Thanks to everyone who has responded, please keep 'em coming.
It will come down to CO or NH/VT because those are the only states where my wife will consider living when she decides to retire.
I like Delores too, but have concerns that with global warming, water could become an issue in the Cortez, Mancos, Delores area.
Salida would be more convenient for me, as I could drive to do the on-site inspections of our rental units in Breckenridge and at Copper Mountain in around 90 minutes each way.
I'd like to locate where there is a ski area within 45 minutes, so that I could ski every day that I wanted to during the season. Gunnison has Crested Butte, Salida has Monarch, Durango has Purgatory, and there are dozens of town in NH/VT that meet that criteria.
