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> although the housing prices skyrocketing is going to affect whether the younger people who are less financially established, will come in the same numbers as

> although the housing prices skyrocketing is going to affect whether the younger people who are less financially established, will come in the same numbers as before. It's been mindblowing how much housing has gone up over the Front Range even in the last ten years (median price of a single family home in Boulder is now over $1M whereas ten years ago I think it might have been a third of that). Much of the affordable housing for northern Colorado means being all the way up in Larimer or Weld county if you're interested in a single family home. I think this is only going to get way worse, with a number of companies like Google and Amazon significantly growing their footprint around Boulder and Denver.

blackguardx 9y ago
Weld county is affordable because it there aren't a lot of jobs there. As people move further and further out for cheaper housing, traffic gets worse and worse. The Front Range is basically like Nebraska: You can basically build in any direction without geographic limits. It that happens, the traffic will be worse than LA as people zig zag across the Front Range to commute to their jobs in different suburbs. As a Boulder resident (renter), I think Front Range cities need to have a pro-growth mindset to allow people to live closer to their jobs. We shouldn't repeat the same mistakes as LA and Silicon Valley.
- davidw 9y ago
  > As a Boulder resident (renter), I think Front Range cities need to have a pro-growth mindset to allow people to live closer to their jobs. We shouldn't repeat the same mistakes as LA and Silicon Valley. Bingo! My near-miss with Boulder is what got me interested in how cities (don't) work in the US and the people interested in fixing them. It's a pretty interesting movement, with people all over the ideological spectrum, from environmentalists to libertarians. Since it's local, I think it's possible to make more of a difference than with national politics. Here are some good ones: * http://www.sfyimby.org/ http://www.sfyimby.org/ & https://www.yimbydenver.com/ https://www.yimbydenver.com/ * http://www.strongtowns.org/ http://www.strongtowns.org/ * http://marketurbanism.com/ http://marketurbanism.com/

blackguardx 9y ago

Weld county is affordable because it there aren't a lot of jobs there. As people move further and further out for cheaper housing, traffic gets worse and worse. The Front Range is basically like Nebraska: You can basically build in any direction without geographic limits. It that happens, the traffic will be worse than LA as people zig zag across the Front Range to commute to their jobs in different suburbs. As a Boulder resident (renter), I think Front Range cities need to have a pro-growth mindset to allow people to live closer to their jobs. We shouldn't repeat the same mistakes as LA and Silicon Valley.

davidw 9y ago
> As a Boulder resident (renter), I think Front Range cities need to have a pro-growth mindset to allow people to live closer to their jobs. We shouldn't repeat the same mistakes as LA and Silicon Valley. Bingo! My near-miss with Boulder is what got me interested in how cities (don't) work in the US and the people interested in fixing them. It's a pretty interesting movement, with people all over the ideological spectrum, from environmentalists to libertarians. Since it's local, I think it's possible to make more of a difference than with national politics. Here are some good ones: * http://www.sfyimby.org/ http://www.sfyimby.org/ & https://www.yimbydenver.com/ https://www.yimbydenver.com/ * http://www.strongtowns.org/ http://www.strongtowns.org/ * http://marketurbanism.com/ http://marketurbanism.com/