Fort Collins and Loveland. Are they the Twin Cities of the West? (Colorado Springs: homes)

[Village Cave Man]

Eleven miles seperate these two town. Recent growth is on the way and its time to see if these towns are compared to Minneapolis/St.Paul.

[Josseppie]

I would say Pueblo/ Colorado Springs are more like the twin cities. Fort Collins/ Loveland/ Greeley are more like the tri cities in my opinion.

[Mike from back east]

Originally Posted by Josseppie

I would say Pueblo/ Colorado Springs are more like the twin cities. Fort Collins/ Loveland/ Greeley are more like the tri cities in my opinion.

Hey, make that Fort Collins/ Loveland/ Windsor/ Greeley and call it the Quad Cities!

[Mike Weber]

Originally Posted by Village Cave Man

Eleven miles seperate these two town. Recent growth is on the way and its time to see if these towns are compared to Minneapolis/St.Paul.

All of the towns and cities in Northern Colorado are already being considered one urban area for some purposes. There is an intergovernmental agreement between several municipalities not to duplicate street names, in the interest of avoiding future confusion on the part of emergency services.

The towns of Loveland and Fort Collins are not likely to grow completely together because of the open space between the two cities purchased as a buffer years ago by Fort Collins.

[bluescreen73]

The only two cities I can think of that are comparable to M/SP are another pair of cities along the I-35 corridor - namely Dallas & Fort Worth. The two cities are separated by about 35 miles but it's one gigantic mass from Rockwall on the east to Weatherford on the west, and Denton on the north to Waxahachie on the south.

[Plain Jane 3953]

"Twin Cities of the West"????

I don't think so. I fail to see how one could begin to compare Loveland/FC to the Twin Cities, which, in my opinion, are absolutely beautiful, with the Miss river running between them and the stunning homes. I wish Loveland/FC was so lovely.

[Village Cave Man]

I don't think that Colorado Springs and Pueblo are twin cities. There is a gap of 32 miles between them.

[Josseppie]

Originally Posted by Village Cave Man

I don't think that Colorado Springs and Pueblo are twin cities. There is a gap of 32 miles between them.

They are growing together and it will happen....

[Count David]

Fort Collins and Loveland are hardly "cities", maybe they could be considered little cities or big small towns.

I think Loveland and Longmont could be considered twins. They are directly north-south of each other, nearly the same distance from I-25, both are culturally/geographically tied to college towns, and both have eight-letter names that start with L. I always forgot which one I was in when I was in either of them.

[Josseppie]

It still seems to me that the 3 main cities are Fort Collins/ Greeley/ Loveland. The rest seem to be more suburbs.