Yes but my sister has lived there for about 30 yrs. and I've talked to her enough about it and have certainly visited many times. She lives in Monument now, outside of Colorado Springs.
But, we moved to the area for the Western stuff, Elk, lakes and moving back because of those things. I haven't read on any relocation website/forum where people have moved there for those things.
People move to Colorado for many reasons. If you've already lived there and liked it for the western style things, then I don't see what the problem is.....I must be missing it?
Not missing anything, but I know (from reading relocation forums), people don't move to the Denver area, or to the State, for the same things we like about it. The people we have talked to at boat ramps, are from Denver metro. They didn't relocate there from another State. Actually, this Thread was asking how people would feel about relocating either back to or to a "snow belt" area.
The traffic in Metro Manila is so worse that it is already affecting not only our lifestyle but also our life. Some trips cannot be made just like that because the traffic should always be considered. Like yesterday, we were going to the province for a clan reunion, we lost 30 minutes when an accident caused heavy traffic. On our way home, there were 2 accidents in the highway costing us 40 minutes. When I retire in a few more years from now, our plan is to relocate to a nearby province that is not crowded and where the traffic is light all the time. Unfortunately, we are still in search of that camelot until now. The only place we know right now is Batanes, the northernmost province of the Philippines. But it's too far though.
Oh, my sister moved there from Pittsburgh after she married because that's where her new husband had a job and they've stayed there ever since and love it. My one niece has always loved riding and eventually they bought her a horse. With her dad, they go all over for shows and competitions etc... Her husband isn't retirement age and neither is she but she doesn't work, she's 54. One thing you have to think about, classicrockr is that you are getting older and not younger, no matter what great shape you are in you have to think about things that could happen...illnesses, etc. If you move for the western lifestyle, something could prevent you from enjoying it.
We moved out here to Alabama from Idaho so that I could be close to Robin, and unless she were to move elsewhere, it is not likely that I would ever want to go anywhere else. I actually enjoy being here where we do not have to deal with severe winters and snow. Most of my life, I have had to be outside in the worst weather, shoveling snow, feeding livestock, and doing other farm-type chores. Oh, yes, I forgot to mention getting vehicles unstuck from the snow, or sliding off of the roadway when it is icy. I used to drive my little Mazda pickup back and forth up and down the long driveway on nights it was snowing, so that I would (hopefully) be able to get out of the driveway in the morning to get to work. Most of the time, I had to just park way out on the edge of the road, and then walk up the driveway, slogging through 2+ feet of snow. Not only do I not want to have to shovel snow, I do not even want to be outside in it anymore. I get too cold, too easy. Even the last couple days we have had snow here could have been happily forgone by me, and by Bobby as well. If it were not for being close to Robin, then I would like to live somewhere close to the ocean. It would not have to be really close; but at least in easy driving distance. My first choice would be the town of Astoria , Oregon. I worked along the Washington and Oregon sea coast when I was selling life insurance, and all of the little seaside towns are nice; but Astoria is the most picturesque of all of them. It sits right on the border between Oregon and Washington, and the mighty Columbia (along with several other rivers) flows into the ocean there. If you have seen the original move of "Short Circut", then you have seen at least some parts of Astoria, since that is where it was filmed . I think that there might have been other movies which were filmed there, too; but I am not sure what they were anymore. Anyway, if I were going to choose a place where I wanted to relocate to, this would be right up there on the list.
If money was no object I'd live in something like the Plaza on Oahu. I like Oahu for it's Senior Citizen friendly. Our buses has a recorder that give seats to the elderly or disabled, we get a $30 a yr. bus pass after age 65, Senior Citizen discounts even at restaurants, low income Senior homes and apts. My family is here that I can count on, ethnic stores for my favorite things plus from the mainland stores comes to Oahu and opens up very good prices. Weather is mild, though we got hurricane watch all yr. now. Relocating would be to the Plaza if I can afford it.
