Relocating: Small Towns Near Boulder? (Firestone, Lyons: buying a home, buying, living in)

[lily]

I will be relocating to Colorado to begin graduate studies in Boulder. I'm interested in buying a home (160K-200K) in a neighboring community within 30 miles of Boulder.

I'm a single woman with a dog and am looking for a community that is on the small side (under 3000), safe, and has access to outdoor activities such as hiking. It's important to me to live in a community where people are friendly and considerate.

I'm currently living in a small historic town where the population is comprised mostly of misfits. What is socially unacceptable elsewhere, is socially acceptable here. I want to avoid those type of communities when I relocate.

Which towns should I consider and which ones should I stay away from?

Any thoughts on Nederland, Rollinsville, Lyons, or Jamestown?

Thanks for your help,
Lily

[soleilsinclair]

Where are you living now? As a misfit maybe that is the place for me? I'm thinking about Boulder and also want to know about small towns near by. Ned sounds too high and windy.

[Katiana]

Unless you have a penchant for mountain living, which I think would be hard for a single woman, I'd recommend Lyons, of the towns you mentioned. You might try Boulder as well. It has many "conventional" people, but also some "misfit" types.

[davya]

Lyons is way too expensive for the $ range you listed. So are the other towns you mentioned. Small town living in the front range is very pricey! I have friends who bought a one room cabin with no running water in Gold hill for about 350k!!

Maybe you could find something iin Fredrick/Firestone which are still fairly small (but not for long).

They're also still within' distance you mention, although they are not small mountian towns.