Kansas has a great view of Pikes Peak! Everyone should go there…

Traffic is a nightmare too and the WAY people drive. I'd say a very angry population.

See ya!

Traffic and crowds! Miserable crowds everywhere and horrible traffic. This was a great place up until about the year 2000, then the crowds really started to come.

Of the 4 major cities of CO -- Boulder, Denver, Colorado Springs(COS) and Pueblo -- COS is the only one that could be said to lean conservative (65/35 maybe?), although Pueblo (a surprise to me!) MAY be slowly moving in the red direction. Also, COS has 4-5 military bases, so lots of active duty Army and Air Force people there, and military retirees/veterans as well. It has a very nice main VA clinic there facing Pikes Peak and Garden of the Gods -- the clinic building (built a few years ago so it's fairly new) looks kind of "ski lodge" in its design. But for sure, liberals will LOVE Boulder and Denver -- no doubt -- if you can afford the even MORE expensive housing market there (more so than COS), Boulder probably being the MOST expensive major city. Other expensive cities/towns are the ski resort areas, like Breckenridge, Steamboat Springs, Vail, Aspen, Crested Butte...but even places like Dillon and Frisco are pricey as well. For MOST of us, visiting those places is nice but living there full-time is only a dream. Even condos there are $400K-500K and higher. Homes $1M and more easy. Many are multi-million. But the views are outstanding as those ski towns are very scenic summer and winter both....they're just kind of "out in the sticks" so you have to drive a while to get to a major city (and inclement weather/snowstorms permit). ;-) As for apartments, COS has LOTS of nice upscale Class A apt complexes, new/newer, and more being built even now. You can get a nice 1/1 (1-bed/1-bath) apt in a number of upscale Class A ("luxury") complexes for $1450-1650/mo, so they have come down big-time since I was there (October 2022) when MY rent (for a 3rd lease-renewal) was going up 14% ($191), then they went up to ~$1800/mo. Rents since then have dropped $300-400/mo and have been there for a while now. BUT, you have to pay on top of rent utilities (gas, electric, water, sewer), a garage if you want one (if attached it's included in the rent with "selected" apts, a detached garage is maybe $125-150 extra per month -- or pay a smaller amount for a carport), but COVERED parking is PREFERRED...one reason is CO's infamous hailstorms! Don't ask how I (and many other Coloradans) know this. ;-) Yes, some of those complexes are still high rent-wise -- month-to-month rents are OUTRAGEOUS ($2500 to over $3K even for 1/1 apts!) -- but some of those more expensive complexes are also the best resident-rated complexes: Get a 12-13-month lease (the cheapest it's gonna get!) and you're fine at those or the slightly cheaper but still full-amenity Class A ("luxury") complexes. I keep a running list of ~25 complexes I personally would feel good living at (I've lived in 2 of them myself, and both times were nice -- no complaints) to keep track of rents there (am in West TX now, but hope to move back to COS come late 2025 so I need to keep on top of apts there, but will be looking to BUY a property then, but only IF the housing market (AND mortgage interest rates!) become more affordable. If not, I may still move back to COS but rent at one of those mentioned upscale/luxury apt complexes and just STAY there (as I DO miss COS). Life could be worse... As mentioned, right now $1500-1600/mo will get you quite a few 1/1 (1-bed/1-bath) choices in one of those VERY nice complexes. As always, shorter leases quickly get pricier. AND as probably everywhere (not just in CO), rental rates can vary DAILY, so it depends on when you move there what you will find re: vacancies and rent rates. As for the southern part of the city (the SE quadrant, the COS airport area, or even farther south towards Widefield/Security/Fountain), that's not the better part of the Springs if you can afford elsewhere in the city. The NE quadrant is mostly new & growing. While there are other parts that are pretty decent -- various single-family homes, town-homes and condo "enclaves" here and there -- I'd say most of the nicer/newer apt complexes are to be found in the NE quadrant. Home builders are in this area, too (Banning-Lewis Ranch is huge), so COS is moving E towards Falcon...almost there now -- and NE toward the Black Forest area: Pretty pricey homes there in Black Forest (but HUGE lots, too, and in the woods (pine trees): Have at least $1M in your pocket just to start LOOKING there. But in Banning-Lewis Ranch and Wolf Ranch (a bit older community but still nice and still building northward (around Wolf "Lake"), you can find town-homes/carriage-homes (mostly new) for just over $400K and even some (duplexes) for well under 400K -- starter homes or for downsizing also. And in nice, upscale new subdivisions/communities. Banning-Lewis Ranch has a fairly new subdivision called The Retreat -- single-level homes (no stairs!) -- which is an "active lifestyle" 55+ community. Town-homes, carriage-homes and The Retreat have HOA fees, true, but you get quite a few amenities for the money (clubhouse, pool, tennis, events, etc). And Banning-Lewis even has some some schools. And LOTS of neighborhood trails to walk/jog/bike. I don't know of ANY town-home community in COS -- be it new, newer or older -- that does NOT have HOA fees (at the very least to cover landscaping care & snow-removal), so if you don't want a HOA you'll need to find a single-family/detached home (new, newer or older), even though SOME of those have a HOA also. One is a covenant community, and it's HOA is VERY high, but home prices there are low so maybe it balances out. However, most older homes/communities in COS don't have HOA fees. -- BR

Still cheaper than LA

The most negative thing about Colorado is the hail. Period. Especially as a home owner. Every video needs to talk about that because it is hardly mentioned. Every summer your car can potentially get totaled on any given day with little to no warning while you are parked at work and can literally do nothing but watch. Everything else is actually better than most of the country

I wouldn't move to Colorado. I live on the west coast, my one bedroom apt is almost $1700 a month, and I now live in the hood. This area use to be nice. Makes it hard to save money when 60% of your income is going to rent.