Advice: Don't be like me...

Well, wife and I finally made the big move: We no longer live in the Denver area. We closed on our new house in SW Pueblo (I think the area is called Regency) and we really love it. Great neighborhood, house overlooks open space and I can see Pike's Peak from my office window.

BUT - we did a dumb thing that I'll bet a lot of us do.

TOO. MUCH. STUFF.

And the really dumb part is that when we got into the frenzy of packing to go, we didn't have the time to really look through our stuff and decide what to keep and what to get rid of - so by default we kept it all. Moving was a bit of an ordeal but the worst is that we paid to move stuff down here and NOW we're getting rid of it, which is bass-ackwards from what we should have done.

Anyway, this is just a PSA to those who might be considering a move in the next few years. Get rid of your excess stuff NOW so you don't pay someone to move it, only to get rid of it later.

we started selling and giving away stuff about 3-4 months before we were moving. Even now 5 yrs later there's still unopened boxes in one of the outbuildings.

We lived in our house in Northglenn for 34 years, raised both our kids in that house.
When we moved I knew I would have stuff that would need to go direct to the trash so I rented a 30 yard roll off from the city.
Figured I’d maybe fill it halfway at best.
WRONG!
I filled that damn thing with 34 years of “I forgot we had that!”

I hope your Pueblo experience goes well and you are in a good area for shopping, services and appointments. My exposure to the city, based on various baseball tournaments, visits to the State Fair, stops at c-stores on the I-25 corridor, etc, has not been positive.

TOO. MUCH. STUFF?? GUILTY.

Spent 5 years selling off STUFF, 13 trailers and an extra house full of stuff.

Getting ready to move we had a yard sale...every day for over a MONTH, sold a TON of stuff. Then found someone who bought the rest of the yard sale. Took him 7 pickup loads to haul it all off.

Moved, thankfully it was only into the house next door.

Was still going through stuff and took pickup loads to donate to ARC.

Sorted out more stuff for another yard sale, then Covid hit. No yard sale.

With a LOT of ads on Craig's list, giving away a bunch at the end of the driveway, and some more loads to ARC we are finally seeing the list of stuff to get rid of getting smaller.

If you have not used it (or even seen it) in 5 years, you don't need it. Get rid of it.

It’s so easy to keep useless shit, for when you need it. But the saying is true about having a HUGE garage sale every 2-3 years. Doesn’t help when you have kids also. I find myself throwing so much shit away.

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Originally Posted by .455_Hunter

I hope your Pueblo experience goes well and you are in a good area for shopping, services and appointments. My exposure to the city, based on various baseball tournaments, visits to the State Fair, stops at c-stores on the I-25 corridor, etc, has not been positive.

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There's your issue.

I think most people's impression of Pueblo likely comes from going downtown or driving through on the highway.

As far as "downtown" goes, have you been through Denver lately?

As for the rest, they usually don't route the interstate through the nice part of town. ;)


Here's the view from our back patio last night:

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Rule of thumb: If you didn't touch it in a year, sell it, donate it or toss it. This works very well for me. My wife...not so much. (Of course this does not apply to firearms.)

Nice view. I used to have the same view. Then they put up another house & a convenience store.

Joe Biden will be in town Wednesday. Expect traffic delays on the east side (airport). He is touring the CS Wind plant east of the interstate.

If they go all solar/wind and close down Comanche power plant, I recommend getting a wood stove. Colorado Biochar sells great wood for 20 cents a pound. Good luck with the new house!

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Originally Posted by Martinjmpr

There's your issue.

I think most people's impression of Pueblo likely comes from going downtown or driving through on the highway.

As far as "downtown" goes, have you been through Denver lately?

As for the rest, they usually don't route the interstate through the nice part of town. ;)


Here's the view from our back patio last night:

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Yes- it looks very nice, and I am sure a serious upgrade over inside the Denver Metro beltway. My only concern is when you have to go to town to access essential services. Pueblo seems to top many of the Meteo area locations with regards to specialness in that regard.