Well, one thing is for sure, no matter where a retired "Baby Boomer" or older choses to live, health can become an issue. We aren't real excited about moving back to "Old Man Winter", but, after discussing other places to move, south of Denver, is all we could come up with. Had thought about Las Vegas, but just too close to casino's and we don't have that much "will-power" when it comes to not going to them.......especially when they are right there. Besides that, it gets awfully hot there in the summer. Funny thing is, we've kept our winter parka's and winter gloves, since moving here. Last week I walked my wife out to our truck to go to work and I had to scrap off frost from the windows with a hardened small rubber squeegee. Wife looked at my and said "do we still have our vehicle window snow scrapers?" (with brush on the one end) and I said "yes". She was rather surprised that we still had both of them. If we can make it thru the Eastern Slope (Denver metro) winters, like we did for 5 1/2 years, the summers there are great. We remember and have photo's/video, of boating/fishing, rodeo action, the elk "rut" in RMNP and some other things we did there. We know the area (streets) very well and it sure wouldn't be like we were newcomers/never lived there before. Another thing, since we'd be renting an apartment again, the complex takes care of snow removal. We'd still have a snow shovel, just in case. One thing for sure, if either of us got a job, it would only be part-time. Part-time job is easier to "tread snow" in than a full-time one is.
Well, I'm on another forum where people ask questions about places they are thinking about moving to or are going to move to. One thing I keep reading about on the Denver forum is how some are saying they are moving there due to the legal use of pot. Well, since we would be renting an apartment, just wondering how we would handle the smell of pot smoking? I mean, odors can go thru walls and under doors and, depending on how much pot smoking is being done, the smell could come rolling out of an apartment when the door opens up. I really don't think we could handle that. So, there is a chance we might just have to figure out somewhere else to move, like Vegas in Nevada. Just don't know.
My niece lives in an apartment complex in Denver and she has never complained about that. She doesn't smoke pot so I'm guessing if she did smell it, she would complain. She is the one that teaches 3rd grade so it would be an issue.
Well, it can depend on what part of Denver she lives in. Some of the younger/single generation that move to Denver would want to live in/close to where their age bracket is. If a person lives close to a high school, there would be much more of a possibility of smelling pot, IMO, that is. And, 55+ communities are pretty expensive to live in. We'd love to live in one, but finances don't call for it. We just wouldn't want to spend out the money moving there, get an apartment and then have the problem happen. We've had enough problems with upstairs neighbors concerning noise, let alone have the smell of pot as an added on problem. Discussing noise with an Apt. Manager is one thing that can generally be dealt with , but discussing the smelling of pot is another, since it is legal to smoke there. When we had our apartment in Englewood, CO, an Indian family moved in next door, and their cooking of curry came in our apartment from under the door. We don't like the smell of curry! Now, if it was the smell of taco's, I'd probably ask the neighbors if they had made any extra. We love eating taco's! One of the reasons we've stayed in the two bedroom apartment we are in now for the last 8 years is because it's a "bungalow" type apartment. It is pretty much a single story unit, where nobody is above our living room, master and extra bedroom, kitchen and dining area. Only in our second bathroom is an apartment above it. We do have an apartment next to us, but that apartment walls are only on our kitchen and second bathroom. This apartment costs us more monthly, but it sure is worth it. The noise is very minimal, unlike the other two apartments we've had since we've been married. It's just that we no longer like the demographics of the area, the boating and really nothing for us to do. And, as far as the winters here, we basically do the same thing we would in Colorado.........nothing or very little.
I don't know the area she lives in Cody. I don't think near a high school would be a problem anymore than it is elsewhere because it's still illegal under 21. Maybe you can find a smoke free apt complex. Just one site I found... http://www.mysmokefreehousing.com
The complex we live in right now isn't totally smoke-free, but management did designate a couple of buildings as smoke- free. I remember when management sent out a survey asking residents about smoking and what they thought of making the entire complex smoke-free. Well, for the smokers that live here, that survey didn't go over very well, but management was able to make those two buildings smoke-free. Heck, I thought, compared to years ago when there were family apt. complex's, adult/single complex's and family/adult in one complex (but divided), were the norm, that smoke-free type complex's were considered by some as "discrimination" towards smokers. Some felt that 55 Plus communities show "discrimination" towards other ages. Anyway, after doing some research, I see very few smoke-free apartment complex's in the Denver area or anywhere else for that matter. And, btw, just because young adults are under 21, when did that legal law ever stop the age bracket from getting high on pot? Just saying.