Comments on: What Aspen can teach us

By: Brooke

Brooke — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 15:39:32 +0000

So nicely written, I feel like you could write a whole book on this topic. Thank you for sharing your perspective.

By: T.A. Stevens

T.A. Stevens — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 19:03:58 +0000

At one time, I could afford to live in Aspen; now, I can’t even afford to visit, and I’m far from poor. The horse is more than out of the barn. It’s dead.

By: June Wilen

June Wilen — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 18:32:34 +0000

Enjoyed this article very much. Thank you for sharing this life story!

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 31 May 2024 04:27:51 +0000

In reply to Dom. Better than dipping darker and darker blood red.

By: Dom

Dom — Thu, 30 May 2024 04:19:15 +0000

Although I enjoyed this article immensely it’s flawed in its reasoning. It’s rife with bail me out mentality… America is always at its best when we are aspirational not counting on the government to build us affordable housing. He’s right in the sense that Aspen is an extreme place… but you are stretching it saying Aspen has reached to GJ. Sorry, nostalgia is a hard emotion. We used to have a much less populated state. In a lot of ways it was better… we certainly used to have a political debate but the state has dipped darker and darker blue and sadly even though it sounds nice I don’t think we can build affordable housing and e-bike our way out of this.

By: Mike Foster

Mike Foster — Wed, 29 May 2024 12:00:54 +0000

In reply to Mike Foster. Just an FYI the project referenced is a typical rental project that is four stories with an elevator instead of the typical three story walk up that was redeveloped from an empty grocery store.

By: Mike Foster

Mike Foster — Wed, 29 May 2024 11:56:50 +0000

But these days you can ride a zip-line across the Colorado River, rent an electric scooter or buy a luxury condo downtown, built by Aspen-based developers.

By: Nancy Cavazos

Nancy Cavazos — Tue, 28 May 2024 16:23:19 +0000

What’s “affordable” in Aspen?