Since the kids are grown, your choices are not as limited. There's good places to live all over the Denver metro area. I'm partial to the north suburbs. There's less traffic here and you can still be downtown in 10-15 minutes.

I HATE the south part of town - Highlands Ranch, Englewood, Centennial, Arapahoe county, South Denver. The traffic in that part of town is MADDENING.

My wife and I have a rule - no matter WHAT, we don't live south of Interstate 70. Everything south of there is a mad house IMO. But I'm 100% spoiled and biased. I LIKE it up here in the north 'burbs. I like the schools. I like the small town feel I get in Arvada. I like the fact that there is little or no traffic up here. I like the fact that we can grocery shop and mall shop within 10 minutes from the house.

Did I mention there's very little traffic in the North 'burbs? GAWD I hate traffic. South Denver is nuthin' but traffic. Dumb, slow, takes ya 2hrs to drive home from work traffic. It's not like that up here in the north 'burbs and we're spoiled rotten because of it.

There's at least a dozen MMJ dispensaries within 10 minutes of my house.