All the communities around rocky Mt national park are expensive of course. Denver is also stupidly pricey but coming down recently. Probably not much more than your town. The smaller communities sometimes are hard simply because there's not much housing at a vaguely affordable level and it's word of mouth. That is people I've known who live in them are only able to find affordable apartments because they know someone who has one available etc
Sounds familiar. I've spent some time all over CO but never in the Boulder, Denver area. Definitely not interested in living in a sprawl but access to culture is nice.
Foco is a college town sorta. Definitely a nice area I'd happily live in. Probably more expensive than some areas around Denver but not the most expensive.
Co springs is a chud filled military town so fuck that place at any price. Bad vibes. Though it is close to some beautiful areas so visiting is ok.
Fort Collins is fairly cheap. For $800-1000/mo you can get a studio or 1br. You're an hour away from RMNP where this mountain is, half an hour from Poudre Canyon and some of the best car camping in the state, and within daytrip distance of the ski resorts. The county its in is a politically mixed bag but the city itself is fairly progressive. Bad public transit (albeit the buses are free), decent bike infrastructure with amazing trails for both commuting and mountain biking, a huge reservoir above the city that's great for kayaking. I'd choose it over 90% of the country and would only upgrade to a place like Denver or Seattle where there's more of a leftist presence. In Fort Collins you'd be limited to a DSA chapter and a few SRA comrades.
I've been considering moving to that area, is it hard to get set up and afford? I'm already in a pretty expensive mountain town.
All the communities around rocky Mt national park are expensive of course. Denver is also stupidly pricey but coming down recently. Probably not much more than your town. The smaller communities sometimes are hard simply because there's not much housing at a vaguely affordable level and it's word of mouth. That is people I've known who live in them are only able to find affordable apartments because they know someone who has one available etc
Sounds familiar. I've spent some time all over CO but never in the Boulder, Denver area. Definitely not interested in living in a sprawl but access to culture is nice.
My exp with Denver and similar is you gotta find the least suberby area. Once I drove through Thornton and almost died at the shitty suberby vibe.
what about foco and co springs areas?
Foco is a college town sorta. Definitely a nice area I'd happily live in. Probably more expensive than some areas around Denver but not the most expensive.
Co springs is a chud filled military town so fuck that place at any price. Bad vibes. Though it is close to some beautiful areas so visiting is ok.
Fort Collins is fairly cheap. For $800-1000/mo you can get a studio or 1br. You're an hour away from RMNP where this mountain is, half an hour from Poudre Canyon and some of the best car camping in the state, and within daytrip distance of the ski resorts. The county its in is a politically mixed bag but the city itself is fairly progressive. Bad public transit (albeit the buses are free), decent bike infrastructure with amazing trails for both commuting and mountain biking, a huge reservoir above the city that's great for kayaking. I'd choose it over 90% of the country and would only upgrade to a place like Denver or Seattle where there's more of a leftist presence. In Fort Collins you'd be limited to a DSA chapter and a few SRA comrades.
Foco is really geared towards college kids. Once you start aging past like 26 you suddenly realize how young everyone around you seems