Every neighborhood in this city is a different answer to the same question. Here are the six I know block by block, with the trade-offs up front.

1890s Victorians on brick-lined streets, a ten-minute walk to downtown.

Resort-adjacent estates under Cheyenne Mountain, with the best evening light in the city.

Creek-side lots and hillside light, ten minutes from downtown and a climate of its own.

Five-acre pine lots and true quiet, twenty minutes from a Costco.