I grew up in the Springs in the 70 and 80s. Went into the military and college and settled in Denver. Still have family there. I still believe its a great city and like all cities it has it bad parts of town. In looking at the blotter many of those areas were bad 20 years ago. At least CSPD reports thier blotters, I seldom see much mention of the fine work the cops do up here. Can say that the city has grown quite a bit too. Used to roam the Praries east of town where Powers is and the were no house just cows and Pronghorns. Used to catch toads in a pond where houses sit. The Walmart off Powers sits on what used to be a cool natural spring pond. Used to sneak the family guns out in the area and shoot all the time. Now its all stores and houses.