Which neighboring state to move to? (dryer, trees, water)

[itsMeFred]

No one said anything about rural living. You said you've never seen eastern CO except to drive to another city. Ie, you don't appreciate it for what it is.

I might live on a ranch in the middle of nowhere, and you'd have to knock me unconscious to convince me to live there, but I do like to visit Denver, et. al.
I can appreciate it for what it is...

[averagejoe76]

The Drive across Kansas to Denver is the most ugly & boring experience ever lol
You dont even see Mountains until you are almost on Denver.

[itsMeFred]

I just can't even comprehend this kind of deliberate myopia.

[denverian]

Originally Posted by itsMeFred

No one said anything about rural living. You said you've never seen eastern CO except to drive to another city. Ie, you don't appreciate it for what it is.

I might live on a ranch in the middle of nowhere, and you'd have to knock me unconscious to convince me to live there, but I do like to visit Denver, et. al.
I can appreciate it for what it is...

The High Plains - it is what it is. What can I say? I just don't find it interesting. Now drive west from Denver and that's interesting!

[73-79 ford fan]

I would much rather drive across Kansas then drive west of Denver.

[toogabooga]

Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma in order of preference. I love visiting Colorado but would hate living there. Don't know enough about Nebraska to say one way or the other.

[toogabooga]

I'll also say I'd rather live anywhere but inside of any city.......I love rural living!

[kanhawk]

Originally Posted by denverian

I think you need to take a look at a map sometime. Over 50% of Colorado is mountainous.

Of course, Kansas has Mt. Sunflower if you're into Alpine living in the Sunflower State

After years of wondering about Mt Sunflower, I finally decided to "climb" that rascal a few years ago. I took a detour from one of my I-70 trips and headed down some dirt road going south from Kanorado. It wasn't easy to find, but I did and even though it is on private property, the rancher allows public access to the place. There is a picnic table and a small shelter at the "top" sitting in the middle of the field which you can drive your car right up to. Not much to see except desolate land in every direction but it was a fun diversion.

Just so I am not totally of topic, I'd chose Colorado.

[denverian]

Originally Posted by kanhawk

After years of wondering about Mt Sunflower, I finally decided to "climb" that rascal a few years ago. I took a detour from one of my I-70 trips and headed down some dirt road going south from Kanorado. It wasn't easy to find, but I did and even though it is on private property, the rancher allows public access to the place. There is a picnic table and a small shelter at the "top" sitting in the middle of the field which you can drive your car right up to. Not much to see except desolate land in every direction but it was a fun diversion.

Just so I am not totally of topic, I'd chose Colorado.

I've often thought about visiting it just to say I had been there. Once I found a website where someone blogged about visiting the highest point in every state. Missouri had a more interesting blog entry than Kansas!

More interesting in KS is the "highest looking" hill, meaning the greatest vertical drop from top to bottom. Now I don't remember - it was either somewhere in the Flint Hills near Manhattan, or somewhere in SE KS near Pittsburg.

[drjones96]

Originally Posted by drjones96

It's a toss up: CO or MO

I'd love to live in a mountainous place in CO but at the same time wouldn't want to deal with the snowy winters.

I grew up in MO and pretty much know the place like the back of my hand and I know all the really nice places there. So I would have more of a sense of familiarity with it. (There's no place like home.) The cost of living is relatively low compared to CO. But MO doesn't have mountains like CO.

Nebraska and OK don't offer much more than KS so it would be a lateral move IMO.

I said the above....

And You replied directly with the below...

Originally Posted by itsMeFred

I have to say, it greatly amuses me how many people talk about Colorado like it's all mountains and snow.
There's approximately half of the state, that has no mountains and very little snow.

Northwest Nebraska, for example, is far prettier than eastern Colorado. Almost the entire stretch of the Niobrara or Dismal valleys would beat it as well...

And the "cost of living" comment is the one that really caught my attention:
Ya'll do realize there's more to CO than Denver and the ski towns, right??

What I said was I would like to live in a mountainous place in CO.

I realize mountains don't cover the whole state. You don't have to be a genious to figure it out. Just pick up a topographical map.

But I think the mountainous areas represent the best of what the state has to offer....and a lot of other people probably feel the same way which is why when people think of CO they automatically think of the mountains.

When I tell people I lived in MO the first question is: "oh near StL?"...LOL "Uh no....like 2.5 hrs south of there?" As if StL is the only area where people actually live in Missouri. It's irritating but I get it. Most outsiders see StL as being the best and most recognizable of what MO has to offer.