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Old 03-13-2017, 01:47 PM
 
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My wife and I are relocating to Denver in a few months (we cannot wait!!! ) for work purposes. We will rent an apartment or condo in the city initially but if all goes well, we plan on buying a home in the next 1-2 years.
We are a same sex couple with very liberal views and we are looking for suburbs with like minded individuals. What are some of the most liberal, democratic Denver suburbs?
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Old 03-13-2017, 01:56 PM
 
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Boulder Boulder Boulder. Well, Boulder's not the Denver metro area I guess. Except for Castle Rock and Parker, I think the whole Denver area is a liberal's dream.
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Old 03-13-2017, 02:05 PM
 
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My wife and I are relocating to Denver in a few months (we cannot wait!!! ) for work purposes. We will rent an apartment or condo in the city initially but if all goes well, we plan on buying a home in the next 1-2 years.
We are a same sex couple with very liberal views and we are looking for suburbs with like minded individuals. What are some of the most liberal, democratic Denver suburbs?
Where will work be and what will your proposed budget be?

Boulder is the most liberal city in the state, though a daily commute to downtown Denver would be rough.

Outside of Boulder and Golden though, few other cities in the Denver Metro have a solid "downtown" atmosphere and are more of an urban sprawl. Belmar in Lakewood might be more progressive and "hip" with a walkable shop/restaurant scene, though you'll pay more for it than other areas.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sijym2crsm...line%2Bmap.png

Above is a map of election results.
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Old 03-13-2017, 02:14 PM
 
Location: 0.83 Atmospheres
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Is the city out? The city is more liberal than anything except Boulder.
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Old 03-13-2017, 02:17 PM
 
Location: Denver CO
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The city of Denver has many residential neighborhoods with single family homes and a fairly suburban lifestyle, which sound like they might be a good fit for you.
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Old 03-13-2017, 03:13 PM
 
Location: CO/UT/AZ/NM Catch me if you can!
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The city of Denver has many residential neighborhoods with single family homes and a fairly suburban lifestyle, which sound like they might be a good fit for you.
But do Bernie Sanders fans live there or has the Fox crowd settled in?

Boulder is THE place to go if you're a billionaire. It's been too long since I lived in Denver, so I can't really say for that city. The area around University of Denver, including the area due west of it, used to be pretty liberal. Now? Beats me.

Here's an aside: My small (in numbers) county in remote rural Colorado always goes overwhelmingly republican in every election. I happened to see a list of the last election turn-out by precinct just the other day. There was one precinct where every single presidential vote went to Hillary and not a single one to her opponent. Guess where this precinct was located? On the Ute Mountain Ute Nation centered around the town of Towaoc in the Four Corners area. I myself have the great good fortune to be the Utes' next door neighbor. Of course, there would be that 400 mile each way commute to Denver.

Oh, and whatever you do, DON'T go anywhere that is roughly within a 30 mile radius around libertarian Colorado Springs.
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Old 03-13-2017, 03:23 PM
 
Location: Denver CO
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Hillary Clinton won Denver County 74-19. That's a higher percentage than Boulder County, which was 70 to 22. I think it's fair to say that Denver is pretty liberal.

There may be some differences from that number if you just looked at city results, but I couldn't easily find those since the results are primarily reported at the county level.
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Old 03-13-2017, 03:27 PM
 
Location: 0.83 Atmospheres
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But do Bernie Sanders fans live there or has the Fox crowd settled in?

Boulder is THE place to go if you're a billionaire. It's been too long since I lived in Denver, so I can't really say for that city. The area around University of Denver, including the area due west of it, used to be pretty liberal. Now? Beats me.

Here's an aside: My small (in numbers) county in remote rural Colorado always goes overwhelmingly republican in every election. I happened to see a list of the last election turn-out by precinct just the other day. There was one precinct where every single presidential vote went to Hillary and not a single one to her opponent. Guess where this precinct was located? On the Ute Mountain Ute Nation centered around the town of Towaoc in the Four Corners area. I myself have the great good fortune to be the Utes' next door neighbor. Of course, there would be that 400 mile each way commute to Denver.

Oh, and whatever you do, DON'T go anywhere that is roughly within a 30 mile radius around libertarian Colorado Springs.
Denver went over 70% for Clinton in the general, but for Bernie in the primary. Not the Fox crowd.
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Old 03-13-2017, 03:33 PM
 
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Oh, and whatever you do, DON'T go anywhere that is roughly within a 30 mile radius around libertarian Colorado Springs.
I presume you mean this as tongue-in-cheek humor but the OP may take it seriously. To the OP, there are as far as I know thousands of same-sex couples in Colorado Springs, an annual "Colorado Springs Pride" parade, a "Gay and Lesbian Alliance" (at least it used to be called that), and has apparently been named the third-"best" town in Colorado for LGBT families and 13th-"best" in the USA (Boulder being fourth-"best") - see Moderator cut: link removed, linking to competitor sites is not allowed

The USA being still a free country and Colorado being a US state and Colorado Springs being a Colorado town and several neighborhoods of Colorado Springs being heavily liberal and Democratic (downtown, Westside, Manitou, etc.), I think the more time the OP spends in Colorado Springs THE BETTER. In fact, bring all your LGBT friends for a visit, or to live, and be active, visible, friendly, and make my city a better, more loving, and more authentic place.

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Old 03-13-2017, 05:25 PM
 
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Where will work be and what will your proposed budget be?

Boulder is the most liberal city in the state, though a daily commute to downtown Denver would be rough.

Outside of Boulder and Golden though, few other cities in the Denver Metro have a solid "downtown" atmosphere and are more of an urban sprawl. Belmar in Lakewood might be more progressive and "hip" with a walkable shop/restaurant scene, though you'll pay more for it than other areas.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sijym2crsm...line%2Bmap.png

Above is a map of election results.
Work will be 40% in Lakewood (zip 80228), 40% in Westminster (zip 80023) and 20% of the time closer to the city (zip code 80210).

Boulder is out for being too far of a drive; and also, we're not billionaires, lol. Even though I did love Boulder when I went to visit. We would like to stay under 500k as far as budget goes.
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