Moving to Colorado...Suggestions?
Both my husband and myself have been given the opportunity to move to Colorado with our jobs from Texas. My husband's work would be in Colorado Springs and I would just need to be close to an airport for traveling. We have been looking at Castle Rock, Palmer Lake, and Monument. Education for our kids is HUGE for us. And a nice grocery store "in town" is a must which we don't have now. Got an opinion of any of these towns or maybe another suggestion?
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all i know is make sure you visit the hotsprings!
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My family and I are also moving to Colorado! Congratulations, it's a great place. I used to live in a town called Parker. It's about a half hour away from Castle Rock (our church was actually there). It's a cool town and it had great restaurants :) Parker is a fairly large town, but we lived a few miles out of it in a neighborhood called The Timbers at the Pinery, and we will be moving back to that same neighborhood. It's on the side closest to Castle Rock. It's all houses plus there's an elementary, middle, and high school there. Grocery stores were only about 10-15 minutes away. We thought it was perfect there. I wish you and your family the best of luck in the near future! Colorado is a great place.
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The Colorado Springs airport is medium sized, and it is located on the east side of town. Driving from Castle Rock to Colorado Springs in winter is gruesome. DH drove from South Metro to Colorado Springs for a year and said 'no more!'. Monument has a lot of new housing but it gets more snow than any other area around Colorado Springs. Trying to get over Monument Hill in a blizzard is something I never want to do again in this life time. I don't know much about Palmer Lake, but the area is beautiful. I thought it was mostly a tourist area but they may have built some housing and infrastructure there recently. Same problem with blizzards in winter. Talk to the locals and see how the commute would be. Here is a good Website for finding out about the schools http://reportcard.cde.state.co.us/reportcard/CommandHandler.jsp
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You will LOVE Colorado. It would be best to live SOUTH of Monument because in the winter, Monument Hill ( the highest altitude spot between Denver and Colorado Springs) can be impassable. It would be muchsi for you husband, if you live in Monument or south of there. The areas near the Air force Academy, north of Co. Spgs. are gorgeous, but expensive. Areas just South of Co. Spgs...some are not as nice, others are gorgeous, and less expensive than north of town. Anywhere around Co. Spgs. is great.
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you should consider checking out Lafayette its a small town that has kind of a suburban feel to it but also still has the small-town feeling as well its a pretty easygoing laid-back town, about 30-40 minutes from downtown denver and maybe 20 minutes to boulder theres lots of places to buy food- theres an albertsons, king soopers, and wal-mart as well as a farmers market in the summer and a few Mexican grocery store [large mexican population] as far as education- how old are your kids? theres like 4 elementary schools, 1 middle school, 1 high school, plus a charter school and even a kind of "internet school" [idk much about it] and also not far from boulder where C.U. is. Not to mention there are other schools in surrounding cities theres also a creek thats in kind of a foresty-area where people go jogging and biking and its pretty peaceful....and theres a little lake too.... and you have your nice neighborhoods and your "ghetto" neighborhoods here, and everything inbetween just like any other city SO if you wanna move to lafayette i say go for it. if not, thats okay too. living costs are not too bad here btw. http://www.cityoflafayette.com/
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I grew up in the North Metro Area, so everything south is a bit hazy... but if you NEED to be near an airport, and don't want to drive all the way to DIA every time (about an hour or more's drive from any of the places you mentioned) then you'll want to stay on the Colorado Springs side to use their airport for convenience. Castle Rock seems like a nice, older town, though, and Monument is a little more ... hmm... old school / ritzy from my own experience.
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Colorado Springs is a very nice place to move to. District 20 is one of the best ones in Colorado and your kids would really like it as well as you. There are many grocery stores ie. Wal-Mart, Albertsons, Whole Foods. Castle Rock is a nice town. I'm not very sure on its education but it has anything else you might want. Congratulations!!
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I would not look any further north than Castle Rock, only because of the commute from there isn't too bad (at least in good weather) and the need for you to be close to an airport. Denver's airport will still be about an hour away. Schools (Douglas County) is one of the best in the state. They have a new movie theater, Wal Mart, Outback and grocery stores! If connecting flights arent a big deal for you then consider Colorado Springs. I know nothing about the schools there,but I am sure there are some good ones. Monument is south of Castle Rock, but doesnt provide a wide range of housing like Castle Rock does. Good Luck!
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Education is huge? Don't move to Colorado! We are, like 48th in the nation for Public Education, and in the Springs...you're going to find a lot of private schools where the emphasis is on indoctrinating foolish Baptist Christians, not on educating the children. (Not that ALL Baptists or Christians are foolish...just what they are raising there.)
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South of Colorado Springs is Fountain, Security, and Pueblo. There is an airport in Colorado Springs. Fountain and Security have pretty good schools, and are close enough to Springs for commuting. If I worked in Springs, I would avoid having to commute from the north. Winter is hell on the roads that way. Lots of snow and road closures. 35 miles south of Springs is Pueblo. Not sure if you want to go that far. You can email me if you have questions. From my profile on Answers.
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