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Spicoli · 05-12-2013, 06:06 PM

Just as title says, was thinking about moving to CO. First, i dont want to move there and try and get rich off growing. I just want to grow my own and have a legal job (and maybe a a small partime job in the MMJ scene (ie: trimming, dispensary helper or something like that). More importantly I want to move there because I love to snowboard and the mountains ( im also a big mountain biker too).

So would like your thoughts, comments ,and advice (or you can just give me a big fuck off dont come here)

LubdaNugs · 05-12-2013, 06:08 PM

Gunnison/ Crested Butte are great for skiing and World Class for MTB.

BOMBAYCAT · 05-12-2013, 06:56 PM

Many of the Western towns are quite conservative and rancher types live there. If you live in the mountains the long winters are rough. I have had many friends move back down. Boulder is liberal but quite expensive. If you want a mountain experience, Nederland is an old gold mine town but then it was settled by hippies back in the day. Near Boulder so also quite expensive. Denver is very liberal and has all the big city stuff. The south suburbs are quite conservative as is Colorado Springs which is conservative and religious. Depending on your work, Denver might be your best best as construction type jobs are coming back really well. Other jobs are coming back slower. Some of the cities and towns have voted against having MMJ dispensaries in their city limits so you need to grow your own. For the 1st nine months starting in 2014 recreational sales will be handled by dispensaries only and unfortunately some cities will not allow MMJ dispensaries or recreational shops in their city.

coloradcannabis · 05-12-2013, 07:35 PM

Where do you live the PNW?

You will need a state badge to trim or do jack shit in the industry. Pretty much no felony especially involving deceit or theft or any crime with theft really. No debt to the IRS and your student loans must not be in default.

They will fingerprint you and put you into a searchable database. So if you were not in "The System" before you will be now!

If you get all that you pass the first test and it just gets harder from there.

If you want to trim you better be quick and able to trim 8 hours a day 5 days a week. Most budtenders are young women with tattoos and nice smiles. Grower and grow helper jobs are rare and highly competitive. Grow jobs are more about politics then references and resumes.

Colorado also has a thriving craft brewery and distillery industry as well. There is a professional sports team for almost every sport you would want to watch, even lacross! Bike trails for years and miles. Many free dog parks with good facilities and upkeep. Even more free parks for people, many dog friendly. The mountain sports are amazing year round and if you love the outdoors and majestic beauty Colorado is the place to be.

The state just passed strict gun laws like a 10 round clip limit. Denver is a hot bed of gang violence lately. Not only was there a gang related shooting at the 4/20 smoke out this year, a police women was killed at a jazz festival months earlier at Denver's largest park. Violence and guns are huge issues in the Denver metro area to include Aurora and Columbine HS.

Spicoli · 05-12-2013, 08:14 PM

Thank for all the quick replies guys. Lots of good recommendations and info. Looks like a MMJ job probably wont be a good option, from the sounds of it.

Coloradcannabis nah thats a different spicoli, I live on the east coast.

Hydro-Soil · 05-12-2013, 10:53 PM

Bring your job with you.

We'll leave a light on for ya...

Stay Safe!

honeybooboo · 05-12-2013, 11:51 PM

Spicoli, I share your dream to move to Co.And have a question for the Coloradoians. Hopefully it doesn't offend anyone. Would someone "in the know" please give some info on the gas drilling and fracking in the Denver area or eastern Co. in general.

monsoon · 05-13-2013, 04:46 PM

They are fracking the fuck out of this state and it is only going to get worse. If you live >in< the city the risk is fairly low due to the lack of land/number of people, but anywhere to the north and east in the plains and many areas in the mountains and Western Slope are leased and waiting for the bastards to come in and fuck/frack things up.

Check the BLM websites or search Google for "oil and gas leases in Colorado" for more info.

BOMBAYCAT · 05-13-2013, 11:39 PM

Drill baby drill. They are out of control. Some cities have banned fracking but the state is in the process of suing them as the state claims they have the authority (not cities) to set rules. A few years back on the news someone actually got a glass of water from the faucet and lit it on fire after fracking ruined their well. The state said fracking didn't cause it. Until very recently the state Oil and Gas Commission was made up only from industry representives and they set rules which favored the industry. Surprise, surprise. Actually in most areas it isn't too bad if you don't mind a lot of truck traffic and we do need the gas. The state is in the process of tightening up the rules (very slowly). Unless you have the bad luck to live in a smaller town, they stay away from the bigger cities because there is no room to do anything.

monsoon · 05-14-2013, 03:55 AM

Do a bit of research and you will find that quite a bit of the gas being extracted/fracked in CO is going to the UK, not to American furnaces/etc. Like the Keystone pipeline, there aren't any "Service Stations" along the way offering cheaper gas because it is full of oil. One only need look where the K pipeline ends to see the intent of it's creation.

Govenor Frackenlooper DRANK fracking fluid....so that tells ya right there that other than being a heavy drinker, he's whack as fuck.

