I want to move from a small town in Colorado to Denver. Where is an exciting but safe area to live?

Answer 1

Most of the recommendations here (Lakewood, etc.) are for rather ordinary suburbs. I doubt that's what you would consider exciting.

There's an area near downtown called LoDo. Lots of old buildings turned into lofts, lots of new apartments. Lots of restaurants and nightlife, close to Downtown. Lots of people around so decently safe. My first choice.

If you need to be even safer, of course, you need to be farther out. If you have a _lot_ of money, Cherry Creek is good. Restaurants, shops, a little night life. The low end of the real estate market would be a 250K condo (small) or a 500K house that needs work. Many are seven figures.

If you're willing to trade excitement for even more safety, Golden is an outer suburb, that has a nice old downtown with a stream running through it and many old houses. Right at the beginning of the mountains, separated fom Denver by two plateaus. More charming than most suburbs, but the outer reaches of Golden are ordinary suburban housing developments. Some restaurants, a very little night life.

Answer 2

Denver is actually pretty low crime all over. When you get an apartment, take a day or two to scope out the neighborhood -- if you feel safe walking down the street at night, then you're good.

Recommendations: You can't go wrong if you're close to downtown. You might look around the area north of Downtown. That's a rapidly gentrifying area, but it's still pretty fun. Mercury Cafe is a hippie nightclub, which is in that neighborhood.

The Washington Park (Washpark) area is nice, but the architecture around there is less than exciting. Cheesman Park is a very nice area, especially if you're into a gay scene.

Capital Hill is a little more dirty, but I feel pretty safe there. If you're into dive bars, there are plenty there.

AVOID: In Cherry Creek, Lexus SUV's out number people. Each one contains at least two very small and very annoying dogs. Cherry Creek is tangible evidence of evil -- avoid it.

Don't go too far North. Near I-70 in Denver is Commerce City, which has a dog food plant and oil refineries. When the wind blows south, Commerce City stinks up North Denver.

I don't recommend the tech center. Have you seen the movie Office Space? Okay, that's the Tech Center vibe.

Answer 3

You might want to try the Louisville/Lafayette/Boulder area...approx 17-25 miles out of Denver city proper

While Boulder can be pricey to live, it is a college town, very beautiful and always something exciting going on there...depending on what you mean by exciting..

Traffic is bad no matter where you are in the metro Denver area...not sure theres anyway to avoid it other than going further away into the more sprawled out country areas..which of course means less excitement.

Answer 4

It really depends how close to the city you want to live. I would suggest either Longmont or Colorado Springs to give you a taste of a bigger city but not quite urban.

However, if you are asking for specifically Denver I would suggest Lakewood and Littleton. Its very easy to get downtown from here, easy highway access, lots of shopping, restaurants and parks. The neighborhoods are nice, clean and safe for the most part. Castle Rock is also a nice, new and upcoming town thats a little farther south.

Answer 5

It depends on what you mean by "exciting." If you mean an atmosphere of wild parties and a non-stop nightlife, you're probably out of luck in all but Boulder. It's safe and very wild (it's a major college town).

But if you're looking for a nice, safe place with plenty of shopping and parks I'd recommend the suburbs of Lakewood and Littleton. These places have good schools, decent housing, and the small town values you're accustomed to. Still, there is plenty to do in these suburbs and they are right up against the mountains so there's plenty of stuff to do there.

Answer 6

Colorado is crammed with small cities. in certainty, everywhere in the state apart from alongside I-25. each and all the super cities/suburbs are alongside I-25. in case you do no longer care approximately being in the mountains, then there are a chain of small cities alongside the Arkansas River in Southeastern Colorado (names like Fowler, Rocky Ford, l. a. Junta) that don't get many new human beings and can prefer to have you ever... inspite of the undeniable fact that they are extra like 3 hours from Denver. additionally, Littleton and chateau Rock are suburbs of Denver, and not something in any respect like small cities. they're undesirable concepts based on your standards.

Answer 7

Do yourself a favor - stay in whatever small town you're in. After 6 months in Denver, you'll hate it. It's ugly, flat, and has enough traffic to drive a nice person completely bonkers, not to mention that everything is overpriced.

Answer 8

You can try Boulder cause thats a place for young ppl, and a really fun place to be or you can try washington park thats a really nice place and its like really close form downtown it is a nice place... good luck!

Answer 9

go to www.townofcastlerock.org........................30min. south of Denver, great town right off I-25.........love it here been here 15 years , moved from Jersey

Answer 10

I'd move to broomfield. its clean and safe and has fun placed to go!