Yeah when that somewhat news-famous "Graffiti house" in Arvada sold for like 670K I knew the cost of living had officially gotten out of control. Another one in Colorado springs recently sold for almost 600K, and it was also dubbed a "house from hell" or something like that too, the insides had been destroyed and vandalized just like the one in Arvada. Absolute insanity.
Always funny hearing Americans complaining about house prices as an Australian, not to say your complaints aren't valid but you guys have it way better than us especially in Sydney. Over here its over $1 million for a below average house.
The housing supply has depleted. As a local, I find myself among the less fortunate who did not purchase a home. Many of my friends did, and they were fortunate; their homes are now valued at three times what they paid. This situation has its pros and cons, but at the very least, they have a home.
Exactly. It’s unbelievably sad to watch. And not being able to do anything to keep people from moving here or leaving gives a sense of helplessness or feels like being violated. :(
I’ve lived here all my life and hung out in Denver in the 80s as a teen, going to late night clubs, dives and coffee shops. Never once was worried about my safety and you’d see a few homeless folk (especially in the neighborhoods were I hung out), but it was not a huge problem. And this is the 80s, when Denver was suppose to be in a “state of decline.” When I actually lived in the city in the 90s it was still what I’d call the “biggest small town city” and was still a relatively safe place to live. Nowadays I don’t go downtown too often and when I do it saddens me to see streets of tent towns and homeless camping in Civic Park directly across the street from our Capitol Building!! We are seriously thinking of moving even though this has always been mine and my husband’s only home.
I was born and raised here in Denver. It's a completely different city than the one I grew up in. In my opinion it's soo sad how Denver will never be the town it used to be.
Yeah, we took our cow town for granted. My dad built homes, back when. He always said that Denver was never meant to be a large populated city, due to the semi arid environment ect... He died almost 12 years ago and would be shocked to see the crazy over crowding here now. Yikes!
It's a bummer guys... I miss our old city... When I was a kid I would sometimes want Denver to be big and recognized city, now I wished it never changed...
Completely agree. I am in Pennsylvania now. I would give almost anything though to have the Denver area I remember and lived in for 45 years back....😢😢
I lived there early 80s to late 90s. It was definitely in decline quality of life when we left and moved to Boston... our last visit there in 08 we almost got lost trying to find our homes there... would never ever even visit there again. Too depressing.
Born and raised in Denver. It is a horrible place to live now. Denver was a great place to live. It wad a big city with a small town vibe. I miss old Denver.😢
@@Jay-bh2sk yes, it was like that when I moved there in 1982... a large cow town. 15 years later when I left it was starting to become a vast new people's republic of Denver/Boulder... last time there in 2008 it was gone. Now I hear almost nothing but disgust from my old work buddies there
Time to dig deeper into a root cause analysis! People frequently move to areas with high housing prices, or else the rural Great Plains would have the same population they did a century ago. Given the drop in prices in commodities and the enormous improvements in productivity in housing construction and the huge amount of open space in the Denver metro area, why is it expensive to rent an apartment or buy a house?
If you drive around the metro area, there is a lot of undeveloped land closer than where construction is going full speed. A combination of folks holding on to it for future commercial development and land dedicated to "open space". Every apartment development is labeled "luxury" and every house being built is more expensive than can be afforded by the median income family.
Just came from a work conference in Denver… it was my first time visiting. We stayed in downtown Denver on 15th St. I was totally underwhelmed. Everything closed down at 9pm, and there wasn’t really anything fun to begin with. And the beige against beige against more beige backdrop just wasn’t for me.
Even 10 years ago, it was beyond boring. And with all the construction, post covid crap, and the homeless nonsense, there's no point even going there now.
We moved out of Denver in 2019 after living in the same house for 42 years. When we returned for the last of our things in July 20 homeless people had stolen many of our belongings and were living in our house. The courts did nothing to them and I'm sure they are robbing and pillaging today.
