Originally Posted by
threeighteen
If you like Golden and Boulder you won't find anything like them. But you can make it to DEN on a 3 hour call out from anywhere on the front range between Cheyenne/Laramie and Pueblo.
The question is, do you want to work in the TK or not? If you do, closer to that is better. There are some nice affordable townhomes going up along the I70 and I25 corridors in the Denver area that you can afford on narrow-body pay.
Last I lived in Denver (1998) you could get a home in Highlands Ranch/Littleton for $200k. I had friends in mansions in Conifer for $700k. Not pretending like I know the market now but I’d be very surprised if you could get into Boulder/Golden for under a million for a fixer upper. $1.5M sounds more reasonable. Not saying you can’t afford it but home prices are sick in those areas. The most desirable towns in the Denver metro. Makes me wish I’d bought in Evergreen the first time I lived there for an astounding $150k.