No wonder it seems like EVERYONE is moving here and builders can’t keep up with housing for all the new Coloradans.

24/7 Wall Street just rated all 50 states, based on their economies. Just as you’d expect, the Repub base, in the Bible Belt South, (where the taxes of the Blue States go to pay for their Food Stamps and Welfare), brought up the rear, and Colorado(D) was rated #1.
No surprise, as the housing market in the rest of the country cools off but not here in Colorado, as young people graduate and think, hmmmm, I could stay here in KS, OK, NE, etc or go live in Colorado, where I’m sure to find a good job and can escape the summer heat humidity in the mountains.

Tough choice......

1. Colorado
> 5 yr. GDP annual growth rate: +5.0% (6th largest increase)
> 2018 GDP: $368.8 billion (16th largest)
> April 2019 unemployment: 3.4% (tied — 21st lowest)
> 5 yr. annual employment growth: +3.0% (2nd largest increase)

By a number of metrics measuring economic growth, wealth, educational attainment, and other factors, Colorado ranks as the best economy in the United States. The state’s economy was the sixth fastest growing over the past five years. One factor contributing to Colorado’s growth is its booming tourism industry. A record 84.7 million domestic travelers visited the state in 2017, setting a new all-time high for the eighth consecutive year. With the state setting new yearly records in domestic tourism, the arts, entertainment, recreation, accommmodation, and food services sector in Colorado grew at an average annual rate of 7.0%, the fifth fastest increase of any state, and shows no hint of slowing down.