Views from my town and home

Falstaff · Feb 15, 2010, 05:12 PM

Tyrsonswood · Feb 15, 2010, 05:21 PM

Nice..... beautiful part of the country.

RoyBatty · Feb 15, 2010, 08:45 PM

Nice place. We don't have any mountains around here...

DJ BIG T · Feb 15, 2010, 08:53 PM

very nice looking town with a great view ..is that a mining town?

***craig5320*** · Feb 15, 2010, 11:35 PM

Great shots Jeff, really typical shots of how i'd imagine these places to be, reminds me of Gilmore Girls.

Falstaff · Feb 16, 2010, 01:14 AM

Its a tourist town now, because it has no real industry other than the military of which there are five bases, but also it was settled by miners and their families and grew around a railroad that brought silver and gold out of the mountains. It became famous at the turn of the 1900s as a resort town and sanitarium for tuberculosis patients. The poem America the Beautiful was penned here as well.
Its a mixture of left and right wing politics and probably exposes the wider demographic you might find all over America.
Unfortunately like every frontier town, it has its share of poverty, economic depression and illegal labor, that and the military presence drives down wages and ensures a population of people one pay check away from financial disaster.
Companies come and go and I have worked for a few of them.
Every chance I get, I climb as high as I can and enjoy the crisp, clean air and beautiful skys.
I would never trade it for Perth, Canberra, New York, Tokyo or London or even Iraklion Crete, I really feel like this is where I might settle down one day.
But I am only 50 years old and I have alot of travelling to do.

Feb 15, 2010, 05:12 PM	#1
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RoyBatty HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,941 Rep Power: 122 System Specs	Re: Views from my town and home Nice place. We don't have any mountains around here...

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Feb 16, 2010, 01:14 AM	Thread Starter #6
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	Re: Views from my town and home Its a tourist town now, because it has no real industry other than the military of which there are five bases, but also it was settled by miners and their families and grew around a railroad that brought silver and gold out of the mountains. It became famous at the turn of the 1900s as a resort town and sanitarium for tuberculosis patients. The poem America the Beautiful was penned here as well. Its a mixture of left and right wing politics and probably exposes the wider demographic you might find all over America. Unfortunately like every frontier town, it has its share of poverty, economic depression and illegal labor, that and the military presence drives down wages and ensures a population of people one pay check away from financial disaster. Companies come and go and I have worked for a few of them. Every chance I get, I climb as high as I can and enjoy the crisp, clean air and beautiful skys. I would never trade it for Perth, Canberra, New York, Tokyo or London or even Iraklion Crete, I really feel like this is where I might settle down one day. But I am only 50 years old and I have alot of travelling to do. __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."