I have been in Colorado Springs for several days now, and am hardly an expert on the city. However, you do not need to be an expert to make a list.

Drink lots of water.
It took me a day to figure this one out. You get dehydrated very fast. I made the mistake of assuming that I was tired and needed coffee, but did not feel better until I had water.

If you lose your breath walking, blame it on the air.
How embarrassing walking up a flight of stairs with a co-worker and needing to sit down because you will fall down. It is crazy things happen to the body in high altitudes.

When you take a cab, make sure they know what you mean.
There seems to be 2 of everything in Colorado Springs, and it seems by default cab drivers want to go to the one far away.

Everyone is nice.
By nice I mean freakishly nice. I almost smacked a guy with a door at a restaurant and he waved to me when he pulled out of the parking lot and wished me a good night.

Colorado Springs is a boring, boring town.
I am sorry, it really is. Minus the mountains and chain stores, what is really here?

You will not get mugged, begged, attacked, maimed, touched in Colorado.
It is odd, I think I could walk around town with a 100 dollar bill taped to my head and not have anyone try to take it. Doesn’t help the city is spread out and only connected by roads and sidewalks that end for no reason.

Companies will give you weird looks for recycling.
Every week I fill my giant blue bin of recycling and put them out on the curb, and it is really nice living in a city that has companies like Goodwill Industries of Northern New England to really set an example. For some reason companies in Colorado don’t care. Businesses just throw out recycling as trash and don’t seem to care.

Colorado Water is Drinkable!
I could not believe it when I tried it and did not get sick. It is actually refreshing.

Fire Ants Will Eat You Alive.
It is kind of mind blowing how many fire ants are out here. I am surprised I have not seen them inside buildings yet, or worse yet in my hotel bed.

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