Denver is the most depressing places on earth

Yes, everyone moving from Chicago, Texas or California... Thornton and Aurora are the places you want. Montbello close after that. When all fails Pueblo is great

Housing costs are out of control. That's why people aren't moving back in. Housing in this country is absolutely ridiculous.

Are these homes uilt on a slab, or do they have basements?

Shells and Sauce! Great food and the nicest staff you will ever meet!

Luca or Lo Stella for Italian. And Matsuhisa is a must. No offenae, but North is basic.

Northglenn/Thornton - 560k Littleton/Ken Caryl - ~1.1m LoDo - 519k Centennial - 640k Castle Pines Village - 1.5m pronounced: - Ken Carl* - wine-coop* I'm surprised Baker isn't on there. Cheap af right now and will definitely grow. Same with SoBo (stupid name) but some real gems just east of Broadway

Try Crown burger. Their breakfast burritos are the shit.

Looks like a lovely neighborhood with an excellent price point. The mature trees and big backyards are a major plus. The thing I struggle with and this is a personal is the age of those houses. It reminds me too much of the neighborhoods I grew up in in Southeast Atlanta during the 70s and 80s. I prefer much older classic styles or much newer homes. That said some of the renos I have seen are sweet! For people who are up for putting in serious sweat equity Denver still has some incredible opportunities.

"Detroit style" came about because the autoworkers started bringing home the pans used on the assembly lines to hold the various parts when the cars were put together and used those to cook in, and the pizza was one of the most popular/common dishes. The metal those pans were made of was blue.

Thanks for the tour of Holly Hills! Love seeing the houses of this mature neighbourhood!

We live (as in own a house) in Littleton, but live our lives (as in doing day to day activities) in Highlands Ranch. We do have two children and find that Littleton is lacking for us. Yes HR is not for everyone, but it is about as good as it gets for families. No other area in Denver has the versatility of facilities and activities that HR does. It is also home to some top notch schools. We are putting our Littleton home on the market this spring and moving to HR as a result.

Living in Broomfield for half a decade, the Rocky Flats is one of the most pristine beautiful natural areas left in the Denver area. Best sunsets, elk, foxes, flora, flat iron views, 2 lane winding roads….. I hope it is never developed and left beautiful for the residents of the city!

Hey, I tore my ACL at the baseball field at Bible park! Really fun watching Denver through your eyes, keep it up!

switched from my Outlook to Tacoma's and now I have a 2010 FJ, I will NEVER own a Subaru again - I can't afford a new transmission every 2 3 years - 180K and 3 transmissions at $3800 a pop? Who can afford that?

Thank God

You didn't mention the crime in and around downtown. Lot's of teens with guns, creating havoc. this has become a near daily event! It's very say, all the people I meet from Denver. I talk about it back in 1969- 1973 when the USAF sent me to North Dakota. All the new resturants are frequent by those who don't go to older/established resturants.

Real Estate agents do NOT rank as low as attorneys or used car salesmen. Not even close….

Wife and I had an 8-hour layover in Denver. We took the train and hung out around Union Station. It convinced us enough that we wanna try living in Denver next year - from Seattle. We are almost 40yrs old with 2 dogs. We are looking for something fun, safe, maybe not so suburby, around $1500+- 1bdrm.

I like Gomez, but Camargo's and Lucero's are better

Selling my home in Englewood and moving out of colorado was the best decision of my life. Denver was great for a time but its so overpriced, overcrowded, full of traffic, crime, illegals and homeless now. Its become the new L.A. theres nothing there that remotely justifies the insane prices and cost of living.

Makes want to visit, I'll meet you there for a 🍺

I get why this has been made a big deal. As you explain well it isn't a big deal. For me this is a straight forward math equation. Now the price the buyer pays is the amount the seller wants for the house plus the amount the buyer's agent pays. If the seller doesn't pay the buyer's agent and the buyer pays the agent, the total amount paid by the buyer to the seller will go down by the amount of the buyer's agent fee but the net to the seller will be the same. There's a risk that the seller will get less offers because people who are not comfortable paying the buyer's agent directly will not make an offer. That could result in the seller getting a lower price. The seller may superficially feel like they are paying less but that perception may result in them getting less money for their house. The net result is they lose money.

Overall, it's accurate but somewhat misleading regarding the buyer's commission. Historically, if the seller didn't offer a 3% commission, there was a risk that buyer's agents would either not show or deprioritize the listing because they stood to make less. Several real estate agents I know have confirmed this, which makes sense as it directly impacts their earnings. While buyer agent fees were technically negotiable, in practice, sellers had little choice but to offer the standard rate to avoid limiting their pool of potential buyers due to agent bias.

