Comment by DaveZale
5 days ago
just a little west of Pueblo. We're about 1/3 of the cost of living in the Denver area.
We get plenty of migrants from the Denver area and elsewhere.
Of course, the sales tax and other taxes are going up. Probably heading to a truly rural area with a nice community soon. I lived in many big cities over the years. They are toxic and unsafe. I know that because I worked in public health. If you look at the morbidity and mortality by zip code, you'll see yourself. Affordable city living has a dark side.
Not to say that city life isn't great when you're in your 20s or 30s. It is fun and jobs are everywhere. But I've seen enough fatal car crashes for a lifetime.
Healthcare and schools in that part of the state are so bad that it doesn’t make sense for young families and older people.
As I get older, this is a constant concern. I'm like OP and just want to pull the chute and move out to somewhere in Wyoming or Idaho up in the mountains and not worry. Then I think, "Bro, you're getting older, you have a heart attack or something worse and you'll be dead by the time the ambulance gets to your place."
So I'm back to trying to find a state and city that has good access to healthcare. We're a year from being empty nesters with both kids off to college so education isn't important. But I very much have the same reasoning.
It’s tough - people from all the states around CO drive to uc health for things like cancer/etc. Risk/reward I suppose.
“just a little west of Pueblo …”
Canon City in the house.
Greybar Hotels! The Supermax... some bad hombres