Lived in Colorado Springs, CO for 23 years now, and I have mixed feelings about it......
On the plus side, the summers here are pretty nice. Usually doesn't get too hot, rains a fair amount, and decent fishing isn't too far away. The closest track is about 40 miles south, which isn't bad. Also, everything I've really ever known is here, so I guess its ok.
On the down side, I have no idea how some of these people even got their driver's license.... We all took the same fucking test, so how is it that you people can't take a round-a-bout to save your life, (yes, it was on the driver's test) OR figure out how to merge. The sign doesn't say "Stop," it says "Yield." The lane for the on-ramp continues for over a mile, so why do you insist on stopping at the end of the on-ramp to wait for a break in traffic? Press the skinny pedal on the right and speed up to 55-65 mph like you are supposed to, for the love of god. Also, in the winter time, it snows here..... You would think one of these days people would learn how to drive in the shit, but in reality, not so much. And then, when it only snows a little (road not even wet), everyone freaks the fuck out and does 20-25 mph under the speed limit, because "You could lose traction and spin out, causing an accident!!!" Please. Then onto the roads themselves.... As tlo86 mentioned above, we like to use the road salt, which I understand. However, the city of Colorado Springs likes to use an insane amount of the shit, which added to the moisture/temperature change/etc. causes these huge potholes everywhere, to the point where its almost impossible to keep a car aligned for longer than a week, or even drive a car thats lower than stock. Does the city fix these roads? Not until it starts causing accidents, lol. As for the car scene, if you like riced out/hack-job Hondas or DSMs, this is your city. I mean, those 2 probably account for 50% of the entire scene here, with the majority of whats left being taken up by Dodge SRT-4s/Neons, and Mustangs. Oh yeah, and then theres the law enforcement. Takes 45 minutes to respond to a "shots fired" call, or something actually important, mostly due to the fact that most of the police force appears to have nothing better to do than write 5-10 mph over speeding tickets, when they themselves usually drive at 5-10 mph over, anyway.
I think that about does it, really..... This is just my opinion/perspective, so if something in the above rant is totally/partially wrong, I apologize.
Summary: Colorado Springs = Mostly good, drivers bad.
End rant.
