> But, they aren't a tech city and I need remote work to pull it off.

Hewlett Packard, Intel, AMD, Avago, National Semiconductor, LSI, and Wolf Robotics all have offices in Fort Collins.

Fort Collins-Loveland was rated 2nd in the "Top 10 Metro Areas for High-Tech Startup Density" in the United States (with Boulder at #1). [0]

We even have an incubator, Rocky Mountain Innosphere [1], if that tickles your fancy.

In short, I don't think you'd have a problem here despite it not being a "tech city".

[0] http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/young-high-tech-firms-outpa... [1] http://www.rmi2.org/