I'm recently employed and living in Denver. Most of my work will be in the Boulder area, but I'm not too sure I want to live IN Boulder... at the same time, I want to be able to at least boulder around a bit after work, like every day, or I get homicidal. I am done by 4, so that will leave plenty of time in the evening during the summer. Im assuming the traffic in from the outlying areas can be heinous, so it would be good to be commuting in the opposite direction, if at all possible.

Thoughts/suggestions would be super rad!

Thanks!

M.

And no, this is not a troll. If it was, I would've mentioned shooting eagles.

What exactly is your question? Where should you live? Boulder after work? If you're already in Boulder for work, climbing should not be a problem, Sanitas, Flagstaff, Eldo, BC. Wait until after 7 to drive back to Denver though, unless you like going 20 in a 65.

I'm a fan of living in Erie/Lafayette, but Lyons or Nederland are cool if you can deal with hippies and possibly loosing your home in a fire this summer.

Besides all the Boulder haters around, I actually really like living in Boulder. Sure there's alot of snobs, idiots etc, but for the most part its not that bad. There's a large population of just normal folks who like living close to the mountains and love the city.

I like you'd find that living in Boulder would be a lot more fun than lafayette or broofield. Plus being able to bike everywhere is a awesome plus.

Yeah, I grew up in Boulder, and would honestly prefer to live there over anywhere else, it's just the price is right for sprawling suburban luxury just a few minutes east. If you have money or don't mind cozier/dirtier accommodations why not just live right in the heart of it? I don't understand the haters either, I think they just like to whine.

They hate because the wish they lived in Boulder! If you live here and do everyday things here you realize there really aren't too many snobs ect. It is expensive but in my opinion you get what you pay for.

Denver is pretty cool too, but further from climbing. I would avoid the burbs (I grew up there), nothing but churches and liqueur stores.

One thing you'll notice going back and forth, once you hit that 17.5 mile mark from Boulder's center, you get bitchslapped in the face. I mean really hard every time. I asked one of friends what the hell is that; oh, that's just reality

I heard that Colorado bouldering really sucks. You have to chip ice off of every boulder first... ICYC....

I have lived in many a place. To me, Boulder is at the top of the list if not the top. Living in the following areas outside of Boulder is not suggested - Erie (eh, culdesac blah), Superior/Westminster/Broomfield - sprawl and not a real town, and Arvada... more sprawl. Golden, Louisville, and Longmont to me are all underrated and should definitely be considered.

To me, I want to do things in Boulder so it just made sense to live here. I was just pretending to enjoy saving some money living outside of Boulder by living in Broomfield and Erie, but I wasn't enjoying it and only truly enjoyed my time IN Boulder. I moved here a year ago and won't move away for a long time. Sure, there can be snobs and Audi driving maniacs, but you'll find that anywhere. The mountains, trails, and rocks make up for all that silliness.

It would be nice to live somewhere between Boulder and Golden any suggestions? Not close to city and not expensive and safe areas only please. Thank you.
P.s . I don't boulder

We have an obesity problem in this country. Stop feeding the troll already.

How much is a small room in Eldo?

I would like to call-out Elena for poaching my post. And bouldering in California sucks because it's in California, ICYC.

And thanks for the info, Evan! I haven't decided yet, but I will flip a coin or something.

And John, Evan, and Scott!

Elena, super pissed at you... ha!

Just kidding. And I don't hate California.

Bye, chakarakas.

M.

Chupakabra!!
P.s. my bad dude :( calis r way too relaxed dude!

Add Chupakabra to my list of things to watch out for when I go climbing. That's exactly why I always carry heat. Karl Malone.