Let me preface this by saying, I hope to join you all soon (<7 years). I've been there a couple times, mostly for work and want to live there. Everyone I know that has left CO, went back eventually.
The abundance of different outdoor activities. It is a hunting and fishing paradise first and foremost. Mountain biking, skiing, four wheeling. Everything from snow sports to water sports. In fact, on March 16th, I went snowmobiling in the La Plata mountains, and then on the 17th, I took the Malibu out to the lake to go for a boat ride. Not a whole lot of places you can do that.
I love Colorado's scenery and clean air. The list goes on and on about what keeps me here...
I realized a realator isn't always the most objective but you rate kudos for this:
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DENVER
The Denver skyline has a different look these days: It's become more visible.
Denver hasn't exceeded a single federal health standard for air quality since 1999. Now the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is set to declare Denver's air in full compliance with national standards. The official designation, expected soon, would mean that Denver's air passes federal muster for the first time in 30 years.
This is no small achievement. Before there was a Denver International Airport, a Colorado Rockies baseball team, or even the Denver Avalanche hockey team, the Mile High City was best known for smudged skies. Two decades ago, Denver was violating federal air-quality standards more than 200 days a year. Denver's notorious "brown cloud" regularly shrouded the city, obscuring snow-topped mountains that crown the horizon.
"Denver is the first city that has gone from the depths of air pollution, to a level where they are now attaining all [federal] standards," says Richard Long, EPA's air program director in Denver. "That's a remarkable accomplishment."
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I'll believe corporations are persons when Texas executes one.: LBJ's Ghost
I realized a realator isn't always the most objective but you rate kudos for this:
As a lifetime resident, believe you me, it is a huuuuuuuuuuuuuge difference. I remember as a little kid commenting on all the brown clouds and wondering what the hell was up with that, nowadays, it's just the occasional haze that's probably more humidity than pollution.
The housing market, or lack thereof. As soon as the market rebounds (2013, after Obama's out) and I can sell my house for something near what I paid for it I intend to vacate this place.