Oh yes, same here. Capability to shovel snow off the driveway is also very attractive.
Moving Trends for 2025
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Oh yes, same here. Capability to shovel snow off the driveway is also very attractive.
Colorado has been a real hot commodity for a long time. Only recently has the trend started to flip.
When all the jobs are concentrated in like a narrow 60 some mile corridor the place seemingly fills up fast. Considering the historical decades of anti growth sentiment from leadership it's an infrastructure nightmare here.
Montanans are very familiar with how property taxes go up when your neighborhood becomes popular. Colorado is pretty middle of the pack in overall tax burden, thankfully, but COLA outpaces any help there instantaneously.
I think Colorado is the poster child for gaslighting people into thinking they're moving "out west" into a mountain paradise only to find themselves living in a big stinky urban corridor with outrageous cost of living. Many of the dozens of people from Texas and other places across the south I met as a single dude living in Denver are long gone. A lot of folks change their mind before they commit to families and home buying.
Most of us born here would prefer to leave too, but we prioritize family, for now.
The politics? It's certainly adding fuel to the fire in my desire to leave, but it's far from the impetus.
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It all makes sense now.
Nick87
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Funny thing about that is its a vicious circle imo. Stay because of family and then so do your kids. Then come the grandkids and your stuck after retirement. I'm 100% guilty of it.
Fwiw, I don't think Medicare underpays. They just don't overpay like regular insurance. If you compared the two, you are only losing if you planned on getting overpaid like regular insurance.
AFAIK, there isn't any rule that says that you have to take Medicare, and yet, there is a large number of providers. I take it that the only people who lose money are "losing" being overpaid.
As most know, the price is generally different for cash vs insurance. My thought is the differentials between Medicare and regular insurance is similar.
AFAIK, there isn't any rule that says that you have to take Medicare, and yet, there is a large number of providers. I take it that the only people who lose money are "losing" being overpaid.
As most know, the price is generally different for cash vs insurance. My thought is the differentials between Medicare and regular insurance is similar.
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Well, WA now has an income tax so my comment above is moot (ish, only taxes "millionaires", for now)
BigHornRam
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There goes the Seahawks!
elkduds
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Overall population size belongs in this discussion. I submit it suggests why CO lost some population: density of Front Range population from Ft. Collins to Colorado Springs. Western half of the state typically has geography unsuitable for urban sprawl.
Sad fact:50% of this state's share of Colorado River water is diverted across the Continental Divide to benefit these Front Range population centers.
Sad fact:50% of this state's share of Colorado River water is diverted across the Continental Divide to benefit these Front Range population centers.
- Top 13 Western U.S. States by Population (approx. 2024 Estimates)
- California: ~39.4 million
- Washington: ~7.9 million
- Arizona: ~7.5 million
- Colorado: ~5.9 million
- Oregon: ~4.2 million
- Utah: ~3.4 million
- Nevada: ~3.2 million
- New Mexico: ~2.1 million
- Idaho: ~2.0 million
