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When you’ve outgrown your house or it’s time to find a new job, you need to move. Moving, though challenging, is often exciting as well. You get to explore new places, meet new people, and try new things.

 

However, when you live in Colorado, you don’t need to move far. Move locally, and stay within your city or within the state. Colorado has a lot to offer, and you’ll miss the great things you already love about it, and you may miss out on the things you haven’t tried yet. Keep reading to find eight reasons to move within Colorado.

THE MOUNTAINS

How could you leave the Rocky Mountains behind? Colorado has some of the best views in the country. Just look out your window, and you may have a great view of these majestic mountains in all their glory.

 

GOING OUTDOORS

However, these mountains aren’t just for looking at. Colorado has forty-two state parks, four national parks, eleven national forests, eight national wildlife refuges, and two national grasslands. When you live here, there’s always something to do outside. In the winter, there’s skiing, sledding, snowshoeing, and snowboarding. In the other four seasons, you have whitewater rafting, hiking, mountain biking, and rock climbing.

Chances are, if you leave the state, you won’t find a place with this kind of outdoors access. The mountains are vast-no matter how much you’ve explored them, there’s still more trails to hike and streams to fish. Move locally so you can keep exploring.

 

CRAFT BREWERIES

Colorado has 235 craft breweries, which is much higher than the average for a state in the United States. According to the Brewers Association, Colorado comes in:

• Second nationally for gallons of beer produced per adult (ages 21 and up)
  Third nationally for breweries per capita
  Third nationally for barrels of craft beer produced per capita

If you love your beer interesting and varied, you might want to stay local.

 

DENVER BRONCOS

The Broncos are one of the best football teams in the nation, and if you’re like most of Colorado, you’re a big fan. If you leave the state, you’ll be missing the chance to watch games and go to tailgating parties with fellow fans. Or maybe you haven’t had the chance to go to a home game yet stay local, and don’t miss that opportunity.

 

NERD HEAVEN

Maybe sports isn’t your thing-you don’t like going outdoors, and watching the Broncos is boring at best. That’s okay too. If science fiction and fantasy is more your style, you have plenty of like-minded people living around you right now.

A 2014 study named Colorado the nation’s fifth nerdiest state. Coloradans are very into Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, comic books, cosplaying, and playing Magic: The Gathering. Your local game group or sci-fi club will miss you if you move too far.

 

RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATER

Red Rocks Amphitheatre is one of the best of its kind in the country. It’s a huge venue carved out of the rock itself, surrounded by spectacular Colorado scenery. Concerts play here just about every night in the summer. If you have seen a concert here, it’s probably a treasured memory. If you haven’t been yet, you really should go. Move within Colorado so you can still be close enough to go to a show here.

DOG-FRIENDLY CITIES

With all the outdoor opportunities, dogs live great lives here. They love going hiking in the mountains with their owners. However, many of the cities here welcome dogs too. You probably won’t have to look far to find dog parks to play in, and some bars, stores, and cafes even welcome your pet. If you have a dog and love taking him or her with you when you go out, don’t leave Colorado.

COPPER FOOD FIGHT

In a town called Copper, 5,000 people throw about 300,000 pounds of tomatoes in an enormous food fight. There are few events like it, unless you want to travel to Spain for the Tomatina. If you haven’t been to the annual food fight, you really should go. It’s one of Colorado’s best quirks. Either make an effort to go before you move, or just move somewhere close by so you can attend.

Moving is always hard. Not only are the physical tasks of packing and unpacking difficult, but leaving behind friends and favorite places is heart wrenching for most people.

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As you prepare for an upcoming move, you have to pay attention to a number of fragile items, from artwork to dinnerware. However, many homeowners overlook some of their most vulnerable possessions: electronic devices.

 

Electronics could sustain cosmetic exterior damage or serious internal damage if jostled en route. Additionally, many electronics are vulnerable to extreme heat and cold.

 

So how do you protect the devices that connect, educate, and entertain you and your family? We’ve listed five dos and three don’ts below for moving your electronic devices.

Dos

 

Plan ahead to ensure that your electronics stay safe throughout the entire moving process. Use these five tips.

 

1. Consider a Professional Packing Service

 

If you have several electronic devices, especially if you have multiple vulnerable models like flat screen televisions, hire a packing service. These electronics can sustain damage even while just being moved around your house or placed in boxes. For example, your flat screen could crack if you accidentally put too much pressure on it while picking it up.

Inside of trying to foresee and prevent all possible damage, hire a knowledgeable and experienced electronics packing service.

 

1. Put All Components Together

 

Losing your remote or charger is frustrating enough in everyday life. Avoid frantically searching for an essential cord or controller after your move by putting all of a device’s components together.

Package small items in a bag or box of their own so that they don’t scrape against the larger electronic device while in transit.

 

 

1. Remember How to Connect Each Device

 

To avoid unpacking your electronics only to find that you don’t know how to reconnect them, pay attention to your current setup as you disassemble it. Wheaton World Wide Moving recommends that you take a picture of the cord configuration before you unplug.

 

Additionally, you may want to use colored stickers to simplify the reassembly process. For example, if you have an external hard drive and an external DVD player that attach to the same computer, put a different color sticker on each device. Then mark the end of the cord that connects to each device with the same color.

 

1. Unpack Your Electronics Early

 

As much as you would like to have your whole home unpacked and rearranged as soon as you arrive, unpacking is often a long process. Whatever else you unpack, ensure that your electronics come out of their boxes sooner rather than later.

The longer your devices stay in boxes, the more vulnerable they are to damage caused by the shifting and stacking that comes with unpacking.

 

1. Use Original Containers When Possible

 

If you have the storage space, always keep the original box and packing materials for new electronic devices. Because these packing materials fit each device exactly, they provide much better protection when it comes time to move.

 

In addition to these recommendations, read through the owner’s manual for your larger electronic devices such as your television or desktop computer. These devices may have manufacturer recommendations for transportation and storage to prevent damage.

 

Don’ts

 

Small mistakes when moving electronics can lead to confusion at best and potentially expensive damage at worst. Avoid these three common errors.

 

1. Don’t Forget to Label Each Box

 

If you don’t have original packaging for each device, be sure to label each box clearly. Take note of any extra components found in any given box, especially if you end up having to separate a cord or controller from its main device.

If you used colored stickers on the electronics, you can add them to your labels as an easy visual reminder of what’s in each box.

 

1. Don’t Leave Items Inside Your Devices

 

Always empty your devices before packing them up. Remove any discs from your DVD player or game console. Unplug all cords and store them separately.

Take out any batteries or ink cartridges since these items can leak or overheat during your move.

 

1. Don’t Store Electronics in Spaces Without Climate Control

 

If you can’t move into your home right away and you have to store some of your belongings, be careful where you put your electronics. If you have to store your electronics along with your other boxes, choose a climate-controlled unit in a well-secured facility. Choose a unit on higher ground to reduce the risk of water damage, and check that the climate control keeps the unit at a temperate temperature.

Additionally, to reduce the risk of theft by someone who spotted one of your boxes, store your electronics near the back of the unit or under a covering.

If you suspect that a situation could damage your electronics, use common sense and avoid it. For example, don’t place electronics at the bottom of your moving truck or allow boxes to be transported upside down.

Use these guidelines to ensure that your electronics arrive at your new home intact and ready to be plugged in.

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