Armando, I've had 4 different friends who have moved out there in the last couple years and they all love it. 3 of the 4 are mountain bikers and they say the riding is incredible. Two have complained about the cold, but say they get used to it (how can anybody get used to 5 degrees below zero for over a month?), but the winters are usually not that long. I used to have the area as a sales territory back in the 80's and did a lot of fishing and hunting there. I always wanted to live ther, but I hate cold so CA is where I'll stay for now. The job market is so/so, but there are plenty of jobs, but the scale is a little lower. Property is a little cheaper and if you get out of the bigger cities it gets a lot cheaper, but then you'd have to commute. Denver's air is as dirty as LA too, with more first stage smog alerts then any other place in the nation. Still outside of Denver you have some of the most beautiful country in the world.