Just Moved To Denver!! (Highlands Ranch: apartment, renters, neighborhoods)

[Jessi222]

I recently landed a great job after graduating college and made the move from San Diego to Denver. I was reading some posts about good places for young, single professionals to live but they were all from a few years ago. I am in my early 20's and I am looking to live somewhere that I can walk to bars/restaurants/shops etc and meet people my age because I do not know anyone out here and I am having a hard time meeting people since I work in a very small office. Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions from good places to meet people to where to live!

[Snodrifter]

1. Get out of Lonetree. 2. Judging from your age, and your myspace page, you look as though you would LOVE living around LoDo. Maybe try Highland, too (I'm talking about the neighborhood, which is across I-25 from downtown, not Highlands Ranch). 3. There definitely is a big yuppie scene. Don't worry. Just go someplace like Swanky's or LoDos or Martini Ranch, get an apartment at the Metro or Ballpark, you'll fit right in.

[steveindenver]

The above places are decent enough, but Capitol Hill with access to the various bars, resteraunts and music venues is probably a better bet. Rough areas to concentrate on center around Colfax (15th ave) and run from Sherman out to York although there are some interesting places all the way out to Colorado now, the BlueBird theatre included, but the main core of folks your age are going to be between Sherman and High, 17th Ave and 11th ave.

The highlands is for slightly older folks, LoDo .. is really an abyss to live in in terms of things other than bars.

[dj32]

Agree with Steve about Cap Hill but I would look around Ballpark neighborhood (north of Lodo). There is also a huge mid 20s population in Wash Park, most renters live on the West side, which is cheaper than the East Side. I'd also look in Platte Park. Both have a population of DU students- college and grad as well.

[LoHiGuy]

Great neighborhoods in denver for young professionls, Highlands denver, LoHi (Lower Highland, East Highland--Zip 80211) West Highland, Potter Highland, Berkely, Cap. Hill. All are walking distance to Bars, Restaurants etc.

[steveindenver]

LoHi and Highlands are older in terms of your average age and lack the concert venues, varied bars and concentration of young pros that Capitol Hill has.

They are were the kids move to when they couple up and get a dog, before having kids and moving again.

A generalism .... but ....

Also, good call on the DU area. Lot's of stuff going on there and a bit further south if that is important.

[Snodrifter]

I don't think of the Hill as a yuppie neighborhood. Most of the people I know here, yes, are young, but are still in school, and generally work in the service industry. This was different from what I noticed living in the Highland, or Ballpark, the latter of which being where I landed when I first came out here. Turned out to be way too popped collar, "omg, look at my _insert material object here_, I'm the assistant manager at a bank just out of college how awesome am I?" for me. Wash park is also a good option, I'd think, for you. As for meeting people... what are you looking for? You can 'meet' a ton of people at, say, lodo bars, but it's an exercise in futility if you're looking for some real concrete relationships. My experience is that your friends are gonna come from all over (work, play, for me, school, too). I was in a similar situation as you a couple years ago when I moved out, only, I'm finishing up school out here (moved after a stint in the Air Force). It's pretty easy to make a nice, varied group of friends. Obviously there is tons to do here, as well. And perfect weather to top it off.

[LoHiGuy]

Originally Posted by steveindenver

LoHi and Highlands are older in terms of your average age and lack the concert venues, varied bars and concentration of young pros that Capitol Hill has.

They are were the kids move to when they couple up and get a dog, before having kids and moving again.

A generalism .... but ....

Also, good call on the DU area. Lot's of stuff going on there and a bit further south if that is important.

I agree somewhat. I lived in Cap Hill for 5 years and loved it too, but like LoHi much better, just my opinion.

[steveindenver]

I agree somewhat. I lived in Cap Hill for 5 years and loved it too, but like LoHi much better, just my opinion.

It's a great, great area with a lot of great things. I'm just trying to respond to the request as if I was back in that situation ... which I was.

I really wish we had been smart enough to make the move to the highlands 8 years ago (when we had a dog ... and I would have stayed with the kids myself ...).

[suzco]

Have I missed it? Have you said where you work (not the business, the location)? That might also influence the exact "best" location.