Average cost of housing

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by whoisjongalt

Those are all basically neighborhoods that are indistinguishable from Denver. According to your links, Hilltop is a "neighborhood" in Denver, County Club is a "neighborhood" in Denver and has 380 houses, and Cherry Creek is a "neighborhood" in Denver. Cherry Hills Village is a "home ruled municipality" with a population of 5,958. I wouldn't classify any of those as "cities" and I wouldn't compare them to Boulder with a population of 94,000.

You're not talking about suburbs, you're not talking about Denver neighborhoods, what are you talking about? Just trying to clarify. You can't compare the average cost of a home in Denver, with a pop over 600,000 people now, to Boulder, either. There is no other city just like Boulder in the state, just like there is no other city just like Louisville, Longmont, etc.

[whoisjongalt]

Sorry Katiana...what I was initially talking about is all of these far-flung neighborhoods in Denver AND Denver suburbs like Thornton, Broomfield, Lakewood, Parker, Longmont and what seems like a million others. Basically I was saying that none of them are comparable to Boulder. They all seem to have a fairly wide range of prices unless you are talking about some tiny neighborhood like Hilltop. Boulder, on the other hand, doesn't seem to have any lower priced houses (under 350-400K) and, even then, ones on the lower end are small and kind of run-down. The only other cities in Colorado I know of where houses start at 400K and "average" home prices are 500K or more are ski towns.

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by whoisjongalt

Sorry Katiana...what I was initially talking about is all of these far-flung neighborhoods in Denver AND Denver suburbs like Thornton, Broomfield, Lakewood, Parker, Longmont and what seems like a million others. Basically I was saying that none of them are comparable to Boulder. They all seem to have a fairly wide range of prices unless you are talking about some tiny neighborhood like Hilltop. Boulder, on the other hand, doesn't seem to have any lower priced houses (under 350-400K) and, even then, ones on the lower end are small and kind of run-down. The only other cities in Colorado I know of where houses start at 400K and "average" home prices are 500K or more are ski towns.

Apology accepted. I'm not a realtor and I don't live in Boulder; I live in Louisville. However, I'd wager (not too much, now) that you could find something to your liking in Boulder that's not *too* expensive. It's true that the lower cost housing there tends to be more of the rental variety.

[5thIndian]

Originally Posted by Neditate

LOL - Ned is fine
I get it... just wondered if I was totally out of the loop or something.
Prices are certainly more reasonable in Ned and surrounding areas. I still love Boulder. I spent 15 pretty wonderful years there and I'm usually here defending it against the haters. It is undeniable that housing prices are ridiculous. It's unfortunate but that's just how it is.
FYI, one of my dearest friends moved up here alone 10 years ago (late 50s, post-divorce). She's still here and loves it.

Hmmm.