belonged to various churches and it is ALWAYS the same...
God forbid that they would talk to a single woman or a single man. i.e. a person who isn't part of a couple or (gasp) invite them to go out for a meal or (double gasp) to their homes! They are scared of our cooties I guess. They had the Ladies PGA Nationals in my parent's town and it was an okay event, fun, and people participated. Here they behaved like it was the second coming of Christ. They're snotty here.
So if you hear someone complaining about Colorado Springs, they are NOT whining. I've been here since 1995 and I thought it was me - I'm from Western Massachusetts and spent 10 years of my life in Ohio and then 4 years of my life in Boston. The people here don't even TRY to reach out to strangers. I thought it was me. It's not. They don't care.
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| Don't like the weather? Wait 10 minutes.. - 5/26/2013
The weather here is so incredibly changeable.... Nothing lasts long enough to get tiresome.[read more...]
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| Conrad Balll Middle School - 4/23/2013
Conrad ball needs to up the education of it's Middle schooler's![read more...]
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| Colorado tech jobs?? - 2/7/2013
I want to relocate to Colorado from Louisiana so badly its not funny. Lousyana is more like it here. Sorry to say but the weather sucks, hurricanes, humidity, and mosquitos too. Plus there are no tech jobs to really speak of, and the pay here is really low, like terribly low.[read more...]
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| Climate - 11/19/2012
Colorado is one of the best places to live and cannot be surpassed for beauty. It is also the friendliest place on the planet.[read more...]
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| Colorado I want to come - 11/8/2012
Hi we're from Michigan and we need a change badly! We would live to come to Colorado we have no idea about the place it just looks and sounds beautiful. I'm a family of 6 with a Pitt bull so if anyone can guide me in names of agents for rental homes, areas that allow pit bulls etc if greatly appreciate that. [read more...]
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| Looking to relocate - 7/31/2012
I have 3 boys and we have lived in colorado 4ever and I am ready to go.. I want to live somewhere with nice ppl, clean, with activities for children.. Does anyone know somewhere worth going to.. I need a great schools and low crime rate...[read more...]
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| Quality of living in conifer Colorado - 6/12/2012
I have lived in Conifer for 34 years, it is a great place to raise children. I raised two boys here in these beautiful mountains, the community gatherings are great, our "END of SUMMER" party is held at my house annually and has been for the past 20 years. I love this community, we pull together .
Art and Gail Jensen[read more...]
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| Colorado - 1/20/2012
We love it here. We used to think about where we want to go on our next vacation. We don't anymore -- we can think of nowhere better than our own backyard![read more...]
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| Cost of living - 12/27/2011
I do enjoy looking at the comparison of different areas of the country.[read more...]
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| Moving - 11/26/2011
Wanting to move an need to know where to go in Colorado
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| Diversity Abounds - 7/6/2011
Colorado is a melting pot not only of culture but recreation as well.
Hiking,biking,skiing,climbing,majors sports teams of nearly every kind.
There is so much to do in Colorado.If you're ambitious or have "ants in your pants" you'll nearly anything here...with the exception of Ocean-front property...though we do have an Aquarium in the heart of Colorado.......walking distance from downtown Denver.
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| Get out and enjoy the Outdoors - 6/1/2011
If you love to be active and enjoy the outdoors then Colorado will fit your fancy! If you love to experience a piece of every season then you will get this in Colorado! If you want to sit inside and watch TV then move to Texas![read more...]
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| Sunny - 4/5/2011
Denver is one of the sunniest places around. Sure, it has some cold winters, but the beauty of Colorado in the sunshine outweighs it by far![read more...]
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| Getting ridiculus - 3/21/2011
I love living here because there are thousands of things to do. People are friendly and despite the lack of cultural diversity, there is a lot of new, exciting stuff to be seen. Public schools are great. But there is a huge problem with the costs of housing. I have lived about an hour away from Denver for my entire life, and I have seen costs of rent/mortgage go up in huge amounts every year. A medium size house (3bed,2 bath) is often more than 350,000 where I live, and it's not really even a big town. And that is average. A peice of land that isn't in a suburb is even more expensive. Expect to pay at least half a million for any small chunk of dirt that is available- usually an acre or two. If you have the funds for a home, or can opt for a single room apt., Northern co is amazing. I just don't personally feel that it is worth spending the $.[read more...]
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| Colorado Too Pro-Development - 2/23/2011
For the last couple of decades, development, growth and population have overloaded the state. The rush to throw up flimsy unsustainable housing and chain store businesses has had far-reaching impacts that may take decades more to resolve.[read more...]
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| Sunshine - 2/18/2011
Colorado is the finest place in the country for outdoor opportunities[read more...]
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| Colorado! - 1/12/2011
There is much to do here for both culture and recreation. Very COLD in the winter, but I love that! BEAUTIFUL.[read more...]
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| Mountains - 9/21/2010
The mountains offer recreation all year long anything from hiking biking skiing snowboarding rafting you can do anything.[read more...]
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| Living in Colorado - 9/21/2010
We have four clearly defined seasons, with much less snow than people expect. [read more...]
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| spandex - 9/17/2010
too many reckless bike riders clogging up the lanes [read more...]
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