Moving to Denver

[def90]

Any place you can afford the $1500 + monthly rent.

That's cheap!! Zillow just declared the Denver area "Unaffordable".

http://kdvr.com/2015/08/13/rent-mort...-unaffordable/

"DENVER -- Buying a home or renting in Denver has gotten so expensive, it's being termed "unaffordable" to live in by real estate company Zillow.Denver joins four California markets -- Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose and San Diego -- that fall under the "unaffordable" category for renters and buyers after second-quarter analysis by Zillow.
Zillow estimated it takes 35 percent of a person's monthly income to afford rent in Denver; the national average is 24.4 percent. It takes 21 percent of monthly income to pay a mortgage in Denver, above the national average of 15.1 percent.
“Our research found that unaffordable rents are making it hard for people to save for a down payment and retirement, and that people whose rent is unaffordable are more likely to skip out on their own health care,” Zillow chief economist Svenja Gudell said in a statement."

[hurley842002]

Zillow estimated it takes 35 percent of a person's monthly income to afford rent in Denver; the national average is 24.4 percent.

Interesting, either these folks make 15% more a month than I do, or they pay less for rent, because I'm right at 50% of my monthly for rent, and that's not even in Denver.