I been in Colorado since 97'. I moved from where I was born & raised but very unhappy, especially after being in California and having a gun put to my head while at a restaurant. Left to work in Yellowstone, and ended up moving to Denver, Telluride, then Fort Collins, and now Colorado springs. I've left to go to the south to help family who was elderly, then return back to Colorado. I returned back to Colorado this year after being away for 3-4 past yrs. It changed! Badly! I never been to Colorado Springs, but ended up moving there, it has taken a turn for the very worst! Crime almost every week. Rude people mostly who van careless about human kindness let alone care for the state itself, I saw someone throw 2 bags of McDonalds right out the car window as they were driving in the Springs. Yes!, the mountains are Amazing, In Telluride they are even better! Fort Collins was Very cozy like, I mean yeah there is a big college and to some degree a homeless community, which is ALLOVER the state of Colorado, especially downtown areas and along any rivers or streams, most of them are NOT friendly either. There is alot of spun out homeless, hard drugs (Not weed..I never saw anyone angry or violent while enjoying marijuana, and if there should be..they need to be locked away!). Colorado "used" to be this hippie like state or nature lovers state, these days it seems hard to find peaceful places in Colorado anymore. It's a real and ugly shame! This state besides Wyoming is one of the most Beautiful and Peaceful places I ever experienced UNTIL as of this year (2020). I'm saying I rate it like this: (1) Telluride, (2) Gunnison, (3) Fort Collins/Loveland, and that's it. Any place other than those listed I would definitely avoid! And I am one who has traveled and lived in many states, but longest in Colorado. Telluride has festivals all the time, Safer hiking trails, Gunnison as well, Fort Collins is a bit more skeptical on the hiking, though Red Feather lakes is nicer and close by, the Timberline Church in Fort Collins is pretty amazing and lifting, Good people there!, they gave me free counseling and helped me when a close immediate family member passed away and my ex wife cheated on me and ran off with a drug addict. There is Good and bad everywhere, but the places I've listed, I've seen more Good than bad at any given time in the past. Colorado Springs had me soooo disappointed!!! So much beauty but the majority of evil, snooty, and careless people completely ruin it all, not to mention what it costs to live in Colorado Springs, the traffic is insane. Yeah..No. Just say No! Skip Colo. Sprgs.
Chris | Colorado Springs, CO | Report Abuse