Moving to Colorado / These Are the Towns I'd LOVE to Live In!

Ask someone who spends every working day looking at Front Range property where they would actually live, and you get a more interesting answer than a best-places list assembled by an algorithm.

The towns on Jimmy's list run the length of the corridor. Golden and Littleton for their historic downtowns. Louisville and Lafayette, small and consistently well regarded. Superior and Broomfield, sitting between Denver and Boulder with easy access to both. Erie, growing quickly and still holding onto its own character. Longmont, with more range in housing than people expect. Castle Rock to the south, between Denver and Colorado Springs. Fort Collins, a genuine college town with a life of its own. Plus Denver and Colorado Springs themselves, each of which contains a dozen different markets depending on where you look.

What makes this list worth taking seriously is the variety within it. These are not interchangeable. Erie and Fort Collins are an hour apart and feel like different states of mind. What they have in common is that each holds up to scrutiny once you look past the listing photos.

The practical work is narrowing from a list like this to a shortlist you can actually act on, and that comes down to what each one means for your monthly picture. Taxes vary by county. Insurance varies by hail exposure and roof age. HOA obligations vary street by street. Two homes at the same price in two of these towns can carry differently, and that difference is worth knowing before you spend weekends driving between them.

Watch the video for the full tour, then reach out if you would like help turning the list into a shortlist.

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