Boulder is Welcoming, Inclusive, Diverse, Tolerant, and Accepting

[Katiana]

Originally Posted by carecare7

Does Boulder have anything similar to these family-friendly, low cost, educational things?

Yes, similar activities.

Does Boulder have people that let others into traffic during rush hour to be nice?
Does Boulder have workers that are polite, make eye contact and smile at the businesses?
Does Boulder have community gardens and food co-ops and Farmer's Markets?
Does Boulder have local Archaeological grant programs so homeschooled kids can have free four-hour archaeology classes complete with actual hands-on digging?

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Please let me know if Boulder is as family friendly as Flagstaff is. Thanks!

1. A few

2. Some

3. Yes

4. Don't know

Boulder is as family friendly as you want to make it. There are rec centers, lots of kid activities. Maybe not so much for free as you're used to.

[LisaCACO]

I am a screaming leftist socialist commie liberal (otherwise known as a democrat ) who had to decide whether to move to denver metro or boulder. my dh is an engineer who could easily work in both places. we chose denver metro for one reason and that was diversity. boulder doesn't have it. I drove around, looked for it, tried to find it, and nope, it wasn't there. there were latinos in Boulder county, but that was it. I looked at schools because I have a young daughter and still couldn't find that ever elusive racial/ethnic diversity. so we chose denver metro. now we live in arapahoe county, next to aurora. it's less liberal, but more diverse, economically, politically and racially/ethnically. that was important to us.

okay, so my daughter will be the only socialist in school . she can educate her peers, lol. We discussing living green and we model it in our lives. I can't wait til she goes to kindergarten this year and demands they set up a recycling bin in class . (she's a wee bit strong willed and opinionated. I have no idea where she gets it from...)

anyway, loved boulder but it didn't have everything we needed, so we looked elsewhere.

[Katiana]

Agree with the diversity issue, though your DD may fit in philosophically better in Boulder. You may be surprised about recycling in kindergarten. They may already be doing it in her classroom.

[LisaCACO]

Originally Posted by Katiana

Agree with the diversity issue, though your DD may fit in philosophically better in Boulder. You may be surprised about recycling in kindergarten. They may already be doing it in her classroom.

well, as of our last tour of the kindergarten class, there was no obvious recycling bin. bringing dd this tuesday, so we'll see . also hoping for more healthful options at school. working to change things slowly but surely.

[CCCVDUR]

Originally Posted by LisaCACO

I am a screaming leftist socialist commie liberal (otherwise known as a democrat )

LOL! A Socialist is not a Liberal. A Socialist thinks the government should control and/or own the means of production. Bob Brinker of Moneytalk says that Bush has socialistic policies w/ buying AIG. A Liberal is really a Libertarian, someone who believes in individual economic freedom w/ minimal government intervention (Adam Smith Economic Theory). Unfortunately, we genuine Economic Liberals (i.e. Libertarians) can't vote for either party anymore. Both parties have socialistic policies in running up the national debt for my generation w/ bailouts! I do not understand their thinking

[CCCVDUR]

Originally Posted by carecare7

I currently live in Flagstaff and LOVE it.

I don't know about these activities however if you visit Boulder ... be ready to be shocked (as I was). Boulder has twice the population, yet perhaps 4 to 6 times as dense (population density) as Flagstaff (because of Smart Growth policies). Boulder is Flagstaff on steroids. Although fortunately there are parts of town MUCH less dense than others.

The nicest town I've found in Colorado is Durango. It looks like Flagstaff (architecture, scenery), is a charming college town, bicycling town w/ bike trails, 4 health food stores, 4 bike shops, creeks and rivers running through downtown, lots of young families, with one third the population as Flagstaff, only 5.1% unemployment, and an average age of 29 according to city-data.com (Flag=26, Boulder=29). And you can buy 37 acres in La Plata County, CO for 50K. Durango has some infilling, but it's more spread out than Boulder -- and also over rolling terrain, so it's not as dense.

[mark747]

Boulder is great if you have money.
It's not as mellow as it used to be though.
Too many people crammed in a small space competing for resources causes stress.
They definitely do pride themselves on appearing welcoming and tolerant though.