While Colorado’s economy seems to be booming, many Coloradans are barely scraping by, or are faced with making big changes to their daily habits to afford living there. The portion of Coloradans listing the high cost of living as one of their “extremely or very serious” problems rose to 88% in 2022 from 63% in 2020, before easing only slightly to 85% in 2023, according to the Colorado Health Foundation’s annual Pulse Poll.
In a series called the “High Cost of Colorado,” the Colorado Sun explores how everything from housing to eating to a day on the ski slopes or a night on the town is affected by the high cost of living in the state.
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