Move from SF Bay Area to Denver?

[Bucketfoot]

I was born and raised in the Bay Area and have been in Colorado for 20+ years now.

>Is life better in Denver than SF?

Yes and no. There is just so much to do in the Bay Area and there is no ocean here. But for me all I miss is the ocean and the A's

>Do you know your neighbors?

Yep, of course I did in CA too.

>Would people dislike us because we came from california?

CA, no. Texas, yes

>Would my son be able to go to a daycare that is safe? (here it seems there are child abusers everywhere - look at meganslaw.com, its terrifying)

There are bad daycare centers everywhere, but there are definitely plenty of good ones around.

>Is the lifestyle generally healthy? (Northern california is not, i dont care what anyone says, everyone i see is very unhealthy, gamblers, drug addicts, a lot of alcoholics, its just soo negative and self destructive. The men are all scrawny and metro, the women are obsessed about their highlights and their shoes and dressing half naked)

Colorado is very much known for being an active/outdoor area. Generally speaking, yes it has generally healthy lifestyle (and not near as many woman who are shall we say fake in the upper body).

>What are the state taxes?

Flat income tax (5% if I recall correctly), sales tax varies from city to city, but is definitely lower than most CA areas. There is also a lower gas tax and overall lower gas prices.

>what about education? schools from k-12, what are they rated?

There are other good ones, but we specifically choose to be in the Cherry Creek School District. I would not suggest either the Denver or Aurora school districts. I should not though that many parts of Aurora are in Cherry Creek.

>Ideally i would like to buy a nice home with big yard (3+brdm) for < $350,000 maybe near a lake, a kids park, good daycare and best schools, can you recommend a neighborhood?

I personally would recommend something in the Southlands area (Aurora/Centennial). If you are interested in older more established parts of town I would look somewhere closer to Chatfield Reservoir.

>fyi, My husband loves to ski and i love to go horseback riding, here its too expensive.

Ski resorts are frankly easy to get to from anywhere in town. For horseback riding you probably want to be more in the southeast part of town closer to Parker.

[buggyssocute]

Originally Posted by Bucketfoot

I was born and raised in the Bay Area and have been in Colorado for 20+ years now.

>Is life better in Denver than SF?

Yes and no. There is just so much to do in the Bay Area and there is no ocean here. But for me all I miss is the ocean and the A's

>Do you know your neighbors?

Yep, of course I did in CA too.

>Would people dislike us because we came from california?

CA, no. Texas, yes

>Would my son be able to go to a daycare that is safe? (here it seems there are child abusers everywhere - look at meganslaw.com, its terrifying)

There are bad daycare centers everywhere, but there are definitely plenty of good ones around.

>Is the lifestyle generally healthy? (Northern california is not, i dont care what anyone says, everyone i see is very unhealthy, gamblers, drug addicts, a lot of alcoholics, its just soo negative and self destructive. The men are all scrawny and metro, the women are obsessed about their highlights and their shoes and dressing half naked)

Colorado is very much known for being an active/outdoor area. Generally speaking, yes it has generally healthy lifestyle (and not near as many woman who are shall we say fake in the upper body).

>What are the state taxes?

Flat income tax (5% if I recall correctly), sales tax varies from city to city, but is definitely lower than most CA areas. There is also a lower gas tax and overall lower gas prices.

>what about education? schools from k-12, what are they rated?

There are other good ones, but we specifically choose to be in the Cherry Creek School District. I would not suggest either the Denver or Aurora school districts. I should not though that many parts of Aurora are in Cherry Creek.

>Ideally i would like to buy a nice home with big yard (3+brdm) for < $350,000 maybe near a lake, a kids park, good daycare and best schools, can you recommend a neighborhood?

I personally would recommend something in the Southlands area (Aurora/Centennial). If you are interested in older more established parts of town I would look somewhere closer to Chatfield Reservoir.

>fyi, My husband loves to ski and i love to go horseback riding, here its too expensive.

Ski resorts are frankly easy to get to from anywhere in town. For horseback riding you probably want to be more in the southeast part of town closer to Parker.

Thanks for all the info. Really appreciate it... Very helpful. i think we will plan a trip soon and go visit.