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My family and I moved to Colorado Springs 3 years ago, and we love it. I was born and raised in California, went to college in Kansas (KSU), and served a career in the Army, living in Germany, all regions of the US, and ended up in New Jersey.

Bottom line: this is the greatest! Mild winters, not real cold. Mild summers, and LOW HUMIDITY! Beautiful mountains, access to year-round outdoor recreation: Hiking and skiing, etc. The city is about 1/2 million, lots of high tech. The north end, where we live, is growing...and great schools.

NB: the Chamber of Commerce disavows any connection with me.

LOL - thanks!

You have a much higher opinion of Colorado Springs than I do. About the only part of your post I agree with is the beautiful mountains and access to year round outdoor recreation. On everything else, I have an opposite opinion. I guess it is good that we don't all like the same things.

My family and I moved to Colorado Springs 3 years ago, and we love it.

Sorry to "burst your bubble", but Colorado Springs is a prime nuclear target. See "Strategic Relocation: North American Guide to Safe Places".

Here's an excerpt:

THE TOP 10 MOST DANGEROUS NUCLEAR TARGETS IN OR NEAR A METRO AREA (there are several other primary targets not listed that are not near a major metro)
1. Washington DC /and related bases (major command and control for the President)
2. Colorado Springs, CO (Cheyenne Mtn Control Center, two space command/comm bases)
3. Omaha, NE (secondary command and control bases)
4. Seattle, WA (Trident Missile Sub base and numerous Naval Bases)
5. Jacksonville FL/Kings Bay GA (Trident Missile Sub base, Major East Coast Naval Center)
6. San Diego, CA (largest west coast naval complex)
7. Norfolk, VA (major east coast naval complex)
8. Kansas City, MO (Whiteman AFB, B-2 nuclear bombers)
9. Cheyenne, WY (Warren AFB, Minute Man and Peacekeeper MX missiles)
10. Great Falls, MT (Malmstrom AFB --Minute Man missiles)

Longtime observers of the world communist movement were concerned that Gorbachev was beguiling the West using a blueprint Dimitri Manuilski gave to his students at the Lenin School of Political Warfare in Moscow in 1930. One of the students, Zack Kornfeld, later broke with the Communist Party and told the story. He reported that Manuilski, who served later as Russia's representative to the United Nations, told the class: "War to the hilt between communism and capitalism is inevitable. Today, of course, we are not strong enough to attack. Our time will come in 20 to 30 years. To win, we shall need the element of surprise. The bourgeoisie will have to be put to sleep. So we shall begin by launching the most SPECTACULAR PEACE MOVEMENT ON RECORD. There will be electrifying overtures and unheard of concessions. The capitalist countries, stupid and decadent, will rejoice to cooperate in their own destruction. They will leap at another chance to be friends. As soon as their guard is down, WE WILL SMASH THEM WITH OUR CLENCHED FIST.