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[Kachina624]

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@Sugipine wrote:

Colorado has a lot of open spaces. But something like 75% of it is owned by the government...US Forrest, State/City Parks, BLM, wildlife refuges. 

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It's sort of misleading but if you flattened all of the mountains and hills in Colorado, it would make it bigger than Texas in square miles.

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@Sugipine.  Heaven forbid they should flatten Colorado!

[Kachina624]

@Sugipine.  Have you ever been to Powderhorn.  It's near Blue Mesa Reservoir outside of Gunnison.  To me, it epitomizes the rural West.  It's like stepping back in time.  No town but there is a tiny, lonely post office. 

It's very hilly with lots of old ranches.  There are no big barns but every place has a long open shed for shelter for cattle.  All the houses are old.  It's open range with no fences.

There is a dude ranch in the area with a big, old barn for horses.  I'd love to spend a vacation there.  It's definitely off the beaten track.

https://gunnisoncrestedbutte.com/town-profiles-powderhorn/

[Sugipine]

@Kachina624 

I've been to Powderhorn the resort town. Went there to ski when I lived in Grand Junction. Love that part of the state. At the time hubs and I were big game hunters and we often when to the Gunnison area to do that. 

[Kachina624]

@Sugipine.  You went to Powderhorn Resort, not the same place of which I'm speaking.   This is not near Grand Mesa.

[Kachina624]

@Sugipine.  My Grandpa was president of the rod and gun club in Grand Junction for years.

He was a railroad engineer, drove a Choo Choo mostly between Grand Junction and Geenriver, Ut.

[goldensrbest]

Honestly,i would be scared.

[songbird]

Certain states like Alaska and Oregon, and the panhandle of Idaho, people get lost frequently.  Once you leave the city limits, no one is there.  Worse then rural, uninhabited.  For Alaska, over 200,000 people have disappeared. Look it up. It's very dangerous to live there.  This is the famous triangle of Alaska.  At least two top politicians have been lost.  Mostly due to the landscape, the wildlife  and the weather.  Besides cold, Alaska has heat.  The interior in summer is sometimes over 100F.

[songbird]

@Sugipine  Colarado has gained population.  Especially Boulder.  The increase has driven the cost of houses there sharply.  The really rural state is Wyoming.  One reason is the land.  It has  poor soil.  It's hard to grow things there.  Anyway it still has the lowest population. 

[magicmoodz]

Oh my goodness, I get nervous just driving through rural places. I need to be in the city. I am not a "brown" person. I need blue skies, green grass, bright flowers and lots of water with sailboats next to a pavillion that sells lobster rolls! 😅

[ScarletDove]

Not for me in the desert...rural by the woods and water only!