Should I move to Colorado?

Pretty spot on with the homeless people. Probably why I'm moving to Monument.

 

Any specific area? Schools matter?

 

Well hell yeah it was. He needs to get back out there to get free, non taxed money for whatever they do with it.

Some make a better living than you or I.

 

Yep, if they pull 450.00 a day, they do better than I do since no taxes are paid.

 

Ok, well this helps.

The homeless is area specific. You don't see this in Monument and other communities that have "money" but just don't give it away. Pretty much like having a raccoon problem with food. Take away the food, you won't see any raccoons. I have sat in areas and am dumbfounded at how much people give their hard earned money away. Don't get me wrong, I am charitable and give to causes that make me feel good about it. I used to take 8 or so rotisserie chickens and a few 24 packs of bud light down to some of the tent cities by fountain creek. It was interesting serving up plates of food to these people, and some of them it was some sad stories. In my experiences, most true homeless people choose to be that way due to mental, drugs, or alcohol problems. The ones that broke my heart was families living in these conditions. One in particular that I remember talking to was pretty sad. Medical bills for kid were overwhelming (child also passed away), both parents lost good paying jobs within the same year, and they lost the house and on the street within 7 months. It happened so quick. They did have a plan to start back up and they both were working odd jobs and were probably back in an apartment rather quickly.
My wife asked me not to do that anymore due to the danger level. I was always carrying, but in close quarters that doesn't fair well with chicken greasy hands and a 1911....well unless your John Wick.

On to the schools. This could be a lengthy part, but I will do my best.

The top school districts in Colorado Springs:

1) Cheyenne Mountain School district 12. This is the Broadmoor Area.
2) Academy School district 20. In some particular schools in this area are better than SD 12. This is up in North Springs, north of Woodman road and west of Powers. This is the Northgate, Gleneagle, some of the Black Forest.
3) Manitou School district 14. This is in Manitou Springs, and covers Cascade, Green Mountain Falls areas. This is a different town, but it might as well be Colorado Springs.

Most of the other school districts are just shit. I won't send my kids to a rated school under 7 out of 10.

Now if you go up to Monument, that School district is 13th in the state out of 900+. Pretty good, and that is where I'm headed.

If your looking for acreage in that price range without a mobile home, look in Falcon, Hanover, Elbert areas. Your just going to have to go east. With all the migration to Colorado on the front range, people are buying up places and commuting over 70 miles one way to get into a job.

If it were me, and could move anywhere in CO, I would be looking in the western slope.