Reader: Boring Is Good, Boring Is Safe, Be Grateful for a Boring Life in Colorado Springs

Is Colorado's second-largest city a stand-in for the setting of Footloose?

July 20, 2025

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The country's most boring cities were recently fingered by Finance Buzz, and Colorado Springs made the list with this very boring blurb: "While there are plenty of outdoor adventures and scenic beauty, Colorado Springs has little else going on. Lack of nightlife, food diversity and a remote location make it lack the zest of other parts of the country."

Zzzzzz.

Located about seventy miles south of downtown Denver, Colorado Springs is a sprawling military town full of chain eateries, far-right Christian influences and people who love to complain about the city's one popular music venue — the Ford Amphitheater, which opened last year. Moreover, the Springs couldn't keep its alt-weekly alive, even though the daily is owned by billionaire Phil Anschutz, which makes it pretty easy to be an alternative to the Gazette. (RIP, Colorado Springs Independent, aka The Indy.)

But Colorado Springs has plenty of defenders, and they came out in force to comment on our Westword Facebook post about the city's boring ranking. Says Kurt:

Boring is good. Boring is safe. Boring is people taking an evening stroll without worry about getting assaulted by criminals. Or having their homes, cars and property broken into and stolen or destroyed. Be grateful for a boring life.

Adds John:

Boring is sometimes good! Colorado Springs is a great place to get fit and in shape. Denver isn’t boring because if you head downtown you have to worry about getting stabbed or shot. Fear keeps you on your toes and your mind alert.

Counters Mark:

You all are living in that fictional town from Footloose.

Notes Matt:

Nope. It's the home of Focus on the Family

Admits Tim:

Our nightlife is rather sad since Club Subterranean closed. You could get an excellent pizza and hear the best goth music in the state. The Leech Pit is doing its part by selling bumper stickers that say "Keep Colorado Springs Lame."

Offers Shane:

It's horrible! This city will ruin your life!!! Horrible people... horrible views... and the Garden of the Gods is junk... and Pikes Peak was downgraded from America's Mountain to Pikes Peak... just stay away.

Concludes Corey:

As one of the hundreds of thousands of liberals (literally) who calls the Springs home, your article is silly and vaguely offensive. Somehow in your rambling narrative, you forgot to mention that the two best institutions of higher learning in this state are here in the USAFA and the (extremely liberal) Colorado College. While we are being hyperbolic, I'd like to point out that there are almost certainly far more white supremacists and neonazis in the Denver metro area than all of El Paso County combined... prove me wrong.

What do you think of Colorado Springs? Is it more boring than Denver? Aurora? Every other Colorado town? Post a comment or share your thoughts at [email protected].

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