These people who moved here for "the lifestyle" are the ones who have ruined the lifestyle. Traffic is terrible, the cost of living is outrageous, and the mountains are overcrowded and trashed by out of state putzes who treat the wilderness like a landfill. Way to go, folks.
Unfortunately, a lot of the people trashing the wilderness and public lands near me are weekend warriors tourists from the Front Range that "claim" to be locals LOL, as much, if not more, than out of state tourists.
Native of Denver, actually Aurora. Aurora a suburb, one of many is larger than Denver. Aurora's Mayor is a moderate and conservative, and Aurora is much nicer to live in. Come on, this the place to be. Colorado has alot to offer.
G that’s precious…. You are def not from here. We are not interested in your silly parties n pay little attention . Like the guy at bar known by his car. ….Mr. Corvette or known by their academic accomplishments… the rocket engineer .., the Master of speech,, blah blah … they feel special n we know person so surface no reason remember their name. Appears that’s what u got caught up in. “Yep yep let’s drink to that” is not agreement w u.., it’s not wanting to engage in a discourse w a 7th grader. Yep your group is the coolest., Let me fill u n,..it’s the BLUEPRINT.. they r patting self on back .. they r what i explained earlier, combined w Boulder crowd your crowd responding to dog whistle they mistakenly believe successful… they r even bragging they can be successful in any state. We r tolerant 2 all the posers… even sympathetic just dont be a dick,,,, well that’s where we r at now.
Its the fact that california is a dumpster fire so people started leaving and moving to denver.... its mostly based on the vote. Denver was clean and nice when it was red, now that its blue it is now a cesspool. This is always the result of voting blue. I grew up in denver. I thought i was " democrat " for most of my life. I joined the army to get out of denver, then i started learning and seeing what is changing and why. I figured out that i was not a democrat while serving in my first tour through iraq and seeing with my own eyes to gain some serious perspective. I still live in colorado unfortunately, but i avoid the denver area like the plague. @TOLDUSO4EVS7676
As a native that left 3 years ago, I got tired of the Californiacation of the state. It was like living in Cali and the city of Denver has grown from north of Fort Collins to past Colorado Springs. It's a mega city now along with being stupid expensive and riddled with crime. It will always be my home, but i'll never live there again as I don't align with most of the population there now.
@@Britcarjunkie for sure, I remember driving on I-25 and seeing a few cars here and there in the early 90's and then by the late 90's it was congested. Huge change.
@@Britcarjunkie yes I do remember that very well We all saw it coming and couldn't stop it. Just had to sit back and watch them destroy this beautiful state.
The whole blaming everything on California, is just stale. It's economic growth, and there's some positives and negatives. Yes it's more expensive, but that just motivates me to make more money, some people see it different. As far as being riddled with crime, I just don't see it. A lot of "crime-ridden neighborhoods" have been completely renovated, and a lot of neighborhoods that were crime ridden, aren't now.
As a native resident. Colorado has gone from this amazing lovely place/hidden gem to just another dirty, overly expensive pile of bull excrement. Thanks dems!
@@RazorBrain1 what tribe? Also the red states are the most unhealthy, take back more than they contribute from the federal government, have higher birth rates and welfare than blue states - so you are welcome to move to say - Florida
As a native from a Denver suburb in my early 50s the woke enabled crime, taxation, cost of living, and stupid political leaders is horrible. We are leaving in March. Beautiful place but it is so sad.
Well, when you have a Californian as a governor, what do you expect??? I mean, our governor will suck on anything he can get his mouth on. No surprise to me!
lol except in California I guarantee you no gang member would take over a private apartment building and the authorities would let them just chilling for a month or two. At least they can handle big boy things there. Overpriced absolutely. Haven’t lived there in over a decade because of this fact. Now saturated with illegals. Yeap. But that’s the extent. lol
As long as the liberal, progressive voters in Boulder, Ft. Collins and metro Denver keep electing a DemocRAT majority state government, nothing will change and living in Colorado will just get more expensive and dictatorial !
@@kenpatterson2948Yes, the state assessment is done every couple of years. They take in the prices homes are selling for in your neighborhood and then tax close to that amount. The price of my house has almost tripled since I bought it, which means much higher property taxes.
Don't move to Denver. The drivers suck and don't know how to drive in the snow The traffic is bad The cost of living is too much. Rent is your whole 40 hour job Skii resorts will take your money and rip you off Not much to do in terms of denver area The homeless is out of control You will see sketch people everywhere you go You will never be able to go anywhere during rush hour on I-25
Driving? Yup. It was 2014 and 25 North at University had a 125 car pileup. Ridiculous. It wasn’t black ice. Just stupidity. Driving too fast. Thinking 4WD means you can. Snow? SLOW DOWN. Snow? Buy better and appropriate tires. Snow? Change your schedule… go in later. Stay home. Let those that MUST be on the road have priority. I couldn’t grasp the idiots deciding waiting until it was dumping to go to the store. What? You could have gone yesterday? What is wrong with you? Denver is a great city memory for me. Sounds like I left at the right time.
Even in the snow they drive like idiots. They either drive too fast and crash or drive too slow like an coward when there isnt even that much snow on the road...
I had Venezuelans come to my door begging for food in Aurora. I’m and way out here and I was shocked when it happened. When I go shopping for groceries, they are there too. The government screwed us by making us a sanctuary city. The cost of living is out of hand too. It is getting out of hand with homelessness and drug use as well.
@@letupandridemarkdangelo170 Are they illegal or legal? If they are illegal then I don't care how nice they are. They are law breakers taking advantage of the system.
Loveland and Fort Collins liberal for sure, but not nearly as bad as Denver. Windsor would surprise some conservatives outside of Colorado, but not comparable to the three. Weld county makes a difference for sure.
Good day. I was born in Denver and moved to Fort Collins and finished Grammer Junior and Senior School in the early 80s. I still live in Fort Collins, and it is worse now than when my parents moved here in the early 1970s. Denver is much worse than Fort Collins .
I live in Loveland, and my son commutes to denver. The liberal Californians, the crappy governors we have had, no cap on growth to keep our suburbs quaint have absolutley RUINED our state. The politics, rising prices and taxes as well as water are pushing the wonderful people of True colorado out and the commies run the state. We have to make reservations to go to mtns now...what? Lived here since 1979. No, thanks. I used to be a landscape wildlife photographer here. It has changed! Believe me. Very sad as this was a beautiful stete with family values,outdoor fun and clean air
@kelly851 Key word - WAS - as I said in my comment - I am true Colorado Natives born and raised, third generation and I miss what Colorado was, not what it has become. 🥲 So glad I bailed.
DENVER is a joke, love the rest of Colorado. DENVER IS NOT ALL OF COLORADO, BUT THE MAYOR AND GOVERNOR IS A JOKE. I've lived here over 20 years, and honestly crime is an issue.
@@archiebunker3654 not the entire state, but for sure the population dense areas have gone Commiefornia, and those liberals are mostly voting liberal which is destroying this state.
As a former Denverite, my take is that things started to go south when Californians started moving to the area in the early 1990's and then when Colorado legalized recreational marijuana in 2012. Denver used to be a fantastic place to live; beautiful and affordable. Not so anymore. 😪
@@bellmattwebbSeriously??!! What planet are you on? Crime is decriminalized, illegals have taken over, taxes through the roof, lawful citizens penalized
@@bellmattwebb Sanctuary status, mismanagement of CPW and conservation, authoritative neo leftist policies and aligning with California on unrealistic emissions laws that they were forced to walk back. The gaslighting of folks in Aurora was indefensible as well. I mean, did you watch the video? He highlights some pretty terrible results from progressive policies.
I’m a Native Coloradan and have been alive for 52 years. This state has so much natural beauty, and that is it now. The Political Landscape of Colorado and especially Under the Golden Dome has done so much damage to this state and it’s citizens!!! I used to think Colorado was the Greatest State in the Union. Now, I would never recommend anyone move to Colorado or Denver anymore!!! When Colorado became the 1st State to legalize Marijuana, it was the beginning of the end of Colorado and Denver Specifically being a great place to live!!!
Let’s tell the truth regarding highway expansion and the recent multi-billion expansion of I-25 in and thru Denver. When this highway project was done (named T Rex, Summer 2001 - Fall 2006), at the beginning of that boondoggle the people in charge knew that the additional 1 lane in each direction plus the Light Rail, that all of the projections showed that this extra lane was already filled to overflowing (rush hour) when they broke ground. Yes I know that this $1.67Billion boondoggle would have cost more to add 2 lanes each way; but look at how bad the traffic is now, and it is only getting worse. Seems pretty short sighted considering the big picture to me. Yet the idiot politicians keep working on attracting more people to move to the metro area like the sky is the limit. I for one am happy to hear that some are moving away, finally. Maybe one day I will get to join them.
I moved here from NC back in 2018 due to a job transfer, I am saving up to move within the next 2yrs. In the 6yrs I've lived here I have experienced the property management mafia monopoly, increase in crime, traffic, inflation, rotting infrastructure, and much more that you did mention. Now I have to deal with finding expensive eggs/milk and hoping they will be available that doesn't cost me $10 or more, meanwhile try and run ANY errand in Denver and you will be descended upon by a human herd of window washers! No does not compute! Safety is now at the top of my list as to why I am moving. That being said, Denver is amazing experience with its nature wonders but the lack of governance is astounding!!!!!
It’s like a mini LA without police. Or ones that know what they are doing. Nowhere in California would let a gangs teenagers take over a private apartment building for months. Hours max. Less nice views not as bad crimes. LA we have almost 24 million that’s just southern region of California. Colorado entire state is 5 million. Years and years before they decided to let in over half a million illegals I always thought how Denver is cute it’s like a little mini San Francisco minus insanely high hills that you have to be in traffic in not roll down lol.
