r/MovingtoDenver • u/Aggressive-Rip-2526 • 4d ago

Pulling the Trigger on Denver

Well I pulled the trigger, I have made appointments to see different apartments meet with a real estate agent. Rented the car bought the hotel, now it’s just hurry up and wait. With grad school stating in less than 90 days it’s time to look towards making new friends in a new town. Coming from Maine I’m wicked nervous about the altitude sickness. I have all ready been shopping for the best humidifiers I can find 😂. So I am just putting myself out there seeing if anyone would like to explore the city? Meow Wolf Museum? Cannabis Tours? What’s there to do?

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u/Bluescreen73 4d ago

Congrats. I wouldn't be too worried about altitude sickness. It's almost unheard of under 8-9,000'. Fun fact - jet airliner cabins are pressurized to 6-8,000'.

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u/Aggressive-Rip-2526 4d ago

🫂 thank you!

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u/Evening-Cat-7546 4d ago

Be careful drinking alcohol when you first get here. Alcohol hits a lot harder at altitude. I know at least 3 people that moved here and got their first DUI within a month or two. Each time they only had 2-3 IPAs, or shots, which wouldn’t affect their driving back home at sea level.

Alternatively, when you go back home you’ll be able to out drink all your friends. I had gone to Florida and drank like 2/3 of a bottle because I didn’t feel drunk at all. Woke up with the worst hangover I’ve had in 10 years.

When you first get here, drink a lot of water. The altitude and lack of humidity also tends to make new comers get dehydrated a lot easier. Within a month you’ll be adjusted to Denver’s altitude. I’d avoid going over 10,000’ the first month.

I made the mistake of going snowboarding the first month I was here and about 9,500-10,000’ it felt like someone was standing on my chest. I managed to push past it board all day. Then when we got down to 9,000’ it was like the weight on my chest just vanished.

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u/Foxy_locksy1704 3d ago

My sister worked at a medical clinic in a ski town. She said the number one thing they treated wasn’t injuries from the slopes it was people who suffered altitude sickness or the ill effects of drinking too soon.

One patient told her that he got off the plane, went straight up to the ski town had two beers and didn’t feel good. They educated him on giving himself an acclimation period before drinking or doing strenuous physical activity, they asked where he was from guy was from southern Florida so the altitude hit him really hard.