Colorado Springs - The Negatives . (rent, jobs, high school)

[soontob]

Originally Posted by Charles

I could not comprehend a lot of this post.

Ok, I;ll try this again. Colorado Springs pay is horrible, Colorado SPrings home prices are very expensive for the crappy building jobs. Colorado SPrings Office positions can pay between 30,000-32,000 a year with a degree.
Sorry, it wasn't clear. The original question was about the negatives of Colorado. I was giving them.

[tfox]

Originally Posted by soontob

Ok, I;ll try this again. Colorado Springs pay is horrible, Colorado SPrings home prices are very expensive for the crappy building jobs. Colorado SPrings Office positions can pay between 30,000-32,000 a year with a degree.
Sorry, it wasn't clear. The original question was about the negatives of Colorado. I was giving them.

I think this complaint is legit. Colorado has long had what's known as a "scenery tax" -- meaning that you have to accept a lower salary combined with a relatively high cost of living in order to live here. This is particularly true outside of the Denver Metro area, and from my impression Colorado Springs is no exception.

Companies know that people want to live here, so they don't have to pay top dollar to attract talent. The talent shows up at their doorstep and will generally take what the market will bear. Yet educated talent comes anyway. This isn't just true in Colorado, but it certainly applies here.

Certainly, if you're looking for a place with a great salary to cost of living ratio, don't come here. Look to Houston, Texas, as an example. Salaries there are relatively good, jobs are plentiful, and cost of living is very low, and you'll probably get full relocation benefits to go there.

[Mike from back east]

Originally Posted by soontob

Ok, I;ll try this again. Colorado Springs pay is horrible, Colorado SPrings home prices are very expensive for the crappy building jobs. Colorado SPrings Office positions can pay between 30,000-32,000 a year with a degree. Sorry, it wasn't clear. The original question was about the negatives of Colorado. I was giving them.

Not by my experience. I'm in a solid home that cost half what it would in CA, FL, DC metro, and many other places.

[ryanek9freak]

yeah I concur. I live in Ohio right now, and i can make literally DOUBLE what I do now, just by moving out to COS.

[soontob]

Originally Posted by ryanek9freak

yeah I concur. I live in Ohio right now, and i can make literally DOUBLE what I do now, just by moving out to COS.

Ok, what do you do for a living that your salary would double?

[soontob]

Originally Posted by Mike from back east

Not by my experience. I'm in a solid home that cost half what it would in CA, FL, DC metro, and many other places.

I wasn't saying that home here cost what they would in California or any other place but the prices of home for the value aren't very good in The Springs. Plus, the job market is really poor.

[ryanek9freak]

i'm an ASE master certified auto tech, with advance level specialist certification. There's a huge market for that out there, due to the insane amount of cars on the road. I can barely top $30k where i;m at now. I've been offered jobs in excess of$55K a year in motor city, and i'd be doing the exact same thing.

[soontob]

Originally Posted by ryanek9freak

i'm an ASE master certified auto tech, with advance level specialist certification. There's a huge market for that out there, due to the insane amount of cars on the road. I can barely top $30k where i;m at now. I've been offered jobs in excess of$55K a year in motor city, and i'd be doing the exact same thing.

Well, in my post I referred to Office positions, like Administrative Assistants, legal assistants, etc.

[ryanek9freak]

well, I was just pointing out that in certain fields, the job market is on fire

[soontob]

Originally Posted by ryanek9freak

well, I was just pointing out that in certain fields, the job market is on fire

Not according to our local want ads... I can tell you that there are a lot of people out of work here and looking to move on...