I'm 4th generation and we are leaving Colorado, its an unrecognizable California clone at this point. Unaffordable housing, record crime and homelessness, handouts for illegals while we struggle, the list goes on and on. All the natives are being priced out/driven out by insane politics while transplants move in and vote for the nonsense they left. Obviously this is general statements and doesn't apply to literally everyone, but its my family's reality and the reality of most people I've talked to. Breaks my heart but it is what it is
I feel the same way man. Several generations here in Colorado and it has become a terrible place with the libtards. The only reason I haven't moved out is due to my daughter. Her mother won't move and I won't leave my daughter high and dry.
I lived in Denver and suburbs for 19 years and saw the rapid decline back in '16 and got my family out. We're still in CO but have zero reason to even visit Denver.
I’ve always disliked Denver. Paid parking, just chaotic. Now we doubled our numbers adding over half a million illegals it’s gotten worse. Getting attacked at the lights that’s always fun
Having jackasses for mayor in Denver and Aurora and governor for the last decade + jackass majorities in state congress + even bigger jackasses not elected but appointed in some cases has turned Denver and, increasingly, Colorado into a giant piss puddle.
@ Wow - how could I forget our jackass SoS! There are so many jackasses in power in CO that you forgot how many there are. It’s like you can’t see the forest of jackasses because of the jackass trees.
I remember researching an over abundance of political candidates here, & every single one of them, came across as some sort of ignorant, “woke”, grifter. (Later they tried to keep Trump off the ballot)…
I left the area in 2017. Watching more and more cars with California license plates around the Denver area was not a good sign, and I felt in my gut things were going to go downhill.
I am a 4th generation native. I live in the exact neighborhood where my grandfather deployed for WWII. I deployed from Colorado for Iraq three times. I can't wait to leave. Democrats have destroyed the state.
Come to Texas where GOP has effed up my beloved state by undermining the former ethos of freethinking to lockstep right wing fascist. What is wrong with being smaller population and middling politics, neither crazed right wingers or too far left? I advocate good air quality, conserve water, and don't go cuckoo over border sh--, like Trump suck-up Greg Abbott.
I've been here 53 years and it's very much a disappointment. The best thing I ever did was move out of the Metro area. The West Slope was like a different world, but nothing is affordable in this State. I-25 pretty much from Wyoming to Colorado Springs is hit or miss, at any time the traffic can just stop moving. But, that is the only interstate running north & south that we have. I-25 was never meant to carry a traffic load like it does nowadays. Sadly, most of the affordable housing and overall cost of living is in the mid-west, rust belt. I would like to move out of this state. You make some excellent points and it's a good discussion. Most of my friends who are native to Colorado have moved away. They could not afford to move back, even if they wanted to! 🙂
Am 4th generation Coloradan, for 50 years the political system shifted, often because of Californians leaving their ruined state. A shame it’s happened.
I appreciate you watching - I will say I’ve long wondered why we blame California so much. Statistically we see a ton of people come from Florida, Texas and Arizona - where are their political beliefs in the this whole mix?
@@destinationdenvercolorado perhaps the fleeing folks from Arizona, Florida, Texas and other states share the same values and beliefs as the current Colorado residents who voted for leadership that has led to higher taxes, crime and other issues. Hopefully things will swing back to being more normal. I’ve visited back to Denver many times, over the last decade. Things have deteriorated, the downtown area seems less safe, more homeless and increased gang activity and crime. “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.”
@@destinationdenvercolorado Native, born, Boulder "57" finished high school in a non-diverse, prejudice, area, with little opportunity for one of my ethnicity to obtain a decent job. The mentality that came with living in Colorado at that time was poverty, despair, frustration. Which led to a passive/aggressive behavior looking for gratification, friends, parties, alcohol, With lots of drugs available. So in 84 I left No Co with a DUI, no job, money and no HOPE. To Glendale, AZ and within 10 days had my AZ driver license. Two weeks later working for a military defense contractor, with opportunity for advancement and never looked back. After retiring from pharmaceutical Validation Eng. job of 23 yrs. in 2019, I found a non-diverse, prejudice, passive/aggressive poverty stricken, desperate, frustrated, drug infested state with the first openly gay Gov, first to legalize pot and the loosest abortion laws in the country. So the people them selves have themselves to blame not the people from Calif. I tell anyone under 40 yrs. to get the hell out of this piss hole full of pot holes, to find yourself and find opportunity. Its not in Colo. Thank God at least I can retire....
Left in 2019 and will never go back. Born there and spent my first 30 years there. Denver, Aurora and the NE suburbs were always bad, but now the whole metro area is an unsafe s*** hole. Horrible crime, homeless and illegal immigration issues. Marijuana legalization was the beginning of Colorado's downfall. Very sad.
I could not agree with you more. I have lived in the Ken Caryl Area my whole life, and the crime rate out here now is 10 times what it was 25 years ago!!! People don’t want to hear it, but until Colorado goes red again, things are only getting worse!!!
I used to volunteer at the Denver Rescue Mission and commented one time of the amount of homeless we were serving, and I asked one of the guys who had been serving there for a while if it had always been so busy and he said no. It got really bad after they legalized pot because people just got here however they could w/ no plan, no job, no place to live - nothing - just because pot was finally legal and they could buy and smoke freely. They came, started living on the streets, filled the shelters and never left.
My Family from Custer County thought Colorado went downhill when the Capital was named in Golden over Silver Cliff. If you didn't come when Colorado was a territory you were not wanted.
To each their own, but most of Colorado is purple or even conservative - it's mainly the urban cores that are liberal, which is true basically everywhere in the US - even the deep south. The main issue for Colorado is that Denver and some Front Range cities basically dominate the politics of the state. I moved here from Florida - while the state is run by conservatives (which has its own problems), I lived in Orlando - which is very liberal. I'm actually in Colorado Springs right now and really enjoy it. There is a mix of people but with 5 military installations and plenty of churches, it is more on the conservative side for Colorado. I understood this when I moved here but I don't wear my political beliefs on my shoulders either.
Left Colorado in 2020 and sold a house in Aurora for $450,000. I moved to Texas I bought a $250,000 house witth 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms on 6 acres of land. I love it.
All of the best cities and towns are blue. That extends out to states and even countries. Garfield, Eagle, Pitkin, Summit... tf??? Alsso, Lake country (can't forget about South Park!)
Native here. This state has become pure rounded CRAP. No clue why people want to come to this 💩 hole to take a bigger 💩. There is NOTHING nice here, nothing. No quality of life. It’s beyond repair. Ruined forever. Working to get out now.
I’m so sorry. I’ve been here since 2012 and have seen a huge difference in that short time. My daughter is a native, so I’ll stay as long as she does but it really is sad to hear natives pushed out of their home. I love the laid back vibe of native Coloradans
I visited Denver twice, 10 years in between and could not believe how much more crowded and built up everything was, and how much traffic had increased. It was not an improvement.
Auto theft has impacted everybody I know here. Even though my car was not stolen I was almost run over by a car that was stolen and being chased buy a cop, and I wasn't even on a road. This place is beyond a mess.
Same! I've lived here almost my entire life (63) and I can't stand it here anymore. It's become Commiefornia 2.0! The liberal left wing has RUINED our school system, taken over our government and has openly declared WAR against straight White Christians. I'm moving to a red state and bot looking back. No regrets.
I agree the Mayor and entire city council have been a clown show for decades, that ruins our city with their high taxes and policies, then blame everyone else. The voters who vote for them are the real clowns; mostly the wealthiest people in the city. Just look at which houses harbor the signs in Denver. They're not worried about their rent. Definitely they're all eating well. I would love to eat at some of these nice restaurants. This state is ripe to turn back red. I've lived here a lifetime. There hasn't been a different party for decades!
I want to restrict freedoms. Especially freedom to travel. Travel permits. Two year delay in getting a travel permit. Want to go to Denver? Want to move to Denver? Then submit an application for travel and wait two years. Yes you read that right. I want to restrict freedoms. Panhandling freedom. Dope freedom. Trespassing freedom. Restrict them all.
Denvenezuela nope I mean we went from 10% of our citizens over 500k struggling to pay overpriced rent and housing unstable people. Nearly 3/4 of renters struggling. To the mayor deciding to say hey our resources are already not enough to go around let’s double that number with immigrants. So now we have over 20% of the population reporting that they have issues. Not everyone does. So that’s what we know. At least 1/5 of our state is struggling. So nothing to be proud of and everything to be ashamed of. Paying nearly $3k rent a month it’s no wonder. Corporate greed smh
Great video, very fair assessment. I left Denver 9 years ago because it seemed to be on the wrong track for me. I'm always SHOCKED at the incredible decline of a once great city. There is no amount of money my employer could pay me to get me to move back to Denver. It's just not for me...
Could not agree more. Hope Indiana never makes pot legal. Elton John even spoke out on the issue of legalizing pot in the U.S. and Canada and what a mistake he feels it is. This is a rock star who's been around the block a time or two.
To many of us, it foolishly seemed like a good idea at the time, but we were tragically overlooking, the quality of people this kind of thing attracts…
Legal weed, and the void it created in the black market, along with the dirty pharma opioid overprescribing, caused the cartels to ramp up the heroin/fentanyl smuggling, and now here we are , in hell.
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From Denver. Left in 2020, saw the writing on the wall ( literally).
Liberal Woksters needs to leave Colorado so we can be a Red State once again... Over half of the 64 counties are conservatives and still scratching my head?!
Going by the comments here, it's the "liberals" who are happy and need to stay and the conservatives who are miserable and need to move to Mississippi or somewhere nice and conservative.
