I can confidently say there are thousand and thousands who have flocked to Co because of internet influencers. State pop has doubled from 3-6 million in my lifetime, huge portions of people rolling in for the “outdoor lifestyle” I’m sure Utah, ID, Wyo and Mt are all having some of that. Heck how many threads do we have started on this forum every year about I live (some place that isn’t the mountain west) I want to uproot my dang family for (mountain west) for hunting… 5-6.
Seriously come hangout at any trailhead I grew up going to and being 1 of 2/3 trucks at as a kid/teen, to any given weekday get ready to walk .5 mile to get to the trail head, it is actually nuts. And it’s like that for hunting, fishing, mt biking, hiking, camping, trail running. We will love it to death here eventually :/