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3/10/2026 9:39:08 AM EDT
I really miss living out west.  I've been in Maryland now for 7 years.  There is a job at Buckley AFB that I was thinking of applying for.

I checked out the house prices in the area on Zillow.   The houses in Aurora are about 10% cheaper than here and look much nicer.  Everything here was built in the 70 and looks like crap.

How is the crime, park system, schools, Healthcare access, etc.
3/10/2026 4:43:18 PM EDT
[#1]
The very southern part of Aurora is OK, but in your situation I'd be looking at Parker.
3/10/2026 6:26:36 PM EDT
[#2]
Colorado quality of life in general sucks most people with common sense and the means are leaving.

Parker has a slight edge over Aurora, but honestly there is no where in the Denver metro area that I would live.

And it is creeping north, Weld county used to be a more conservative area, but demographics are changing
Patriots are ordinary men who rise up to do extraordinary things in troubled times.

Pro-abortion is the radical idea that an innocent life is the only one worth taking.
3/16/2026 11:13:17 PM EDT
[#3]
Fuck Aurora in any shape or form.
It’s always been a shithole and always will be.
The most important thing to be learned from those who demand “Equity/Equality For All” is that all are not equal
3/18/2026 4:54:07 PM EDT
[#4]
If I was looking at working at Buckley, I would look south of 470 and either east of Smoky Hill or between Smoky Hill and Parker Rd.
3/26/2026 10:05:41 PM EDT
[#5]
You mean Saudi Aurora?
3/26/2026 11:03:39 PM EDT
[#6]
You could also look at the East end of Centennial which is south of Aurora and North of Parker. I'd still say Parker is the way to go though.
4/3/2026 2:25:01 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By hockeysew:
Fuck Aurora in any shape or form.
It’s always been a shithole and always will be.
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This x 10000000.

As a previous poster noted, those of us who can are ejecting. After 25 years of Colorado, the time has come to find greener pastures. This state is a shell of its former self. Ruined by the left, Cali transpants, elected officials, fraud, et al. It's sad to see what this place has become.
Deeper behind enemy lines every day...but ejecting soon to a FREE state.
4/15/2026 2:50:32 PM EDT
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But where to go? The problems that plague Colorado are almost everywhere. The only places that don't have rising costs, liberal infestation, homelessness, and crime increases are super remote places with bad weather.

Parts of Aurora are fine, my buddy lived in Aurora and his neighborhood was nice.
You could also look at Parker, east of 470, or the South part of the city.
Atypical Millennial
4/15/2026 3:05:32 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By djkest:
But where to go? The problems that plague Colorado are almost everywhere. The only places that don't have rising costs, liberal infestation, homelessness, and crime increases are super remote places with bad weather.
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Shore-up other states like KY (it's not all remote) and there are at least a few others.  When there are enough blue states and the fed govt makes things worse, then the good states can file for divorce.

Yeah, I'm still here in Kolorado... for now.
"Positive rights" are neither.

Busy leaving people the F alone.
4/23/2026 5:33:12 PM EDT
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My wife worked an urgent care in a strip mall in Aurora. She regularly had people drag shooting victims in to her clinic. I don't even drive through Aurora if I can help it.

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