Moving to Colorado. Tips?

[T.G.]

I've been to Estes park three times and it is one of my favorite National Parks.  I've seen moose, elk, big horn sheep and plenty of other wildlife on my visits.  It's just a great place to see some nature.  Mount Evans is cool too - you can see some mountain goats (not native to Colorado) there.

If you're into fly fishing - you'll find lots of places to do that.

Coors Field is pretty nice too.

 

 

[failos]

All I do is work and come home. Hate my life.

[Blarg]

Yeah, he could stay at work.

[failos]

I miss being a stay at home son. I guess this is what being an adult feels like.

 

anyways, Colorado is swell. Everyone here is nice, and there’s no traffic.

[failos]

1 hour ago, calscuf said:

Dude, shits gonna get worse.

I love my job, I would just rather do it in California. I’ll get used to Colorado, though

[the dude abides]

7 hours ago, failos said:

I love my job, I would just rather do it in California. I’ll get used to Colorado, though

Give it time.

I thought the same about moving from California to Texas.  Now there's no way in hell I'd move back to CA.

[yk9001]

On 10/14/2018 at 8:48 AM, Geoff said:

24 hours in Colorado

 

 

I was in Denver for the Rams game this past weekend.  We had heard all about the snow upcoming.  Our friend picked us up downtown on Saturday afternoon in a t-shirt.  It was 65 degrees.

Woke up to the snow on Sunday.  

It was awesome.

[Spirit]

44 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

I was in Denver for the Rams game this past weekend.  We had heard all about the snow upcoming.  Our friend picked us up downtown on Saturday afternoon in a t-shirt.  It was 65 degrees.

Woke up to the snow on Sunday.  

It was awesome.

 

Yup.  After I took that top picture, I took my dog for a walk around the golf course in shorts and a t-shirt.  Next day, stay inside and kept a fire going in the fireplace all day.

Love this time of year.

 

 

[Taylor]

I do miss the snow. It sucked shoveling my car and driving in the ice, but it was a fun experience to see snow-blanketed landscapes.

I only ever got one "snow day" off from work in my 2 years there, though. Lame. 

[Jay]

On 10/12/2018 at 11:39 PM, failos said:

I’m moving to Colorado tomorrow for a job. Was born and raised in CA, so this will be a big change. I’m moving to the Boulder area.

 

Are any of you familiar with the area? Nobody likes California transplants, so I want to make a great impression 

Congrats on your new job and the move. I'm sure it will be great.

One of my former colleagues made the move several years ago to take a job at Ball Aerospace.

[failos]

On 10/19/2018 at 9:38 AM, Jay said:

Congrats on your new job and the move. I'm sure it will be great.

One of my former colleagues made the move several years ago to take a job at Ball Aerospace.

I know this is late, but, thanks, dude. I live extremely close to Ball actually.

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Thanks everyone for your helpful comments (except for cals).

I just wanted to give an update since I haven't had a chance to really sit and post here. 

My life has been pretty great lately, both socially and professionally. I really love my job and my life has really changed for the better; and Colorado is an awesome place to live. It was a bit rough at first though since I had to hop from one Airbnb/hotel to another for a month, but now that I have an apartment and furniture I finally feel like I'm settled in. I don't have a car because my apartment is literally across the street from my job. I only have to cross a street to get there, so I walk. It's amazing, I get there in about 2 minutes. That aspect alone has made me forget about California. I would never go back to traffic and long commutes. Apparently an-In-N-out is opening soon, so I'm pumped for that. All I need is the Angels to move to Boulder and I'll be set.

Edited December 12, 2018 by failos

[nate]

I am late to this thread, but if you have an AWD/4wd car, you don't need snow tires.  Nothing beats a good beanie, and buy a good snow blower.

Other than that, CO winters are for pansies like @Geoff as far as I am concerned.  You want real cold, come to WI.

[Spirit]

I agree with @nate.  CO winters are pretty tame.  WI is pretty much a winter hellscape.

 

 

[Tank]

1 hour ago, Geoff said:

I agree with @nate.  CO winters are pretty tame.  WI is pretty much a winter hellscape.

hey now, be nice. there are many nice things about wisconsin, beginning with but certainly not limited to . . . um, well, you know, i mean, uh, HEY LOOK OVER THERE!

[Taylor]

On 10/18/2018 at 6:48 AM, the dude abides said:

Give it time.

I thought the same about moving from California to Texas.  Now there's no way in hell I'd move back to CA.

Update?

[AngelsLakersFan]

On 10/13/2018 at 5:02 PM, AngelsLakersFan said:

I really hope the band ended up being lucky that day.

How sad, I wanted to make this same joke again