@@kerrynight3271 just the wealthy libs are happy! They can live in their gated communities and avoid much of the deterioration and crime everyone else has to deal with. I don't think the working class, middle class and poor are having such a great time!
lol naw it’s nowhere near as ghetto as Sacramento. I always compare it to a mini San Francisco minus the crazy steep hills you have to maneuver through bumper to bumper traffic in. Now we have about as many illegals and crime. Unfortunately not enough authorities who know or will handle. Nowhere ever would a group of teenage gangsters take over a private apartment building for months in California. A few hours tops. Overpriced similarly. Nowhere near as overpopulated. 1/3 of California SoCal specifically has 5 x the amount of people in all of Colorado. You just get to decide out there do I want to live in the country or do I want to pay $2000 for a studio. Should I live in this area and get stabbed or this one and get shot at. Unless you’re rich lol
People who moved to Denver recently for the lifestyle ruined the lifestyle. I grew up in North Denver- North Side looks like crap now. The old school charm no longer exists . The same goes for five points and the Westside.
As a long time Denver native and current resident, it's disrespectful to try to change the name of a neighborhood due to gentrification. To me it will ALWAYS be Five Points, the Northside ect.
This is great news! Things have finally gotten so bad people are leaving. I have been waiting for this to happen. As a native I am thrilled! I hope the door doesn’t hit them in the way out!! :)
I’ve been in Colorado since 1988. Not in the front range but on the west slope. Denver used to have the “brown cloud” all the time. I’ve noticed the air getting clearer over the years. Maybe the pollution now is invisible but it looks better to me. As for the political situation, Colorado is solidly blue. The dems have a super majority in the state legislature and it goes right along with California. The west slope (west of the continental divide) is solidly red but is out-voted by the front range. People out here are pissed about what’s happening.
It is definitely interesting to see the contrast between the front range and the western slope, and if the state and more of its towns will slide back to more of a purple state that we were for a long time.
That is one of the main problems: the blue cities control statewide by out-voting the sensible population. Family is what keeps me here, but maybe we can move to another part of the state so I can still hunt in Colorado. Haven't decided yet.
Go woke go broke is whats happening in Denver. Look into the Cdot executive director. She is a harvard history lady who replaced a construction engineer guru.. This was in 2019 and the highways are always jacked up and closing all the time now. Thanks to Polsi the gaper!
After 27 years of living in Denver circumstances forced me + family out in 2017. Soaking up the sun down here in Florida and loving it! I will always love Colorado but Denver as it is today… no thank you. ✌🏻❤️🇺🇸🙏🏻🌎
I can’t see myself leaving Denver and I still believe it is an amazing city - and I can totally understand your thoughts on it and why you left. Thank you for sharing that, and I’m glad you’re family found a good place to call home!
Florida is a total shithole with terrible and weird old people. Endless roads, it offers nothing. I grew up there, I would never go back. Hot, humid, bugs, polluted beaches, terrible people, awful food, no culture. Nope.
If you're helping people move here.. you're a big part of the problem!!! I'm a native and our beautiful city, state is ruined. I agree with other commenters that California people have ruined our state by bringing their dumb political beliefs here. They hate California but are very happy to bring their baggage with them. UGH!! I am definitely trying to move to another state. FROM A DENVER NATIVE OF 60+ YEARS!!
I understand the frustrations - I assure you my videos and career are not the cause of your sorrows, more like an extremely small pebble in a very large ocean. I have always found the “Californians are ruining Colorado” story funny - my parents said the same thing when I was a little kid growing up in Lakewood. Statistically there are nearly as many people coming from Texas, Arizona and Florida and it’s been that way for years. Do those people not have political beliefs?
@@ST-mk5cb If he doesn't do it someone else will. At least he sees the problem, and is speaking out on it. For that I am thankful. It takes guts to speak out. And what are you doing to help fix the problem besides complain?
As a Colorado native who grew up in Golden/Lakewood I have moved away. Lived in Castle Rock for 22 years until it got unbearable. That idiot in the statehouse, idiots in the legislature, an idiot mayor in Denver… thanks Californication transplants. We moved to Pueblo… yes Pueblo… it’s safer and way less traffic. Yes, safer than Denver. Also Pueblo turned red and the new mayor is cleaning things up. Denver Sucks!
I appreciate you watching and sharing your perspective. I’m also happy to hear you are enjoying Pueblo and that it’s improving, that’s where my mother’s side of the family is from and near and dear to my heart!
@@danielaragon9497 Stupid thing to say. We can vote against poor practices but when we are outvoted, or they cheat there is no way around that. Stop blaming the victims. Same thing in all the blue states. The big cities carry the most votes. But times are changing folks.
$22_23 phr to start a skilled trade job in denver is not enough money to afford rent and food let alone pay for a vehicle. A fckn bus pass costs 130 bucks for the month. Its unbelievable!!
It's great to see how transparent this channel is. I guess I’m part of the problem-Dutch guy who moved here a year ago with my wife, who has roots in Colorado. That said, most of the issues you mention aren’t unique to Denver; they’re happening nationwide and even globally. Some of these challenges will take years to address. In fact, I hear the same concerns from my family and friends in Amsterdam: homelessness, cost of living, housing, infrastructure, and air quality.
Thank you so much for saying that, I just believe that people are going to learn the truth eventually - good or bad - and I would rather just say it and get it out there. You make an extremely valid point - the challenges Denver faces is not just a local one, it is happening everywhere and especially in any city where a lot of people live or want to live.
You're not part of the problem if you are a contributing member of society. Just be careful how you vote. Having said that, our election system is corrupt.
I grew up there in the 60s. What a wonderful place to grow up.....There was a cattle feed lot right off of I-25. It did smell. It was about 300k people total. California was haveing earthquakes that were pretty terrible. After every one of them somewhere around 40k people from CA would to Denver. It really distroyed the housing market. The more CA people that moved in the wors it got. Oh well, days gone by.
Left the metro area 11 years ago and went to Sterling, but as I saw Colorado sinking faster I left and now live in Wyoming, where I have now retired. P.S. I was born and raised in Greeley, so Colorado does hold a place in my heart but I will not ever move back. As far as the brown cloud that has been around since the mid-70s.
I’ve lived in and around Denver for over 60 years. The haziness and “brown cloud” has been here since I can remember. It’s the geology causing a pocket along the front range by Denver that causes it.
@nolanwilder6098 News outlets are using the term wokeness in different ways. The right uses it to decry soft of crime policies, (releasing violent criminals with no or very low bail) and unchecked illegal immigration. Out of the recent years of grievances I've heard labeled as woke, none of them pertained to civil rights for any demographic or orientation, which is the original meaning of the term woke. The average Colorado conservative or libertarian has nothing against any law abiding citizen, cannabis, or abortion, and believe in "live and let live." I can't speak on the hard core religious base, but they aren't the majority. My leftist activist people believe antiwoke means anti diversity, women, and lgbtq+. I blame the online media bubble for the confusion. People watch bias left v right news and podcasts that only show extreme versions of the other side. Using a term like woke with different meanings depending on your politics was an effective way to sow fear and division among the working class. While people are focused on that, large corporations have had record breaking profits every quarter, and investing in residential properties. They now set the prices for everything from cereal to rent, and of course our wages. Currently, i think divide and conquer is the saying people should be most concerned with.
@@April-t6z Woke is a term the MAGA right has decided to redefine, as a way to divide Americans. In reality it a term ment to awaken others to others reality, bringing people to together with knowledge and understanding. We all have a lot in common but way to much disinformation dividing us. So be sure you're not part of the problem or the rich oligarchs will get richer and the corrupt politicians will get even more powerful and corrupt.
From Santa Fe born and raised. Now live on the outskirts of Denver. Please don’t move there. Used to be a nice town. It’s Albuquerque 2.0 with a mayor that’s causing the same problems as the one here but 5x worse. Crime is worse than Colorado. Rent is sky high (yes it’s cheaper in Colorado). Culture is gone. Food is more expensive. People are mean. The list could go on and on. Also if you have a business, New Mexico is the least business friendly state and we still have gross receipts tax. So good luck with that. Of course if you have connections in New Mexico then none of what I just said matters at all as that’s all that seems to thrive in Santa Fe now is ppl with connections.
Although Cheyenne isn't as exciting and nice I'll say it's half or a third the price of a house as Denver, yet you can still have all the things Colorado has to offer in a short drive-- we do have wind of course,ha.
As a Colorado native I was over Denver 25 years ago and moved to a small town on the Western Slope, after living in Lakewood, Evergreen and Wheatridge since 1975, with 5 years in Gunnison while in school. When we moved back to the Denver area in '75, it was one of the best places you could ever live. By the time I left, trips to the mountains were a traffic nightmare, the whole place was overcrowded, polluted and people where just getting weird, being mostly transplants from less than desirable leftard states. It was brutal watching gorgeous open land being transformed into ugly business and residential developments, such as Highlands Ranch, Superior and the SW section of C-470. And this was all before the idiot leftists like Polis and Johnston took over, who people actually vote for. You all can have your ccookie-cutter subdivisions, cookie-cutter SUVs sitting in hours of traffic, and your crime ridden Sanctuary City nonsense. It's all yours!
"Being mostly transplants from less than desirable leftard states". Believe me if the leftards knew what they coming to they would've chosen somewhere else to be leftarded. You people that were here were to blame, you voted this crap in!!!! You let it get this way..... be accountable.
Aurora assembled a meeting at the Stampede for immigrants. Can you see the irony Colorado has been "Stampeded" locals cannot afford to support third world countries WTFU
Just to give y’all a little more perspective from my first comment I paid $109,000 for my first house in 1998 and it was a five bedroom three bathroom house in North Glen Colorado the farm that I grew up on when I was a little kid is now a housing development and a mall so if you’re not a native leave, good riddance goodbye go things used to be cheap in the state gas when I was in high school was $.60 a gallon and I would also love for this state to be a Republican state so all you Democrats go back to Californialeave see ya have a good life
I hope this is for real including the Colorado springs area. People need to leave... The quality of people who have been locating here over the last 40 years are mostly a real bad element for the area...Colorado Front Range has become a huge white trash campground over the last 4 decades.
