Surprised that no one from the front range of Colorado has chimed in here. We are old enough to remember the battle against the winter Olympics coming to the Colorado High Country because of the attendant population growth. The great cry from south of here was "Don't Californicate Colorado." Well in the intervening 31 years they lost the battle and managed to get screwed anyway. The Front Range from Wellington to Pueblo (except for the USAFA and Fort Carson) looks pretty much like CA and the high country is now dotted with mega ski areas and McMansions. And CO is supposed to grow by another million or two in the next twenty years.
Oh by the way, I see from today's headlines that those of you on the FL Gulf coast and coastal Carolinas and VA may now get the opportunity to see oil platforms from your very nice beaches pretty soon. Lucky you.