The Rowdy One: Sweet Home Colorado: It's Where You Want To Be

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Sweet Home Colorado: It's Where You Want To Be

According to Money magazine's latest critique of best places to live in the U.S., Colorado is just a crazy great place to live.

Fort Collins, Colorado, topped the Best Places to Live list, while Colorado Springs, topped the list of Best Big Cities (though at a population of 369,000 it barely qualifies as a true, big city). Rounding out the Big City Top 5 were: Austin, TX, Mesa, AZ, Raleigh, NC and San Diego, CA. Interestingly, New York City placed a respectable 10th.

Completing the Best Places to Live Top 5 were: Naperville, IL, Sugar Land, TX, Columbia/Ellicott City, MD, and Cary, NC. Our former hometown, Overland Park, Kansas, placed sixth on the Best Places to Live list.

Money evaluated all cities 50,000 or greater in population (745) based on criteria, which included: purchasing power, housing costs, education options, quality of life/crime, leisure and culture opportunities, and weather.

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Over a decade ago, I wrote a newspaper column for two years where I was called everything from clever and infantile to the next Mike Royko and a Dave Barry knock-off. But, after "selling out" to the corporate world, I have done precious little joy writing. It's time to have some fun again. Commentary on pop culture absurdity. Political satire. Family and personal stuff. Sports yapping. Let's have at it.