Average rent for 1 bedroom apartments? (Denver, Aurora: ski resort, home, moving)

[harrison21]

Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, but coming from the Vail area I'm absolutely shocked at how cheap many rents seem to be for apartments I'm looking up. I'm finding a lot of places for anywhere from 650-800, which seem (I know, hard based on a website) nicer than the place I'm in now that I pay much more for. My current place also doesn't include anything like a pool, gym, laundry, etc. which seems to be pretty standard for the places I'm seeing. Is this typical or should I stay away from anything that cheap? I can afford more, but of course would like to save money if possible. I'm really looking for a place that's clean, safe, well kept- it doesn't have to be a huge apartment or anything. Even around my home city in the midwest, anything near the city that cheap is going to be a roach motel. I was looking around areas like city park, congress park, lodo, and south aurora. I won't be moving for a couple more months and will make appointments to check out places in person- just asking out of curiosity right now.

[whoisjongalt]

Comparing ski resort rents with Denver is like comparing Manhattan rents with Denver. You'll get WAY more for your money in Denver. That said, you're not going to find a decent 1-bedroom downtown (Lodo, Cap Hill, Highlands) for under $1000. If it's 650-800 it is probably in a sketchy area or a long way from downtown like Aurora. If you want a nice place downtown plan on spending at least $1000, probably more like $1200 for a one bedroom.

[Snikt]

depends on the area, average in my area is 800-1000 for 1 bed