About this guide
New in Colorado Springs is an independent guide for the thousands who move to the Pikes Peak region each year — honest orientation on the neighborhoods, costs, economy, outdoors and life at altitude.
What's covered
Beyond the basics of neighborhoods, cost of living and the outdoors, this guide covers the topics newcomers actually ask about once they dig in: military relocation and PCS logistics, healthcare and insurance, wildlife and outdoor safety, the surrounding towns beyond the city limits, and the practical work of planning and executing the move itself.
How we write
- Evergreen and practical: the durable orientation newcomers need — the specifics (prices, ratings, requirements) change, so we point to official current sources for those;
- Honest, not a brochure: the real draws and the trade-offs — rising costs, altitude, weather realities, commutes;
- For newcomers: written for people deciding on, or settling into, a move — not a tourism pitch. Nothing here is financial, medical or professional advice.
This guide grew alongside the questions we actually see from newcomers — starting with the basics of neighborhoods and cost of living, and expanding into the practical realities of military relocation, healthcare, wildlife safety and the logistics of the move itself. If there's a newcomer question this guide doesn't yet answer well, that's exactly the kind of gap we want to fill next.