Colorado Springs: The next Portland???

[James Carlson]

As a Denver urban dweller, I have been accused of condescending to Colorado Springs. Well, no more! I should apparently eat my words because ... Colorado Springs has the highest rate of millennial migration of any city in the country. Who knew??

http://gazette.com/report-colorado-springs-shows-n...

Okay, to be fair this doesn't surprise us that much. The mountains are RIGHT THERE. Breweries are popping up everywhere. Prices are still relatively affordable, at least compared to here in Denver. (Plus, they're hip to Airbnb, which we personally like.) And when we're showing homes down there, we've definitely seen an uptick in ironic mustaches.

So what do you think ... Colorado Springs: The Next Portland?

[Bryan Cork]

James Carlson
I totally agree! Colorado Springs is a fantastic place to live! My wife and I moved here from SoCal when our kids were small and it’s been a great place to raise a family, and over the last 12 years we have enjoyed watching our city as well as the kiddos grow up! Lots of new growth everywhere! There are not many patches of undeveloped ground left, it really feels like a boomtown right now.
So, I totally get millennials moving here especially for the purposes of raising a family, but Denver definitely holds the crown for all of the downtown amenities 😁, our downtown is still lagging behind, and we aren’t even in the same conversation when it comes to the music scene.
But.......our beer holds its own 😜