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Aurora to Rifle might feel like a bigger change than Florida to Colorado!
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If you thought aurora food was bad, you are in for a treat in Rifle.
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pulled pork sliders are a local favorite i hear
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Pulled pork shooters if you ask Bobert lol
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Bobo has been know to pull a pork or two.
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Doh! The purveyor of those bacteriological sandwiches has moved elsewhere however so it may be safe now.
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I’m sad that the long-time Polish place that was there on Rifle closed a few years ago I believe! 😢😭😢. I did used to make it a point to stop there on my I-70 trips past there all the time!
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Brooo, yesssss !! I had the privilege of eating at ther Glenwood restaurant when they first started…. Grandma at the stove everyday, gawdammit best years of my life.
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Enjoy all 5 options while taking in a scenic view of a large dirt hill with some apartments on it. Explore the fantastical closed off bridge and end your adventure with a relaxing loiter in the parking lot of walmart
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Rifle has a Culver’s at least.
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I think so too. We have visited a couple times already to make sure we would like it. It comes with its challenges but it’s so amazingly beautiful there.
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Western slope is excellent for going up to summit county because you don’t have to deal with the Denver-Frisco traffic!
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What about Palisade, CO? Closer to a bigger city (GJ) and cool vibe, but more expensive to buy if that’s what you’re doing.
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The reason for Rifle is my wife will be working in Aspen and Rifle is the closest town with somewhat affordable housing.
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Oof, that’s a very long commute!! Hopefully she doesn’t have to go in 5x/week
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We don’t know yet her schedule. Ya it’ll be like 45-60 minutes in perfect condition. It’ll be worth it for a couple years to stack up some money.
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Just so you are prepared, your wife’s commute won’t take 45-60 minutes. There is a daily traffic backup of all of the service people coming into Aspen. I live in el jebel (50% closer) and plan for a minimum of 45-60 minutes. On bad weather days it can take 90 minutes one way. Commute back down valley is the same and starts about 3 pm. Hopefully she can work “off hours” to save some time but it will still be over an hour from Rifle for her in the best of times, probably closer to 80 minutes each way without accidents or bad weather.
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It’s more like 90 minutes from rifle to Aspen without traffic. With traffic or weather, 2 hours easy, likely longer. Not worth it imo. Rifle isn’t even cheap anymore. A 2 bedroom shitty apartment with shared walls on 3 sides is over $2k a month now.
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I think El Jebel is more like 75% closer to Aspen than Rifle is
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I’m thinking time, not distance on a perfect day with no traffic. You are correct that the distance is 75% closer.
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90%
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The gauntlet of 1,000 stop lights through Glenwood, Carbondale, Basalt and El Jebel is enough to make your head spin.
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I would double check those numbers. I think Rifle is closer to 75 mins. Probably 2 hours if there’s a snow storm
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There’s also always RFTA
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I love your year in review! I love that you are talking about Aurora, of all places, and its greatness. But as a lifelong resident of over a century, you are deeply mistaken about this concept of the commute being worth it to stack up the money. I was fully supporting your every word, until this massive mistake. In the one year you’ve lived here, have you all practiced that drive in winter conditions? Granted this is the worst year ever to practice given our lack of snow, but you are severely underestimating the toll white knuckle commuting in a blizzard will impact your wife’s mental (and potentially physical) health. I’m here for the grind, but this is wild to me.
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Totally. 5x a week travel 60 each direction in weather half the time? We’ve had no snow this year. Nothing. It’s not usually like this. It gets much snowier and crazy in the high country. Even in normal years, It can be 55 and sunny down here and 10 degrees and whiteout conditions up there in the same day. I would spend more on housing and drive less. Sometimes they have to close 70 Down and you are stuck in that shit for hours. I mean hours. One little wreak at the bottom of a pass (vail pass) and get ready to pee in a bottle in the car and spend 1/2 your tank keeping warm, in an area with shitty cell service. I would avoid this rifle idea all together. Stay in metro area and go visit the mountains for leisure. I believe the old adage is “if you like fishing, don’t move to a lake.”
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Wait, lifelong resident of over a century!??
