Holy crap! Co Springs is a war zone!

[Sharpienads]

Bwahahahahaha!!!! WTF?!?! Even the guys in the video are laughing.

[TheBelly]

Josh, you are more likely to be involved in a violent crime in rapid city, sd than you are in the springs. Stats won't help, but here's something I did when I was in college. I walked up and down the 'roughest' neighborhood that I knew of and could reasonably find (the end of bards town road in Louisville, ky) and I didn't feel any fear or worry because I knew I was prepared.

i was young and dumb then, but here's the point. I know what a troublesome area looks like, and I simply avoid those places. Keeping your mind on an amber state (aware but not alarmed) is what helps me walk around the springs. Stay alert, brother.

[TFOGGER]

Pfft, whatever, Josh. Spend a week in Aurora.

Colfax and Moline. Pretty much dead center of the free fire zone. I live about 6 miles east of there, and it's downright boring.

[dwalker460]

Colfax and Moline. Pretty much dead center of the free fire zone. I live about 6 miles east of there, and it's downright boring.

I too live (south) east of there- Tower/Mississippi ish and it is indeed boring.

[Sharpienads]

The Briargate area is nice. The only thing I worry about is the stupid kids in the neighborhood running around in the street. Oh, and we had a car that caught on fire because there was a moth inside the vehicle, the teenage girl driving freaked out and ran into a tree. Her car caught on fire. I thought I heard gunshots, but it was just her tires exploding.

[dwalker460]

Meh, I live in Aurora and its fine, never had any issue, but obviously SOME parts of every town are bad. Not sure I would go around wearing body armor, but when I know I might possibly be going into an iffy area I tend to have a little something extra in the car.

[Zundfolge]

I'm in Pleasant Valley (north of Old Colorado City, southeast of the Garden of the Gods. So basically central-west side) While there is a bit more crime in OCC, it rarely makes its way into PV (and when it does it strikes in the southern part, south of Fontanero more than it does up by Howbert Elementary where I live and even then it's usually minor stuff like car breakins).

Crime issues aside, there really is no good reason to go to the southeast part of town.

[68Charger]

Crime issues aside, there really is no good reason to go to the southeast part of town.

What about the airport?

The springs blotter really needs a " best of" section... I've read some really funny police reports in there.

[colo-pr]

im from PR and when planned to move to US i had 50 states to choose and my wife and me choose CO Springs without any regrets, i have my CCW but never carry, just sometimes when go to Downtown, i feel very safe and happy here, if someone thing that here is not safe check the news of my island.

[josh7328]

I don't think I've been to Aurora. It's worse than SE COS?! I heard yall have nice movie theaters, though. Maybe the body armor is a little much for daily wear, but the long gun is a definite thing at this point, I think.