Denver is a scant 2 hour drive when you need your big city fix. Colorado Springs is right there and it's a fairly good size itself.
Are you Jermaine the commercial artist? (Lon Chaney thread a while back)
If so, Manitou is your home. Probably as many artists there per capita as Santa Fe NM.
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