I live just south of Smoky Hill and Tower rd. It's technically Centennial and it's pretty nice. Plenty of houses in the Smoky Hill neighborhood around $200k.
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my financial advisor used to live in Mission Viejo, they moved after they had a random drive by shooter blast up their home. this was a few years back.
at one time i lived at illif and buckley seemed ok at the time, but that was 12 years ago.
If it is not work related or commute related, how about 80602 area of Thornton? That is where I live right now. Price is lower than North side of Broomfield/Westminster area.
Price might be slightly higher than Mission Viejo, but newer and quieter.
I go to Aurora at least twice a mo. to see my mother. She lives East of I-225 and Iliff. Traffic in Aurora is 3x crazier than 120th stretch from Broomfield to East of Thornton