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Old 07-18-2010, 11:10 AM
 
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Hi,
I would like to move to Colorado, and yet, not sure where to....possibly work at a grocery store, buy a small house, just exactly how much money would I need to start on my journey??
I am single, so I will be on my own.
Thanks.
Does anyone have any suggestions????

Thanks.
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Old 07-18-2010, 12:12 PM
 
Location: Everywhere and Nowhere
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$500,000?
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Old 07-18-2010, 12:23 PM
 
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
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The cost of living in Colorado varies widely from one location to the next. The cheapest places to live are the isolated desert towns (Cortez, Meeker, Rangely, Pueblo, Alamosa, Trinidad) and the isolated Plains towns (Lamar and other places in eastern Colorado). Next in line are the oil towns (Grand Junction, Montrose, Rifle) and the "less desirable" mountain towns (Collbran, Crawford, Cedaredge). Except for those, almost all the mountain towns are very expensive.

Denver has neighborhoods that are cheap and ones that are expensive and everything in between. Same with Colorado Springs.

Boulder is expensive across the board.

Those are your choices.
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Old 07-18-2010, 01:53 PM
 
Location: Colorado
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Plus it depends on the lifestyle you want.
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Old 07-19-2010, 10:46 PM
 
Location: Currently- Grand JUnction, Co
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well, here in wonderful Grand Junction ( can you hear the sarcasm LOL) you would probably not be able to own a home and work in a grocery store unless you are in an upper management, high paying position. A single person working here in a " minimum wage" or slightly higher job would have a very hard time in this area. Pay stays low, but prices stay high. The housing market has been on the decline, due to the oil companies pulling out of town and so many people being left jobless, and moving. Unfortunately, Colorado was the first state to actually lower their minimum wage also.
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Old 07-20-2010, 01:58 AM
 
Location: Newnan, Georgia
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Hi, I would like to move to Colorado, and yet, not sure where to
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how much money would I need to start on my journey??

How long is a piece of string?
Your question is very open ended. You haven't given us much to go on, such as:
1) Do you want to live in the city, suburbs, mountains?
2) What kind of activities would you be looking for, such as skiing, hiking, cycling, outdoors?
3) Do you want lively place, lots of bars and nightclubs, or a quiet area?
4) Is public transport important?

I could keep going and fill a whole page with questions. If you give us a little more information on what you are looking for, activities that may be important to you, and your priorities we could make some suggestions for you and give you the pro's and con's and what you "may" expect in costs.
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Old 07-20-2010, 09:25 AM
 
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Hi,
I would like to move to Colorado, and yet, not sure where to....possibly work at a grocery store, buy a small house, just exactly how much money would I need to start on my journey??
I am single, so I will be on my own.
Thanks.
Does anyone have any suggestions????

Thanks.
Somedays it's a tough crowd on this site.

I gather you're a young person who wants to get out of mom's house and see the world. Now's the best time to do that, since you're young, single and have no family to support. In that case go to Denver and find any job you can. Bring a few thousand dollars to get you a place to rent and tide you over until paychecks start.

Then again, one of the regular members (poker monkee) in our COLO SPGS forum says his casino needs card dealers and will train you to work a job where you make $15-20 per hour. The town is Cripple Creek, an old gold mining town that sits in the mountains. Might be something there for you.
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Old 07-20-2010, 01:31 PM
 
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Boulder is expensive across the board.

Those are your choices.

Unless you absolutely need a house,generally, nowhere is expensive accross the board, I found affordable living blocks from Manhattan even and Boulder is a large area with several living options. If you want to live here you can expect rent between 600 and 1200 dollars for a single bedroom but these vary wildly by apartment complex and studios are obviously more affordable.

I'm paying 410/Month to live on Table Mesa and Broadway in a two bedroom apartment at about 850 sq with one roommate . Yes the apartment was built in 1969 and isn't the ritz, but its very well priced for the space, number of rooms and location/proximity to CU's Campus. Look around and you can find a place that suits your needs.
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Old 07-20-2010, 01:41 PM
 
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
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well, here in wonderful Grand Junction ( can you hear the sarcasm LOL)
No need to explain it to me ... I understand
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Old 07-20-2010, 01:42 PM
 
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
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Unless you absolutely need a house,generally, nowhere is expensive accross the board,
Yeah you're right, I was exaggerating .... But it's true to say you get much less bang for your buck in Boulder
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