I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this- they were one of the first states to legalize mj. I think this very quickly drove a huge influx of younger, more open-minded people and a lot of cultural change around the metro areas, especially Denver and Boulder.
The dynamics being discussed existed long before that. In any case, I'm pretty sure that very few people moved to Colorado specifically because of mj legalization as opposed to the other forces that made mj legalization possible there.
