Hands down, no contest. Grand Junction Colorado, 100 miles east in any direction is the heart of the Rockies, 100 miles north your in the northern desert and mountains of Wyoming, 100 miles south and your in the prairies of the western slope foothills, and 100 west and your in Moab.
The winters are not too cold, compared to Wyoming where I am, summers are pretty hot, usualy around 100 for parts of July & August, enough infrastructure for shopping and activities, not enough population to be crime ridden, Jobs depend on what you do for a living, and houses are around $150k.
Hmm, I'm making this sound too good, going to make it crowded before I can get there.
Did I mention it smells funny there, yeah, lots of polution and they hate 4x4s, all strict, yeah, you wouldnt want to live there, nvm.
lmao