New york to Colorado (Denver, Fort Collins: relocate, trip , job)

[docmikey]

Hi, I have read all your comments on fort morgan and am pretty shaken up about some of them and what I am getting myself into. I am planning to move over there for a job at a Hospital that looks good. I've only been in the States for 9 years and spent almost all of that time in NYC. If Fort Morgan is the way you say it is then maybe you could help me....being a 31yr old single doctor from NYC what would be the nearest place to Fort Morgan I could move to which could make the three or four years I have planned there a good experince. I want to have some good memories of colorado...and don't plan to be in morgan more than three years...hope someone can help me out...thanks...

[Tom Emmerling]

Fort Morgan is a very desolate area. If you have only lived in a city the size of NYC you are in for a big shock. There is really no large towns around there. Greeley would be about 1 hour from there and it is probably the closest as far as cities go. At least you will be within a days drive of Denver, Fort Collins, Greeley areas so you can get away from the small town feel. You will be happy to know that the people in the eastern part of Colorado are very friendly and there is not much crime. Other than that bring some hobbies to do because there is not much out that way.

[suzco]

Originally Posted by Tom Emmerling

Fort Morgan is a very desolate area. . . At least you will be within a days drive of Denver, Fort Collins, Greeley areas so you can get away from the small town feel. . .

Isn't Ft Morgan just about an hour and a half drive from each of Denver, Ft. Collins, Boulder? Saying it's within a day's drive makes it sound far more remote than it is.

[tfox]

About 75 minute drive from downtown Denver to Fort Morgan. So, it's not all that desolate, though it probably will look like that coming from NYC.

If you absolutely hate Fort Morgan, you could always live in a NE suburb of Denver, like Reunion, for example, and commute about 1 hour each way. Guaranteed to be zero traffic from there to Fort Morgan, so at least it would not be a very frustrating drive, but you will burn up a lot of gas doing it.

[bco24]

Originally Posted by suzco

Isn't Ft Morgan just about an hour and a half drive from each of Denver, Ft. Collins, Boulder? Saying it's within a day's drive makes it sound far more remote than it is.

Fort Morgan is about an hour away from denver, maybe a lil bit over an hour, its straight interstate from morgan to denver that's the good thing. It's about an hour and half to boulder from morgan, and about and hour and fifteen from morgan to fort collins.

The good thing about living in morgan is you can make a trip to any of those places and back, easily in a day.

[jazzlover]

Fort Morgan is still pretty much a farming community and a small town, albeit within easy driving distance to the Front Range metro areas. Yes, it will be a culture shock if you move there from New York City, but so would almost any other small town in the U.S.

If you move there expecting to be unhappy, you probably will be. Similarly, if you expect it to be paradise--well, it's not that, either. I happen to like Fort Morgan--I know a number of people who grew up there and I have business contacts that live there. All of the aformentioned are nice people. I would rather live in Fort Morgan than in most of Colorado's yuppie and transplant-infested resort areas. You just have to get over the fact that Fort Morgan is NOT in the mountains.

Yes, Fort Morgan does have a significant population of Hispanics, some illegal. It has that in common with a lot of Colorado towns, big and small. Still, my impression is that Fort Morgan remains a pleasant community.

I don't know if the the Drover's Restaurant at the livestock sale yard just up the road in Brush is still open, but if it is, you can go there for some real culture shock AND a great steak! Any locals from up in that area know if it still open and if the food is still great?

[irvm]

Originally Posted by docmikey

Hi, I have read all your comments on fort morgan and am pretty shaken up about some of them and what I am getting myself into. I am planning to move over there for a job at a Hospital that looks good. I've only been in the States for 9 years and spent almost all of that time in NYC. If Fort Morgan is the way you say it is then maybe you could help me....being a 31yr old single doctor from NYC what would be the nearest place to Fort Morgan I could move to which could make the three or four years I have planned there a good experince. I want to have some good memories of colorado...and don't plan to be in morgan more than three years...hope someone can help me out...thanks...

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[golden pond]

Hey Doc from NY-small towns are small towns. I've been looking to relocate myself and Brush is one of my considerations-job type of thing. Been reading about Ft. Morgan and it sounds pretty much like most small towns and ones that rely on farming, ranching especially. I grew up in farm country-in fact sugar beets were one of the biggie crops grown since there was one of the largest sugar beet factories there. (This was long ago) Also, don't remember any smell from it and we lived within a few miles from it. The meat packing plant probably smells and I get the impression that is politically correct for "slaughter house." People are usually conserative and somewhat "red neck" but also usually very friendly. If they think you are a good Dr. then they will probably bend over backwards to help you out. And they will all know who you are. (I know this because my dad was the doc. in a small town)

As far as culture shock-oh, yeah! NY has diversity-all kinds of people and things. Not so in small town America. You are from another country it sounds like. When you roll into town you will probably wonder what you were thinking to take a job there. Might even want to go pooey in your pants. NOWHERE is perfect. It is what you make of it. It will be a great learning experience for you and you may find yourself liking it. Positives about small towns/country area. You wll be able to see every pin point star at night and pick out the constellations easily. You will not have pollution to deal with-or garbage, etc. I guess it's known for it's water in Ft. Morgan. No traffic and it probably will be so quiet it'll drive you nuts-at first. It will have reasonable property values compared to the rest of the state and there is wildlife there to see. Have you ever had eagles or coyotes or deer cruise through? It has been said that there is a meth. problem there-there and everywhere else in the USA-Port Angeles WA, Flagstaff AZ, Pinedale WY, Cedar City UT, and on and on. Running out of space-I'll continue on another post.

[golden pond]

Hey Doc-I posted on another thread to Albany girl wanting to move to CO by accident. (new to this site-or whatever) Anywho, I was going on about small towns-ran out of space. You might want to read it to get an idea of Dr. in a small, rural area, etc. It is what it is-I have not been to that area but lived in desert country most of my life and everywhere has it's own uniqueness and beauty. I currently live in the "high country" of eastern Idaho. About 90 miles SW of Yellowstone Park. An hour from Jackson, WY. It's beautiful here-probably one of the most beautiful places on the planet. But it's cold-really cold-30 below at night in winter. Speaking of winter it snows here a bunch. Still two feet of snow on the ground and more coming our way. You really have to like winter. It's been "discovered" so property is EXPENSIVE and there is nothing here. The nearest town is 250 people and Brush has almost as many people there as there are in the county here. My point? Well, as I said on my other thread NOWHERE is perfect and it's what you make it. I want to relocate because there isn't anything here like a movie theatre or library etc. And I can't take the endless snow. So, the moral to this story is-at least Ft. Morgan offers the basic things people want and like. Covers the bases. If you need a city "fix" then it's fairly quick to Denver. Your Colorado (or any) experience will be as good as you make it to be. Cowboy up!