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Broomfield has been booming since I've moved out here, tons of new development. However, there's the original part of Broomfield (N of 120th, W of Main) which might fit your bill.
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Visited my cousin last year in Broomfield. Nice area. He has an unnecessarily large house for his wife and 2 kids, 6,000 sq ft. which doesn't even include essentially another 2500-3k sq ft of his basement where he had a home movie theater installed. Iirc he said he paid around $700k for the house, which made my wife and I almost cry because we dropped $790k for a 1400 sq ft. here in Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles).

Also, aside from the casual mention a few posts up, how has no one ITT suggested Vegas?? It checks off every box, you just have to make sure you don't buy in a shitty neighborhood.

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08-03-2020 , 05:04 PM

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I said best, not largest. Colorado's snow is unique compared to ski resorts around the rest of The World. Our snow is more powdery and drier than much of Europe and Asia. Utah also enjoys this dry, powdery snow. Why do you think the best of the best come from Colorado? Shaun White, Mikaela Shiffrin, etc.

Face it, we are #1.

Lol, OK.

(Btw, Shaun White is from SoCal)

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08-03-2020 , 05:04 PM

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I'm not a fan of recent boomtowns like Austin, Nashville, and the like. They just aren't built for the boom/population they've been absorbing in recent years and I just find them unpleasant to visit, much less to live in.

Preach, brother. After living in and loving Nashville from 2000-2013, I don't even like to visit anymore. Hollowed-out Midwest titans like St. Louis, Detroit, Cincinnati, could actually pick up all those residents, as they developed the infrastructure for that many people. Nashville's infrastructure is a wreck.

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08-03-2020 , 05:29 PM

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I really think the Phoenix area checks off all the boxes on your list. It's a great city, and there happens to be a lot of poker there as well.

Scorpions though.

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08-03-2020 , 06:11 PM

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But those Midwest titans are shells of their former selves and have serious issues with crime.

This makes me think OP can narrow search to cities that have been pretty much same size for last twenty/thirty years.

It also made me look up Phoenix population growths. Turns out Phoenix is now the fastest growing city in US, quite possibly it’s so good at checking off lists like OP’s. The right move might be to move to Phoenix now and move again in 10 years when things get out of hand.

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08-03-2020 , 06:21 PM

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I was going to vote Inland Empire until the last of the criteria. Phoenix is fine. OP you are now moving to Phoenix. Maybe Corvallis or some **** may work just look up college towns and see what fits.

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-Low humidity (Florida and southeast in general etc. is a no-go)
-Little or no snow
-Warm enough to do outdoor stuff/play golf most of the year (50 degrees plus)
-Not super rural or isolated (thinking suburbs or college town)
-Affordable enough to buy a reasonable home for around $400k or less
-Safe/low crime/no methheads

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08-03-2020 , 08:27 PM

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Lol, OK.

(Btw, Shaun White is from SoCal)

Born in San Diego, did most of his riding and training in Colorado, as do most other US winter sports athletes.

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08-03-2020 , 10:32 PM

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Speaking of San Diego...

OP,
Just move there and pay whatever you have to pay. Nowhere else that's been mentioned is going to be even remotely comparable

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08-03-2020 , 10:52 PM

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Speaking of San Diego...

OP,
Just move there and pay whatever you have to pay. Nowhere else that's been mentioned is going to be even remotely comparable

Is anywhere in the US comparable to San Diego? It’s my favorite city by a wide margin.

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08-04-2020 , 12:18 AM

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San Diego is truly legit.

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08-04-2020 , 12:37 AM

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Mars. Be the first and set a trend. Earth is F**ked.

Was waiting for Zeno to show up. Where he lives in Oregon looks great, move there. He’s lonely and wants folks to move out there.

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Vargas is too obvious and besides everyone touting a Phoenix I thought to hit for OP?

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08-04-2020 , 01:24 AM

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I suggested Vegas, Phoenix, and Scottsdale.

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08-04-2020 , 02:13 AM

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I'm tempted to move too, but just seems like the worst time right now with Covid. Sellers pulling their houses off the market not wanting to move, builders not building much - supply and demand way out of synch right now.

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Is anywhere in the US comparable to San Diego? It’s my favorite city by a wide margin.

I don’t think so.

But if it’s about COL and nothing forces you to stay in the US, Rosarito Beach is just 30 miles south of San Diego. When I lived there during the winter after BF, we went to SD at least once a week. During non-COVID times, you just take a taxi to the border, walk across and get on the San Diego Trolley or another taxi. Some people even have a car parked in SD to get around there after they crossed the border.

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08-04-2020 , 09:25 AM

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America's Playground

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08-04-2020 , 09:42 AM

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Generally, the snow is on the order of a few inches. Generally, the storms come west-to-east, hit the mountains, dump out all their moisture, and Denver just gets the remnants.

Once in a while, a storm is positioned such that we get the reverse effect--the wind is coming from the east, hits the mountains and dumps out. I think we've had 4 or 5 of these snows in the 20 years I've been out here, where we might get a couple of feet over a couple days. Certainly not frequent enough that I see it as a hindrance.

I'm sure its a lovely place, but this illustrates the difficulty of hitting all his boxes. You're talking about a place that averages 24 inches of snow a year and every few years has a blizzard that drops multiple feet of snow at once. That doesn't really fit a reasonable definition of "little to no snow."

Honestly, outside of Hawaii or SoCal, there is no place where you don't have to compromise one or more of his asks.

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08-04-2020 , 01:37 PM

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Denver blizzards aren't bad, the snow is fluffy and enjoyable for a few days then it's melted. Not like the northeast and midwest where the snow packs down and sits there as ice for the next three months.

Summers are getting too hot though, but not Phoenix or Vegas hot.

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08-04-2020 , 02:58 PM

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Phoenix got out of hand 20 years ago.

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08-04-2020 , 05:43 PM

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I lived in Denver for like 4 years, and yes the winters are mild compared to Northeast winters, but you still have to put snow tires on your car from November to March at least just for those 7 or 8 days you really need them.

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08-04-2020 , 06:26 PM

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Ain't nobody got retirement time for that! If you can afford San Diego, obviously do it.

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08-04-2020 , 10:25 PM

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I was drinking at a bar (ah, the good old days) in the airport and chatting with an attorney from San Diego. Her husband was a surgeon. They lived in an RV, because they couldn't buy a house. Not that they couldn't afford one, but literally couldn't buy one, because they were all getting sold via networking before they even hit the MLS, and they were imports so no one was telling them. This is a couple of years ago, so maybe its better now, but IDK.

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08-05-2020 , 12:36 AM

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Speaking of San Diego...

OP,
Just move there and pay whatever you have to pay. Nowhere else that's been mentioned is going to be even remotely comparable

New Orleans is great and its own country, but it doesn't tick any of the boxes. NO may be ahead of SD depending on mindset, but both are , much preferable to phx.

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08-05-2020 , 02:17 PM

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What's great about NO? Crime and hurricanes are what come to mind..

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08-05-2020 , 02:22 PM

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It's a unique American relaxed culture, with great food and music, and everything is relatively inexpensive. Crime is there for sure, but I've walked around with a friend wearing shorts with dolphins on them in the pretty run down neighborhood where Willie Maes is and didn't feel all that threatened. Definitely saw some kid ride up on a bike to a house for a drug transaction. The convenience stores are built like fortresses. Just don't look at anyone sideways and maybe don't carry you whole wallet with you.

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