| Re: Colorado Springs or Fort Collins CO?
cufliflox wrote:
> I have to relocate. Which city has better scenery? Colorado Springs has
> easier access to Gunnison, Crested Butte, and Fort Collins is a lot closer
> to Rocky Mountain National Park. Also heard about outlying areas such as
> Woodland Park. Which city is more fun as a base?
College girls, road riding, access to Winter Park, Eldora, Steamboat =
Fort Collins
MILFS, tons of mountain biking, access to Salida, Crusty Butt, Monarch,
Brek, Copper, Wolf Creek, Vail, etc... = Colo Spgs.
The dividing line in Colorado is Monument. North you get evergreen
forest and dirt/grantite trails, and
south you get cactus/evergreen forest, loose gravel/trails, more of the
southwest type of mountains. The one bonus is that I can stare at
Pikes Peak all day long. CS is right at the base of the mountains.
The Fort is a few miles away.
If you live downtown or the west side of CS, you can pretty much ride
to any singletrack
without having to take your car. You can't do that in Ft. Collins. In
fact, I only know of
one place to MTB near Ft. Collins. There are tons of trails here in
CS. We have Pike National Forest at our doorstep and they DO allow
bikes on the trails. You can ride all the way around Pikes Peak if you
feel like it.
Monument is pretty cool also. Lots of trails no one knows about(Pike
National Forst).
The downside to the Springs is that it's getting crowded. The bible
pushers are only bad
on the north side of town. South side is all military, and we're
getting 25000 more people with all the base closings. East is all
overpriced tract homes and horseback riders.
Other than that, there are tons of cool laid back people here. Denver
is a white collar city, CS is blue collar. That's the main difference.
Oh yeah, if you're moving from out of state, there's a shortage of hot
women here in Colorado. Don't be surprised by the lack of hotties.
You might want to bring your own.
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