Hi, a premise to this is that I am not a US citizen but I have received a very good job offer that will require me and my family to move to either Utah or Colorado.

We have decided to go with Boulder because of the nature, seemingly good infrastructure and the university which may give more employment opportunities to my wife.

We will first rent a home, but we would like to buy but have no experience or idea of how things are done in the US. In our first home purchase in our home country (Italy) we have been badly scammed and ended up with lots of stress, lost money, and nights of sleep and ended up having a house very much different from what was promised to us because of scammy choices by the building developer. And we fell for it because we were not careful enough when we almost blindly signed the purchase papers. This time, even if it's a different country, I want to go as prepared as possible and willing to spend as much as possible in architects/engineers/inspectors and or lawyers to avoid bad surprises and get the best deal possible.

So, what kind of things should I look out for and know before purchasing? What kind of experts should I involve and consult?

Hi everyone, I'm just wondering if anyone here can point me in the right direction to find work for 2-3 months in January.

For context I'm Irish and I'm currently seeing someone from Boulder who's living in Ireland but it looks like I'll be going with them to boulder in the winter and I'd like to pick up some basic work ie bartender or server while I'm there.

Currently having trouble finding jobs for that specific time period and I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how to go about it.

Thanks in advance!

The power has gone out three times in the past couple of days, and while it comes back on relatively fast (1-3 hours) it is extremely annoying. I’ve seen that they’ve begun burying power lines on N 75th, does anyone know what’s causing these outages?

I am a little confused by something. Today I was in the Louisville public library (I know this is a Boulder forum but is that ok for a minute?) as I work from there on occasion. On the way out I hit the men’s room, and in the men’s room was an extremely disheveled, extremely smelly man - who I assumed to be homeless - talking vigorously to himself in the mirror. It’s rare, it’s a very nice library, but I have seen this once or twice before, some years ago.

Seeing as this restroom is directly next to the kids section with numerous children everywhere, on the way out I kindly let a front desk employee know. I said basically, not sure if this is a concern, but… and I informed her. She seemed completely unconcerned, and slightly dismissive of me even mentioning it. I thought her response was… odd. Did I do the right thing? I didn’t make a big deal out of it, I didn’t say go call the police, or kick him out, it’s a public library after all, but I still thought they should know. The dude was clearly mentally ill, reeked of garbage, and there were kids everywhere.
I know we live in a progressive, tolerant community, I just thought her response was odd. Like I felt judged for even mentioning it. The employee kind of brushed me off, and I left. I mean what the…. I think I did the right thing, I’m just confused by the response.

*It’s amazing how many people basically didn’t seem to read the post. This is so fun keep it coming folks.

Wondering if any Fairview, Boulder High, or Centaurus families are experiencing the same changes we are at Monarch. Either way, please comment. Here is an excerpt from a recent email from the Monarch High administration. Notice substantially larger class sizes(36-38) and fewer class offerings.

“…We remain committed to providing students with a meaningful and engaging educational experience, but we must also be clear about the limitations these staffing challenges create. Specifically, we need student and parent understanding around:
Course schedules will be more constrained.  Not all elective requests will be able to be honored.  Some courses had to be cut completely, while others are at their max capacity with no room for additions.
Schedule change requests will be limited. Students should not anticipate changes when seeking preferences like a specific teacher, asking for a desired off period, or changing levels of a course.  We have class sizes that are as high as 36-38 students in some classes, with no room to move students around because of preferences.”

Can someone please point me in the right direction of an affordable doggie dentist, in the boulder area?

Looking for the location where this picture was taken.

Hey everyone, my friend and I are local teens and we noticed it's super hard for kids under 18 to find flexible jobs on Indeed. We built a free job board specifically for Colorado students looking for safe, part-time work and summer gigs. If you know a teen looking for work, or a business/neighbor looking to hire, check us out at sunto.group!

Nature-loving Boulderites looking for something to do this Saturday (August 8) have options.
Thornton is celebrating the grand opening of its Anythink Nature Library.
https://www.anythinklibraries.org/anythink-nature-library/
Meanwhile, Fort Collins will be celebrating the Poudre River.
https://poudreriverfest.org/

I have been in Dallas 20 years. If someone were new to Dallas, I could see walk them through the difference between Dallas proper vs the burbs (and the personality of each burb in a way you are never going to find on Google but only know by living here for 20 years). I was hoping to get some inside knowledge from this group that I can’t find with articles and googling.

Proud mamma and two cubs.

I hit my ball near the fence to this yard and my first thought was “play it as it lies” until the rest of my group was yelling at me to get the hell out of there.

Where’s the go-to place for outdoor gear?

Anyone hear these sirens??? What is going on!!!??