It's beautiful here, we have easy access to the mountains: Rocky Mtn Nat Park is a 45 min drive and we're hiking. Denver is the biggest city for quite a distance and Boulder is a college town so we get all the cultcha stuff here. Big garden, a couple acres of property, nice place. Weed is legal.
Downsides: Boulder area is very very white. Boulder itself has been overtaken by techbros, google money, and NIMBYs. Our public transport sucks.