My sister Susan and I drove up to Breckenridge from Denver this past Sunday afternoon, and even before the start of summer, the town was already packed with tourists. Instead of hanging out on the main drag, we checked out some of the residential areas just to the east, and I must say, the views were pretty nice from there, as seen in the photograph on the left. And thanks to the real estate market slowing down, you can now snap up a two bedroom condo in "Breck" for under a million dollars! But act quickly while you still can. Houses, of course, will run a bit more (2 million up to 16 million or so). Hopefully, a $13,000 monthly mortgage payment won't be an issue. And why should it?
Breckenridge was founded in 1859, and still has many commercial and residential buildings from the Victorian era. The town started as a gold mining camp, then was a center for silver mining, and eventually became a world-class ski resort. The town still looks exactly like a 19th century mining town would if all the residents back then were rich Victorian era hipsters (work the mines all day, party hearty all night). I much prefer this version of history to mining towns that still look like mining towns, which is to say run-down and depressing. Leadville, Colorado, used to be Exhibit A in this category, but I am told it has now been gentrified, although I will have to see it to believe it. If true, people might have to venture as far as Anaconda or Butte, Montana to get their dose of depressing. Well worth the drive, I am sure.
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