I'm from New Mexico. It's not quite Colorado, but still your neighbor to the south.
I visited Colorado Springs several times when I was in college. It's a beautiful city.
I got roped into playing on NA-E because the friend who told me about CoE (who happens to live in Kansas - Colorado's neighbor to the east!) and the group he belongs to had already looked at the kingdoms on both NA-E and NA-W and decided they wanted to be in Bordweall. I didn't know anyone else playing the game, so of course I said I'd play in Bordweall, too.
How about you? How did you wind up on NA-E instead of NA-W?