It is definitely a mix of people, and like any major city, there is a lot of good and bad. It will be interesting to see what happens in the coming years.
@@destinationdenvercolorado I grew up on the west side of Colorado Springs in the 60's, 70's and 80's,... where I grew up was like living in the country...., now its mass chaos with what was once open space is now clogged up with everything from multi million dollar houses , luxury town homes , apartments ,medical centers , carwashes , strip centers , churches..etc. pretty icky ... I am tucked into the outskirts in the mountains thankfully but dread having to go into the springs to work,,, It feels like a foreign unfamiliar place...Its pretty depressing what has happened..
I remember when Colorado was a red state and their thrice elected dem. governor, Lamm, wrote a book in 1985, " Immigration Time Bomb," that warned against illegal immigration . He was right. The local Hispanics have been steadily displaced folks travelling up from Mexico via I-25. It used to be a treat for this GenXer to visit the cash register building that my Vietnam veteran uncle helped build. It was fun to go to Elitch's and Lakeside amusement parks. It was fun to visit the bustling 16th Street Mall without being accosted by the homeless.
We left the area. It was nice, but it is now too built up. There are many political issues. It has become more expensive for a diminished quality of life. My mother always tells us they made her Colorado into California.
I want to know where all this marijuana tax money is going because it's not going to the roadways or schools like it was promised to pass marijuana in Colorado. We were taxed recently for roadway repairs. Where's the money?
Get rid of Polis!! My hometown has been deteriorating for years! But the illegal immigrants' crime is insane! No shopping, restaurants, health care, or early closing times all over. Building on every square inch! Sighs- I love this beautiful state, it's my home and my heart. Traffic is out of control! It's rush hour all day! The 🔥 fires, no more rain. I can go on all day. 😢😢
Colorado is for rich people. Real estate and HOA fees are unaffordable except for the rich. The weather is very cold. Crime is a problem in many places. Homelessness is growing. Some strange and scary people running around; perhaps the drugs or the altitude. Denver has lost its soul.
Good riddance! Too many people have moved here in Colorado. I'm a native, born in the 70'a. I would love to see all the newbies get outta here! Sorry, but Denver, Aurora, and the surrounding areas are a cesspool.
I was born in Denver. I am not a city person and I couldn't be more thankful that I don't live in or near Denver! I lived in CO until I was 16, moved with family to other states then came back in 2000. I am still in CO, in the front range foothills but the government here is horrible! The cost of living has gone up an amazing amount since then! Denver/Aurora is actually dangerous to be in now. I have an aunt and cousins in Aurora and their vehicles have been broken into several times in the last year.
Unfortunately, the folks leaving are the natives and people that lived there forever. If the folks that caused the problem would leave that would be great. Maybe I could go home again, but the city is ruined now. You can't even see the mountains anymore compared to when I grew up there.
I live in northern Utah and used to do regular road trips to western Kentucky... I've tried driving through Denver a few times, but MAN ! .. Every time... road construction, crazy snow and such, I switched to going down through New Mexico and never have to worry about weather or road construction etc. I'm not fond of Kansas either.
These people who moved here for "the lifestyle" are the ones who have ruined the lifestyle. Traffic is terrible, the cost of living is outrageous, and the mountains are overcrowded and trashed by out of state putzes who treat the wilderness like a landfill. Way to go, folks.
usuk.
Sounds like Utah
@@shaecloud4403 The OP spoke the truth. I lived on the front range for 36 yrs, and left in 2013 because it bit the big one back then.
Unfortunately, a lot of the people trashing the wilderness and public lands near me are weekend warriors tourists from the Front Range that "claim" to be locals LOL, as much, if not more, than out of state tourists.
Native of Denver, actually Aurora. Aurora a suburb, one of many is larger than Denver. Aurora's Mayor is a moderate and conservative, and Aurora is much nicer to live in. Come on, this the place to be. Colorado has alot to offer.
I used to live in Denver. I now live outside of Denver. Very outside. The further I move from Denver, the happier I am.
This is a very common thing I hear and I’ve worked with a lot of people doing the same thing. They might be over Denver but they still love Colorado.
I hope you moved east way out by kansas border
Same here.
Same here I live in lone tree now, so much more peaceful
Denver has become a sewer city ....poop urine everywhere
You hit all the points on why we are leaving Colorado after 40 years. Definitely will miss the states beauty but not it's politics
yup, it's politics
Go to your red state and complain about how much you hate everything in the world. Let us live in peace here in our beautiful state.
G that’s precious…. You are def not from here. We are not interested in your silly parties n pay little attention .
Like the guy at bar known by his car. ….Mr. Corvette or known by their academic accomplishments… the rocket engineer .., the Master of speech,, blah blah … they feel special n we know person so surface no reason remember their name.
Appears that’s what u got caught up in. “Yep yep let’s drink to that” is not agreement w u.., it’s not wanting to engage in a discourse w a 7th grader. Yep your group is the coolest.,
Let me fill u n,..it’s the BLUEPRINT.. they r patting self on back .. they r what i explained earlier, combined w Boulder crowd your crowd responding to dog whistle they mistakenly believe successful… they r even bragging they can be successful in any state.
We r tolerant 2 all the posers… even sympathetic just dont be a dick,,,, well that’s where we r at now.
I'll pray for you from Texas. God bless
@Think-dont-believe 🤔 I grew up here. Not sure why morals are such a bad thing in Colorado 🤷♂️
Born and raised in Leadville CO. many years ago. Denver is a cesspool now.
Is it thee people??
@@TOLDUSO4EVS7676
Yes, the quantity of people and the Dem Ideology/voting has screwed it up.
Its the fact that california is a dumpster fire so people started leaving and moving to denver.... its mostly based on the vote. Denver was clean and nice when it was red, now that its blue it is now a cesspool. This is always the result of voting blue. I grew up in denver. I thought i was " democrat " for most of my life. I joined the army to get out of denver, then i started learning and seeing what is changing and why. I figured out that i was not a democrat while serving in my first tour through iraq and seeing with my own eyes to gain some serious perspective. I still live in colorado unfortunately, but i avoid the denver area like the plague. @TOLDUSO4EVS7676
A glorious, revolutionary cesspool. Support The Party!
@@jonathanlawson5812 .... You're just a whiner 😁
As a native that left 3 years ago, I got tired of the Californiacation of the state. It was like living in Cali and the city of Denver has grown from north of Fort Collins to past Colorado Springs. It's a mega city now along with being stupid expensive and riddled with crime. It will always be my home, but i'll never live there again as I don't align with most of the population there now.
Wasn't that SO SAD. I'm a native too. But my kids have lives here and it would be too difficult to leave.
Remember: back in the '90's, tens of thousands of Californians moved there. that's when it started.
@@Britcarjunkie for sure, I remember driving on I-25 and seeing a few cars here and there in the early 90's and then by the late 90's it was congested. Huge change.
@@Britcarjunkie yes I do remember that very well We all saw it coming and couldn't stop it. Just had to sit back and watch them destroy this beautiful state.
The whole blaming everything on California, is just stale. It's economic growth, and there's some positives and negatives. Yes it's more expensive, but that just motivates me to make more money, some people see it different. As far as being riddled with crime, I just don't see it. A lot of "crime-ridden neighborhoods" have been completely renovated, and a lot of neighborhoods that were crime ridden, aren't now.
As a native resident. Colorado has gone from this amazing lovely place/hidden gem to just another dirty, overly expensive pile of bull excrement. Thanks dems!
People found out about it, no matter how it tried to hide.
I'm a Native!
Damn Straight!
I've been thinking about it!
@@RazorBrain1 what tribe? Also the red states are the most unhealthy, take back more than they contribute from the federal government, have higher birth rates and welfare than blue states - so you are welcome to move to say - Florida
Why Dems?
@@paulkern7229 Because they are ruining everything everywhere? :)
12:48 growing up, I never needed camping reservations 8 months in advance
@@TheTweetybird1122 No doubt!!
We sold our camper and boat. Our hidden spots are not hidden anymore!
As a native from a Denver suburb in my early 50s the woke enabled crime, taxation, cost of living, and stupid political leaders is horrible. We are leaving in March. Beautiful place but it is so sad.
I don't blame you one bit. The so called "progressives" caused this. This opinion from a 36 yr resident who left.
amen
This woke seems terrible. Was it brought here by the Californians or somehow sprouted from some existing group of Coloradans,? Boulderites maybe?
This is the same in Colorado Springs! I lived here for four years and it has definitely changed!! My children and I are leaving next week!!!
I live in Colorado Springs, and I can’t believe how much this whole state has changed. It’s like they are dying to be California. It SUCKS!😢😢
Well, when you have a Californian as a governor, what do you expect??? I mean, our governor will suck on anything he can get his mouth on. No surprise to me!
Boise is calling you....
lol except in California I guarantee you no gang member would take over a private apartment building and the authorities would let them just chilling for a month or two. At least they can handle big boy things there.
Overpriced absolutely. Haven’t lived there in over a decade because of this fact. Now saturated with illegals. Yeap. But that’s the extent. lol
As long as the liberal, progressive voters in Boulder, Ft. Collins and metro Denver keep electing a DemocRAT majority state government, nothing will change and living in Colorado will just get more expensive and dictatorial !
Visit the nicer places. That is not Denver.
Polis is destroying our standard of living in Colorado. He's bringing CA policies that failed. I'm thinking of moving.
Sanctuary state, high auto insurance and exploding property taxes because of Polis. Leaving Calirado soon.
@@dapperdingo Does property taxes increase with home values?
@@kenpatterson2948Yes, the state assessment is done every couple of years. They take in the prices homes are selling for in your neighborhood and then tax close to that amount. The price of my house has almost tripled since I bought it, which means much higher property taxes.
I agree 💯 if i didn't have almost 20 yrs at my career here in Colorado I'd leave too.
This is the problem with allowing a polelicker in office....
Don't move to Denver.
