Winter Park's housing crisis

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Sparkling, powdery snow glistens atop picturesque mountains as visitors drive into Winter Park, where a winding mountain road leads into town and you can see skiers carving down slopes. The views are idyllic. The ski resort, and world-famous mountain biking, make Winter Park - which sits 66 miles from Denver - a popular destination for visitors and outdoor enthusiasts. 
And Jordan Gonzales will do anything to keep living in town - even work four jobs.
“It’s peaceful up here,” Gonzales said. “You don’t get that in the city.”
Gonzales, who has lived in Winter Park for five years, works at a local grocery store, the Winter Park Resort, a a bed-and-breakfast and also does snow removal for Moon Frog Coffee, a local cafe. There, he trades maintenance work for discounted rent on his apartment out back.
Working all the time is draining, Gonzales said, but it’s a requirement to afford rent in Winter Park. Gonzales knows he could move somewhere else with a cheaper cost of living, but giving up daily snowboarding for affordability would be bad for his mental health, Gonzales said.
Still, he knows the cards of housing in a ski town are stacked against those without money.
“It's a ski town,” Gonzales said. “It’s for the wealthy.”
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[@azdbuk]

Find a picture of Telluride in the 70's and contrast it with even the 90's, money discovered all smaller mountain towns. 7/8ths of the luxury homes are not occupied. The towns and housing in general are just equity play toys for a few.

[@MrDavidrex]

This has been a problem for decades. Isn’t greed awesome. Get a clue ski resorts.

[@steveanthony1667]

Airbnbs, retirees and lack of any housing in the Colorado mountain towns has been and will continue to be an issue.

[@SolarPowerMyRV]

They seem to find plenty space for mansions and luxury condos.

[@brandnewty]

No normal people can afford to live in Richie Richville.

[@bobbullethalf]

Just let the workers live with the millionaires that have houses there.

[@silasakron4692]

Or in the countless houses nobody is actually living in half of the year?