I am in my mid 30s, looking to buy a home. I don't care much for night life or other city activities, just looking for a nice place to live that isn't too far from the mountains. I currently live in Lakewood but it is a bit too expensive here. I would appreciate any opinions on Broomfield from any current or former residents. Thanks.
Posted Jun 14, 2015, 6:03 PM UTC
I like living in Broomfield (near 120th and Federal), there's some really nice neighborhoods hereabouts, the pricing isn't crazy like it is further south. Usually takes around 20-30 minutes downtown, 25-45 to Boulder (depending on rush hour status) and there's a ton of trails, good food and it's quick to escape toward RMNP, less so toward skiing.
I'm honestly a bit heartbroken that I'm moving to West Arvada (basically doubling the mortgage payment), but you can't get those extra hours of your life back from commuting.
I've lived in Broomfield for about 3 years and I really like it. Awesome trails with a little fishing hole a short walk from my house and its close to all the Boulder trailheads. Plenty of good breweries close by too.
Personally, I think it is an abomination when viewing a county map of Colorado.
Every morning I have the news on while waking up and every morning I-25 is a parking lot headed south from the north. No way would I live up there if I had to work in the city.
Federal usually isn't that bad.
Sheridan is faster and has better timed lights in my experience. Been commuting north for 6 years.
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Broomfield isn't very cheap either but what you're paying for is worth it. Very peaceful slightly upper scale community for the most part. Would very much recommend
I grew up in Westminster, super close to Broomfield. It's a great place. Awesome location in being close to Broomfield and Denver.
My family and I have been in Broomfield for two years, and my wife was born and raised here. You get easy access to both Denver and Boulder without having to live in either one. Great neighborhoods, no a**hole police (I'm looking at you, Federal Heights), excellent festival and parade (Broomfield Days) in September, and a super library. Also, if you were to have children, we love the schools here. Though Broomfield is its own city and county, we're part of Boulder Valley School District, which has none of the ridiculous stuff going on in nearby JeffCo.
Part of Broomfield is BoCo Schools. The other part is Adams 12 School District. Those schools are quite good as well.
That's good to know. We are looking for a bigger place here in the same area, and this is helpful info. Many thanks.
Sure thing. In general, Sheridan Blvd is the dividing line between Adams 12 and BVSD. This rule falls apart on the north side where Sheridan curves to the east.
It is also inaccurate. Adams 12 is a shitty school district chocked full of trailer trash and dead beats.
A guy I ride with has worked for them for 20 years or so at one of their high schools and sums up the district population as shitbags living in shitholes.
Yes, this redditor is correct about Adams 12. If you value whatever brain cells your child currently has, I wouldn't send them to Adams 12.
Also in my mid-30's and I live in Westminster. Broomfield is literally across the street and they appear very similar. It's reasonably quiet, a ton of open space and trails. Housing isn't too bad (moved here from the east coast...) and property taxes are low. My wife works in Lafayette and I work in LoDo, so Westminster/Broomfield is roughly halfway so neither of our commutes suck. If you work in Denver, the RTD park-and-rides are great. Sitting in 36 or I-25 traffic isn't bad when you can read or sleep.
I like Broomfield a lot.
My husband and I have lived in Broomfield for six years. There are really expensive, country-club-type neighborhoods, and then some more affordable neighborhoods like ours. Someone else mentioned school districts, if that's something you're concerned about. East of Sheridan is Adams 12 school district, and west of Sheridan is Boulder Valley schools. I learned last week that the county is committed to keeping it at least 40% green space; there are great trails and recreation areas.
The commute down to Denver can suck, but there are alternatives like the regional express bus, and someone else mentioned taking Federal instead of I-25. I found a place to work 5 minutes away in Westminster, so I like that, and my husband commutes up to Longmont pretty easily.
I wouldn't say it's "closer to the mountains" except that it's one of the burbs that's west of I-25.
Overall, we love it.
I've been living in the 10th/287 area for the last 2 years. It's super close to both 25 and 36. You can get to 25 in one direction, 36 in another. Commutes to Denver and Boulder both depend on what time of day you want to travel.
Someone noted that Broomfield cops are total assholes. Yes, yes they are. But, at the same time, there is little crime. I once watched a group of people pull off to the side of the road and begin fighting... called the cops, and they were there in maybe a minute.
I personally love it here. I have a kid, and we are part of the BVSD, which as someone mentioned is removed from the malarky of the JeffCo district. People seem nice here, but I spend most of my time in Denver for school. There are tons of grocery stores in proximity to pretty much any area of Broomfield you'd want to live. Parks and trailheads are everywhere. Broomfield residents can use the pool in the summer for free (it was free last year for me and my family). It's not even really a pool... it's like a water park.
So, yeah, I'm a fan.
