Calling all California living in Colorado? (Denver, Colorado Springs: real estate, low crime, house)

[kareybear]

So as I am reading in the threads that numerous California has moved to Colorado. I to have move from California to other side of the world and ended up in North Carolina. I love the beach here which is less crowded that is for sure especially where I live but unfortually the housing market has gone done and I bought my house at the peak. My husband career is in Construction, welding and pile driving. The wages are extremly low due having illegal taking less wage and has affected us. We realize that my husband is going have to travel to work in Central States to make decent wages. He is currently living in Missouri temporarly and working at the plant. We are thinking about moving in the Central Location so we are able to see my husband/daddy from time to time. Since you all have been living in Colorado for awhile. Can you tell me if you like living there and where would you move too? I would like to find a place to live under 120,000 with some acre out in the country and not in the city please.With a good school system for my 4 and 8 year old girls and very low crime rate is a plus. Please give me some advice and suggestion? I truly appreciate your time and effort to help me decide where to live.

[tfox]

I'm sorry, you're going to have a tough time finding what you're looking for. I'm not sure whether you mean $120,000 for just a few acres of undeveloped land (which is possible), or $120,000 for a few acres of land with a house on it -- which I doubt is possible anywhere in Colorado.

Maybe some places on the eastern plains are that cheap, far east of the mountains and the cities in the state. Perhaps some very remote places like the San Luis Valley might give you some land with a house on it for that price. But my gut feeling is that you probably need to look at another state to find what you're looking for. I'm very sorry to disappoint you on this.

Perhaps others have some ideas?

[formercalifornian]

I have to echo tfox. I'm not sure you'll find what you're looking for here in Colorado. In order to find a place for your husband to work, you'd need to be somewhere that is being developed. That's the front range, and for acreage, you're going to pay a lot more than what you've indicated is possible.

Anyone else have an opinion?

[Katarina Witt]

I agree. This has been discussed before. There is very little acreage on the Front Range, from Ft. Collins to Castle Rock. There may be some pockets, but they are few and far between and expensive.

[MtnSurfer]

Well,

Real estate is 'always' about location.

If you want to live somewhere nice (eg - near the Rocky Mountains) with a lot of work, cheaper land and a low crime, I agree with the others. You can probably find some combination of these things, but not all together in Colorado. You may want to consider living closer to a city for the work your husband needs. Maybe Fort Morgan which is east of Denver. Go here and look at the prices of housing for various cities in Colorado:
http://www.city-data.com/city/Colorado.html

Here in Colorado Springs homes sell around $250K in the city and suburbs. But I work with several people who commute from Pueblo where homes can be found in the $100Ks. Of course if you go out east away from the larger cities land gets cheaper. Maybe you could live out on the high plains and your husband could drive into the larger cities for work. Its pretty flat, dry and dare I say 'boring' out there. But you are away from the city. It is definately 'country' out east. There is a town east of Colorado Springs called 'Punkin Center' - thats right 'Punkin'. LOL...

I am an old California surfer and the only thing I really miss at times living in Colorado is be able to visit the ocean. The Rocky Mountains are truly beautiful though and my wife and kids love going hiking and exploring in the mountains. We are getting ready right now in fact for hike tommorrow. The wildflowers are really starting to bloom along the front range.

- Derek

[sberdrow]

I don't think anybody would really be asking that price in 2007. You must have been asking 220,000. If by chance you were. I would look at Texas. Might be the only place I have seen anything with acreage under 200,000. Good luck.