Several years ago I was in a small town in Colorado. A local told me they have no banks, no grocery stores, no library, no good schools, no this or that.
But they did have 5 local dispensaries.
Colorado is strange about some things. Maybe the West is like this but I don’t know because I have only visited.
Some towns like Buena Vista seem like a place families would live.
Other towns appear to be where all the druggies and alcoholics go.