Can affluence and affordable housing coexist in Colorado?
The outdoorsy lifestyle of Colorado mountain towns has become a magnet for the new remote-worker class, upending life for those rooted there.
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The outdoorsy lifestyle of Colorado mountain towns has become a magnet for the new remote-worker class, upending life for those rooted there.
The change will allow five unrelated people to live together. It is part of a broader effort by council to increase the supply of housing in Boulder, where most of the residential land is zoned to only allow single-family homes.
Inequality has always been rampant within the orbit of popular destinations. But the financial knock-on effects of those ritzy spheres have expanded as the pandemic-induced surge in remote work has supercharged divides.
In the recreation-fueled, amenity-rich economy of Colorado’s Rocky Mountain region, there are two peak seasons: summer, with its rafting, hiking, fishing and biking, and the cold months filled with skiing and other winter activities. And then there is “mud season” — a liminal moment in spring when the alpine environment, slowly then suddenly, begins to thaw and only a trickle of tourists linger. It’s a period that workers in other places might bemoan. But for much of the financially stretched wo
Boulder City Council voted to allow five unrelated people to live together, up from the current limit of three unrelated people.