Moving closer to family for help with a baby boy.

A move out of the city has always been in the works, COVID just gave us some extra time to figure out the logistics and finally pull the trigger.

I actually just moved but wanted to participate. Was paying way too much for a 680sqft apartment. Moved to a house in the suburbs.

Already moved. The week we all went remote I packed up my car and decided if the world was ending I wanted to be beach side. I now live 50 steps to Sunset Cliffs and can take my daily walks by the ocean- what I always dreamed of.

I'm trying to zig when everyone else zags. Hoping I can buy low in Manhattan.

One of our tech platforms work with hospitality groups and the other works with transportation companies. Both are getting crushed right now (not in a good way). If both sectors don’t bounce back, our companies will go under by the end of 2021. If that happens, I’ll be packing up our townhome and we’re headed to Montana to start over. Wild times, but a fresh start wouldn’t be the end of the world. Time will tell...

It's getting harder to social distance in Denver compared to the suburbs. It's harder to do things in the city without worrying about your effect to others.

Cost of buying a home. Avg home price in Denver 500000

Actually am writing this as I approach day one in my new office in my new home. In general, I am buying in 100% to working exclusively remotely for the rest of my career. So I'd rather have a much nicer home and be closer to family. I was renting a home that is 28% the size of my current home, and the value was 220% :)

Overpriced apartment in City, unable to enjoy the amenities and feel unsafe walking around downtown as homeless population has spiraled and businesses remain closed. Mortgage rates are low and new build contractors were offering incentives in April/May that make it a smart financial decision. Plus I can go for a walk without looking over my shoulder. Crazy to think I can buy a new $500k home 30 miles south of the city and save a $1k in expenses.

Too much traffic, and can use my home equity to live like a king in a lower cost location.

We just moved. Left the city and moved to the mountains. It's been a goal of ours for years, but with work remote looking a lot more permanent we were finally able to do it. Now that we are here we are considering a more permanent move to an even smaller mountain town in the SW or PNW areas. We are going to take the next year to trial some towns by renting month-long rentals in the areas we're most interested in, all while working full-time (remotely).

I'll actually be upgrading and moving to a nicer apartment in Denver without any roommates. Not being able to spend money on restaurants and concerts and sporting events and ubers has allowed me to save a boat-load of money, and am movin on up. Colorado still has a bunch to offer even without the social aspects, so it is still worth it to me to live here.

I run a mobile wilderness adventure education company. We realized most outdoor programs are based in remote rural areas, so we converted a school bus into a wilderness program that can go anywhere - outfitting expeditions right from the doors of our partners. The problem? COVID-19 makes two things really unwise - (1) going into remote areas with limited healthcare resources if you do get sick and (2) spending lots of time with groups of people on busses. So we're shut down for the moment. But because it can go anywhere, we can consider new markets. Denver's expensive, dry, and there's a plethora of programs providing our service - plus driving up and down mountains in a bus is nasty. In other parts of the country, we're a more compelling service - plus property is cheaper, and it lets me be closer to family. My other sources of income are location independent now, so why be constrained?

We actually moved 6 months ago from Denver to Puerto Escondido, MX after getting approval to do our sales jobs remotely. Little did we know a global pandemic would insue. Our goal was to move to a simpler lifestyle. Tired of our daily hour long commute, we were looking to work from home in a more relaxed environment (beach, warmth and mountains) and improve cost of living.

I'm personally moving because my marriage was yet another COVID casualty (ouch). But I mostly answered the survey to comment that Denver is seeing an influx of folks from places like San Francisco, NYC, and Chicago.

I currently live in downtown Denver in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, only a few blocks away from all the major riots/protests were taking place. I pay an insane price for a tiny studio apartment in a building that was built in 1907. The building still has the old steam radiators, no air conditioning, and only stairs. For the amount of money I am paying I could get myself an apartment at least twice as big as the one I am in now in a smaller suburb about 30 minutes outside of the city, but the location I’m in offset the small apartment. There used to be a lot to do, a lot of great restaurants, and a lot of clean nice parks. In the past year and 6 months especially the city has drastically taken a turn for the worst. All the stores around me have boarded up either for protection or because they had to shut down. The parks have been over-run with the homeless and now are completely filled with human waste, used needles, and trash. The news reports of major rat infestations in the parks because of this. They have burrowed through the ground and who knows if the parks will ever recover. Violent crime has gone way up, robberies especially. I’ve had my window in my car broken 3 times the past 3 months of someone breaking into it. Fireworks are being lit off at all hours of the night and when I say fireworks I’m not talking about little fire crackers or similar things. These are mortars and other huge fireworks that will wake you up from a dead sleep. Mix that with gunshots in the middle and you have to learn to differentiate which “POP” you’re hearing. It’s truly a shame, I’ve lived around here my entire life and the area has changed so much and the people in it as well, that I don’t want to be here anymore and I know countless others that feel the same. It’s not worth it. Most people have figured out they can work remotely, or they can find a place that is not that far out of the city and save money and escape from all the nonsense of Denver. I know native CO people are leaving more than they are staying and the city is becoming more and more filled with California transplants. Soon I believe the city will be San Francisco volume 2. Nobody wants to be gouged by rent and also feel unsafe and ignored. I could go on more, but in a nut shell this is why I am moving at the end of the month when my lease is up and not coming back.

More value, more space (lots and home sf), better schools, more focus on family and more time in the home and local community - this is a nicer and more spacious community. All of our favorite local restaurants, bars, theaters, sports arena are toast for the next few years anyways.

Born and raised in Colorado, the culture and cost of living have changed significantly over the last 15 years... and our traffic is taking its hand at rivaling LA's. Denver used to be a fun place, with nice people. Now it's a semi-fun place, full of angry transplants that can't get a 1k sq ft house house for under $350k. Fortunately, Salt Lake City still has big, beautiful mountains, it's less populated, and people are waaaaay nicer there.

As I hit my late twenties and look to buy a primary residence, I’m not seeing the value in downtown or Capitol Hill Denver. I’m considering jobs in finance in the north Denver and Boulder markets as smaller companies choose to not make their home in downtown.