The Northern Colorado area is hold on strong on the national "best of" ranking!  In the recent Money Magazine's 100 Best Places to Live for 2008- Fort Collins was ranked 2^nd This was just one step down from it's 1^st place ranking in 2006.  In the article Money magazine praised Fort Collins for it's bike friendliness, microbreweries and restaurants in Old Town, biosciences and tech companies, employment, Colorado State University, the future downtown solar energy projects, health care and schools.  Another Northern Colorado city that came in at 33^rd was Loveland for it's Valentine Remailing Program, sculptures and Budweiser Event Center.  Other cities in Colorado that were on the list was  Highlands Ranch at 12^th, Westminster at 44^th, Longmont at 50^th.