Littleton Co- what can you tell me

I'm actually in Salida. It's in the mountains about 3.5 hours from the Denver.
Great suggestions above. I'd say the cheaper pricing will be to the east of Denver. There are some cheaper grass land that is north of denver between Fort Collins and Denver.
If you move to Castle rock you will find that your commute is up I25 and it will be just like city driving and commuting.
If you get out east and figure out a good way into the city you can make your drive much nicer than the southern drive.
Colorado is awesome! The politicians are ridiculous and out of control.
We have a major labor shortage in the state. No one wants to work. I've literally built a full custom home over the winter alone. After just getting back from Carlisle nationals I noticed that just about all the lobbies of fast food stores on the roads are closed. Drive through only on skeleton crews.
All materials in the state are imported and the cost of general items is more than other states.
That does include gasoline. Even though we are a large oil producing state. Politics again.
I don't know anyone who leans to the left. Seems all the people in this state are right leaners until you get into the typical large cities or down town districts in the medium and smaller size cities. Just about all the eastern cities are going to be conservative as they are all farm communities and as we know the left side is terrible for farmers.
Winters aren't that bad. Denver has nice weather.
And everything around Denver, is denver. All us Ruralists look at that area as the ignorant bastion of the state.