Fort Collins is located on the Cache la Poudre River at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. The city's clean water and clean air make for a healthy environment. Fort Collins boasts a very active cultural scene, which is enhanced by events offered at Colorado State University. The surrounding countryside has breathtaking cliffs, clear skies, and beautiful lakes and waterfalls—nature at its best. The city consistently appears on lists of the best places to live in the United States, and in May 2003 it was chosen as one of America's best places to live by Men's Journal magazine.