Durham/Asheville NC or Denver CO? (live, best, state, place)

[rosemckin]

My sister is looking to move with her daughter from the SF Bay Area because it's getting ridiculously expensive. She is a lesbian and her daughter is biracial, and she's really looking for a progressive urban place to live with decent public transport and beautiful scenery, but also affordable. She's come up with the Denver area and the Durham/Carrboro etc area. What are the differences between them in terms of affordability, diversity, progressivism, jobs, culture?

[march2]

Denver is less expensive than SF, but still more expensive than most American metros. Durham is affordable and the Raleigh/Durham area in general is a good metro area with one of the best economies in the nation.

[Mutiny77]

Durham and Asheville are two different cities in different parts of the state. Did you mean Raleigh/Durham?

[JoeTarheel]

Durham is in the center of the state, Asheville in the west. Both are great cities for lesbians from what I've heard.