A quick note about the area you're looking at so it's easier to understand ---
Bowles is the east west route that your apartment complex is on. It is a major road. At Santa Fe, it splits into two one way streets (Main St westbound, Alamo St eastbound) and then reunites into Littleton Blvd, going all the way east to Broadway.
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1.Does anyone know any info about the apts. Fairview at Raccoon creek, and if so have you lived there before?
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No and No. All I know it's on a Golf course and it's just north of Columbine High School. The buildings from the outside are nice and clean looking two or three story buildings. There might be a lot of high school students walking by there after school, but aside from that I couldn't say much. It's a little isolated, a good half mile walk from any stores or businesses that I know of. To the west on Bowles is the Southwest Plaza Mall which an older but sprawling complex with many stores. To the east on Bowles is surprisingly rural, until you get to the Platte River and downtown Littleton. The river has a very nice path for riding (you can ride as far as you want starting there --- South Platte Park, Chatfield Reservoir, Bear Creek, Downtown denver on the Platte bikepath, Cherry Creek bikepath, C-470 bikepath --- the Platte bikepath pretty much connects to all the bikepaths in Denver).
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2.What would the commute be like from Littleton to her work off of tufts ave in S. Denver? Would it be better to use the light rail/bus than car?
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Now, when you say Tufts Ave, it is hard for me to know where exactly you're talking about because Tufts runs from east to west. However, I am assuming she's working in the northern part of the Denver Technical Center (Tufts at I-25), because elsewhere most of Tufts is residential. I'll assume that is the case.
I like Denver's RTD public transportation system. However, most people in Denver have at least one car, because as is the case in most cities you usually have to take at least 2 buses to get from most point As to most point Bs, especially if you live and/or work in the suburbs, and it appears that she is going to both live and work in the suburbs, which makes that even more likely. I'd recommend you do your public transit research on the RTD webpage, but I'll give you a few pointers below.
There actually is one bus that goes directly from the Southwest Plaza Mall to the northern DTC, a 6:00AM 27 bus. Other than that, it looks like your best bet would be to take the 76 up to Hampden Ave and catch the 27 there. I must warn you however, that the 27 would be a long daily ride. This is no express bus taking the highways, it's going down all kinds of side streets. And it's going to be a small, cozy bus, and there will probably be some people who get on around Broadway each day that smell strongly of cigarette smoke. So she'll probably want to be able to read on the bus and not mind smells too much, because otherwise that ride could get boring and headachy. The 6AM ride takes about 1hour and 40 minutes. Another option is to take the 67 east to downtown Littleton and catch the 66 there, which goes to the southern DTC. She'd have to walk or catch another bus to the northern DTC.
If you end up living further east in Littleton proper (Bowles Ave is technically in unincorporated Jefferson County, not Littleton) or in western Centennial, then she could catch the 66 directly. You'd also be close to Arapahoe Community College if you lived in LIttleton (if you end up going to police school there).
For driving, the good news about her commute is that she can completely avoid the highways if she wants. Take Bowles/Littleton Blvd east through to Broadway. At Broadway, turn south. Take Broadway to Arapahoe. Turn east. Take Arapahoe all the way out to DTC and take Yosemite north to Tufts. That would be a route I'd try that shouldn't have to much traffic. Or --- take Bowles east to Lowell Blvd. Take Lowell north to Belleview. Take Belleview east all the way out to DTC Blvd and drop south to Tufts. Traffic shouldn't be horrible on either of those, although there may be some congestion once you get to DTC.
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3.How is the weather out there? On average what is the amount of expected snow fall?
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The weather is in my opinion the best you'll find in the country, unless you really, really hate snow. Summers and Fall nice and dry, no humidity. Winter you'll go from 0 degrees to 70 degrees sometimes within a week, with an average day probably being around 50 degrees with a low around 25. The most snow is in the Fall and in the Spring, not in the winter, with March and April by far your snowiest months. On average every 5-10 years you'll get a really big snowstorm with over 20 inches of snow, usually either in October or March. Stapleton Airport averages 60 inches of snow per year. Littleton would end up being a little bit higher than that.
But you lived in Fort Collins. The weather shouldn't be any different from there.
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4.When we get an apt. should we look into getting covered parking, a garage, or a regular parking spot?
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I don't know of any reason you'd need a covered garage unless you don't want to take any chance on hail damage. Just like anywhere else in the country, there are risks with putting a car outside. If your car is your "baby" you may not want it to get hailed on (Denver gets a lot more hail than the east coast or west coast), but personally I couldn't care less, so I'd leave my car out.
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5.How hard is it to find a job out there? What places would you suggest that would be a good start?
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I would say the jobs are pretty good there, but I don't know of what particular industries are the best. I'd say maybe tech related industries or health care, but that's probably the case anywhere. It's probably more a question of what you're qualified for than what the area offers. I'd imagine you can find all kinds of jobs in the Denver area, but jobs are tough to find anywhere right now, as we all know.
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6. What outdoors things are there to do(ie. hiking, biking, snow shoeing etc.)?
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Everything you could possibly imagine. But you know that, having lived in Fort Collins. May not even need a car to go skiing if the Ski Train to Winter Park still runs. Also you might be able to take the RTD N bus to Eldora Ski area west of Boulder. There may be other public transportation options as well. If you have a car, you can ski anywhere you want.
Don't plan on being able to cross country ski in Denver itself much, since most of the time the ground is brown. But you know that from Fort Collins.
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7. Are there any good camping spots around?
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In Littleton ? No. But if you drive up to Rocky Mountain National Park, Golden Gate State Park, the National Forests, you can find any kind of camping you want.
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8.What are the best places to go out for food?
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Personally I would recommend the Syrian restaurant (Damascus Grill) on Littleton Boulevard. I would recommend India's on 7400 E Hampden. I would recommend the Tandoori Grill in Boulder. There are some good places downtown. There are a lot of good restaurants in Denver.
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9.For myself is there any advice on the best way of becoming a police officer and/or state trooper via training facilities or community colleges?
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Don't know. I'm sure there's a need for police officers. Arapahoe Community College is near Littleton Blvd and Santa Fe and has a Law enforcement education program.
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10.Is there any other admirable apt. complexes in Littleton?
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I wouldn't say there are a ton of apartment complexes in Littleton, but there are enough. It's far easier to find housing than it is to find a job. There are certainly no "areas to avoid" in Littleton/Centennial/unincorporatedJeffersonCo. As I said before, looking further east in Littleton and Centennial might be easier for your girlfriend's commute if she's planning to bus it, plus you'll be closer to ACC if you end up attending there.
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Thank you so much for your patience with my writing I know it was long but I need the info thank you so much for your time and efforts.
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No problem, however, I would recommend that you can find answers to a lot of your questions (especially #2, #5, #6, #7, #8, and #9) on an internet search engine.
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