[mountainlyons]

Longmont and Niwot were a great place to grow up in the 50's and 60's but I could not recommend them now.

[mollynme]

Longmont and Niwot were a great place to grow up in the 50's and 60's but I could not recommend them now

Sure you could! LOL.
I'm a Longmonster myself. Of course Berthoud and Loveland just to the north have easy access to all the mountain fun and city resources and home prices haven't quite gone off the map yet.
Fort Collins won some kind of award as one of the top 10 places to live in the US IIRC.

[dljordan]

"Longmont and Niwot were a great place to grow up in the 50's and 60's but I could not recommend them now."

They're still good but we're starting to have a small "Hispanic" gang problem here in Longmont. Strangely the local officials seem totally surprised.

Every town was better in the 50's and 60's. Are you in Lyons?