Facts. I've been living out of my car for the past 3 months saving 2300 a month on rent. Waiting for a role to open out of state. Hopefully by September.
Years ago, a new coworker kept complaining about the state where we were living. I finally asked him why he didn't leave if he thought our state was so horrible. After a thoughtful pause, he said yes, it was horrible here, but it was even MORE horrible everywhere else! The real problem is that no matter where people go, there are people! Any place that can attract people, will attract a lot of people! As for places that are not crowded and have affordable housing, there is a reason that people are not moving there in droves, eg. no jobs, bad weather, high crime. If you are retired or self-employed or can telecommute, that gives you more flexibility. But most people want access to good healthcare and education for their children, so that means living in an urban area. What urban area in the U.S. doesn't have a homeless problem today?
That's true to a point. A lot of it is political. Florida is a good example. There are "high profile" murders or crimes 📁 but these are not a true measure of most areas. Drug or gang: "red on red" deaths are the biggest stats ☠️. Some DAs, SAOs mayors are paid off by Soros, Bloomberg, Gates so they let the crooks out.
@@user-sn1se8kh7zeven if you were capable of being original, how is this a boomer mentality? Whatever generation you identity with is embarrassed you exist lol
have you ever heard of the Boston homeless problem ? exactly because there isn't one over there. excluding NY and Philly the homeless problem is a out west thing ...
I think another big one is rude people. I know every city has good and bad people, but people in Denver are just nasty lately. You can't drive down I-25 without getting flipped off, and when you're walking down the street people always act like you're in their way. The city tries to sell itself as a chill community with positive vibes, but the actual experience is quite the opposite.
As a Denver native, I can tell you that I never found Denerites to be that friendly. I moved to Louisville, KY. for 14 years, then returned to Denver. It was a shock. People in Louisville Kentucky are the nicest, coolest people I've ever met. When I returned to Denver, I went into a big depression. I still miss Kentucky.
I thought this was an intersting observation. I recently moved to Denver from FL and was in awe at how friendly people in the city were. I will say, the few times I've dealt with confrontational individuals, they were from the East Coast or Texas
Hey, sorry local resident here. You should see the rapidly growing suburban sprawl all along the Front Range Urban Corridor. Fewer people are moving to Denver because like any popular city, rents and home prices in the city have gone way up due to demand. People with families in particular are spreading north and south into the expanding suburbs which are not a part of Denver itself. But even there, rising home prices are the biggest problem, as they tend to inevitably become in any area that becomes too popular. That's just how the real estate market works.
That means they will stay in their suburbs and not bother you. People in castle rock don’t come to Denver often and it ain’t far. So this is a good thing for you
I live in Denver and this is spot on! Once a great and fun city and in many respects, it still is. I'm thinking of leaving once my lease is up. It's a shame, I've been here 40 years and seen it's struggle and decline
I was in a similar situation. I lived in Denver for 37 years - it was mostly a very good time in my life. I retired in 2017 and moved to Florida. Florida is way cheaper - but the healthcare is a huge disapointment from what i was used to recieving in Colorado. I still miss Denver - but I am too old now to try and move again. All I can do is remember the good times - and try to deal with the hill billies and rednecks down here.
@@urbanurchin5930 Those "hillbillies and rednecks" ARE America......at its best. Maybe Newsom or Isley will give you some help moving to a commie state.
I know this is about Denver, but I think the reasons hold up for any large city. A lot of us seem to be done with city life, doesn’t matter which city.
Rural communities are losing their hospitals and access to health care. There is a shortage of doctors in most small communities. For retirees, that could mean life or death in an emergency. So sticking to urban areas is a safer strategy, even with all the downsides.
On the contrary. People are leaving cities to move to other cities. Look at current and past population trends. America is becoming more and more urban and less and less rural. And for many reasons.
