Denver was pretty awesome up until a few years ago. Now it’s busy, extremely expensive, and the dynamic is changing with all of the transplants moving in. Absolutely forget skiing on the weekends, unless you’re ok with spending five hours in a a car. Mountain biking and hiking on the front range is excellent, but there are also a lot of idiots trashing the trails with garbage, dog poop bags, and bad trail etiquette.

Finally, unless you’re willing to live way out in Aurora (which sucks), be prepared to spend well over $500k for a starter home. If you want to live somewhere cool like Golden, you’ll spend WAY more and probably be in a bidding war with someone.

I personally couldn’t wait to get out, and sold my house this fall.