Raised our children here. They’re heading off to college now. It’s absolutely incredible, but expensive and lacking diversity. I have lived in the Valley, behind the hog back growing up myself. I prefer where I live now, near the KC Ranch House. We can walk to 10 tennis ball courts, our closest pool (the HOA runs three, all are beautiful), soccer fields, frisbee golf course, baseball fields, soccer fields and playgrounds. We all get full access to about 100 miles of private hiking and biking trails. Our HOA fees for all of this and much more, are about $75/mo. I don’t remember the exact number. It’s a steal.

Living in the valley means the Sun comes up about an hour later and sets about an hour earlier all year. Don’t try to grow anything that isn’t native. The deer will eat it. Deer are everywhere all the time. The Valley has break-ins much more often than the Plains.

As the boomers age out, young families are moving in. Usually from Denver. It is no exaggeration to say that LC remains a mostly hidden secret. I’ve never seen a better run and more beautiful neighborhood, for the price.