Colorado has gone through some very
interesting changes in the past few years with some of them being a partial
result of the legalization of marijuana. The result has had some significant
impacts on Colorado highways in the Denver area in addition to rising housing
costs. It definitely has had an impact
on my life as the cost of living has been too high for me to afford.
I have personally seen a great rise
in the housing costs for rent around the Denver area including outer lying
suburban areas. A few years back, I saw rooms in apartments or houses in DU area
for around only $400 a month. Now you are lucky if you can find one as cheap as
$600 a month for a room. Prior to me moving out of the area, I use to live in
the Whittier neighborhood of five points, just about a ten minute drive from
Downtown. The cost of the rent for the house was a total of $2100 split three
ways for each bedroom leaving it to around $700 each. It is crazy to me as I
know people who are in school in other places who live on or near campus that
typically pay between 300 and 500 at the most for rent with a good deal of
space. No one is able to find anything that cheap that is close to any of the
campuses in the Denver area.
The traffic has been another ongoing
issue with the huge influx of people moving to the state. There have been many
times I have gotten stuck on the highway on the interstate while it’s not even
near rush hour times. I have a friend who lives around 45 minutes from Downtown
just past the Southlands in Aurora. Whenever we go downtown from his house it
typically takes an hour or longer due to traffic. Many times we will be stuck
in slow moving traffic from Arapahoe Road to all the way around Santa Fe on
Interstate 25.
Can anyone relate with
the rising housing costs and influx of people on Colorado roads?
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