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Hahha yah I’m so old. I swear I typed half century. But Reddit now recognizes I am over 100 years old.
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I was gonna say, you navigate Reddit shockingly well for a centenarian, haha
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You’re over 100 years old?
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Yes I use ski poles as my canes. Works excellent 🙂 /s The word “half” before century is missing, in my old age I must have forgot and since I’m so old, I don’t know how to edit Reddit posts. Oh well. Happy 101st bday to me!
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Happy birthday grandpa
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I totally understand the perspective. Luckily last year had much more snow, I also did grow up in NY so driving isn’t to bad for me. My wife is getting better and better as well. The pay increase for our family is about 40k more a year so it’s not insignificant. Luckily where my wife works if she absolutely hates it we can just transfer back to Denver or Montrose.
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I would rather live in Montrose than Rifle.
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Agreed. Montrose is great if you have a solid job. The access to the San Juans is amazing
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I concur
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prediction: OP is out of Rifle and living in Montrose or back in Aurora within a year
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Glenwood is like 20min closer and even commuting from there regularly would be enough to make you not to want be as far out as rifle. Other commenter is right, it doesn’t matter how good of a driver you are in snow when there are rockslides or pile ups on I-70 and 82. My wife drives up and down a pass only four days out of the week, to a tune of only 40 minutes each way, and even she’s looking into early retirement just so we don’t have to consistently go down in elevation. The stories I hear from her at 4am in whiteout conditions on unplowed roads sounds not fun lol. I mean unless you’re gonna go ride, but you know. 🤣🤘
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As someone that has lived all over Garfield county (the county that Rifle is in) move closer to Aspen. There are areas that a bit closer that still are as “cheap” as rifle. The highway closes constantly. I mean at least 3 times a week from rifle towards aspen. A lot of people lose their job over this. Garfield county had swastikas in the county parade. A lot of people beg for Trump to be there dictator. It’s a rough place.
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She needs to plan on 90 minutes from rifle to aspen in perfect weather. In winter, its going to suck if she’s driving herself. She should take the rfta bus.
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Rifle to Aspen!? That is NOT an hour in the winter. Man, anywhere but Rifle. Anywhere. Check into your water quality, too – fracking IS the industry out there.
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Carbondale?
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Carbondale is getting pricey. OP, if you can swing Glenwood Springs there is a bus that runs to Aspen every day. Commute would be easier with someone else driving.
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Good info that would be nice to take the bus in
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We didn’t see too many houses for sale in our price range at all. It may change though, or maybe the mortgage rates will drop and we can up our budget
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I would definitely look into it, will she need to go into aspen every day? Also aspen is one of the richest areas in the country so hopefully she’s being compensated as such. I would pick a crappier house in Carbondale over a nicer house in rifle. Needing to drive i70 daily will cause issues at some point either with snow, accidents, rock slides, traffic
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Welcome! I like your reviews though my poor car and I disagree majorly about the roads. Lol. I’m in the Rifle area. It’s a horrible commute, especially in bad weather. Her best bet is to get to Glenwood then bus to Aspen. I know Tampa traffic, and while Glenwood traffic isn’t that bad, it is its own special thing. You’ll think “how the hell are there this many cars in such a small town?!?”. And in winter? Oof. But I love it here, each small town has its own personality. I’ve been in Colorado 30 years and been in western Colorado for almost 20 and I wouldn’t move back to the Front Range without some major compensation. I hope you guys love it.
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I really appreciate this perspective. We went to rifle falls park and then had lunch in a small park in town and absolutely fell in love with the place. It felt like a small town you’d see back in the 60’s
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Did you talk to any of the locals? Go in any places? Garfield county is scary backwoods Nazi country now, and I say that as someone who grew up there when it was pristine and saw it through rose colored glasses for years. If “small town from the 60s” in terms of racism and bigotry is what you want, then you’re not wrong.
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Thank you for the perspective. We talked to some.peoppe, obviously wasn’t like that in the small interaction. Well sounds like they need more liberal votes there.
Additional Sources:
CBS News – How the new $6,000 senior tax deduction could affect millions of Americans over 65
Tax Foundation – Tax Refunds and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
