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If ur not gonna stay on topic then please don't post here...
But I WILL say that Pueblo ISN'T the only city (IMHO) that can stand up to Denver in Colorado. Colorado Springs has the Air Force Academy, NOAA and Cheyenne Mountain (all of which are HIGHLY important to our nation as a whole), Boulder has the main CU campus and has world renown for being on of the top Universities outside of the Ivy League as well as NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) which houses some of the most powerful computers in the world (storing and processed several hundred TERA bytes a day). Loveland was voted the BEST place to live in the entire country last year (if THAT doesn't stack up against Denver then i don't know what does).
Pueblo may be the major economic hub of the southern end of the state, but it isn't the ONLY economic hub outside of Denver.
When I say Pueblo is the only city in the state that can and does stand up to Denver I am talking about politics. Because Pueblo is the economic hub of a 16 county region and Pueblo has so much water rights, in the west don't follow the money trail to power but the water trail, Pueblo commands a lot of influence in the state. Why Presidents visit Pueblo when suburbs of Denver have more people and why when Pueblo speaks the state listens, I can site many examples but the latest is the Southern Delivery System for the Springs.
Sure Boulder is a liberal college town but beyond that they dont much care about growth or politics. Colorado Springs is a great military city but use all their influence to keep the military happy and can care less about being a economic power house. Why they cant keep any companies, they nearly lost the USOC and they did lose the PBR to Pueblo.
BTW Colorado Springs does not have NOAA as Pueblo has it in southern Colorado.
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Well, when I lived in Colorado Springs and we wanted to go on bicycle training rides in the winter, we drove down to Pueblo Reservoir, where the temperature was usually about 15 degrees warmer, bright and sunny, and no snow. We always commented that Pueblo West reminded us of parts of Arizona, in a good way. So Pueblo definitely has advantages when it comes to winter weather.
Once when i asked for directions, a guy in a convenience store said, "You're not from Pee-eblo, are you?" Indeed not. Does everybody say it that way?
Longmont. Not even a contest, I'd pick Longmont over Pueblo any time. My reason is that Longmont is very much on the edge of the Denver metro area. Pueblo is more or less isolated, though Colorado Springs is only about 45 minutes away.
In longmont you are so much closer to so much more. It would be an easy decision for me.
If access to the mountains are a priority then doesn't Longmont have an edge?
I mean, it looks to be closer to some big mountains for good hiking, and closer to some of the bigger ski resorts as well.
Both cities have great access to the mountains. Pueblo has highway 50 and the Beulah highway.
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