what is going on everyone are you sick
of the big city want to find a nice
rural town get a mortgage and breathe
fresh air who doesn't right today we're
looking at great rural towns in colorado
this is the sixth video in this series
we did the entire us then new hampshire
montana tennessee and california so far
today we're looking at the great state
of colorado a couple things about rural
colorado towns they can get extremely
expensive some of the towns are amazing
like telluride aspen vale to name a few
but they're really only for the rich and
famous emphasis on rich i could do an
entire video on those type of places but
then the video would just be about
mountain towns 99 of us can't afford to
live in what we're looking for in this
video is that sweet spot a decent place
to live that isn't too close to a major
city it's easy on the crime rate not
five hours away from a hospital and not
so far out in the sticks where you can't
get decent internet this video is kind
of targeting people that are retiring or
people that work from home that's the
way this country is going a lot of those
types are moving to small town america
they want to find a rural place and just
call it good some of the things like
internet and crime and being too far
away knocked a lot of really good towns
off this list in the last few videos i
explained that most of the videos on
this channel we do 10 we do top 10 lists
but not all of these states have 10
decent towns that could fit on this list
so in colorado we got seven
let's take a look number seven peonia
colorado peonia is a small town that
sits on the north fork of the gundersen
river i've seen this river a couple
times and it's a creek it's only about
shin deep i'm sure it gets a little
bigger during different times of the
year but it wasn't that big when i went
there and both times i went was in the
summer so yeah you have that peonia is
about five hours west of colorado
springs and about an hour north of
montrose colorado this is a nice rural
mountain town it's just fresh air great
scenery nice people it's got a
population of about 1400 residents that
enjoy a crime rate that's 34 percent
lower than the national average that is
outstanding so peonia gets a thumbs up
for their crime rate and good news after
a two-year pandemic hiatus the palisade
international honeybee festival is
regaining momentum this is a festival
they have downtown with like you know 50
60 70 vendors every single year other
than the pandemic it's that type of
place that has a nice little festival i
love small towns in colorado a lot of
times they look like regular towns that
you'd find any place else like in
california or utah or whatever but then
you look around you go oh yeah it's
surrounded by mountains and it's
beautiful when you're not downtown
enjoying the honeybee festival you go
home and use spectrum internet they get
100 megs here and they cover about 85
percent of the town centurylink's also
there that cover some more now they get
a thumbs up for that when it comes to
their healthcare they don't have
anything in town but 15 minutes away in
hotchkiss they have a clinic and then if
you want to go 30 minutes away in delta
they have a full-blown hospital which is
called delta county memorial hospital
because they don't have anything in
peyonya and that one's just an annex
down there in hotchkiss they get a faded
thumbs up for healthcare i was watching
one youtube channel called uh ghost girl
diaries and apparently she thinks peonia
is haunted
number six georgetown colorado
georgetown almost every georgetown i've
been to is a nice place to live and this
georgetown in colorado is no exception
this georgetown is tucked in a nice
little valley with the clear creek
running right through town it has a nice
little area called 6th street which is
sort of serves as their you know
downtown cool area where everyone gets
coffee and tourists show up most the
time that street's called main street or
something not in this town it's 6th
street the main street in georgetown
it's like a dirt road that goes by
houses georgetown sits about an hour
west of downtown denver and it's a
little out there from any kind of real
medical care the closest place is
probably red rocks medical center and
that's a hospital and they are about 40
minutes away so if you got any pressing
medical needs yes this might not be the
best place for you but if you got bad
lungs and you need some fresh air it's a
great place for you georgetown gets a
faded thumbs up for health care when it
comes to the crime rate it's not the
best but it's still lower than the
national average it's four percent lower
so they get a faded thumbs up when it
comes to crime rate when you take a look
at their internet they're doing pretty
good 84 of the town is covered by
xfinity which can get you a gig there's
another 80 percent of town is covered by
centurylink which will give you 140
megabytes per second so they get a big
thumbs up when it comes to internet when
you look at the housing in georgetown if
you haven't picked up by now it's
expensive in colorado there's none of
that 150 000 for a decent place in
colorado colorado's popular colorado's
nice so you gotta pay for it currently
the only thing they have for sale in
georgetown is a three-bedroom condo and
it's going for 419 000. i look back to
see what sold within the last few months
back in february they were selling a
couple different homes for about 450 to
550 000
between september november of 2021 they
sold some really nice looking homes two
three bedrooms those were going for
about
360 to 420 000
but in my opinion just going off of what
i saw on zillow you could probably get a
decent house here for between 450 and
500 000
so real estate in georgetown gets a
thumbs up because they don't have a
bunch of homes that are million dollars
plus like a lot of towns in colorado
number five florence colorado back to
the front range we go to florence
florence has a small town of around 4
000 residents and it's called a
