CO Springs / Pueblo Living? (Colorado Springs, Canon City: rentals, house, neighborhood)

[fillmore241]

I'm an engineering burn-out and looking for an inexpensive place to live while I take a year off or consider new jobs, careers. How do you think CO Springs or Pueblo would work? I would really like to live in a house at <$1200rent+util/mo so I could play guitar at weird hours if I wanted.

Virtually my entire life has been surrounded in military/male dominated schools and jobs; if I could avoid that I would be ecstatic. I love the outdoors, but have found the yuppification in the Seattle-area stronger than my liking (though, really, that's much less of a problem than the insane rent here).

[otowi]

Rents are rising in Colorado Springs and your price range might be difficult depending on your requirements. There is a strong military element to Colorado Springs as well, but it is avoidable if you prefer. Given your two chief requirements, you might look in Pueblo first, or Canon City.

[Vision67]

Originally Posted by fillmore241

I'm an engineering burn-out and looking for an inexpensive place to live while I take a year off or consider new jobs, careers. How do you think CO Springs or Pueblo would work? I would really like to live in a house at <$1200rent+util/mo so I could play guitar at weird hours if I wanted.

Virtually my entire life has been surrounded in military/male dominated schools and jobs; if I could avoid that I would be ecstatic. I love the outdoors, but have found the yuppification in the Seattle-area stronger than my liking (though, really, that's much less of a problem than the insane rent here).

Your post reminds me of a song....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1YB8oOLsjw

I think you could find a house in Pueblo for that amount. In Colorado Springs, it would likely put you into a neighborhood "surrounded in ...."

Read through the posts regarding Pueblo to learn about the city.

Good Luck...Play away...Let your internal artist shine.

[abcdefg567]

Sounds like Pueblo would be your best bet!

[mtngigi]

Originally Posted by fillmore241

I'm an engineering burn-out and looking for an inexpensive place to live while I take a year off or consider new jobs, careers. How do you think CO Springs or Pueblo would work? I would really like to live in a house at <$1200rent+util/mo so I could play guitar at weird hours if I wanted.

Virtually my entire life has been surrounded in military/male dominated schools and jobs; if I could avoid that I would be ecstatic. I love the outdoors, but have found the yuppification in the Seattle-area stronger than my liking (though, really, that's much less of a problem than the insane rent here).

If you do look at the Springs, this is a good source for rentals:

https://ppar.com/

We have plenty of the great outdoors to enjoy, but as Otowi mentioned ... rents are increasing, though I think perhaps they're still lower here than where you are.