Can I live in Denver on 40,000 a year (Littleton: foreclosed, car insurance)

[gazer]

Originally Posted by livecontent

The areas near the hospital, uptown, capital hill are not family oriented. You will be very comfortable; it has many venues for singles.

This is great website that will give you the information about the neighborhoods, amenities, culture, living | Live Downtown Denver | Brought To You By The Downtown Denver Partnership | It will also point you to different apartments.
Uptown is the neighborhood near the hospital | Live Downtown Denver | Brought To You By The Downtown Denver Partnership | Neighborhoods | click on link to get description | Live Downtown Denver | Brought To You By The Downtown Denver Partnership | Neighborhoods | Uptown |
Notice the search box on the left for apartment listings and prices

In addition this website will give you an bigger picture of the development happening in Denver
DenverInfill.com - Capitol Hill District

I have no idea about average prices for apartment but I think you will have no problem with 40,000 a year.

Here is a neighborhood map of all of Denver
http://www.denvergov.org/denvermaps/...ghborhoods.pdf

Having grown up near Buffalo, never heard this---what is a snow removal tax????

Livecontent

Again thank for the info.If I remember correctly some cities like philly charge for snow removal.I could have misinterpet it.

Here a thread on it http://www.city-data.com/forum/phila...residents.html

[tfox]

Denver's cost of living is about average for a U.S. city. Rent is probably below average, as you saw. The DU area that Katiana talked about is a very nice area, but given your situation you should look no further than Capitol Hill. It's a downtown neighborhood, relatively affordable for a city-center area, and mostly quite safe.

To answer your question, you should be able to get by just fine on $40k salary provided you can live within a budget.

[2bindenver]

Please stop reading if you work for the City & County of Denver, no snow tax.

Heck, they don't even charge for trash pickup in Denver.

[gazer]

Originally Posted by Katiana

Yes, my daughter lives in a decent (I assume you mean safe, clean, etc) neighborhood near the University of Denver. I think her 'hood is called "University". It is mostly grad students in her area. You could easily get to P/SL in 20 min. from her place. In fact, any east side neighborhood (E of I-25) would work for that commute time.

Re: weather, I would suggest looking at some weather websites such as AccuWeather.com for monthly averages, etc. There are also many other weather websites to peruse. The snows are not frequent, and the snow is usually gone in a few days. Summers are hot, but not humid like Baltimore. (I once lived in Frederick.) The smog is not that bad. It's there, but there's far more hype than reality about it. There is a ton of information about weather on this forum. Check the index.

Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you.I am just not use to the differences in prices.In Baltimore, a one bedroom apartment downtown cost at least 1000 dollar.

[Katiana]

Originally Posted by gazer

Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you.I am just not use to the differences in prices.In Baltimore, a one bedroom apartment downtown cost at least 1000 dollar.

No offense taken. I was just clarifying.

[Mike from back east]

Being from Baltimore, I can tell Gazer that it's all good here. Fear not. Land a job and come on out.

Only thing I miss are the crabcakes from Faidley's or Snyder's. I don't miss the humidity, bugs, high prices, crowding and traffic.

The $1000 rent in Baltimore is more than here; IMO, reflects that DC workers have discovered they can live a lot cheaper in Charm City and take a MARC train to the DC area, a mere 40 miles away, driving up rents.

[gazer]

Originally Posted by Mike from back east

Being from Baltimore, I can tell Gazer that it's all good here. Fear not. Land a job and come on out.

Only thing I miss are the crabcakes from Faidley's or Snyder's. I don't miss the humidity, bugs, high prices, crowding and traffic.

The $1000 rent in Baltimore is more than here; IMO, reflects that DC workers have discovered they can live a lot cheaper in Charm City and take a MARC train to the DC area, a mere 40 miles away, driving up rents.

Thanks for the info. Should I be aware of anything before deciding wheather I should take the job.

[Katiana]

Could you be more specific?

[gazer]

Originally Posted by Katiana

Could you be more specific?

I guess the lifestyle of people. Is it more of a quiet city or more new york.

Are their alot of homelessnes people and/or forclosed houses ?

Are people friendly or is it a cliquish envirnoment?

I know a little bit about denver, but not enough to get a "feel" of it.So anything that tell me about the culture. I also would like to know coming from a big city, will I get bored easily?

[Mike from back east]

Originally Posted by gazer

I guess the lifestyle of people. Is it more of a quiet city or more new york.

Are their alot of homelessnes people and/or forclosed houses ?

Are people friendly or is it a cliquish envirnoment?

I know a little bit about denver, but not enough to get a "feel" of it.So anything that tell me about the culture. I also would like to know coming from a big city, will I get bored easily?

Denver is NOT noted for being a city that never sleeps. Much more muted here. Nothing like Times Square. The Inner Harbor meeting, greeting and eating space of B'more is in line with Denver's 16th Street Pedestrian Mall, minus the waterscape.

People are generally friendly. LOTS of people here from somewhere else. Tons of people in Baltimore are long-timers with multi-generational roots there, as are mine, back to the Civil War era.

Lots of culture and museums and show venues and eateries and watering holes and festivals and all 5 major league sports. Hardly any chance to get bored here. If you like outdoor sports, you can stay busy here all year.

s/Mike