z31maniac

Wife and I are considering a move in the next few years, Denver is on the short list of places.

I'm a Tech Writer and salaries there seem to more than make up for the increased cost of living + there being literally an order of magnitude more opportunities vs being in Tulsa.

That's important because even thought the wife has a Business Degree, she is a hairstylist, so any move means losing her substantial income.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Fireindc

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Colorado is awesome.

supercooper

Dude, Colorado in general is the ****. I lived there when i was younger, and the first chance i get, i want to move back. Pay is decent, the land is beautiful, if you like outdoorsy stuff, it really doesnt get any better (in the lower 49 states)
LOTS of opportunities, because the Market isnt flooded with tons of people trying to "make it", because the population there is reasonable. and if you like, or have ANY interest in Winter Sports, thats the place to be.

What do you mean by "so any move means losing her substantial income." though???
And, is Tulsa where you live now???

viperormiata

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Close friend of mine moved there last year to work for schlumberger and he can't say enough good things about the area.

z31maniac

Yes, we live in Tulsa now.

Since she is a hairstylist she depends on her returning clientele to make money. She isn't slogging through $12.95 haircuts at Scissors. She's an Artistic Specialist for ColorProof, etc.

She makes GOOD money. Moving anywhere means she no longer has that clientele and has to start from the bottom and start building her clientele again.

NA6C-Guy

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Legal weed, all I can say about that.

Really though, I've heard so many good things about the area. I'm also eventually up for a move myself, and that area is also on my short list, along with Portland and Seattle.

supercooper

Yeah, that would suck having to start from scratch again with the clientele, but if she is pretty good, im sure she can build a new one fairly quickly. Theres alot of money in Colorado, and the Women out there tend to like to treat themselves. lol

z31maniac

I stay away from it these days. Makes me so lethargic compared to back in my college days.

Portland is also on our short list.

Figure 2 years of living off my salary, means I need to land a good job, or make a dramatic change to our SOL.

shooterschmidty

Denver is a great place. I just moved from there, not by choice, and I can't wait to go back. The only bad things are that everything is brown all the time, the traffic is terrible (not D.C.or L.A. bad but still God awful), and the moniker "Menver" is really true. You can mitigate traffic by your choice of work and living locations and the "Menver" shouldn't be an issue since you're married.

shooterschmidty

double post

Stein

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You need to update your location profile to your current shitty one. Just sayin.

Can't wait to update mine someday.

Seattle area is also on my short list.

vitamin j

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Denver and Colorado in general is terrible, please don't move here...and tell all your friends it sucks here too.

matthewdesigns

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^^^LOL

I'm in Co Springs, about an hour south of Denver. Generally, this state is gorgeous, and as stated previously if you like the outdoors you can't beat it. I landed here 16 years ago from NC and have not regretted a minute of it. Year round there's so much to do and see.

As for the great outdoors, Denver proper is about a 30min drive to the foothills, but if you lived in a western suburb (Littleton for example) it's about half the distance. Hit Morrison or Evergreen at the far western edge of town and you are living in the hills. It's got a fantastic arts and music culture if that's your thing, and plenty of roots in the Old West as well. The car scene is not as strong as it is on the coasts, but it's not bad, with Bandimere dragstrip in Morrison, and 3 road courses within a 2hr drive.

There's tons of money in this state, and I don't think your wife will have any issues building a strong list of clients if she's in the right location. And tech jobs are definitely the strongest segment of the market as far as I can tell (from a non-tech perspective).

The only thing I miss about NC is proximity to the ocean, and water in general. But coming from OK you probably don't have a lot of that to begin with anyway.

sixshooter

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I used to live in Colo Sprgs and enjoyed it except for the six months of winter and two months of each other season. Summer is great but is way too short. I climbed Pikes Peak, enjoyed skiing, white water rafting, etc., but damn it was cold.

shooterschmidty

I suppose it's all relative but I thought the winters in Denver were incredibly mild. Sure it snows occasionally, but it almost always melts within three days and it might be 70 degrees the day after. In the last three years I was able to spend Christmas day outside in just a long sleeve shirt.

z31maniac

BUMP!

Divorce is about finalized so now longer have to worry about her. Thinking by next year I'll have my money situation right to actually start really looking at heading that way.

dcamp2

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Better hurry- Denver is getting expensive.