05-12-2013, 06:06 PM	#1
Spicoli Client of Wu-Tang Financial. You need to diversify your bonds bitches Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Where the beer flows like wine and the women indestincally flock like the salmon of capistrono Posts: 1,139	Another want to move to CO thread Just as title says, was thinking about moving to CO. First, i dont want to move there and try and get rich off growing. I just want to grow my own and have a legal job (and maybe a a small partime job in the MMJ scene (ie: trimming, dispensary helper or something like that). More importantly I want to move there because I love to snowboard and the mountains ( im also a big mountain biker too). So would like your thoughts, comments ,and advice (or you can just give me a big fuck off dont come here) __________________ It's all about lookin at the wave and sayin "hey bud, lets party". "If people only knew how real life really gets"
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05-12-2013, 06:08 PM	#2
LubdaNugs Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 543	Gunnison/ Crested Butte are great for skiing and World Class for MTB.
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05-12-2013, 06:56 PM	#3
BOMBAYCAT Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,004	Many of the Western towns are quite conservative and rancher types live there. If you live in the mountains the long winters are rough. I have had many friends move back down. Boulder is liberal but quite expensive. If you want a mountain experience, Nederland is an old gold mine town but then it was settled by hippies back in the day. Near Boulder so also quite expensive. Denver is very liberal and has all the big city stuff. The south suburbs are quite conservative as is Colorado Springs which is conservative and religious. Depending on your work, Denver might be your best best as construction type jobs are coming back really well. Other jobs are coming back slower. Some of the cities and towns have voted against having MMJ dispensaries in their city limits so you need to grow your own. For the 1st nine months starting in 2014 recreational sales will be handled by dispensaries only and unfortunately some cities will not allow MMJ dispensaries or recreational shops in their city.
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05-12-2013, 07:35 PM	#4
coloradcannabis Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: The Rockies Posts: 123	Where do you live the PNW? You will need a state badge to trim or do jack shit in the industry. Pretty much no felony especially involving deceit or theft or any crime with theft really. No debt to the IRS and your student loans must not be in default. They will fingerprint you and put you into a searchable database. So if you were not in "The System" before you will be now! If you get all that you pass the first test and it just gets harder from there. If you want to trim you better be quick and able to trim 8 hours a day 5 days a week. Most budtenders are young women with tattoos and nice smiles. Grower and grow helper jobs are rare and highly competitive. Grow jobs are more about politics then references and resumes. Colorado also has a thriving craft brewery and distillery industry as well. There is a professional sports team for almost every sport you would want to watch, even lacross! Bike trails for years and miles. Many free dog parks with good facilities and upkeep. Even more free parks for people, many dog friendly. The mountain sports are amazing year round and if you love the outdoors and majestic beauty Colorado is the place to be. The state just passed strict gun laws like a 10 round clip limit. Denver is a hot bed of gang violence lately. Not only was there a gang related shooting at the 4/20 smoke out this year, a police women was killed at a jazz festival months earlier at Denver's largest park. Violence and guns are huge issues in the Denver metro area to include Aurora and Columbine HS.
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05-12-2013, 08:14 PM	#5
Spicoli Client of Wu-Tang Financial. You need to diversify your bonds bitches Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Where the beer flows like wine and the women indestincally flock like the salmon of capistrono Posts: 1,139	Thank for all the quick replies guys. Lots of good recommendations and info. Looks like a MMJ job probably wont be a good option, from the sounds of it. Coloradcannabis nah thats a different spicoli, I live on the east coast. __________________ It's all about lookin at the wave and sayin "hey bud, lets party". "If people only knew how real life really gets"
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05-12-2013, 10:53 PM	#6
Hydro-Soil Banned Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: 10K feet above sea level... awesome! Posts: 7,263	Bring your job with you. We'll leave a light on for ya... Stay Safe!
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05-12-2013, 11:51 PM	#7
honeybooboo Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 61	Spicoli, I share your dream to move to Co.And have a question for the Coloradoians. Hopefully it doesn't offend anyone. Would someone "in the know" please give some info on the gas drilling and fracking in the Denver area or eastern Co. in general.
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05-13-2013, 04:46 PM	#8
monsoon Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 397	They are fracking the fuck out of this state and it is only going to get worse. If you live >in< the city the risk is fairly low due to the lack of land/number of people, but anywhere to the north and east in the plains and many areas in the mountains and Western Slope are leased and waiting for the bastards to come in and fuck/frack things up. Check the BLM websites or search Google for "oil and gas leases in Colorado" for more info.
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05-13-2013, 11:39 PM	#9
BOMBAYCAT Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,004	Drill baby drill. They are out of control. Some cities have banned fracking but the state is in the process of suing them as the state claims they have the authority (not cities) to set rules. A few years back on the news someone actually got a glass of water from the faucet and lit it on fire after fracking ruined their well. The state said fracking didn't cause it. Until very recently the state Oil and Gas Commission was made up only from industry representives and they set rules which favored the industry. Surprise, surprise. Actually in most areas it isn't too bad if you don't mind a lot of truck traffic and we do need the gas. The state is in the process of tightening up the rules (very slowly). Unless you have the bad luck to live in a smaller town, they stay away from the bigger cities because there is no room to do anything.
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05-14-2013, 03:55 AM	#10
monsoon Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 397	Do a bit of research and you will find that quite a bit of the gas being extracted/fracked in CO is going to the UK, not to American furnaces/etc. Like the Keystone pipeline, there aren't any "Service Stations" along the way offering cheaper gas because it is full of oil. One only need look where the K pipeline ends to see the intent of it's creation. Govenor Frackenlooper DRANK fracking fluid....so that tells ya right there that other than being a heavy drinker, he's whack as fuck.
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