Colorado B.S. Thread

Good luck!!

 

Old North End, it's a nice area! Used to live a couple of blocks east of there, by a Safeway. Close to a lot of stuff and the interstate, which is a great commodity to have. When you end up moving, make sure you don't have to do daily East-West or vice versa drives. It's a pain. Pretty much stay away form the East side, unless you work over there. It's cheaper to live, but a pain in the butt to get to and fro.

 

Good luck, hope you get the position!

 

I'm glad you posted that. I've had people ask me what area we were moving to and I had no clue what it was called. I just kept saying few min walk from Colorado College. It definitely is a nice looking area. Threw me off with all the hispanic street names lol. I'm prospecting a job out by the airport unfortunately lol. East side looks a little rough. But being from Little Rock, I'm use to seeing those kinds of areas haha.

 

I grew up next to the airport down there. It's not too bad there are some nice neighborhoods there. But there are some shitty ones as well. I personally would never move back to the springs (any part) after living else where in the state. The problem with the springs is its so transient.

 

If I had a choice we wouldn't be living in the springs. But for now, it's where we will settle. My wife has a very particular set of skills (lol). She's a sign language interpreter. The only school for deaf and blind is in the springs. Hopefully when we start looking for houses we'll venture out a little. Maybe as far north as Castle Rock ($$$). We'd love to build but jesus christ, land is so much more expensive in CO.

 

There is a huge deaf and blind community and school in Denver
Well the CSDB has campuses here in denver and a lot of students living in the Littleton englewood area
I used to contract the gym at the englewood location when I did youth sports for the YMCA

 

Yeah you beat me to it Andy. There is also a small school for the deaf and blind right behind Arapahoe Community College by me.

 

Very interesting guys.. I'll definitely shed some light on the misses with these schools. This might open a large area up for us when we start looking for homes.

 

Hahaha you should check out CA where I'm from. So much nicer and cheaper here. Oops did I say that out loud.

 

The further north you get on the east side the better it gets. My in-laws live over there and it's really great. They live right off of a golf course, awesome views and amenities. But I agree, further south by the airport it can get worse. Honestly, if you looked on the crime maps where I live, you'd see all sorts of stuff happening, but in my immediate neighborhood, it's NOTHING. It is really hit and miss from neighborhood to neighborhood.
I think you're doing it right, move here, rent for a while and figure the city out, before buying.

 

Interestingly I Googled it and the CS one was the only one that came up. So I looked at Google Maps and the one by me is the Colorado Center for the Blind.

http://coloradocenterfortheblind.org/

Looks like they just focus on the blind not the deaf.

 

My wife and I are currently looking to buy land between Castle Rock and Colorado Springs. Good luck with the move and let's do some wheeling when you get here.

 

Not sure what your budget is but look along HWY 105 between Sedelia (SP?) and Palmer Lake. Awesome place.

 

Yeah now that i think about it the gym we rented was the school for the blind. I still stand by my statement that there is a huge supportive community

 

Thanks for the info!!

Thanks for checking that out for me.

Thanks! For sure, I'm so ready to do some wheeling out there. I'm itching to get out!

 

Oh, I know that area and love it...and I've looked along there a lot. There are a few places I'd consider. We're also looking east of I-25 and west of CO 83, in between all the mesas. Right now we're trying to figure out how much we can build for and how big a piece of land we want to buy. Ideally I'd like to buy 20+ acres and subdivide it with people I know. Good things take time...

 

Very nice! I am looking along 105 all the time. It's either something not so great or a piece of property I need to win the lottery for.

 

hell I could do sign language for the blind!

 

Dam it MichelinMan. You never stop surprising me.