Louisville, CO, on the Best Places to Live Lists

[Colorado Rambler]

Originally Posted by Fiddlehead

Wow, best description of SAD I have read. Yes N. Idaho is not for everyone, that is for sure. I love the PNW, but I must admit, I liked those sunny Colorado winters a lot. My wife seems immune to SAD, but I definitely start climbing the walls sometimes when the rain runs on for the third straight week.

Heh! IMO there is only one reason for enduring the PNW - the ocean. Moscow is pretty dang far from the beaches in Oregon and Washington State. When I lived there lo these many years ago, it was a small town with an ag school (U of I), surrounded by lentil fields. I took my life in my hands everytime I drove the road between Troy, Idaho where my house was and Moscow where I worked at the U library. Back then Troy had a lumber mill and the chip truck drivers fresh off of Lolo Pass, drove as if pursued by the hounds of hell and all other drivers better get out of the way. Those were the days - NOT!

If I could live right on the ocean outside some smaller town like Coos Bay, I might not descend into psychosis like I did in Moscow. The Pacific ocean is pretty spectacular - almost as spectacular as the San Juans. I'd like to visit the PNW again to see the tide come in and wade in the waves on some Oregon beach. But I won't be going through Moscow, you can count on that!

[Fiddlehead]

Originally Posted by Colorado Rambler

Heh! IMO there is only one reason for enduring the PNW - the ocean. Moscow is pretty dang far from the beaches in Oregon and Washington State. When I lived there lo these many years ago, it was a small town with an ag school (U of I), surrounded by lentil fields. I took my life in my hands everytime I drove the road between Troy, Idaho where my house was and Moscow where I worked at the U library. Back then Troy had a lumber mill and the chip truck drivers fresh off of Lolo Pass, drove as if pursued by the hounds of hell and all other drivers better get out of the way. Those were the days - NOT!

If I could live right on the ocean outside some smaller town like Coos Bay, I might not descend into psychosis like I did in Moscow. The Pacific ocean is pretty spectacular - almost as spectacular as the San Juans. I'd like to visit the PNW again to see the tide come in and wade in the waves on some Oregon beach. But I won't be going through Moscow, you can count on that!

For me, the Rockies win for sunshine and alpine splendor, but the PNW wins for large rivers and trees, and of course, the coast. However, our coast is so dang cold it is for scenic purposes only!

In the climate contest, I will concede, Louisville wins over Moscow and probably Brattleboro too!

[ctr88]

I have been there many times, Brattleboro VT is truly a beautiful quaint town. They just don't make towns like Brattleboro in the West. I think New England has by far the most quaint, Norman Rockwell type towns in the U.S. Vermont has a lot of quaint towns and is such a gorgeous bucolic state full of country roads, covered bridges, meandering rivers, old dairy farms, green mountains, amazing fall color. Very peaceful place. Vermont has limited sprawl better then any place in the U.S....virtually no cookie cutter subdivisions & sprawlish towns full of fast food restaurants and chains can be found anywhere in the whole state and NO billboards allowed in the state period. They have kept that state very pristine. I think Vermont is much more quaint and pretty then the front range of Colorado. It stays so deep green all summer. But the issue with VT is it's mostly small towns far from jobs. The nice thing about the front range is you have ACCESS to Boulder and Denver with all the jobs and amenities. Also front range has a sunnier warmer winter (but VT has a better summer and fall IMO). Vermont always has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the U.S. and along with Mass. & CT the best schools in the U.S. (highest test scores).

[jkay12]

Yes Louisville is very nice but it's also gotten to be very expensive. Basically everyone that wants to live in Boulder but can't afford it moves to Louisville. So now Louisville is the new Boulder. For more affordable options Look in Westminster or Lafayette.

[41Willys]

I sold my townhome in Louisville in 1998 for 127,500.
I just checked it out on Zillow and it’s going for 330,000!
It’s a great town that’s a hop skip and a jump from the Rockies and it’s 25 mins to downtown Denver. Good, safe, solid community.

[LHS79]

Originally Posted by 41Willys

I sold my townhome in Louisville in 1998 for 127,500.
I just checked it out on Zillow and it’s going for 330,000!
It’s a great town that’s a hop skip and a jump from the Rockies and it’s 25 mins to downtown Denver. Good, safe, solid community.

You can probably take $100K off the Zillow price for a better estimate (!).

[Good Red Road]

Originally Posted by 41Willys

I sold my townhome in Louisville in 1998 for 127,500.
I just checked it out on Zillow and it’s going for 330,000!
It’s a great town that’s a hop skip and a jump from the Rockies and it’s 25 mins to downtown Denver. Good, safe, solid community.

Louisville is a really nice town, but it hasn’t been 25 minutes to DT Denver for a very long time.