The drivers suck and don't know how to drive in the snow
The traffic is bad
The cost of living is too much. Rent is your whole 40 hour job
Skii resorts will take your money and rip you off
Not much to do in terms of denver area
The homeless is out of control
You will see sketch people everywhere you go
You will never be able to go anywhere during rush hour on I-25
I am sure the legalization of drugs didn't help the vitality of the city.
I have been rear ended 6 times on the road here since 2019, no exaggeration. My neck is a mess
See they SUCK!
Driving? Yup. It was 2014 and 25 North at University had a 125 car pileup. Ridiculous.
It wasn’t black ice. Just stupidity. Driving too fast. Thinking 4WD means you can.
Snow? SLOW DOWN.
Snow? Buy better and appropriate tires.
Snow? Change your schedule… go in later. Stay home. Let those that MUST be on the road have priority.
I couldn’t grasp the idiots deciding waiting until it was dumping to go to the store. What? You could have gone yesterday? What is wrong with you?
Denver is a great city memory for me. Sounds like I left at the right time.
Even in the snow they drive like idiots. They either drive too fast and crash or drive too slow like an coward when there isnt even that much snow on the road...
I had Venezuelans come to my door begging for food in Aurora. I’m and way out here and I was shocked when it happened. When I go shopping for groceries, they are there too. The government screwed us by making us a sanctuary city. The cost of living is out of hand too. It is getting out of hand with homelessness and drug use as well.
My best friend is from Venezuela , Him and his wife are the nicest people I know in this state...
@@letupandridemarkdangelo170and? Doesn't mean they belong here. Why don't they live in Venezuela?
I did too in SE Denver. Same ladies several times. Someone made them a sign. They are mean, angry scary ladies!
@@letupandridemarkdangelo170 Are they illegal or legal? If they are illegal then I don't care how nice they are. They are law breakers taking advantage of the system.
@@richardmagnuson2131 Good to know .
Loveland, Fort Collins, Windsor are no better unfortunately. It’s sad to see what has happened to this state over the years☹️
Loveland and Fort Collins liberal for sure, but not nearly as bad as Denver.
Windsor would surprise some conservatives outside of Colorado, but not comparable to the three. Weld county makes a difference for sure.
Have a friend who lives in Loveland, refuses to admit it is a rat race now. She can't understand why I left the state.
Good day. I was born in Denver and moved to Fort Collins and finished Grammer Junior and Senior School in the early 80s. I still live in Fort Collins, and it is worse now than when my parents moved here in the early 1970s.
Denver is much worse than Fort Collins .
I live in Loveland, and my son commutes to denver. The liberal Californians, the crappy governors we have had, no cap on growth to keep our suburbs quaint have absolutley RUINED our state. The politics, rising prices and taxes as well as water are pushing the wonderful people of True colorado out and the commies run the state. We have to make reservations to go to mtns now...what? Lived here since 1979. No, thanks. I used to be a landscape wildlife photographer here. It has changed! Believe me. Very sad as this was a beautiful stete with family values,outdoor fun and clean air
@kelly851 Key word - WAS - as I said in my comment - I am true Colorado Natives born and raised, third generation and I miss what Colorado was, not what it has become. 🥲 So glad I bailed.
DENVER is a joke, love the rest of Colorado. DENVER IS NOT ALL OF COLORADO, BUT THE MAYOR AND GOVERNOR IS A JOKE. I've lived here over 20 years, and honestly crime is an issue.
The Governor and the Mayor need to get replaced.
I'm trying to get the hell out of Colorado entirely. The entire state is going full blown Commiefornia and I'm sick of it.
@@archiebunker3654 not the entire state, but for sure the population dense areas have gone Commiefornia, and those liberals are mostly voting liberal which is destroying this state.
Stay and fight with us!
@@jerwin2804Dude…the writing is on the wall and it is undeniable….Colorado is done for.
I went back home to the U.P. of Michigan but my wife's family is out here so we came back after 5 years. I miss Upper Michigan so bad. 😢
@@archiebunker3654 😂 go ahead and see what you find
As a former Denverite, my take is that things started to go south when Californians started moving to the area in the early 1990's and then when Colorado legalized recreational marijuana in 2012. Denver used to be a fantastic place to live; beautiful and affordable. Not so anymore. 😪
Earlier than that, back in the early 80s, the phrase 'don't californicate Colorado'.
The Governor and Mayor are absolutely AWFUL!!
What are their worst policies that they have enacted in your opinion?
@@bellmattwebbSeriously??!! What planet are you on? Crime is decriminalized, illegals have taken over, taxes through the roof, lawful citizens penalized
Then move omg
@@bellmattwebb Sanctuary status, mismanagement of CPW and conservation, authoritative neo leftist policies and aligning with California on unrealistic emissions laws that they were forced to walk back. The gaslighting of folks in Aurora was indefensible as well. I mean, did you watch the video? He highlights some pretty terrible results from progressive policies.
@RavenRunFoxRoam Thanks for sharing. I legitimately just wanted some talking points for my friends and I to discuss.
I’m a Native Coloradan and have been alive for 52 years. This state has so much natural beauty, and that is it now. The Political Landscape of Colorado and especially Under the Golden Dome has done so much damage to this state and it’s citizens!!! I used to think Colorado was the Greatest State in the Union. Now, I would never recommend anyone move to Colorado or Denver anymore!!! When Colorado became the 1st State to legalize Marijuana, it was the beginning of the end of Colorado and Denver Specifically being a great place to live!!!
A lot of people I talk to share that viewpoint - I appreciate you watching!
It wasn't Marijuana. It was the Democrats that came with it.
Same here in Colorado Springs you wouldn't want to live here..😉😎
Let’s tell the truth regarding highway expansion and the recent multi-billion expansion of I-25 in and thru Denver. When this highway project was done (named T Rex, Summer 2001 - Fall 2006), at the beginning of that boondoggle the people in charge knew that the additional 1 lane in each direction plus the Light Rail, that all of the projections showed that this extra lane was already filled to overflowing (rush hour) when they broke ground. Yes I know that this $1.67Billion boondoggle would have cost more to add 2 lanes each way; but look at how bad the traffic is now, and it is only getting worse. Seems pretty short sighted considering the big picture to me. Yet the idiot politicians keep working on attracting more people to move to the metro area like the sky is the limit.
I for one am happy to hear that some are moving away, finally. Maybe one day I will get to join them.
I agree 100%.
The Denver mayor is a criminal! Not a clown.
That too!
He is certainly not the most popular guy (or the governor) at the moment.
Rage!
*An effeminate & far less intelligent version of the Joker.*
Colorado Native here! Stuck here! Can't move, 😢, now hate it here blue State, crime & upside down😰
I moved here from NC back in 2018 due to a job transfer, I am saving up to move within the next 2yrs. In the 6yrs I've lived here I have experienced the property management mafia monopoly, increase in crime, traffic, inflation, rotting infrastructure, and much more that you did mention. Now I have to deal with finding expensive eggs/milk and hoping they will be available that doesn't cost me $10 or more, meanwhile try and run ANY errand in Denver and you will be descended upon by a human herd of window washers! No does not compute! Safety is now at the top of my list as to why I am moving. That being said, Denver is amazing experience with its nature wonders but the lack of governance is astounding!!!!!
Born in Denver, almost 55 now, and the entire metro area is ruined. It’s LA but in Colorado.
Yes, the left ruins a place, and then they do the same to the new place they move to. The definition of insanity.
It’s like a mini LA without police. Or ones that know what they are doing. Nowhere in California would let a gangs teenagers take over a private apartment building for months. Hours max.
Less nice views not as bad crimes. LA we have almost 24 million that’s just southern region of California. Colorado entire state is 5 million. Years and years before they decided to let in over half a million illegals I always thought how Denver is cute it’s like a little mini San Francisco minus insanely high hills that you have to be in traffic in not roll down lol.
You are correct. I just moved to Denver and it is HORRIBLE. I'd choose Baltimore over Denver. Fkn Baltimore!! wow :/
@@123lowp Oh my, yeah, DEN definitely sucks then! LOL
I'm 4th generation and we are leaving Colorado, its an unrecognizable California clone at this point. Unaffordable housing, record crime and homelessness, handouts for illegals while we struggle, the list goes on and on. All the natives are being priced out/driven out by insane politics while transplants move in and vote for the nonsense they left. Obviously this is general statements and doesn't apply to literally everyone, but its my family's reality and the reality of most people I've talked to. Breaks my heart but it is what it is
I feel the same way man. Several generations here in Colorado and it has become a terrible place with the libtards. The only reason I haven't moved out is due to my daughter. Her mother won't move and I won't leave my daughter high and dry.
Bye! 😂😂😂😂😂
I lived in Denver and suburbs for 19 years and saw the rapid decline back in '16 and got my family out. We're still in CO but have zero reason to even visit Denver.
I’ve always disliked Denver. Paid parking, just chaotic. Now we doubled our numbers adding over half a million illegals it’s gotten worse. Getting attacked at the lights that’s always fun
Move you crybabies!
Having jackasses for mayor in Denver and Aurora and governor for the last decade + jackass majorities in state congress + even bigger jackasses not elected but appointed in some cases has turned Denver and, increasingly, Colorado into a giant piss puddle.
I would say having a Jackass Governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney General haven’t done Coloradans any favors either!!!
@ Wow - how could I forget our jackass SoS! There are so many jackasses in power in CO that you forgot how many there are. It’s like you can’t see the forest of jackasses because of the jackass trees.
Speaking of Jackasses. The Mayor couldn't find his Ass with both hands!
I remember researching an over abundance of political candidates here, & every single one of them, came across as some sort of ignorant, “woke”, grifter.
(Later they tried to keep Trump off the ballot)…
Denver and Colorado is a Democrat guinea pig that is over eating .
I can sum up why people are leaving Denver in one word.....
CALIFORNIACATION.
