Want to relocate to Colorado with young family from COLD Minnesota

[RedSoxFanGoingWest]

Originally Posted by treedonkey

I think Castle Rock is a fine town, as suburbs go, but please don't exaggerate things to make it sound better than it is.

Unless you're talking about flying, there is NO WAY you can reach downtown COS in 35 minutes, even if you're starting your timer from the Plum Creek freeway entrance. I live good half hour south of that (about 20 minutes of freeway time from entrance to exit) and it takes me nearly a half hour of freeway time to reach the Uintah St. exit, which is still north of downtown, and does not even count extra driving time from there to your destination. As for going to Denver, if you only count freeway time MAYBE it would take a half hour before you reached Invesco Field, but that doesn;t even count any time on surface streets which could easily total another half hour if your home and your destination are not both right off the freeway. Also, there' no way you're getting into the Mountains (assuming you're talking about taking that dirt road up through Deckers) in 20 minutes.

I agree. I worked in the very Northern part of the Springs (Glen Eagle exit) and it took me 35 minutes in the morning (5:30-6am) and probably 40-45 minutes to get home.