From the Los Angeles Times, a report on the first State of the Rockies Conference, held this week at Colorado College:
The myths and paradoxes of the new American West were explored Tuesday as experts here released a comprehensive report highlighting sweeping changes in population, growth and the environment across the Rocky Mountain region.
Most Westerners don’t live off the land, aren’t especially rugged and like big-box stores and lattes as much as anyone else, the statistics show.
They are, however, better educated than most Americans, younger and living in a beautiful region that’s become the fastest growing in the country.