This prices make me glad we left when we did. I'm finishing up high school now, and looking at college and moving out and stuff. In Colorado (Ft. Collins specifically), CSU would have been my back up school, but looks like I couldn't afford to live there now. Do you know anything about affordability in places other than Denver? I can't imagine what Aspen, Breckenridge, or Steamboat Springs are up to.
All of the mountain towns (especially the resort towns) are only for the stupid rich. We peasants are allowed to visit. There was a SERIOUS lull in the market in the 08-10 years, but they never got affordable. The stupid rich just slowed on buying/building there. A friend of mine is (was) an architect for the high-end crown up there. He basically lost his life savings trying to stay afloat when the bottom dropped out. He ended up moving away. Building is picking up again there, and it's as expensive as ever.
You think that they are similarly getting more and more expensive? It's a crappy feeling of joining a party at it's most expensive and most crowded.I can't imagine what Aspen, Breckenridge, or Steamboat Springs are up to.
They've always been outrageous, even during the summer, when they aren't full of tourist skiers. They tend to have higher paying service industry jobs and good tipping though, if that's what you do. I can only imagine that they're getting worse like Denver.