We happen to think Colorado Springs is a wonderful place to live - gorgeous scenery, wonderful climate, great recreation. But once in awhile even we muse about what it would be like to live somewhere else - maybe by the beach (we love to sail), or perhaps at a ski area, or a place with constant entertainment. But could we afford to?
So with a little help from Sperling's Best Places we did a little housing price comparison.
Below are median home prices updated in October of 2007. (The median price is the middle price of all homes sold; Sperling's believes this is a better indicator than the mean (average) price, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values.)
Colorado Springs: $258,100
Some other great places:
- Aspen, CO $6,990,000
- Vail, CO $3,000,000
- Telluride, CO $2,950,000
- Park City, UT $2,350,000
- Hollywood, CA $1,679,200
- Naples, FL $1,657,700
- Coronado Island, CA $1,415,20
- Incline Village, NV (Lake Tahoe) $1,395,000
- Westhampton, NY $1,364,100
- Santa Barbara, CA $1,334,900
- San Francisco, CA $958,700
- Steamboat Springs, CO $925,000
- Washington, DC $862,400
- Westchester, NY $789,600
- San Diego, CA $667,500
- New York, NY $658,600
- Palm Springs, CA $636,700
- Killington, VT $599,000
- Seattle, WA $591,000
- South Padre Island, TX $549,500
- Santa Fe, NM $499,900
- Boston, MA $477,600
- Atlanta, GA $433,900
- Portland, OR $387,400
- Asheville, NC $325,400
- Denver, CO $319,700
- Austin, TX $312,500
- Minneapolis, MN $260,000
So, while statistics don't tell the whole story, it seems to make sense to drive a few hours - through stunning scenery - to ski! The beach trips will take a little more planning.
This is only a sampling; we apologize if we left your wonderful city or town off the list.
