Freightguy wrote:
I dont need to be really close to Denver, but I still work and need the services of a big city now and then. I know nothing about Colorado. I am hoping to get to a place that will be cool for the summer and my cell phones will work.
Define "cool". :) It gets warm here. We'll have several days up in the 90's. If by cool you mean "Cooler that Florida, less humidity and I still don't want to run my A/C" then you need to go Up in elevation here.
We're not Wyoming ;) - cell phones are going to work unless you're out in the boonies or in a natural park.
You'll also need to define what you mean by "close to Denver" - how many drive-time minutes away?
I've been here since '98 and I'm sure others will chime in, but the Denver metropolis is sort'a divided North and South by a line that bisects downtown.
Said another way, some of us live North of Denver and other go South. The I-25 Freeway runs North / South and is the main line for getting around town. West of Denver is Golden, CO (home of Coors) which is nice.
East of Denver is... ummm... I dunno. Kansas, Nebraska, Russia - someplace we don't talk about much.
North-west is Boulder (home of Mork). You get to/from Boulder and Denver via Highway 36 which is newly redone and quite nice.
Way north of Denver, about 60 mins, is Fort Collins.
All of these places I consider "close to Denver" but none are high enough up to forgo A/C in the summer.
Once you start heading up in elevation (Nederland, Estes Park) etc, your drive time really increases.
Tell us some more about what you're trying to balance (climate vs. closeness) and we can help.
