I LOVE Canon City!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Listen, we are just a hop skip and jump to COS and Pueblo AND...2 hours to Denver!!
It's just 2 hours to Breckenridge (my fave) and...we have the most rafted place in the states ( The Arkansas River)!
We are (as someone else mentioned) the TRUE banana belt AND climate Capital of Colorado!
The Mountains surround us (literally) and if that isn't enough,.....our real estate is reasonable!!!YAY!!
I am from Denver (had my oldest there and my youngest in Aurora). I have lived in Arvada and Centennial. I still love Evergreen and love the resort areas but, NOTHING compares to Canon City!!
The views are awesome as are the people. Our schools are great and we have tons of mom and pop places as well as the normal places (like Walmart, Chilis, Home Depot,etc..)
If one is a "slowwww" driver, it might take you 45 minutes to Colorado Springs and maybe 38 to Pueblo!!
My oldest son was just here and, drove back and forth to Denver to lunch etc, to say goodbye to friends before moving to Antarctica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He was in Rhode Island but was raised in Denver.
By the time one drives thru Denver or COS...here, you are in those cities!!
I sit here everyday and look out my windows at all of the greenery and Mountains!! Truly Beautiful!!!!
I live on the East side of town (right when you enter Canon, North of Walmart) and...I still can't believe the views I have!!
I lived directly on the beach in Florida for a year and then came back to my home here!! Yuck for the beach unless one is vacationing!! It's awful!!
The beauty here is unsurpassable!! It is very very green for Colorado and is very laid back. I know that it will change someday when everyone catches on but, for now.....it is an oasis.IMHO!!