Yeah, The Bay is awesome.
My wife and I moved to Broomfield from Boulder three years ago and love it. Downtown Boulder and Denver are both about a 15 minute drive, easy access to hiking/biking trails, a decent selection of restaurants/bars/breweries, a small community feel, and affordable (well...it's better than Denver) housing make Broomfield a great place to live.
I don't think there is anywhere on the map that is 15 minutes from both Boulder and Denver.
It takes me 15 minutes on surface streets to get to the ballpark from Park Hill, I have serious doubts you would get anywhere near to Broomfield from the ball park in the same time. Maybe to a highway exit, at 4am with good weather.
I play golf at the Broadlands and Thorn Creek up that way now and then. It is a fucking hike to get out that far and traffic generally sucks. Way more than 15 minutes, closer to an hour all said and done.
We live close to the on ramp for 36 which helps the commute. Of course driving times will vary if you're trying to get anywhere at peak times. Thanks for calling me a liar though.
Yeah no one is calling .. well actually yeah you are lying. You are not 15 minutes from either spot no matter where you are AND that place is certainly not in Broomfield which is the entire point point of this thread.
Peak times? Let us be realistic, 36 is a shit show at all hours that are normal. 2AM? Sure no biggie. 6AM to 11PM? A crowded shit show.
I live in Broomfield around 10th and 287 and go to school downtown. From driving out of my residence to the parking lot I use at school, it's 22 minutes without traffic. I intentionally schedule classes at a particular time to avoid traffic on 36. 25 isn't terrible most of the time for me, but 36 makes me want to kill people. I commuted last semester from Aurora to Broomfield, and no time was a good time. So, I did an experiment in hour increments to see when the best time would be to schedule classes so that I could avoid traffic.
Anyway, moral of the story. There are times of the day inside of the 6am to 11pm hyperbolic window you listed where there is no traffic. I bet you'd think I was kidding if I told you I get out of class some days at 3:45p, walk 15 minutes to my car (that's if I feel lazy. 11-12 when I don't feel as lazy) and I can go 15 over the speed limit consistently with a bump on the 36 merge and speed limit to 5ish over the rest of the ride, making it home in 25 minutes at the most. As I get out of my car, I check the traffic maps that are just beginning to get yellow/red. So, I guess it depends where in Broomfield you live.
Now that I say this, I'll hit fucking traffic the entire way to class tomorrow and back. knocks on wood
I just moved to denver from Boulder and my avg commute time from golden triangle to north Boulder is about 32 min. Now granted that's 5:10 am. I'm guessing it slows down a bit later in the morning...
I lived in Broomfield in 2012. 15 minutes could get me to I-25 and US36. Tops. At least 30 minutes to downtown.
As for Boulder, 15 minutes can get you to Baseline Road if there is no traffic, but its going to take 30 to get anywhere in Boulder as well.
Well, I used to live in Boulder, near Baseline and 30th, right next to 36, and can easily make it downtown Denver in 30 minutes (with no traffic). Come on people, it is only about 28 miles from Baseline exit to Downtown Denver. Without 36 construction like it was before, it was 70% 65 speed limit, 30% 55 speed limit to Denver. Could easily to 28 miles in under 30 minutes.
So presumably, there is somewhere in middle that is both 15 min from Boulder and Denver, probably between Interlocken and Wadsworth exits.
Growing up right next to it in Northglenn, and Thornton I would have to say I always dread driving through any part of Broomfield, it always seems to be backed up and their cops are some of the biggest assholes I've ever encountered.
I lived in Broomfield previously for a year. I hate 36 with a passion. I didn't really like the food options (other than Wayne's Texas BBQ and Spice China! Soooo good). The drive to Denver seems short the first three times you do it, then its kind of not, ha. 36 has also been stocking up on cops, so careful. I don't know... I have only been in Colorado 2 years and I feel like moving to Broomfield was a bad choice FOR ME, not you obviously... you have different priorities.
I would say if you want a lower COL, try Westy. I know its still up there, but honestly Broomfield is too (our 1BR apt was ~1200). Westy seems to have more charm than Broomfield too and a Target ;)
I don't see anything positive to broomfield, just ugly terrible suburban concrete sprawl. would be great if you like stripmalls and chain stores close to denver and boulder? yeah, just have to sit in horrid traffic.
I like Bloomfield. I would love there, but I have a thing with places that have had nuclear accidents and has been irradiated.
I live a half mile from Broomfield. I work in Broomfield. I like it there. It's a nice suburb, and it's closer to RMNP than some of the other burbs, which is important to me. It's a bit cheaper (in my cursory glances at home prices over the last 6 months or so) than some other burbs in the north metro (Louisville, Superior, etc.) while still being close enough to Denver for the times I head down there.
I like it here. North metro is best metro!