I left the area in 2017. Watching more and more cars with California license plates around the Denver area was not a good sign, and I felt in my gut things were going to go downhill.
It’s depressing
I am a 4th generation native. I live in the exact neighborhood where my grandfather deployed for WWII. I deployed from Colorado for Iraq three times. I can't wait to leave. Democrats have destroyed the state.
I am with you.
I agree 💯!!
Come to Texas where GOP has effed up my beloved state by undermining the former ethos of freethinking to lockstep right wing fascist. What is wrong with being smaller population and middling politics, neither crazed right wingers or too far left? I advocate good air quality, conserve water, and don't go cuckoo over border sh--, like Trump suck-up Greg Abbott.
Same
Bye!!!
I've been here 53 years and it's very much a disappointment. The best thing I ever did was move out of the Metro area. The West Slope was like a different world, but nothing is affordable in this State. I-25 pretty much from Wyoming to Colorado Springs is hit or miss, at any time the traffic can just stop moving. But, that is the only interstate running north & south that we have. I-25 was never meant to carry a traffic load like it does nowadays. Sadly, most of the affordable housing and overall cost of living is in the mid-west, rust belt. I would like to move out of this state. You make some excellent points and it's a good discussion. Most of my friends who are native to Colorado have moved away. They could not afford to move back, even if they wanted to! 🙂
Increased Cost associated with housing is a result of high demand.
@@kenpatterson2948 It's much more than that. Wait till the over inflated housing bubble bursts, and it will.
West slope is being overrun by Californians and texans. I hate it
Am 4th generation Coloradan, for 50 years the political system shifted, often because of Californians leaving their ruined state. A shame it’s happened.
I appreciate you watching - I will say I’ve long wondered why we blame California so much. Statistically we see a ton of people come from Florida, Texas and Arizona - where are their political beliefs in the this whole mix?
I am also a 4th generation native. I completely agree with you.
@@destinationdenvercolorado perhaps the fleeing folks from Arizona, Florida, Texas and other states share the same values and beliefs as the current Colorado residents who voted for leadership that has led to higher taxes, crime and other issues. Hopefully things will swing back to being more normal. I’ve visited back to Denver many times, over the last decade. Things have deteriorated, the downtown area seems less safe, more homeless and increased gang activity and crime. “They paved paradise
and put up a parking lot.”
@@destinationdenvercolorado Native, born, Boulder "57" finished high school in a non-diverse, prejudice, area, with little opportunity for one of my ethnicity to obtain a decent job. The mentality that came with living in Colorado at that time was poverty, despair, frustration. Which led to a passive/aggressive behavior looking for gratification, friends, parties, alcohol, With lots of drugs available.
So in 84 I left No Co with a DUI, no job, money and no HOPE. To Glendale, AZ and within 10 days had my AZ driver license. Two weeks later working for a military defense contractor, with opportunity for advancement and never looked back.
After retiring from pharmaceutical Validation Eng. job of 23 yrs. in 2019, I found a non-diverse, prejudice, passive/aggressive poverty stricken, desperate, frustrated, drug infested state with the first openly gay Gov, first to legalize pot and the loosest abortion laws in the country. So the people them selves have themselves to blame not the people from Calif. I tell anyone under 40 yrs. to get the hell out of this piss hole full of pot holes, to find yourself and find opportunity. Its not in Colo.
Thank God at least I can retire....
Californians ruin any state they move too, just remember that...
Left in 2019 and will never go back. Born there and spent my first 30 years there. Denver, Aurora and the NE suburbs were always bad, but now the whole metro area is an unsafe s*** hole. Horrible crime, homeless and illegal immigration issues. Marijuana legalization was the beginning of Colorado's downfall. Very sad.
I could not agree with you more. I have lived in the Ken Caryl Area my whole life, and the crime rate out here now is 10 times what it was 25 years ago!!! People don’t want to hear it, but until Colorado goes red again, things are only getting worse!!!
@@SDOB5150Colorado will never be red it's a Blue Military slash prison State. With people from all over the world live here....😉💯🇺🇸
I used to volunteer at the Denver Rescue Mission and commented one time of the amount of homeless we were serving, and I asked one of the guys who had been serving there for a while if it had always been so busy and he said no. It got really bad after they legalized pot because people just got here however they could w/ no plan, no job, no place to live - nothing - just because pot was finally legal and they could buy and smoke freely. They came, started living on the streets, filled the shelters and never left.
My Family from Custer County thought Colorado went downhill when the Capital was named in Golden over Silver Cliff. If you didn't come when Colorado was a territory you were not wanted.
Colorado was bad before MJ legalization.
I live there my whole life had to retire early sold home immediately and moved Western Colorado the governor is a clown
And it's way too expensive too many illegal immigrants
@@SteveL-s9g I live on the western slope and I'm leaving too. The best thing for me is not to live in Colorado anywhere.
The governor is a communist.
and Polis...genuinely believe he's a great Presidential candidate, LOL!!!!!!!! Go back to greeting cards and Boulder.
Colorado has become liberally Insane! We're considering leaving.
It's not Colorado that's blue. The front range is blue.
To each their own, but most of Colorado is purple or even conservative - it's mainly the urban cores that are liberal, which is true basically everywhere in the US - even the deep south. The main issue for Colorado is that Denver and some Front Range cities basically dominate the politics of the state. I moved here from Florida - while the state is run by conservatives (which has its own problems), I lived in Orlando - which is very liberal. I'm actually in Colorado Springs right now and really enjoy it. There is a mix of people but with 5 military installations and plenty of churches, it is more on the conservative side for Colorado. I understood this when I moved here but I don't wear my political beliefs on my shoulders either.
Bye, I'm sure you won't be missed
Left Colorado in 2020 and sold a house in Aurora for $450,000. I moved to Texas I bought a $250,000 house witth 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms on 6 acres of land. I love it.
All of the best cities and towns are blue. That extends out to states and even countries. Garfield, Eagle, Pitkin, Summit... tf??? Alsso, Lake country (can't forget about South Park!)
Native here. This state has become pure rounded CRAP. No clue why people want to come to this 💩 hole to take a bigger 💩.
There is NOTHING nice here, nothing. No quality of life. It’s beyond repair. Ruined forever.
Working to get out now.
Taxes up 9.15)%
@@maria0112 Meaning; why we can’t have nice things. We’re paying for bloated government to keep sticking it to us.
I’m so sorry. I’ve been here since 2012 and have seen a huge difference in that short time. My daughter is a native, so I’ll stay as long as she does but it really is sad to hear natives pushed out of their home. I love the laid back vibe of native Coloradans
Bye crybaby! 😂😂😂
I am a Native too and Denver is getting too expensive and everything changed to it being toxic for me.
Wish all the 5 million extra that have moved to CO the last ten years would go back and leave this state.
not the real number, not even close, but I get your point.
Please people leave! Us natives would love that!
I visited Denver twice, 10 years in between and could not believe how much more crowded and built up everything was, and how much traffic had increased. It was not an improvement.
Auto theft has impacted everybody I know here. Even though my car was not stolen I was almost run over by a car that was stolen and being chased buy a cop, and I wasn't even on a road. This place is beyond a mess.
Yeah, because other states don't have crime! 😂😂😂
Yup, had one of my cars broken into, and another one of them stolen and crashed months later. Cops didnt do a thing
@@MC-zm7ny Progressive politicians soft on crime policies are a major problem in blue cities and states!!
I have grown to hate Communist Colorado and will move away as soon as I can.
They still owe me income tax money wouldn't let me buy Pot and go to work on Public Transportation place is a joke!
Same! I've lived here almost my entire life (63) and I can't stand it here anymore. It's become Commiefornia 2.0! The liberal left wing has RUINED our school system, taken over our government and has openly declared WAR against straight White Christians. I'm moving to a red state and bot looking back. No regrets.
Where are you considering moving to? I am thinking Wyoming.
@@SoundSphere-rt8jw Montana
Bye!!
I agree the Mayor and entire city council have been a clown show for decades, that ruins our city with their high taxes and policies, then blame everyone else.
The voters who vote for them are the real clowns; mostly the wealthiest people in the city. Just look at which houses harbor the signs in Denver.
They're not worried about their rent. Definitely they're all eating well.
I would love to eat at some of these nice restaurants.
This state is ripe to turn back red.
I've lived here a lifetime.
There hasn't been a different party for decades!
Move crybaby!
Im a Denver Native and I missed the 80's/90's vibe that Denver had. Legalizing it wasn't worth it.
The Mayor is a clown…
That's an insult to clowns, he is below a clown
And the Gov
Came here to say that 😂
Yes he is!
Denver has had nothing but trash mayor's and trash governors ever since Bill Owen's left office.
Traffic congestion liberal politics crime gangs sanctuary city housing prices rental prices drugs reason people are leaving
I want to restrict freedoms. Especially freedom to travel. Travel permits. Two year delay in getting a travel permit. Want to go to Denver? Want to move to Denver? Then submit an application for travel and wait two years.
Yes you read that right. I want to restrict freedoms. Panhandling freedom. Dope freedom. Trespassing freedom. Restrict them all.
Denvenezuela nope I mean we went from 10% of our citizens over 500k struggling to pay overpriced rent and housing unstable people. Nearly 3/4 of renters struggling.
To the mayor deciding to say hey our resources are already not enough to go around let’s double that number with immigrants.
So now we have over 20% of the population reporting that they have issues. Not everyone does. So that’s what we know.
At least 1/5 of our state is struggling. So nothing to be proud of and everything to be ashamed of. Paying nearly $3k rent a month it’s no wonder. Corporate greed smh
Great video, very fair assessment. I left Denver 9 years ago because it seemed to be on the wrong track for me. I'm always SHOCKED at the incredible decline of a once great city. There is no amount of money my employer could pay me to get me to move back to Denver. It's just not for me...
Thank the libs, the Californians, and the democrats!
