I am kind of cracking up at all the Colorado digs. Then why is everyone moving here?! Lol.
Some of them are spot on. It is a very white state/not diverse. I agree Denver as a city is bland. It is dry. Cost of housing is high.
But like I'm sitting here in October glad that it finally feels like fall. Yes, we might get a random snow in October, but it's a here today, gone tomorrow situation. I do not constantly feel ill (my hands are dry all winter but that's about it). H and I work in software and there are tons of good jobs. We have so many opportunities to get outside and hike, bike, ski, camp, drink a beer at a brewery's beer garden. The mountains are just beautiful.
I get that it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I personally can't imagine leaving.
Ha, this is what I was thinking. There’s a lot of hate on Colorado in this thread considering how many people continue to move here.
I would, for the record, avoid Douglas county (Parker) though. What a fucking shit show.
What is the deal with Douglas County? is it extremely conservative?
Ha, this is what I was thinking. There’s a lot of hate on Colorado in this thread considering how many people continue to move here.
I would, for the record, avoid Douglas county (Parker) though. What a fucking shit show.
What is the deal with Douglas County? is it extremely conservative?
They just separated themselves from the tri-county health department and created their own because they didn’t want to be under a mask mandate. That whole situation is pretty ridiculous, in my opinion. From a tax perspective, it’s a little sketch too. Things like bond measures to keep schools from going to a 4-day week barely passed a couple years ago.
If you like your area governed by people who are experts in their area or care about other people, I'd be weary of some of the southern suburbs of Denver - namely, Parker and anything in Douglas County. We are like mini Texas over here with our new Board of "Health" .... Not to force politics on any part of your decision making, but we've been here 10years and its never been as bad as it is now - we're researching other areas to move to.
My H is a software engineer, his office is (was) downtown, but he works 100% from home now. There are tons of opportunities in the metro area should he decide he wants to look for something else.
Ha, this is what I was thinking. There’s a lot of hate on Colorado in this thread considering how many people continue to move here.
I would, for the record, avoid Douglas county (Parker) though. What a fucking shit show.
What is the deal with Douglas County? is it extremely conservative?
It's always been a conservative area but the northern area, has been more mixed. It's also never been this bad. Our county leaders threw a hissy fit because the health dept issued a mask mandate for K-12 schools. They left the 50+ yr relationship with the heath dept and created their own board of "health" .... then created a health order that allowed parents to exempt their kids from wearing a mask in school and forbid quarantines if a child was exposed. Our school district is suing this new "health" board for this health order because it violates the federal civil rights of students with disabilities.This new health board consists of 2 politicians (a former boy scout leader and a coroner), 1 non prescribing radiologist, a conspiracy theory believing nurse and a former school board member - Obviously very qualified people with experience in public health. Basically - stay far away from the craziness here.
Post by cattyvintagegirl on Oct 21, 2021 12:06:48 GMT -5
Oh hell no. Douglas County sounds like the conservative counties in metro Atlanta. I have zero patience for the anti-maskers. And if it isn’t masks they have a problem with, it will be something else. Thanks for the feedback!
Unsure how discussing legitimate concerns for people moving to CO is hate, but ok.
I read the whole thread and I don’t see where there are a bunch of “Colorado digs”?!
Its very dry there, it’s far from the ocean and the traffic is bad in the Denver area (where OP said they would probably choose) .. how are these Colorado digs, that’s just information?
In Denver, if you live on the west side but have to drive East for work, or vice versa, that’s probably when you’ll spend most time in traffic. If you will work downtown, the west side is probably ok. If you work in the tech center, there’s not really a decent highway system to get you there. There are some big highway-like streets for part of the way, but I’d suggest living East or south. But if you’re deciding based on proximity to the mountains, I wouldn’t necessarily factor that in. We are talking maybe fifteen/twenty minutes difference on a two-hour drive in decent traffic. You’ll still get mountain views from anywhere. Denver isn’t really a highway city like California cities, we have bigger streets instead. The joke is that it’s always road construction season around here. But honestly, it only is hard if I had to drive across the city during rush hour.
The air quality has been bad the last few years with wild fires. I have breathing issues and end up staying inside in the city with my super awesome air filters on my hvac. But if we drive to Fort Collins or the mountains, often the air quality is very different so I can still get outside, but my garden at home suffers since the city air can be bad. The air quality sometimes does suck in the whole state, so I’m not saying you’ll always find a full reprieve, but often enough I’ve been able to.
One thing to keep in mind moving north, which has bothered my former-Texan H off and on the entire time he's lived in northern latitudes, is that the sun is up about 1/2 hour to 45 minutes less in the winter. Also if you live in NH, the sun will go down super early during winter, as it's on the eastern edge of the Eastern time zone. Seasonal affective disorder can be a big issue to some people.
But the weather in southern New Hampshire probably isn't that bad in the winter, just like it isn't bad (to me) in southern Maine. We maybe had five days last winter where the high didn't make it up into the 20s. Of course, that's going to sound awful to you coming from Atlanta! But every decade the weather in the winter gets milder, while the summer and fall are absolutely glorious in Northern New England.
My H is in tech, and has noticed a shift since COVID. His office, which used to adamantly require everyone be in person, now lets them do whatever they want. He gets recruiting calls all the time for remote positions based in Boston. I think we're so short of qualified people in New England, that they've had to relax their rules and broaden their searches to fill positions, which is all to say that your H shouldn't have problems finding remote work around here.
I really love the proximity to Boston, but the remove from the stresses (and expense) there. There are trains and nice bus services that can get you into the city without any of the hassle of driving. It's really no worse than commuting into the city from New Jersey, which millions of people do. But, having lived in New Jersey, northern New England is way, way more laid back. Good luck on whatever you decide!
Post by cattyvintagegirl on Oct 24, 2021 14:20:29 GMT -5
Hi ladies, we have a question for those of you who live in New Hampshire. How is the access to healthcare there? Let’s say that we lived in Concord or Manchester, and one of us needed specialized treatment or a specific procedure. Would we have to travel to Boston for that, or are there enough specialized doctors in NH that most anything could be handled without incurring extended travel?
Hi ladies, we have a question for those of you who live in New Hampshire. How is the access to healthcare there? Let’s say that we lived in Concord or Manchester, and one of us needed specialized treatment or a specific procedure. Would we have to travel to Boston for that, or are there enough specialized doctors in NH that most anything could be handled without incurring extended travel?
There are several large healthcare systems in the Manchester and Nashua areas (Dartmouth, Elliot and St. Joe's off the top of my head). The only times I've heard of someone traveling to Boston was for specialized cancer care at Dana Farber.
Hi ladies, we have a question for those of you who live in New Hampshire. How is the access to healthcare there? Let’s say that we lived in Concord or Manchester, and one of us needed specialized treatment or a specific procedure. Would we have to travel to Boston for that, or are there enough specialized doctors in NH that most anything could be handled without incurring extended travel?
We go to Boston for my husband’s allergist/immunologist.
Hi ladies, we have a question for those of you who live in New Hampshire. How is the access to healthcare there? Let’s say that we lived in Concord or Manchester, and one of us needed specialized treatment or a specific procedure. Would we have to travel to Boston for that, or are there enough specialized doctors in NH that most anything could be handled without incurring extended travel?
I am at Dartmouth, about an hour from Concord, and can get most care there, even for specialists. We did have to go to Burlington VT for IVF and have a few friends who have had to go to Boston for something SUPER specific. But having Dartmouth right here (and throughout the whole state) is really wonderful. Feel free to PM me if you need details on a specific treatment; I can probably find out very easily if DHMC would have specialists in it.