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Anybody here live in Colorado near Colorado Springs?



 
 
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Old October 14th 04, 02:22 AM
Chris L Peterson
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On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:19:20 -0700, "
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Thinking of movnig out there. What are local skies like? Milky way
seen near the city at all? Thx.


Bad light pollution in town, and a generally silly local government that is not
likely to do anything to improve things (although there is an effort afoot).
Once you get out of town, however, it gets dark pretty quickly. I live about 40
miles away (as the crow flies) and have some of the darkest skies in the
country. But the skies over Colorado tend to be turbulent, so the seeing is
often poor. Great transparency, though, especially in the central mountains. It
declines a little to the east (over the plains) and to the west (over the
Western Slope).

As Shawn noted, the city is a center of the religious right. Focus on the
Family- probably one of the nastiest and most intolerant groups in the country,
is headquartered there. The local paper prints more stories about churches and
morals than any major newspaper I've seen. So if your own beliefs don't swing in
that direction, it can be a frustrating place. There is, however, a healthy
alternative community if you know where to look.

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