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Originally Posted by AllDayJonRay
Thanks! Odds are we'll be looking for something in the Castle Rock area, as the wife may be commuting to the Springs.. Any tips in that area?
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Castle Rock is a relatively small area but it's growing (like anywhere nice). Getting to downtown Denver will take about30-45min, getting to Co Springs will take around 30-45min. I've had friends that live in CRock and they like it, but constantly commuting to the bigger cities can be annoying. Traffic on I25 can be a clusterf*ck around rush hour. Denver is huge, it can take an hour just to get from one side of the city to the other.
To compare to CRock, on the southern Denver metro area, from southwest to southeast there's Littleton, Highlands Ranch, Centennial, and Parker (somewhat separated, most southeast corner of metro area). All are nice (I'm in HR) and I've lived in this area for about 10 years.
Co Springs I've visited, but never lived there. Some of the residential areas feel like older small-house communities (like Littleton near me). But it's a good size city.
Some of the older areas around central and northern central Denver can feel sketchy; Some areas of Aurora are iffy, but most of the outlying areas are newer and have a more open spacious feel. Just about any area of Denver will have an array of shopping, food, etc. Due to the hills, some areas can see the mountains, some can't. We have bicycle paths everywhere.