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Logistics. Crested Butte is 3 hours from the nearest larger town, Grand Junction. Assuming good weather. You need workers and materials to build new housing. T
by Tempest1981 5y ago
Logistics. Crested Butte is 3 hours from the nearest larger town, Grand Junction. Assuming good weather.
You need workers and materials to build new housing. There is already a shortage of workers.
Builders in Grand Junction can make far more profit by building in Grand Junction, vs driving 6 hours each day to Crested Butte and back. Same with hauling materials.
- rjsw 5y agoIn other ski towns you build during the off-seasons and the construction workers live in the apartments that would be otherwise empty.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago... or "mobile" construction workers who live year-round or part-year in RVs and the like, and move to where the work is.
- pcmoney 5y agoCrested Butte is not just a ski town. Most ski towns in CO are not just ski towns. But CB is especially popular with mountain bikers and is busy almost year round.
- rjsw 5y agoEuropean ski and mountain bike towns tend to be only busy in winter and summer, they are empty in spring and autumn.