Fort Collins Residential Real Estate

[Thoreau424]

Not to beat a dead horse, but some people locate themselves close to the college, and yes, will see mostly the college and college life.

But others place themselves nowhere near the college, and will never see the college (at all, in any way). To them, it could be as though there is no college in that city at all. But they'll certainly see the ag. side of things and other aspects of the city. That is the reality I know of, and have personally experienced. From that view, it doesn't appear as a "college town" any more than Loveland does, or Windsor does, or Wellington does, etc. It wouldn't be accurate to view the whole city as what is mostly concentrated in the very central region.

[jwiley]

Originally Posted by Thoreau424

Not to beat a dead horse, but some people locate themselves close to the college, and yes, will see mostly the college and college life.

But others place themselves nowhere near the college, and will never see the college (at all, in any way). To them, it could be as though there is no college in that city at all. But they'll certainly see the ag. side of things and other aspects of the city. That is the reality I know of, and have personally experienced. From that view, it doesn't appear as a "college town" any more than Loveland does, or Windsor does, or Wellington does, etc. It wouldn't be accurate to view the whole city as what is mostly concentrated in the very central region.

Even if you do not see the college the entire city of Fort Collins is affected by the college. Restaurants are busier, traffic is considerably worse, and old town is flooded when college is in session. That don't happen in other towns or ag towns.

[Thoreau424]

Originally Posted by jwiley

Even if you do not see the college the entire city of Fort Collins is affected by the college. Restaurants are busier, traffic is considerably worse, and old town is flooded when college is in session. That don't happen in other towns or ag towns.

Old Town is in the central part of town, near the college. So again, beating that horse, we don't go to that area, and again don't see anything college-related. There is no mandatory requirement that every resident must go to the center of town, and must see/acknowledge something CSU-related!

Many families move to it because they see it as a "family town". Many retirees move in because they see it as a "retiree town". It's not a 'college town' to any of them.

[wilberry]

so is Windsor still referred to as the Sugar beet town?

[StealthRabbit]

Originally Posted by wilberry

so is Windsor still referred to as the Sugar beet town?

Not since it became... Kodak, Monfort, then Tornado Town....

Sugar Beets (and related smell / employment) faded from NoCo in the 1960s. GONE by 1980's (When HP, Kodal, Storage Tech, IBM dismissed 10s of thousands of well paid NoCo employees. (those age 50 something engineers working at local grocery and Walmart without health insurance until ACA showed up in 2010.) Many families chose to stay in the area and made significant sacrifices to do so.

Windsor is now an upscale suburb of FtC, Loveland, and Greeley housing a lot of young and upwardly mobile families (with $$$). I don't see those kids out 'topping-beets' or picking fuits and veggies, detassling corn from dawn until dark all summer.

Gone is the NoCo history of AG related business, economy, politics, neighborly service and care. +/-

I can't imagine being a NoCo grade schooler and not having "Sugar-beet-balls" to trade! They came in all sizes!

Many kids also had entire closets full of Legos from the Samsonite Factory in Loveland. Great place to 'Garage Sale' and pick up a garbage can full of Legos for $5.00.