Stalled population growth a sign of Colorado in decline
... People are leaving Colorado.
After years of being one of the fastest-growing states in the nation, net in-migration has stopped and may be reversing...
For the first time in 16 years, rents in metro Denver are actually going down...
Californicating Colorado
... If people are no longer stampeding here, something has gone seriously wrong — and it’s not the lack of good snow this year. More likely it’s unaffordability, litter, crime and an anti-employer climate that treats job creators like parolees...
People are still fleeing the high-tax, government-failure states of California, New York and Illinois. Those refugees used to pour into Colorado. No more. They’re finding sanctuary in low-tax, low-regulation states like Florida and Texas instead...
Legislature misses the memo
... They’re considering moving up the unreachable goal of 100% renewable energy by a decade...
And the granddaddy of policy bloodletting is the effort to destroy Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights and emulate the progressive-income-tax models of California and New York...
So when rents fall for the first time in 16 years and population growth stalls, it’s not a mystery. It’s the market delivering feedback.
Observations
No state can continue population growth indefinitely within its finite borders. Infinite growth - especially population growth - is an impossibility.
The good news is that Colorado's population numbers are reducing - hopefully to more sustainable numbers and increased quality of life.
The bad news is the reason why people are fleeing Colorado: the anti-prosperity policies of the Democrat leftist legislature.