Completely anecdotally, a lot of people are migrating to the Denver from the SFBay area. Denver (and the surrounding areas) has a very high quality of life, a

Completely anecdotally, a lot of people are migrating to the Denver from the SFBay area. Denver (and the surrounding areas) has a very high quality of life, a burgeoning tech scene, good health care systems (a number of my doctor / nurse friends have recently moved there for positions), and a relatively low cost of living. It's a short, easy flight from anywhere on the West Coast and it's not too bad from the East Coast either. Indeed, Colorado is the 6th most popular place to move to from California according to that out-migration post the other day: http://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/265 http://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/265 Google, Slack, Strava, Gusto, VMWare, etc. etc. all either have offices or will shortly -- This boom seems much less energy-driven and more sustainable. Which sucks a little for my relatives who are public school teachers there and can no longer afford to live near the schools that they work at...