You Will Love It. Good idea to reach out to DU pals, its a good starting point.
Definitely get to know the city of Denver & the ski slopes..and when summer comes absolutely take a drive across the State. There is endless history & great small towns, good people, celebrations and beautiful lakes, streams, & summer festivals throughout the Rocky Mountains to just experience.
I wish you good luck, easy travel, and many new & true friends.
Whether you're stay is forever or just for awhile, Colorado is definitely worth your time.
Hope you find a few Colorado DUers to help you start this very cool journey.

Here's to Happy Travel Sanity Claws!

I am so happy to see your friendly response, as well as so many others. It encourages me to pursue it. Realistically, I probably won't be able to move until the middle of next year.

I've lived in several areas around Denver and currently own a home between Denver and Boulder. I would be happy to share what I know about the area. PM me any time!

I will follow up with the PM when I am further along in my search.
I appreciate the friendly message.

Don't think you can find a better environment for its beauty and its people. Getting more expensive and crowded all the time but you will be welcome and I hope you will find it as good a place as I have.

Thanks for the friendly response. It's very encouraging.

You're welcome to PM me anytime.

I will follow up with a PM when I am further along in my search.
Your name is perfect for Colorado.

but we has seriously beautiful country out here and i usually don't have much to complain about when it comes to the whether along the front range.

Your part of the country certainly looks beautiful. I hope to experience living in it soon.

in 1977. Been here ever since! I did eventually visit California a couple of times, but I love Colorado.
I always tell people to pick where you " WANT" to live...then you figure out how to make it work.
Good luck!

I am at the point where I am trying to figure out how to make the move work.
Things to line up: a job; a car (I live in NYC and don't have one); a place to live.
I also have to tie up loose strings here.

is never as much rust on used vehicles. They use sand instead. And maybe the most important thing to keep in mind is that the weather here in Colorado is incredibly mild. Yes we do get dumped on occasionally, but it is usually followed by weather in the 50's and it melts fast. The front range (from Denver south on I-25 to the New Mexico border) is in what is called the "rain shadow. The big snows usually fall over the mountains and we get amazingly mild weather in those areas. The only time we get clobbered is when the snow comes up from the Gulf of Mexico. So, that is the exception more than the rule.

I have to get three geriatric cats to Denver with me. That's why I was thinking of buying a car. Maybe I should just rent one from a major agency that would allow me to do a one-way trip. Or maybe I'll get lucky and a friend with a car will want to take a car trip with me. That would be nice!

They use a mixture of sand and salt. When I moved to Denver in 1971, it was almost all sand. Over the years, the amount of salt has been increased. I still don't see rusted cars here, the way I used to in the Midwest, but that will be coming as the salt content increases.

Almost exactly halfway between Denver and Boulder. Moved here in March. Feel free to PM me any time with questions.