This is a BusinessWeek article on the best city in each state for raising your kids. Click on the slideshow to view every state. Warner Robins, GA where I grew up and still live today was tops in GA. Euless was the best in Texas. The Best Places to Raise Your Kids
I got to Colorado and had to stop and laugh for a second. Now, Ft. Collins is an awesome town and I'd agree would be a great great place to raise a family. The funny, part, though, is the picture, which is of Maroon Bells, near Aspen. Hard to put trust in that kind of research!
They are just pictures from the state. The one in GA is from the Savannah area. There aren't any large rivers, or bodies of water even in Warner Robins. We are smack in the middle of the state.