statutory town i didn't know what that
meant my first thought was that it's a
town that's not old enough to date a 20
year old but i was wrong has nothing to
do with that it is type of town it's got
some weird little laws with it but on
the east coast they call them villages
like in new york and delaware florence
sits on the arkansas river about 40
minutes west of pueblo this isn't a
mountain town it's kind of at the base
of the mountains like the foothill area
and it's about 30 minutes east of the
royal gorge bridge if you've never seen
that it's an extremely high bridge
that's extremely uncomfortable to walk
across the crime rate here is
outstanding they are 60 percent lower
than the national average which is
phenomenal so they get a big thumbs up
for that when it comes to internet you
got no worries there xfinity covers
about 70 percent of the town and then
get one gig you can't get xfinity you
might be able to get centurylink which
has 50 megabytes per second and they
cover about 90 percent of the town so
big thumbs up for that and the news gets
better for florence their housing costs
aren't terrible and the homes aren't
horrible you could actually find here
matter of fact they have some for sale
right now that are going for 225 000 and
250 000 and they look like they're
livable homes a majority of the homes
here sell for 350 to 450 but they look
decent i'd live here now the south side
of town like up in the hills it looks
like dirt roads and it doesn't look the
best but the main part of florence looks
pretty good so they get a thumbs up when
it comes to their real estate healthcare
is a different story they have a small
clinic in town which should be able to
cover some things for you if you need
anything past what they can offer
colorado springs and pueblo aren't
terribly far away so they get a thumbs
up for healthcare too florence is a nice
rural town i like it
number four julesburg colorado jules
berg is a small farming town in the
northeast corner of colorado near the
nebraska border this area breaks one of
the main rules of moving to colorado you
can actually live here on a budget the
cost of living here is 20 percent lower
than the national average and the 1300
residents kind of enjoy that they also
enjoy a crime rate that's 29 percent
lower than the national average so they
get a thumbs up for that one julesburg
has the south platte river flowing just
south of town not a lot to do there they
do have a reservoir where you camping
and fishing down the road a bit but
there isn't a lot to do here this is a
nice quiet farming town if you're
looking to just live a quiet life and
get by this is a good place to do it now
their internet's kind of so so they got
centurylink and a company called pc
telecom centurylink will get you 100
megabytes per second they cover about 85
percent of the town pc telecom covers
about 87 percent of the town and they'll
get you 200 mbps so they get a thumbs up
for that now when it comes to healthcare
that's a different story this probably
isn't the best place for you if you have
some nagging health concerns that you're
worried about in town they have a place
called the sedgwick county health center
which has some options for you not a lot
anything past that you're gonna have to
go down to sterling an hour away where
you'll find the sterling regional
medical center that has a lot more for
you if you need a giant hospital you're
going to denver so they get a faded
thumbs up not that they're doing bad
work in town it's just not very big and
i'm sure if you need a lot of different
things you're not going to find it there
now here's where they shine housing in
julesburg is pretty cheap and the houses
they have for sale right now are decent
they have one that looks nice it looks
like it's small and it looks like it's
older but it looks like it's been
maintained and could probably use a coat
of paint and maybe some new carpet it's
going for 75 000 it's 2 bedroom 1 bath
it's not that big but it's doable they
also have an older 160 000 one that's
seventy thousand one that's ninety nine
thousand it's not terrible they got a
really nice one for two hundred and
ninety nine thousand that's not bad but
yeah they have a lot of homes here under
three hundred thousand if you want some
acreage you can go outside of town a
little bit and get one for about 450
000. so they get a big thumbs up when it
comes to their real estate this one's
great for you if you want to save some
money maybe you don't have a bunch of
money in retirement or whatever and you
don't care that there's not a lot of
entertainment here
number 3 rangeley colorado rangeley is a
small town near the utah border about 20
minutes from dinosaur colorado on the
northwest side of the state rangeley has
the white river running along the north
side of town and it's a great place to
retire or raise a family this is a
really nice town and like the last one
on this list julesburg it's affordable
when it comes to housing i guess you
gotta get towards the edge of the map
before real estate becomes reasonably
priced rangeley is a bit out there it's
kind of far away from everything the
closest big city is grand junction and
grand junction is not a terribly large
city and it's about an hour and 45
minutes away it's to the south rangeley
has a little over 2 000 residents and
they have a crime rate that's 98 percent
lower than the national average i think
disneyland has a higher crime rate so
they get a big thumbs up when it comes
to crime when it comes to internet
they're doing pretty good they have
centurylink covers about 90 of the town
and you can get 100 megabytes per second
with them but spectrum is also there
giving you one gig and they cover about
84 of the town so they get another big
thumbs up right there they also have a
little hospital in town it's pretty good
size i shouldn't say little it's good
size especially for a town of only a
little over two thousand like i said it
is called the rangeley district hospital
anything you need past that you're gonna
