Fort Collins

I love Fort Collins! Places I suggest you MUST go are the Alley Cat coffee shop (much more than a coffee shop!) and Algiers hookah bar! And the gay bar Club Static is amazing… it is soooo small but everyone knows everyone so you will definitely have fun!

other than the dirty people, you will love everyone that has something to complain about…and it is always the governments fault in their eyes. shitty bars, shitty people, it will always be a drug infested under-age alcohol driven place. A place like this should not grow, only burn to ashes in Hell.

If you have to stop here, then go visit the Coopersmith Brewery [even if you came to see the New Belgium (Fat Tire, 1554, etc.) brewery] instead.

www.coopersmithspub.com

Fort Collins is a cute little town, but nothing super duper special. It is definitely dominated by the presence of Colorado State University. The downtown area is old, but quaint and charming. CSU campus is OK, but nothing to stop the presses over.

Seemed like a pretty OK little town, until I rolled through Boulder, now that’s a real college town.

Get the FRAMBOSIN!

I was one year old when we first moved to FoCo. Those were the best 16 years of my life! I really was blessed with a wonderful childhood.

maybe because my brother graduated from here… I had a lot of fun times when I would go to visit him… a nice cool atmosphere most of the year.

My friends & I would take the 30-45 min drive from Cheyenne to Ft Collins to party about once a month! It is a beautiful place!

FC is a good town. Great downtown, a decent mix of old Colorado cowboys and progressive types, college kids, hippies, punks, yuppies, rednecks. Few minorities live here except Hispanics which provide the majority of the culture here. The beer is fantastic, we have 3 excellent breweries and a good brew pub here with cask pale ale. There’s one brewery that’s not so great but I won’t name it here. Close to the mountains too!

However, we are thinking about moving to upstate NY where my wife is from. Don’t get me wrong, FC is a great place but it’s not quite right for us. If you like a nice rainy day or snow storms, you’ll be disappointed. It is practically a desert here. Little snow except for a few storms, and little rain. If you like the colors brown, gold, yellow, and sienna then you’ll love Fort Collins. My wife’s sinuses go through hell in the winter becuase of the lack of humidity. Most of the time campfires are banned in the summer because of forest fire risks. We have been in a bad drought for the past few years, hopefully that’ll change soon.

The job situation is fairly good here. However, most tech jobs are in the Boulder, Longmont, Denver area. Look hard enough and long enough you’ll probably find something in FC. The price of housing is pretty high along the front range and the pay employers dish out really doesn’t make up for it.

People ask a lot about bad neighborhoods. There aren’t really any bad neighborhoods, just bad streets scattered here and there, particularly on the north side of town. They are easy to spot, the structures just look run down. There’s a healthy homeless population but I’ve never felt threatened at night. I think it’s a pretty safe place to live overall.

fun fun fun! go rams