@Piglet people are leaving the giant cities for smaller cities and towns. Believe it or not, but there's places in between skyscraper metropolises and Bumpkinville
@@georgerafa5041 20 miles from popular major cities puts you in the most expensive suburbs! You have to go at least an hour out to get into an affordable community and often 2 hours out. But I was actually thinking of the real rural areas where there is no doctor for hundreds of miles. I had friends who retired to a small rural town and loved it at first, even though there was only a small medical clinic and it was a 4 hour drive to the closest full service hospital, much of that on winding, 2 lane roads. Then one of them got cancer and they often had to stay overnight in the town where that hospital was for treatment. They ended up renting an apartment near the hospital because they were too old to keep doing that drive. The cancer patient finally died, so their surviving spouse sold their beloved country home and moved in with adult children in a large city.
My parents both grew up in Denver. My father grew up in old North Denver in the 60s and 70s when it was a chicano barrio side-by-side with the Italian district. He and my mothet got so tired of the traffic, construction, the politics, the homeless, the prices, ect, that they decided to move to New Mexico after visiting a few times. It reminded them of the old Colorado, and fell in love with that humble feeling.
I live in NM and our crime is higher than Denver per capita, happy your folks found our city reminded them of an old humble Denver. My grandmother moved here from Denver over 50 years ago and died here still considered herself a Denver transplant at heart.
I've lived in Denver since 1991 and until recently, loved it. Rent is now high and there are a lot of homeless young people. Too many young people moved here without skills and thought they would find jobs in the pot industry. It is sad to see so many of them living on the streets now.
I drove through Denver last year and was surprised how bland it was, and the traffic was terrible. I noticed a lot of bad drivers, too. I know those exist everywhere, but it stood out to me there.
In I live in Denver and people fail to realize this is not Aspen like they see on TV. We are just basically on the Kansas side of Colorado just happen to be close proximity to the mountains. And a lot of people that come here are surprised how flat Denver is
bland compared to what? I've lived all over the US and don't agree with that. Traffic isn't that bad either. Drivers are more polite in Denver than what you'd experience in NYC by far. Also, rent prices haven't gone up in Denver as bad as other areas in the past few years.
@CAtoDC the cost of living doubled in the last 4 years, you can't breath and the traffic is a joke. Lived there 30 years and moved back to Cleveland. Get out before it gets even hotter. There is no traffic here, because everyone from here moved to Denver lol
Phoenix is even more bland and you have hotter summers there with bad air quality too. Traffic is probably worse in Phoenix. Housing is less, but the jobs pay less. Homeless problem is probably worse in Phoenix. Learned over 30 years ago, if you looked east of Denver proper, then it looks like Kansas. People that have never left the east coast (which was where I lived over 30 years ago, thought that Denver was like Georgetown, Colorado with all that fresh mountain air), however when you travel out of Kansas along 70 and into Colorado it is all rolling fields and treeless plains, right up to the city limits. It was weird seeing mileage signs for Denver and you would be in the middle of nowhere, even up to about 40 miles. However, even those eastern towns along 70 in the plains, just shy of Aurora have grown tremendously and so have housing prices. However, there are many that do not realize until they actually take a brisk run, that those flat regions are still a mile above sea level, and if you are not used to it, then you will be heaving right away.
It’s a real shame. I’m from here, and the worst part is I don’t know if I can move. Not because of money but because of my attachment to this place. It’s not so easy just leaving your childhood home behind. I know a lot of people who have left Colorado all together. Most of them aren’t even from here. Go figure.
Denver is a Midwest city full of people who think they live in the mountains. It’s like living in Milwaukee or Wichita, but everyone is wearing fashion-brand puffer jackets and ski goggles. They act like they’re enjoying apres ski after a day on the slopes. Some will actually brave i70’s hours of traffic on the weekends to creep up to Winter Park or Loveland and back, but not often enough to justify the expense of the racks on the tops of their Subarus. It’s just for show. Living in Denver means tolerating crime, traffic, general ugliness, dull folks, smog, and extreme weather (not only massive snow dumps but also extreme heat) offset only by Rocky Mountain kitsch. It’s been Californicated for the last 25 years. Save your money by living in Columbus, Wichita or Omaha, then splurge on a ski trip once a year. You’ll have the same day-to-day lifestyle as you would living in Denver.