be going down to grand junction or salt
lake city if you really need to so they
get a thumbs up when it comes to their
health care now let's take a look at the
property here because this is not bad
you can get homes here that are decent
they're you know older homes probably
built in the early 70s and you can get
them for under 175 000 they have a few
right now 455 115 which looks like you
need some work you got another one for
134 one for 169. you can get a good
place here there's a really nice one
right now it's kind of small but 129
000. that is not bad prices for colorado
sure they got some around there with a
lot of property that go for over 500 000
but you can still get something decent
for under i'd say 250 you're gonna be
doing pretty good so they get a big
thumbs up when it comes to real estate
but like i said it's a nice place they
got the white river right there in case
you're into fish and things like that
they also have a little uh local airport
the rangeley airport that's on the east
side of town overall rangeley's a pretty
good place to live
number two meeker colorado about an hour
east of rangeley you have the small town
of meeker this is a solid choice for
anyone looking for a small town like
rangeley they got the white river just
south of town hiking trails golf and
some fairgrounds meeker is affordable
and not run down affordable normally
comes with a crime rate that makes you
buy a security system a security door
and then worry at night that your
daughter will bring home a boy with a
neck tattoo that says toxic that's not a
thing here meeker has around 3 000
residents and a crime rate that's 69
percent lower than the national average
so they get a big thumbs up for that
when you go to get internet you got two
choices centurylink which has 100
megabytes per second and they cover
about 92 percent of the town and then
spectrum has one gig and they cover
about 64.2 percent of the town so they
get a thumbs up for internet when it
comes to healthcare not a worry in the
world meeker has a brand new hospital
called pioneers medical center this is a
10 bed hospital with an emergency room a
skilled nurses area and a surgery center
everything you need is going to be here
maybe a specialist you might have to go
someplace else but they got you covered
here with just about everything from
what i can tell so they get a big thumbs
up for health care when it comes to real
estate they're doing great here older
homes that are gonna need some work you
could find for under a hundred thousand
decent ones or at least workable ones
are gonna be between 200 and 250 000 but
the nicer ones start off about 350 000.
so they got something for everyone here
their downtown is nice and they've got a
bunch of parks everywhere meeker's a
solid choice for anyone so they get a
big thumbs up for their real estate
all right before we get to number one
don't forget we have another channel
called on this day there's a link down
below you know this whole thing i've
been saying it for months please go over
subscribe watch some videos all right on
to number one
and number one crested butte colorado
crested butte is a really nice place to
live if you want to get away and you
like to ski and in the summer you like
to mountain bike hike and do all that
good stuff this is an outdoor lover's
dream there's about 2 000 people that
live in crested butte and they enjoy a
crime rate that is 47 percent lower than
the national average yes phenomenal so
they get a thumbs up for that when it
comes to healthcare they got a couple
different facilities in town like the
crested butte medical center which has
emergency room and urgent care and all
that good stuff they got orthopedics if
you need anything beyond what they have
you got a little bit of a trip you got
heart of the rockies regional medical
center about an hour and a half away if
that doesn't work for you you got to go
all the way to colorado springs and
that's a trip that's almost four hours
away so they get you know they got a
nice place there but you've got quite a
trip if you need something serious that
they can't help so they're getting a
faded thumbs up not saying that what
they got going on they're doing a bad
job or anything like that i'm sure
they're doing an excellent job it's just
anything else it's too far away so if
you're up there in age or something like
that you need some kind of specialist
that isn't in crested butte you wouldn't
want to be living in crested butte but
you know honestly these days with all
the video
appointments that they have with doctors
it might still be doable who knows when
it comes to real estate they're kind of
in the middle i mean they're not crazy
like something like telluride or aspen
or something where you're starting
prices for a house is two million
dollars you can buy homes here for six
hundred thousand five hundred thousand
even last year they were selling some
for 399 000 so you just gotta look
around they don't have anything going
right now for sale that isn't just a
blank piece of property that you got to
put a house on so they get a thumbs up
because they're not crazy expensive they
just don't have a lot of options right
now if you did decide to move here keep
one thing in mind that during the ski
season this town gets kind of big just
kind of swells during the ski season i'm
sure it does quite a bit too uh when
summer comes around people start
mountain biking the hills and hiking and
all that good stuff when it comes to
internet they get a big thumbs up
spectrum covers 99 of crested butte and
they offer a gig along with uh
centurylink offers 80 mbps and they
cover 99 of the town so they get a big
thumbs up for internet
all right that's today's video i hope
you guys enjoyed it hope you got some
information out of it if you got a state
you want to see next let us know in the
comment section we'll see what we could
do don't forget to hit that like button
and subscribe if you haven't alright
everyone have a great day be nice to
each other