Travel and real estate publication Road Snacks recently published a ‘top 10’ ranking of the ‘worst’ places to live in Colorado, and their selections are sure to draw some controversy.
Basing the ranking on a number of factors, including crime rates, income, and population density (among other things), the Colorado city of Fort Lupton topped the list.
The roots of this Weld County city of about 8,000 residents date back to a trading post that was constructed in the area in the 1830s. It’s since grown and developed as part of the Front Range Urban Corridor – about a 40-minute drive to Downtown Denver or Boulder.
Road Snacks pinned low education ratings as a key reason for it’s ‘worst place to live in Colorado’ designation, though the company also noted that its crime rate is a full 60 percent below the national average and that the overall cost of living is 10 percent below the norm. While the Best Places analysis of local ‘cost of living’ varies a bit – stating Fort Lupton’s cost of living is about 13.4 percent higher than the national norm, this second source still notes that cost of living in Fort Lupton is 5.9 percent lower than the norm in Colorado.