It’s interesting when you think about it… the entire city of Denver is not *in* the Rockies, but rather sits on the Great Plains at the edge of the Rockies. Technically, it’s a Great Plains city.
I have to work at in downtown Denver a few days a week. It is sad how disgusting it is. Homeless encampments just move from block to block and leave trash everywhere that just sits there. I have to drive through the homeless every time and see them stumbling into traffic. The city is an embarrassment. Because of the terrible transit system, traffic is always bad and there is never-ending construction up and down the front range. Honestly it’s an awful place to live. Granted it’s the biggest city I’ve lived near, but I’d never go to a bigger one. Having nature near by isn’t even a positive anymore because everyone who lives in Denver wants to get away from it and therefore the mountains are now over crowded with ignorant people. Don’t get me started on the drivers. No one here knows how to pull into an intersection for a left turn or realizes left lanes are for passing. Im getting outta here as soon as I can.
This Californian moved to Denver from 1998 . The cost of living was very affordable at that time. I moved back in 2001 to help take care of my Grandparents. The city is so beautiful and I loved living there.
Moved to Denver from Indiana about 7yrs ago for electrical work. Obviously the cost of living is insane compared to Indiana but my industry is booming and I’m closer to 6 figures than I’ve ever been. Even though I make decent money I still don’t think I can afford to live here. The weather is amazing, lots to do during all year round, but lots of snobs, petty crime and hard to make friends.
The secret got out and People found out how great Denver was and they all flocked here for a multitude of reasons: weather, beer, weed, sports, low crime, proximity to mountains, nature, laid back environment, opportunity and so on. Now those same people that moved here for the aforementioned reasons are leaving because they ruined many of the great aspects of denver, but please keep leaving so that we can work towards making Denver what it used to be 🙏🏼
I mean things are different from when we were young my guy. Shit is fucked up all over the united states. Until we can address the housing and drug crisis these problems will never go away no matter how many people move out of CO
I moved to Colorado in 1973. Things were very different then... The 'bluer' we get, the more these factors come into play. I'm not surprised that politics was NOT mentioned. People who don't like Denver politics left a long time ago...
Very true regarding the high cost of living and affordable housing. My ex husband unfortunately moved into his car after he was not able to renew the lease of our former apartment because they raised the rent to almost 2k when we were previously paying 1,500
I've never understood the allure of Denver. When I was broke and 19 I took a greyhound from Texas to Washington State. I fell asleep waiting for my next bus at the bus station in Denver and someone tried to steal the shoes off of my feet. Didn't really make me want to pack up the rest of my stuff and move there. B
I went to Denver, a few years back to run Bolder Boulder. It was my first time to walk around and check out the area. The metro area is nice, I spent probably the least amount of time in Denver proper, but it was alright. If your outdoorsy.., is Colorado the way to go ??
There are two main roads into the mountains, if you like to sit for hours in traffic on those two roads going to and from the outdoors in the mountains then this is the place.
55 years old, Colorado native. Leaving because of a lot of the things this list and the political climate which drives it. They have ran the state into the ground.
100% this is happening to all liberal ran cities, its shocking on why people are surprised at this? they havent realized a trend? Denver is the next portland in 5-10 years
Funny, my neighborhood is being surrounded by constant new build homes and restaurants and the farmlands keep disappearing. Tell me again when exactly did he people stop moving here? I’m still waiting for that to happen
@gogreen7794 yup, and all the natives are pouring out. Your economic engine is driving up crime, driving up the cost of living to tge moon, and over crowding everything around it. It's a garbage place to live now.
I have spent 27 of my 41 years in Chicago and now live in the Denver area. Chicago has cheaper housing, better public transit, better food, much more to do, better downtown, better architecture, better water. However, Denver's traffic is not nearly as bad, taxes are far cheaper, weather is better, more to do outdoors closeby.
