COMMENT BY
Stevo from Colorado Springs, CO
COMMENT ABOUT PLACE
Colorado Springs, CO
COMMENT
Not what it used to be
I grew up in Colorado Springs and over the past 40+ years, I have seen C Springs go from a great town with a few problems, to the mess it is now. Liberals running from California and New York's problems have only brought their problems here. Yes, cost of living is not as bad as California or New York, but it is getting closer to those rates every day. A once quaint, mid-size town, it has become overgrown, commercialized, and traffic is horrible, and this is only increasing. From property to assault, crime is bad and on the rise. People are still relatively nice, but that is fading too. It seems the city officials desire increased expansion at the cost of quality of life, clean air, and a dwindling water supply. There is not a piece of open space that either isn't full of awful-looking apartments, houses stacked on top of one another, a warehouse or gas station, or a sign selling the land so it can be developed into something ugly. All of those people who've moved here to get away from their problems have only brought their problems with them, ruining a once great place to live. My wife and I are debating whether we remain, or are forced to relocate to somewhere similar to what COS once was. Don't move here! If you've moved here recently from CA or NY, please go back.