The Colorado Springs Area

11th in Computerworld's "America's techiest cities," having 12,511 workers on the IT field or 4.3% of the workforce.
1st by Forbes.com for America's Most Pet-Friendly city.
One of top 25 cities in RelocateAmerica.com's "Top25 Places to Live, to go to School 2007."
"10th among public western universites" is what U.S. News and World Report editors ranked UCCS.
"Among the best in the nation" is how the editors of U.S. News and World Report describe the undergraduate engineering program at UCCS.
8th safest city for driving by Researchers with Allstate Insurance Company.
1st in the US as the most dog-friendly city according to Men's Health magazine.
4th in the 2007 "Best Cities for Relocating Families" by Worldwide ERC and Primacy Relocation for small metro areas (350,000 - 575,000 population).
4th best city to live by Cities Ranked & Rated, 2nd Edition.
"A 5 star (top rating) Knowledge Worker Metro," as ranked by Expansion Management.
3rd greatest place to live according to Earth Day Network's new environmental report card.
One of "America's 50 Hottest Cities" for 2007 according to Expansion Management.
3rd fittest city in the country by Men's Fitness magazine.
12th in Cooking Light's magazine "Cooking Light 20 Best Cities."