I moved to Colorado from Texas back in the late 80s. Since then it freekin amazing how much grow and how much the cost of living has risen in that time. I left Colorado in 2010 and moved to Montana and hey I think a whole lot of people are following me, Bozeman is getting way unaffordable. The traffic in Denver has always been bad, even after they expanded the hwy through town. Transit has always sucked out west. Still, Denver was the nicest big city I've lived in.
I lived in Fort Collins in the late 90's and that area was starting to grow. Someone who I met there said don't stay because what Fort Collins used to be like Bozeman was at that time. Now, Bozeman is becoming Colorado-ized. I used to love visiting Bozeman but saw how rapidly it was growing. After my daughter graduated MSU, she struggled to find housing and was living out of a hotel before she moved out of state. The golden age of Bozeman was over in 2020.
I always thought Denver had some of the cleanest air in the country, I was surprised to learn that bad air was one of the reasons people are not moving there
@@calebrossonnot too much anymore, but car pollution smog was notoriously bad in in the 80s. I remember hearing it had to do with the way air gets trapped next to the mountains. Beijing has the same problem.
I knew 5 families who moved to Denver from Orange County, Ca, of the five, four moved back to the OC, and the other family moved to Houston… 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
Denver used to be such a beautiful place. Born and raised there for 65 years and then the liberals moved in and destroyed it. Sold everything a year ago and got the hell out.
I lived in Denver about 15 years ago and it was a great city to live in. I was so happy I found a place in the USA that you didn't need a car so I saved a lot of money there. I had to go to Denver recently and driving there is like driving across the George Washington Bridge during rush hour. Horrendous. If I could afford it, I would move to Lone Tree.. It's got everything I could ever want within walking distance.
newsflash: rent is up in ALL cities. I pay $2K for a 600 sq ft 1 bed/1 bath in Houston, TX. I CANNOT WAIT to move to Denver as May-September is pretty miserable here.
@@virtue_signal_ Dallas has a traffic nightmare due to the massive influx in population since 2012. I was there in Sept. '22 and I didn't recognize it.
@@Joy-mh9xq I've been here since 74 and yes the traffic has gotten worse. I don't know if it's because I live here but it's still easier to get around Dallas that it is Houston San Antonio or Austin. And actually I was speaking specifically to the price of apartments. They aren't $2,000 for a one bedroom at least not yet.
Don’t Denver is more expensive trust denver got really effected after the pandemic inflation here is no joke that’s why this video is made it’s not lying lol
Wow, Denver must have had a really bad month. According to this channel just one month ago, Denver finished seventh on the cities expected to gain population with a 23% increase.
@CAtoDC yeah, I've got alot of these popping up in my feed, along with way too much doomer stuff lol. My curiosity gets the better of me so I wonder what people are mad about, but then I get a flood of negative crap, I wish the algorithm wasn't like this 😂
Why would someone living in California want to pay Riverside prices for way worse winters? And no beaches within driving distance? If your region has shitty weather like Denver, you'd better keep the cost of living low so people feel like there's some kind of decent trade off.
When Denver decriminalized drugs, every jobless stoner in America moved there. The demographic shift happened very quickly. Cue the high crime, filth, and homeless music.
I visited and the amount of homeless using hard drugs in downtown was sad and scary. Also, we had to go into a store to avoid getting mugged by someone who kept following us, not cool.
Been in Colorado since 2007, Denver since 2009. If my job wasn’t so specific to being near the state Capitol, I would have left for Boise years ago. I also managed to buy just before the housing market got absolutely impossible for first time buyers, so that’s another anchor to my emigration.
Had no idea Denver had an air quality issue. That combined with the high elevation must wreak havoc on those with breathing issues. I'm surprised they can live there.
This is surprising, it always seemed like really good fresh air. Obviously when the smoke rolls in it sucks but that seems like extenuating circumstances, usually it seems good. And the water is better than just about any other city I’ve been to
The geography is sort of like a bowl that allows stuff to collect above Denver. It was famously known for it's brown cloud back in the 80's/90's and got a bit better. But whenever wild fires or other pollutants occur, it just collects and doesn't leave. It will likely be poor air quality forever due to that.