@@Su-Joactually both party, none of them worked for the middle and lower class.
Drug legalization really jumpstarted the downfall.
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I agree weed was Colorado's downfall, that and Californication.
Could not agree more. Hope Indiana never makes pot legal. Elton John even spoke out on the issue of legalizing pot in the U.S. and Canada and what a mistake he feels it is. This is a rock star who's been around the block a time or two.
To many of us, it foolishly seemed like a good idea at the time, but we were tragically overlooking, the quality of people this kind of thing attracts…
Legal weed, and the void it created in the black market, along with the dirty pharma opioid overprescribing, caused the cartels to ramp up the heroin/fentanyl smuggling, and now here we are , in hell.
From Denver. Left in 2020, saw the writing on the wall ( literally).
Liberal Woksters needs to leave Colorado so we can be a Red State once again... Over half of the 64 counties are conservatives and still scratching my head?!
Going by the comments here, it's the "liberals" who are happy and need to stay and the conservatives who are miserable and need to move to Mississippi or somewhere nice and conservative.
TRUTH!
@@kerrynight3271 NEVER ill never give in to these WOKE LOONS 70 years i been living here and be damned if these LOONIES WILL DRIVE ME OUT
Move! Bye!!😂😂😂
@@kerrynight3271 just the wealthy libs are happy! They can live in their gated communities and avoid much of the deterioration and crime everyone else has to deal with. I don't think the working class, middle class and poor are having such a great time!
Every problem in Denver can be traced back to embracing liberal politics.
My daughter just moved after 15 years from Denver to Knoxville,TN. The Californianization was too much for her.
They are ruining Tennessee. Stay away.
Thank God! 😂😂😂
Knoxville is pretty good. TN has many good areas.
From one CA refuge to another
Should just call it Sacramento 2.
All the idiot’s from Californication brought there Bull💩here.
Miss my Colorado!
lol naw it’s nowhere near as ghetto as Sacramento. I always compare it to a mini San Francisco minus the crazy steep hills you have to maneuver through bumper to bumper traffic in.
Now we have about as many illegals and crime. Unfortunately not enough authorities who know or will handle. Nowhere ever would a group of teenage gangsters take over a private apartment building for months in California. A few hours tops.
Overpriced similarly. Nowhere near as overpopulated. 1/3 of California SoCal specifically has 5 x the amount of people in all of Colorado.
You just get to decide out there do I want to live in the country or do I want to pay $2000 for a studio. Should I live in this area and get stabbed or this one and get shot at. Unless you’re rich lol
Me too 😢
People who moved to Denver recently for the lifestyle ruined the lifestyle. I grew up in North Denver- North Side looks like crap now. The old school charm no longer exists . The same goes for five points and the Westside.
The Mayor. The Governor.
The previous mayor. The previous governor.
The elections are rigged and it’s up to us to end it.
At least the last 10 years. I love Colorado though.
As a long time Denver native and current resident, it's disrespectful to try to change the name of a neighborhood due to gentrification. To me it will ALWAYS be Five Points, the Northside ect.
There are plenty of people who agree with you and you can count me as one of them!
How about Mt. Evans? Holy crap, Mt. Blue sky!
I hate it when people say Wash Park. How hard is it to say WASHINGTON Park?!!!
@@kensnyder2340 - I agree - this one was pretty silly to me, I forget they changed it all the time.
@@destinationdenvercolorado , it will always be mount Evans to most of us!
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This is great news! Things have finally gotten so bad people are leaving. I have been waiting for this to happen. As a native I am thrilled! I hope the door doesn’t hit them in the way out!! :)
I hope this a real trend that applies to most of the front range....GTFO !
Been here since 1978, sad state of affairs, this place is now an official rat hole, and will never recover.
DEMs management will double property taxes, energy utilities, insurance... Good Jobs rushing away faster than population.
I’ve been in Colorado since 1988. Not in the front range but on the west slope. Denver used to have the “brown cloud” all the time. I’ve noticed the air getting clearer over the years. Maybe the pollution now is invisible but it looks better to me. As for the political situation, Colorado is solidly blue. The dems have a super majority in the state legislature and it goes right along with California. The west slope (west of the continental divide) is solidly red but is out-voted by the front range. People out here are pissed about what’s happening.
It is definitely interesting to see the contrast between the front range and the western slope, and if the state and more of its towns will slide back to more of a purple state that we were for a long time.
That is one of the main problems: the blue cities control statewide by out-voting the sensible population. Family is what keeps me here, but maybe we can move to another part of the state so I can still hunt in Colorado. Haven't decided yet.
Move to a red state!
@MC-zm7ny Of course!! It'd be a place like TX or TN with no income tax. Or maybe Ireland. Lol.
Go woke go broke is whats happening in Denver. Look into the Cdot executive director. She is a harvard history lady who replaced a construction engineer guru.. This was in 2019 and the highways are always jacked up and closing all the time now. Thanks to Polsi the gaper!
Living in Colorado but hating it 😂😂😂 keep trying
I live in one of the surrounding states. I do everything to avoid Denver and the surrounding area. Traffic is a nightmare.
Denver traffic is heavenly compared to DC.
DC gets traffic jams on Sunday afternoons for no damn reason. HORRIBLE!
@@123lowpThe reason is these horrible drivers from out of state lol
After 27 years of living in Denver circumstances forced me + family out in 2017. Soaking up the sun down here in Florida and loving it! I will always love Colorado but Denver as it is today… no thank you. ✌🏻❤️🇺🇸🙏🏻🌎
I can’t see myself leaving Denver and I still believe it is an amazing city - and I can totally understand your thoughts on it and why you left. Thank you for sharing that, and I’m glad you’re family found a good place to call home!
wut part of Florida? I am thinking of moving there
@ central Florida inland
Florida is a total shithole with terrible and weird old people. Endless roads, it offers nothing. I grew up there, I would never go back. Hot, humid, bugs, polluted beaches, terrible people, awful food, no culture. Nope.
Same totally agree
And it's too expensive too many homeless too many immigrants illegal type
You are correct!
If you're helping people move here.. you're a big part of the problem!!! I'm a native and our beautiful city, state is ruined. I agree with other commenters that California people have ruined our state by bringing their dumb political beliefs here. They hate California but are very happy to bring their baggage with them. UGH!! I am definitely trying to move to another state. FROM A DENVER NATIVE OF 60+ YEARS!!
I understand the frustrations - I assure you my videos and career are not the cause of your sorrows, more like an extremely small pebble in a very large ocean.
I have always found the “Californians are ruining Colorado” story funny - my parents said the same thing when I was a little kid growing up in Lakewood. Statistically there are nearly as many people coming from Texas, Arizona and Florida and it’s been that way for years. Do those people not have political beliefs?
@destinationdenvercolorado so quit helping bring people here!!!!
I’m a Colorado native, 60 plus years, and I agree with you 💯.
@@ST-mk5cb If he doesn't do it someone else will. At least he sees the problem, and is speaking out on it. For that I am thankful. It takes guts to speak out. And what are you doing to help fix the problem besides complain?
As a Colorado native who grew up in Golden/Lakewood I have moved away. Lived in Castle Rock for 22 years until it got unbearable. That idiot in the statehouse, idiots in the legislature, an idiot mayor in Denver… thanks Californication transplants. We moved to Pueblo… yes Pueblo… it’s safer and way less traffic. Yes, safer than Denver. Also Pueblo turned red and the new mayor is cleaning things up. Denver Sucks!
I appreciate you watching and sharing your perspective. I’m also happy to hear you are enjoying Pueblo and that it’s improving, that’s where my mother’s side of the family is from and near and dear to my heart!
I’m a Colorado native and I’m happy to hear that Pueblo is going red.
You are the one that was here, and you let it get this way.... duh! probably don't even vote!
@@danielaragon9497 - not sure which one of us you’re talking too - but yes, it’s all my fault, I take the blame. Thanks for watching!
@@danielaragon9497 Stupid thing to say. We can vote against poor practices but when we are outvoted, or they cheat there is no way around that. Stop blaming the victims. Same thing in all the blue states. The big cities carry the most votes. But times are changing folks.
Denver is a hell-hole.
$22_23 phr to start a skilled trade job in denver is not enough money to afford rent and food let alone pay for a vehicle. A fckn bus pass costs 130 bucks for the month. Its unbelievable!!
It's great to see how transparent this channel is. I guess I’m part of the problem-Dutch guy who moved here a year ago with my wife, who has roots in Colorado. That said, most of the issues you mention aren’t unique to Denver; they’re happening nationwide and even globally. Some of these challenges will take years to address. In fact, I hear the same concerns from my family and friends in Amsterdam: homelessness, cost of living, housing, infrastructure, and air quality.
Thank you so much for saying that, I just believe that people are going to learn the truth eventually - good or bad - and I would rather just say it and get it out there. You make an extremely valid point - the challenges Denver faces is not just a local one, it is happening everywhere and especially in any city where a lot of people live or want to live.
@CiarDrawings thank you! Have a wonderful 2025!
@@destinationdenvercolorado 100% agree. Have a wonderful 2025!
It’s happening in democratic safe havens who want to give handouts.
You're not part of the problem if you are a contributing member of society. Just be careful how you vote. Having said that, our election system is corrupt.
I grew up there in the 60s. What a wonderful place to grow up.....There was a cattle feed lot right off of I-25. It did smell. It was about 300k people total. California was haveing earthquakes that were pretty terrible. After every one of them somewhere around 40k people from CA would to Denver. It really distroyed the housing market. The more CA people that moved in the wors it got. Oh well, days gone by.
crime is to high cost of living is to high food cost is to high
Denver sounds very woke, very liberal, very third world. Modelo bottles and diapers at local water ways used to only be a CA thing. Well done.
I got a flat tire on my bike the other day....from a broken Modelo bottle someone threw from their car window. I had a moment of racism in my head.
