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I lived in Breckenridge, Colorado, a rather fancy ski resort town a couple years back. At the time a large portion of service industry workers could not afford
by code_duck 5y ago
I lived in Breckenridge, Colorado, a rather fancy ski resort town a couple years back. At the time a large portion of service industry workers could not afford any housing at all within 45 minutes and slept in their cars in alleys near their work.
Same as this, the issue is people moving in from areas with higher housing costs who can afford higher prices, while they depend on workers whose wages aren’t nearly enough to live nearby even if doubled.
This is not a new phenomenon or a much different than what has been going on in cities such as Denver. It will be interesting to see whether the pandemic changes continue to have an effect on pricing near the central business district. Remote work etc is likely to make resort towns even worse in this regard.
- jumby 5y agoI live in a ski town, and while I agree with you on the major problems that exist (here, too), _some_ of the 'living in your car in the alley' is the ski-bum ethos and viewed as a right of passage. Live to ski!
- code_duck 5y agoIt’s true that mostly these are young people who choose to live there, and have party oriented lifestyles. I think packed 4 to an apartment would be more reasonable than homeless though.
- illegalsmile 5y agoHaving friends that patrolled, ran lift and ski bummed in the 00s and 10s that's what they'd do. Pack people in party houses/apartments. The only time you'd sleep out of a car was when you were at another resort and didn't have any connections. *These were not the people who were working in at the restaurants or retail shops.