Agreed, everything from Pueblo north to Fort Collins is in a valley the land to the east rises up to 8,000 feet and to the west 14,000 so being the mile-high city is misleading. The smoke and smog has no place to go but a slow flow to north or south. plus the winter temperature inversion packs it down closer to the ground.@@suparedbird
Also re:water quality, a lot of the supply lines between water mains and houses were lead. For the past 5 years or so, the city has slowly gone street by street to first test and then ultimately replace those with modern fixtures. That’s like the only thing you mentioned that’s headed in the right way here.
I made the mistake of moving to Colorado and expected it to be just like John Denver's song "Rocky Mountain High" lol. Turns out, most cities in Colorado resemble more of Southern California's sprawling suburbs than what I imagined. Before you move to Colorado, it's important to have realistic expectations. Denver Metro Area is basically Southern California with much more snow. I ended up only living in Colorado for around 3 years, I found more of what I want in Montana which is now where I'm currently at.
@@elliebellie7816 it’s pricey in Montana. Cheaper places are Billings and Great Falls. But they’re growing fast so if you want to move, do it soon! Missoula Area is the Montana’s equivalence of Fort Collins Area in Colorado. Housing prices are about the same in both places. Bozeman, Kalispell, and Whitefish are probably the most expensive places in Montana as far as housing goes.
You just have to get away from the flatlands, but that is often not possible if you have a job in the urban corridor. I'd probably choose a place like Montrose if I could.
Great Video as usual . It would be nice if you updated some of your older videos like: A) Cheapest land, B) Cheapest houses, C) Free land, D) Offgrid E) States that offer you to money to move how about new concepts like: A) Intentional communities B) Best coop states C) Eco communities D) Best states with good factory jobs E) Best states /cities with entry level jobs F) Best companies to work for that allow you to easily transfer around the country G)States with best water tables, H) Best states, and cities with best public water quality.
I was born, grew up and lived in Denver or the Denver area for almost 55 years. I moved away last summer for most of the reasons mentioned in this video. I think people should keep in mind that the crime statistics reported here appear to be regarding the City and County of Denver, and not the metro area as a whole. I didn't verify things, but I doubt that the crime statistics for Westminster, Northglenn, Littleton or Centennial, for example, are as high as they are for Denver alone. Those suburbs suffer many of the other problems that the Denver area does (e.g., smokey summers and falls, or expensive housing costs), but they are normally much quieter. Overall, if you don't mind some of the drawbacks, it's still a nice place to live, if you can afford it. I like where I live now, but I miss the extensive, well-connected multi use pathway system that the Denver-Boulder area has and the outdoors and fitness oriented culture. People get outside and move around there like no place else I've been to.
@@junioradult6219 When I lived there I wished more people didn't want to go to the mountains. It gets ridiculously busy in the mountains there, particularly west of the Front Range. Most people like to at least take a drive up there a couple of times a year.
@@almondeyes210 Are they as high as those in Denver? I doubt it. There are some parts of some suburbs in the metro area where I don't generally feel safe, but most are fine.
As someone who lives in the mountains in colorado most people here look down at denver. Great to visit for a day or two but thats about it, they have been packing people in like sardines non stop in denver past 10 years.just Like the whole west coast you probably couldnt pay me to move there
Im from the east coast. Lived in Denver from 2015-2016 the rent increased by a ton and life was pricey there. Traffic was unreal and the homeless population was exploding. When i spoke with natives and they were leaving i realized i wasn't gonna make it here long. I left after one year back to the east coast. Sad it was a beautiful state.
I’ve lived here all my life and I shouldn’t have to leave because of “foreigners” stinking up the place. When my parents were starting out it was a place where you could enjoy a nice, out of the way sort of life. Now the city is nearly as gross as NY or Seattle
The infrastructure can’t handle the increased population. The freeway system is way too small, I-25 is always ridiculously crowded. Cost of living is insane.
