Aurora: not a place to visit or live!
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2/5/2007
Aurora, along with any city here in Colorado does a great job marketing themselves as a cosmopolitan, clean and wonderful place to vacation, with plenty of work.... NOT TRUE... My family and I moved here from Nashville TN to avoid the crime rate and pollution, and thought Aurora, being outward from the entire metro would be a convenient fit. This place is a disgusting rat hole- every landlord seems to have "luxury standards" based on some third world country that's been recently firebombed- the work is very limited, and almost everyone is encouraged to take handouts. I have an IT degree and can't find anyone willing to pay what I'm worth although I've been recently recertified. To top it all off, the pollution is so bad, my husband, myself and my children have all had recurring blisters in our noses- the doctors say it's common for people to get those and they should "go away some time". BTW, the docs here are terrible- my newborn son was subjected to unnecessary medication for 15 days after a horrible misdiagnosis! We're working as hard as we can at whatever job we can find so we can save up and move away. Don't come here unless you like sharing your home with rodents and insects (our pest control expenses are about $150 a month) and can put up with terrible plumbing, housing and plenty of drugs, crime and lack of motivation!
Stephanie | Aurora, CO