| Re: Colorado Springs or Fort Collins CO?
Excellent info! I noticed that Fort Collins is a short ride to Cheyenne WY.
Is the neighboring Wyoming interesting at all? CS sounds good since it is
at the base of the mountains (like that better than being in the plains).
"CowPunk" <cowpunk99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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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