My girlfriend and I fly in for Bronco home games 3-4 times a year. I always enjoy my experience and the people seem very chill and mind their business. I know it’s different because I don’t live there but we always have a great experience flying in from NC.
It's expensive, it's crowded, the homeless are all over downtown Denver and surrounding areas, lack of good food options for takeout, traffic is terrible.
I do Uber in Denver. Most of my passengers say they planning to move out of state. Cost is high. For example 2 bedroom rent was 600 4 years ago now it is min.$2400.
Quit saying it's not the teacher's fault. If schools would focus on teaching academics instead DEI bullshit students would be better educated. I left the Denver area last year after living there most of my life. Your analysis is pretty accurate. It's rapidly turning into Colofornia.
It's not just that stuff. It's also a case of meeting certain marks set by the State. Don't know what the case is in Colorado, but in Washington they had teachers basically teaching students how to take the standard tests, all in the sake of making their district look good. Call me cynical because I am.
Born and raised in Denver, moved to Canon City in 2002. Moved to Casper in 2019, got tired of the political atmosphere and the marijuana use, and was very tired of seeing the beautiful state I grew up in become run down.
Denver is better than most places. But will I be able to afford it in retirement.?I already pay $4,000 in property taxes and it will most likely increase.
and the main reason its the blue states because homeless only exist if they are tolerated or rewarded for their lifestyle and that occurred with the political change of the state
Back in the 60s and 70's people with mental health issues and addiction problems were in mental institutions and state hospitals. They were relatively safe and people living in the cities were safe from them. In the late 70's we started closing these facilities because abuses were uncovered and many people thought this type of "housing" was inhumane. It was decided that letting people with mental illness and addiction problems out into the population was the "humane" thing to do. While there were abuses most of the people kept in the facilities were taken care of. Look around at the homeless camps and tell me that is a humane and dignified way of life.
We were just in Castle Rock, suburban city of Denver. We were looking at a huge housing development where it's known to be Californian housing. So did the statistic included outskirt cities of Denver?
Castle Rock is absolutely out of control with sprawl. That place has increased in size exponentially. The quality of housing being built is garbage. Colorado Springs isn't any better.
I live in Colorado. I can tell you right now. This place is all Commercial Food. Besides the mountains and weed. The day to day life is very dull. It's the land of retail with no progression in jobs. So most people end up homeless out here or I love how no one talks about the hard drugs that are killing off everyone, or the human trafficking, or the just straight up weirdest stories you'll hear about. This place is bizarre and crusty. I pity the people that are native to Colorado. This place has really fallen off
I moved out of Denver over a year ago, after 19 years in Denver. It was good but there are a few issues: -I could not find a job in my field that paid well. Even if I got interviews, when stated my desired salary, employers are like: "Nope!" -Terrible traffic. Almost impossible to get groceries after work because it will turn into a 2 hr trip. I-25, I-70 are undriveable around Denver. I-70 is packed from Denver to Utah state line. Incredible! O_o -On a personal note, I had migranes almost on a weekly basis. Now that I relocated to a much lower altitude, I feel like a brand new person, with much higher productivity and stamina. -Rent in Denver, as well as landlords' terms & conditions, are wild and out of control. And what's up with selling pics of feet? Do people make money off of that?
I live in Denver and I love it. We're probably about to leave though, because my wife is an ops manager for the hard rock and it's closing down, so we'll be getting transferred elsewhere.
Yeah....the no bugs thing is something that many people don't even consider. I moved to Florida in 2017 and the bugs and high humidity down here are killing me !
Colorado native here. Denver was once a beautiful city. Clean streets, clean air, low drug, low homelessness, and much more. Denver is now a garbage can.
There are no public bathrooms in downtown Denver, because of the homeless using drugs inside the public bathrooms. It was so bad that when my mom came to visit, she refused to buy anything when we went to the 16th St. mall because even the bathroom in target was not available… In target!!! It’s ridiculous.
