Hi everyone! I'm looking to move from Dallas to Denver. I know there are PLENTY pros to the move but what are some cons?

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I moved from LA, so traffic is a breeze for me. I think the food theme here isn’t as exciting as in LA, and not many museums and art events. But hey, when you have those awesome forests 30 minutes away, who needs museums!

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I’m absolutely SHOOK by Principal Consultant calling out Denver traffic. I lived in Texas for years before Denver. Traffic is a dream here!! I lived in West Highlands (3 miles away) for a few years and work in the CBD 8:00 - 5:00. Took me 7-10 minutes to get to work. Now I live in the glorious foothills 12 miles away from CBD and it takes me 15-18 minutes utilizing two major highways (6 and I-25) to commute 8:00-5:00. Principal Consultant doesn’t want you to move here 😉.

I agree with senior consultant. The food scene lacking compared to other big cities. Good food is here, but it’s harder to find.

I grew up in the south and experienced extreme weather my whole life. Its a lot milder here (no tornadoes, no hurricanes, no ice storms, no floods) but dry heat and dry cold can be uncomfortable in its own way.

The mountains are a lot further than you think they are. It takes hours to get there on weekends, including summer or winter.

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My go to is Evergreen to beat the heat. Sometimes I’ll go up to Boulder or down to chattfield, or all the way out to breck/silverthorne if it’s the wekekend. If it’s Smokey or windy, just depends on where I can find that might be a little more protected. To that point, live on the west side of Denver, don’t be a dummy like me and live on the east side, wanna be as close to the mountains as you can.

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It’s become so crowded, trying to enjoy the mountains on the weekend has become a chore rather than an enjoyment.

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Not sure why everyone is complaining about the mountains being far. The right way to do things here is live in Golden, Boulder, Evergreen, etc... Trails out your doorstep and it's still only 20-30 minutes if you want to do something in Denver. Coming from Manhattan, I've never understood why people would move to Colorado to live in Denver proper.

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No cons. Get out of Texas while you can. I’m stuck here at least two more years. 😭

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Omg literally the get out movie but make it trans hahah sending positive thoughts to you friend, it's terrifying right now as a female but can't imagine what you're going through. 💕

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Mountains are overcrowed during ski season, you need to go during the week instead.

Nightlife could be better. Good music scene but the city really lacks fun dancing bars 💃🏻

But I mean, it's ALWAYS sunny. Great tanning, attractive ppl, positive vibes, great weed. My biggest downfall is the lack of fun and new restaurants and bars (I moved here from Chi)

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Please do not come here. We are full.

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1000% agree on the Texas plates, people will judge you—for good reason, Texans generally don’t stop for red lights when it’s snowing (not do Californians). Always look both ways before starting off at a green light, if you see TX or CA plates coming, watch out!

I moved from Houston to Denver. Here are my main cons:
-Traffic in Denver is bad. And that’s saying something coming from Houston.
-Getting through security at the airport is more often than not very unpleasant. And I have clear, pre check, and access to go through the premier line.
-I have trouble with the weather. It’s very dry and even though I’m a lifelong avid skier, I’ve never gotten used to living in the cold and snowy weather.
-Summer is beautiful and super green but a lot of the year the entire city is very brown. Vegetation is dead, piles of dirty snow in parking lots makes things look dirty. Cars are dirty from all the snow and dirt all winter.

All that being said, the pros WAY outweigh the cons! The cons are really quite minor compared to the ability to be in nature so quickly and having panoramic view of the Rockies. It’s just a really cool place to live.

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Denver traffic is nothing compared to Dallas/Houston lol

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Cons: food, nightlife, fall-early summer when the city is dead quiet, dating, dry weather, downtown traffic, RENT, you will need a car to get anywhere
Pros: outdoors, mountains, lower cost of groceries
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Unforgiving weather. It’s either blazing hot, freezing cold, windy AF, hailing, or snowing. Long dead winter, city is brown and dead from mid OCT-MAY. Some leaves are already turning. Seen the 100yr record for about every extreme end of weather either smashed or top10since I moved here 2 years ago. Moved from the south and never appreciated the lushness of it till I went back after moving- it’s dry AF here.

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Skin will dry up and you will look older than you really are, humidity is better healthwise

I did the same. My take on cons: Taxes, less real estate and quality real estate for your buck, lack of ambition (a lot of people who do the bare minimum work so they can play in the mountains) and class (people are less put together), lack of good cuisine (it’s getting better).

Overall, pros way out number cons, though.

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You’re not wrong. Bought my first flannel last week

Cons: Food, diversity, dating
Pros: outdoors, hiking, great for dogs!

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Lack of diversity. I’m 30 W F yup DINK and so is everyone else.

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I’m also moving from Dallas to Denver! We’ll see how it goes!

Mine would be in a few weeks. We are moving to be closer to family, a change, and for the beauty/majesty of the nature there.

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Moved from the Midwest and the culture was the biggest shock to me and something I wish I knew earlier- a lot of the earlier comments mention the weather, real estate, etc, but personality and vibe is very different in Denver. Outdoors is a big focus and one of the main reasons people move here and I agree that it feels less ambitious than other places I’ve lived because most want to be out in the mountains. Although Denver is a city it’s not the city vibe you get in places like Chicago or Detroit. Still lots to do and activities for you to get into, but definitely keep that in mind

Does anyone have recos on areas to live in as a female in her 20s? Someone said on the west side so you're closer to mountains. Is Lakewood nice?

I’d recommend sloans lake, Highlands, wash park, and RiNo. Downtown living is pretty overrated and filled with hobos

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