Realtors sway buyers to those properties offering higher % comp... Sharks if you ask.. I propose a 1% max across the board.

but i guess things are better now than they were 4 years ago...? lol

Hodor... or hold the door... i bought a nice house in Texas. Man, I loved Colorado. Lived there 30 years, but moving out was the best decision I've ever made. And some land abroad but that's a different story. Good luck with all that.

Very well explained, and I hate realtors....

Denver has gotten way too expensive-after covid prices are out of control for housing!!!

Bro we’re pretty much becoming California at this point

Great information!

Moved out of Denver last month and couldnt be happier. Living way cheaper and making more money. Denver has turned into a complete overpriced dumpster fire of a city.

Cause it’s a shit hole now and unaffordable! Leaving in 20 days. Keep your crime and the ridiculous cost of living. 👋🏻

Any recommendation for a pre concert bite by Ball Arena?

Just an observation but kind of interesting how these cities run by primarily left leaning politicians are losing population, and gaining in right wing cities. Not just Colorado but Nationwide.

These mansions are dated even if shot 2 yrs ago. Builders really need to hire good architects for the details. The mahogany stained woodwork is so old. Sellers really need to hire good interior designers so their homes don't look so dated and tacky.

maybe the texans are moving back to texas

So glad you mentioned Lodo. I love it down there.

I do worry that this is really showing that we are growing but we are growing by pushing out the people who can't afford to live here.

Thanks for sharing this data. I have a townhome in the suburbs I'm planning to sell soon then go rent downtown, and I was concerned it was getting too late in the season, but it sounds like the suburbs are staying steady right now.

You're right about affordability. I recently saw a couple videos that gave me broader perspective. One was about the home affordability crisis in Australia. The other was about the affordablity crisis in Canada. Canadian immigration to the US is up because of the relatively affordable home prices. It's easy to get tunnel vision and see these issues as only Denver problems or only US problems when they clearly aren't. We've all been through a global trauma that we are finally recovering from and markets are returning to normal. Prices got way ahead of wages. The doubling of corporate profits year over year is a clear sign companies exploited the opportunity to raise prices way beyond what their costs demanded. They are starting to pay the ptice for that in list demand. The good news is those fat peofit margins give them room to raise wages. As rates come down and the economy picks back up wages will have time to gradually catch up. Getting through this election season will help alot too.

I moved from Arvada to Northglenn and we love it here. We are close to everything. We sold our house in Arvada for $756,000 and bought a bigger nicer house in Northglenn for $437,000!! We made a huge profit considering we bought our old house for $185,000 in the late 1990s.

When the fed pivots a lot of realtors believe this will simulate buying because of lowering mortgage rates. But, if the FED pivots, it usually signals a broader downturn in the economy at large. The correction will continue, inventory will climb, realtors will quit. The only chance for redemption is money printer go brrrrrrrrr

How about the recent doubling of property tax valuations and homeowner insusrance increases ... the combination resulted in almost $800 more PER MONTH ... and the valuation increase was more than the previous 18 years combined, so yes its driving people out.

Ive watch so many of your videos trying to get a grasp on where id like to live on my upcoming move but im still very confused lol. Thank you for the content.

Don't go to Cherry Cricket. It's so overrated & overpriced it's ridiculous. El Five should 100% replace that on the list. Best floor to ceiling window views of the city in a restaurant/awesome ambience & best paella you'll ever have. I ordered the most expensive steak at Shanahan's (The tomahawk) and it wasn't even good. Over $150. Also replace that with Safta, the best hummus/pita in the city.

Good stuff man! Not really surprised. We have always been trend setters. 😁 That area around 128 north of Rocky Flats is gorgeous. Flat Irons vista is stunning. It's also and easy commute to Boulder. We ruled out that area because of concerns about ploutonion. It you make peace with that, the area has a ton of upside. That area north of 470 and Highland Ranch is really cool. We sometimes drive down Broadway on our way home from church. Lots of cool restaurants. Last time we had lunch in Englewood. Montebello is another data point to support the affordability narrative. I get it too. Easy access to the airport. Daniels Park is the best place I have found to see Bison and enjoy panoramic views of the front range. It's a Friday night date hotspot around sunset.

Living in denver I can tell you why people are moving out. Skyrocketing prices and crime and the shrinking police force is now almost nonexistent.

Great list. Everyone has favorites, I would replace Tavernetta with Gusto (same owners as ChoLon) or Jovanina’s Broken Italian. I would add at least one of the Beatbox restaurants, probably El Five. But this a solid list.