Many consider Colorado to be a great place to live – that's no secret. This makes it no surprise that Business Insider has ranked multiple Colorado cities among the top 50 'best places to live' in the United States.
We lived in Colorado Springs in 1989 when I was stationed at Fort Carson. It was a great place to live with probably 10 world-class ski resorts a day trip away and the Barr Trail a 10 minute ride west of town. Not sure if its due to the altitude but when it snows it seemed to melt quickly instead of having dirty snow and slush for weeks like on the East Coast. You can buy a nice home for $400K - $600K and property taxes are a fraction of what they are in much of the country
It's CO's conservative military town. A pretty cool clean place. Nice nature nearby. It's like a conservative Fort Collins. The town next door to the south, Pueblo is a cesspool of filth and crime. It's along the corridor where the cartels funnel drugs towards Denver.
Love the state of Colorado, but CS just has never done it for me. I would relocate to Durango, Steamboat, Aspen, Glenwood Springs, or even Boulder in a heartbeat, but CS has always seemed a little too grimy and rundown, at least the parts I’ve visited.
Why freeze your butt off for 6 months a year? Many beautiful places in this country have nice, warm year round weather...
During the winter, we enjoy running on a Sunny day with the temps in the 40s. We adapt to the cold. When it gets colder than that, we gear up appropriately. We don't freeze our butts off. It ain't Minnesota level of cold. Some of us enjoy the winter and varying seasons.
Colo Springs is weird. Fantastic setting. Right up against the mountains, in the shadow of Pikes peak. But is a terrible place. Basically just all sprawl, suburbs, strip malls, and a power plant right downtown., traffic is always bad, no real culture to speak of (maybe excepting the Broadmoor).
Sure...For 6 months everytime you leave the house you have to swaddle yourself in layers of bulky, uncomfortable clothes and waddle around like a duck with your nose dripping while you slip and slide on the ice/snow getting to your car and then sit shivering waiting for the heater to kick in. are you a masochist?
Why freeze your butt off for 6 months a year? Many beautiful places in this country have nice, warm year round weather...
During the winter, we enjoy running on a Sunny day with the temps in the 40s. We adapt to the cold. When it gets colder than that, we gear up appropriately. We don't freeze our butts off. It ain't Minnesota level of cold. Some of us enjoy the winter and varying seasons.
You can live in outdoorsy areas in the US and find 4-600K houses a lot of places that don't have winter.
I thought that too before I was in my mid-40s or so.
Sure...For 6 months everytime you leave the house you have to swaddle yourself in layers of bulky, uncomfortable clothes and waddle around like a duck with your nose dripping while you slip and slide on the ice/snow getting to your car and then sit shivering waiting for the heater to kick in. are you a masochist?
lol 6 months? Sorry if you are too wimpy to handle anything under 70 degrees.
Sure...For 6 months everytime you leave the house you have to swaddle yourself in layers of bulky, uncomfortable clothes and waddle around like a duck with your nose dripping while you slip and slide on the ice/snow getting to your car and then sit shivering waiting for the heater to kick in. are you a masochist?
lol 6 months? Sorry if you are too wimpy to handle anything under 70 degrees.
Ever hear of flip-flops? There are plenty of places where you can wear them year round...why suffer needlesly?
The hilarious part of the year-round warm weather people is that they end up sitting inside all day in air conditioning half the year. So what's the difference?
The hilarious part of the year-round warm weather people is that they end up sitting inside all day in air conditioning half the year. So what's the difference?
The difference is that you can go outside every day of the year. On real hot days I run when the sun is going down. No biggee. I lived on the Front Range for ten years, no thanks.
Colo Springs is weird. Fantastic setting. Right up against the mountains, in the shadow of Pikes peak. But is a terrible place. Basically just all sprawl, suburbs, strip malls, and a power plant right downtown., traffic is always bad, no real culture to speak of (maybe excepting the Broadmoor).
Fully agree. Best parts are Woodland Park, Green Mountain Falls areas near by.
There is some irony in how prominent “cost of living” always is on these lists. Why do so few journalists seem to understand that cost of living is an output, not an input, and it inherently reflects the desirability of a place (or lack thereof) on some level. Cheap places are cheap for a reason...
During the winter, we enjoy running on a Sunny day with the temps in the 40s. We adapt to the cold. When it gets colder than that, we gear up appropriately. We don't freeze our butts off. It ain't Minnesota level of cold. Some of us enjoy the winter and varying seasons.
You can live in outdoorsy areas in the US and find 4-600K houses a lot of places that don't have winter.
I thought that too before I was in my mid-40s or so.
I moved from CA to CO after the age of 40 and love it. Winter is my favorite now. I would run in 30 degrees over 80 degrees anyday but it takes all kinds.
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