What is the absolutely best/worst place in CO? (Denver: buying, live)

[Homesick in AK.]

Ok,guess I was too bitter, original message did'nt go through. Take lot's of money to give away, a business, a strong prefference for out of state ideas of what a mountain town should be like, check out the school system deeply, & DON'T TRESSPASS. Kinda hard to do much off the road system. Lived there too many years............

[Homesick in AK.]

Newby, hope first two are a good enough warning & we ARE moving back soon but not to that area. Have lived & traveled in many parts of Colorado for over 30 years, some of these comments are very helpful. So much is true. Good to look at it from this perspective. Over 60 now & looking for a mountain area that will work for us. Pulled towards Front Range, west of Denver.

[parfleche]

well mercey me 242 posts and my town wasn't mentioned once.makes me wonder why.guess we don't wanna sell it.no growth don't care.can't get rich don't want to.thanx for the entertainment.goin to the woods tomorrow.gonna find some work in spring to get me through next winter .good life old house old truck/jeep.no bills no rat race.good carpenter.works for me put two dauhters through college. they won't be back. it's a new world.i'mleft behind and glad of it.

[McGowdog]

So Mancos, huh? Isn't that near Cortez? Went to a football game there once.

Who do you guys play in sports? Durango, Creede, Del Snorte?

[Todd TCE]

Originally Posted by parfleche

well mercey me 242 posts and my town wasn't mentioned once.makes me wonder why.guess we don't wanna sell it.no growth don't care.can't get rich don't want to.thanx for the entertainment.goin to the woods tomorrow.gonna find some work in spring to get me through next winter .good life old house old truck/jeep.no bills no rat race.good carpenter.works for me put two dauhters through college. they won't be back. it's a new world.i'mleft behind and glad of it.

Umm, did you go to school there?

[Josseppie]

Originally Posted by parfleche

well mercey me 242 posts and my town wasn't mentioned once.makes me wonder why.guess we don't wanna sell it.no growth don't care.can't get rich don't want to.thanx for the entertainment.goin to the woods tomorrow.gonna find some work in spring to get me through next winter .good life old house old truck/jeep.no bills no rat race.good carpenter.works for me put two dauhters through college. they won't be back. it's a new world.i'mleft behind and glad of it.

I am not sure where your town is but if you like it then that is all that matters.

I dont think there is a bad place in Colorado, just what a person is looking for in a city, town or hamlet.

[parfleche]

after i got divorced i realized i could never aford to live near durango ever again.wife got the house i got the kids go figure.went west found a vacent 4 br victorian in mancos. it was begging me to save it.2years just underneath it. new foundation&insulation. origonal sandstone no fake crap.now i'm up top new windows siding etc. as i can aford it. no i did not go to school here. i was born in brooklyn my parents crossed the guina gangplank to long island. grew up there.left in 1975 for colorado. sorry bout my spelling just call it the italian gang plank.trim carpenter working on mcmansions if thats what they want ok with me my recyled house will outlast thier crap by a couple hundred years. built 1896. i paid 75000 in 1997. don't care what it's worth now ain't sellin.the game is over

[Homesick in AK.]

Sounds like you got the best deal all-round. Great story

[Bideshi]

There is a spot just past the Oklahoma/Colorado border on the left side of the road by a rock that I really don't like. It may not be the absolutely worst place in Colorado but it really annoys me.

[McGowdog]

That is the absolutely worst place in Colorado. That's why they put it in the most secluded spot in the whole state. They ought to move that rock on into New Mexico or Oklahoma.