Vote the bums out who are wrecking your city and state.
Left the metro area 11 years ago and went to Sterling, but as I saw Colorado sinking faster I left and now live in Wyoming, where I have now retired. P.S. I was born and raised in Greeley, so Colorado does hold a place in my heart but I will not ever move back. As far as the brown cloud that has been around since the mid-70s.
I’ve lived in and around Denver for over 60 years. The haziness and “brown cloud” has been here since I can remember. It’s the geology causing a pocket along the front range by Denver that causes it.
The transplants destroyed my state
It’s wokeness destroying everything. I am so over it. Let it happen. I moved to the country. 10 acres. Done with urban living.
Wokeness Rage 😂😂
Define your version of wokeness. Or are you just a parrot saying the same things you follow?
@nolanwilder6098 News outlets are using the term wokeness in different ways. The right uses it to decry soft of crime policies, (releasing violent criminals with no or very low bail) and unchecked illegal immigration. Out of the recent years of grievances I've heard labeled as woke, none of them pertained to civil rights for any demographic or orientation, which is the original meaning of the term woke. The average Colorado conservative or libertarian has nothing against any law abiding citizen, cannabis, or abortion, and believe in "live and let live." I can't speak on the hard core religious base, but they aren't the majority. My leftist activist people believe antiwoke means anti diversity, women, and lgbtq+. I blame the online media bubble for the confusion. People watch bias left v right news and podcasts that only show extreme versions of the other side. Using a term like woke with different meanings depending on your politics was an effective way to sow fear and division among the working class. While people are focused on that, large corporations have had record breaking profits every quarter, and investing in residential properties. They now set the prices for everything from cereal to rent, and of course our wages. Currently, i think divide and conquer is the saying people should be most concerned with.
@@April-t6z Woke is a term the MAGA right has decided to redefine, as a way to divide Americans. In reality it a term ment to awaken others to others reality, bringing people to together with knowledge and understanding. We all have a lot in common but way to much disinformation dividing us. So be sure you're not part of the problem or the rich oligarchs will get richer and the corrupt politicians will get even more powerful and corrupt.
Gee, I wonder if Nolan has pronouns 😂
Liberalism
I lived in Aurora 1982 to 2013 and the city is ruined.
I’ve been considering moving to Santa Fe, and bringing my coffee shop with me when I do. I used to like Denver, but not anymore.
Rent first... Santa Fe has a lot of the same issues as Denver. Politically blue, very expensive, and obviously super hot in the summer.
What’s your coffee shop?
From Santa Fe born and raised. Now live on the outskirts of Denver. Please don’t move there. Used to be a nice town. It’s Albuquerque 2.0 with a mayor that’s causing the same problems as the one here but 5x worse. Crime is worse than Colorado. Rent is sky high (yes it’s cheaper in Colorado). Culture is gone. Food is more expensive. People are mean. The list could go on and on. Also if you have a business, New Mexico is the least business friendly state and we still have gross receipts tax. So good luck with that. Of course if you have connections in New Mexico then none of what I just said matters at all as that’s all that seems to thrive in Santa Fe now is ppl with connections.
Santa Fe is probably worse
NM is Trash!!
Most of the major problems started as Denver and the State has become more blue. Like a giant blue bruise!
Although Cheyenne isn't as exciting and nice I'll say it's half or a third the price of a house as Denver, yet you can still have all the things Colorado has to offer in a short drive-- we do have wind of course,ha.
Wind and Walmart... that's about it
As a Colorado native I was over Denver 25 years ago and moved to a small town on the Western Slope, after living in Lakewood, Evergreen and Wheatridge since 1975, with 5 years in Gunnison while in school. When we moved back to the Denver area in '75, it was one of the best places you could ever live. By the time I left, trips to the mountains were a traffic nightmare, the whole place was overcrowded, polluted and people where just getting weird, being mostly transplants from less than desirable leftard states. It was brutal watching gorgeous open land being transformed into ugly business and residential developments, such as Highlands Ranch, Superior and the SW section of C-470. And this was all before the idiot leftists like Polis and Johnston took over, who people actually vote for. You all can have your ccookie-cutter subdivisions, cookie-cutter SUVs sitting in hours of traffic, and your crime ridden Sanctuary City nonsense. It's all yours!
"Being mostly transplants from less than desirable leftard states".
Believe me if the leftards knew what they coming to they would've chosen somewhere else to be leftarded.
You people that were here were to blame, you voted this crap in!!!!
You let it get this way..... be accountable.
The left ruins everything it touches.
Hell, even Los Angeles was great in 1975.
Aurora assembled a meeting at the Stampede for immigrants. Can you see the irony Colorado has been "Stampeded" locals cannot afford to support third world countries WTFU
Just to give y’all a little more perspective from my first comment I paid $109,000 for my first house in 1998 and it was a five bedroom three bathroom house in North Glen Colorado the farm that I grew up on when I was a little kid is now a housing development and a mall so if you’re not a native leave, good riddance goodbye go things used to be cheap in the state gas when I was in high school was $.60 a gallon and I would also love for this state to be a Republican state so all you Democrats go back to Californialeave see ya have a good life
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I'm 100% with you!!!
I hope this is for real including the Colorado springs area. People need to leave... The quality of people who have been locating here over the last 40 years are mostly a real bad element for the area...Colorado Front Range has become a huge white trash campground over the last 4 decades.
It is definitely a mix of people, and like any major city, there is a lot of good and bad. It will be interesting to see what happens in the coming years.
@@destinationdenvercolorado I grew up on the west side of Colorado Springs in the 60's, 70's and 80's,... where I grew up was like living in the country...., now its mass chaos with what was once open space is now clogged up with everything from multi million dollar houses , luxury town homes , apartments ,medical centers , carwashes , strip centers , churches..etc. pretty icky ... I am tucked into the outskirts in the mountains thankfully but dread having to go into the springs to work,,, It feels like a foreign unfamiliar place...Its pretty depressing what has happened..
You are spot on!
I remember when Colorado was a red state and their thrice elected dem. governor, Lamm, wrote a book in 1985, " Immigration Time Bomb," that warned against illegal immigration . He was right. The local Hispanics have been steadily displaced folks travelling up from Mexico via I-25. It used to be a treat for this GenXer to visit the cash register building that my Vietnam veteran uncle helped build. It was fun to go to Elitch's and Lakeside amusement parks. It was fun to visit the bustling 16th Street Mall without being accosted by the homeless.
We left the area. It was nice, but it is now too built up. There are many political issues. It has become more expensive for a diminished quality of life. My mother always tells us they made her Colorado into California.
Three Colorado ski resorts charge over $300 per day for a lift ticket. Pure greed.
I want to know where all this marijuana tax money is going because it's not going to the roadways or schools like it was promised to pass marijuana in Colorado. We were taxed recently for roadway repairs. Where's the money?
I25 is a rat race 24/7 didn't used to be that way how sick I feel to see this happen I am a native
Mayor, governor, and all state employees are the reason. Ski in UT
Eh I am a 50 year native and all I can say is...BYE!
Denver can make a come back. Just vote Red
Never! Just move to a red state
That's the problem. They move out of city limits.... And then drive. Our traffic is insane! Pretty much from 5:30 am till 7 pm
Get rid of Polis!! My hometown has been deteriorating for years! But the illegal immigrants' crime is insane!
No shopping, restaurants, health care, or early closing times all over. Building on every square inch! Sighs- I love this beautiful state, it's my home and my heart. Traffic is out of control! It's rush hour all day! The 🔥 fires, no more rain.
I can go on all day. 😢😢
Oh shut it! Freaking crybaby
Colorado is for rich people. Real estate and HOA fees are unaffordable except for the rich. The weather is very cold. Crime is a problem in many places. Homelessness is growing. Some strange and scary people running around; perhaps the drugs or the altitude. Denver has lost its soul.
Good riddance! Too many people have moved here in Colorado. I'm a native, born in the 70'a. I would love to see all the newbies get outta here! Sorry, but Denver, Aurora, and the surrounding areas are a cesspool.
Same people that tell you crime is down are the same people you voted for as your King soopers has four security guards in the suburbs 😮😂!
sad, but completely true
Go Red Colorado before it's too late to save your State.
Last I checked red states still have homeless, Crime, and even more poverty then the blue states , in fact 9 of the 10 poorest states are red states
Never! Just move
@@MC-zm7ny you are a fool! You can have Denver...just stay there and never leave!
Yep. Moved here 1 year ago & looking to move this year. Not impressed overall. I give it a low B, C+.
I appreciate you sharing your experience. Where did you move here from? Are you thinking of going back there or somewhere new?
I moved here a week ago and I'm gone by the end of the month. This place is HORRIBLE.
voting for strong leaders is key, stay involved because the corruption is rampant.
It sure is! Just look at the orange felon you guys just voted for!
I was born in Denver. I am not a city person and I couldn't be more thankful that I don't live in or near Denver! I lived in CO until I was 16, moved with family to other states then came back in 2000. I am still in CO, in the front range foothills but the government here is horrible! The cost of living has gone up an amazing amount since then! Denver/Aurora is actually dangerous to be in now. I have an aunt and cousins in Aurora and their vehicles have been broken into several times in the last year.
Been here 7 years and unfortunately I am leaving next month. Tired of Polis the ridiculous prices and crime is out of control
Unfortunately, the folks leaving are the natives and people that lived there forever. If the folks that caused the problem would leave that would be great. Maybe I could go home again, but the city is ruined now. You can't even see the mountains anymore compared to when I grew up there.
2:35 yeah, my rent went from $1360 to $1860 in a span of 3 years for the exact same apartment 😭
I live in northern Utah and used to do regular road trips to western Kentucky... I've tried driving through Denver a few times, but MAN ! .. Every time... road construction, crazy snow and such, I switched to going down through New Mexico and never have to worry about weather or road construction etc. I'm not fond of Kansas either.