Welcome To My City
Welcome To My City
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Colorado Springs:
With mountain views of Pikes Peak, deer, antelope and wild turkeys, Colorado Springs is home to 431,834 residents. Colorado Springs is the second most populous city in the state of Colorado.
Colorado Springs was selected as the No.#1 Best Big City in "Best Places to Live" by Money magazines in 2006 and placed number one in Outside's 2009 list of America's Best Cities.
Colorado Springs has five military installations: Fort Carson, Peterson Air Force Base, Schreiver Air Force Base, Cheyenne Mountain Air Station and The United States Air Force Academy. A large part of the Colorado Springs economy is driven primarily by the military, high tech industry and tourism.
Colorado Springs covers 194.7 square miles making it Colorado's largest city in area.
Fountain:
The residential community of Fountain is 24.0 square miles according to the United States Census Bureaus and is located approximately 10 miles from downtown Colorado Springs.
Fountain is just east of Fort Carson and Southeast of Colorado Springs. Fountain, Southeast Colorado Springs, Security and Widefield make up the "Fountain Valley" community.
In 1999, Fountain was chosen as "America's Millennium City" by the New York Times and was named an "All-America City" in 2002 by the National Civic League. Fountain is also home to the Pikes Peak International Raceway.