There never were many public restrooms in Denver, but it was also not a big deal to run in and use a gas stations bathroom etc if need be. Now most indoor gas station windows and doors are barred here and your damn lucky if they have a restroom to use even if you fill your tank and get food or something to drink.
I used to love visiting Denver as a kid and even up until my early 20s back in the 2000s. I loved taking the bus or lightrail down to a Rockies or Nuggets game, or just walking around 16th Street Mall in the summer. The last time I went downtown was right before COVID started and I nearly got assaulted twice within the span of an hour, got hustled for money countless times by the legions of homeless, and watched a man die from a drug overdose at a bus stop right across the Capital building on Broadway. The city is a complete loss and from what I've heard, it is even worse now. Like the rest of Colorado, Denver has been ruined by the new batch of progressive transplants and their insane politics.
Very true! Taxes on homes have doubled. Traffic lights set so that there is always congestion, crime is high so public transportation is just plain dangerous! Denver Public Schools are just plain sad and always have been. The school board quibbles and histrionic make it difficult to believe improvement is possible.
I'm a fourth generation Coloradoan. I know exactly why a lot of people have been moving out. Besides the high cost of living... More states have legalized marijuana. People moved here for the marijuana in the beginning. Now there's available in more states, they can move somewhere else.
$600,000 dollars for the average house. That's why people stopped moving.
Yeah when that somewhat news-famous "Graffiti house" in Arvada sold for like 670K I knew the cost of living had officially gotten out of control. Another one in Colorado springs recently sold for almost 600K, and it was also dubbed a "house from hell" or something like that too, the insides had been destroyed and vandalized just like the one in Arvada. Absolute insanity.
exactly!
Always funny hearing Americans complaining about house prices as an Australian, not to say your complaints aren't valid but you guys have it way better than us especially in Sydney. Over here its over $1 million for a below average house.
@@schwarzmann1 I think that would be akin to San Francisco.
The housing supply has depleted. As a local, I find myself among the less fortunate who did not purchase a home. Many of my friends did, and they were fortunate; their homes are now valued at three times what they paid. This situation has its pros and cons, but at the very least, they have a home.
As a third generation native of Colorado, my beloved state has changed. . . for the worse.
Do you have the bumper sticker to prove it?
@@boredboard-mskbe salty
@@boredboard-mskoh and leave Colorado
Exactly. It’s unbelievably sad to watch. And not being able to do anything to keep people from moving here or leaving gives a sense of helplessness or feels like being violated. :(
I miss when Colorado was a small hick country. All the transplants have made Colorado ugly and expensive
I’ve lived here all my life and hung out in Denver in the 80s as a teen, going to late night clubs, dives and coffee shops. Never once was worried about my safety and you’d see a few homeless folk (especially in the neighborhoods were I hung out), but it was not a huge problem. And this is the 80s, when Denver was suppose to be in a “state of decline.” When I actually lived in the city in the 90s it was still what I’d call the “biggest small town city” and was still a relatively safe place to live. Nowadays I don’t go downtown too often and when I do it saddens me to see streets of tent towns and homeless camping in Civic Park directly across the street from our Capitol Building!! We are seriously thinking of moving even though this has always been mine and my husband’s only home.
Just remember...the whole population of the WORLD has nearly doubled in the past 50 years...that includes the US...DOUBLED!!!
This sounds like what is happening here in Phoenix.
Haven't been downtown in a few years...out in Arvada boring but close to foothills
@@DENVEROUTDOORMANI had crime happen to me in Denver and Aurora but it all stopped when I moved to Golden
That's happening to many big - medium cities throughout the USA.
I was born and raised here in Denver. It's a completely different city than the one I grew up in.
In my opinion it's soo sad how Denver will never be the town it used to be.
Yeah, we took our cow town for granted.
My dad built homes, back when. He always said that Denver was never meant to be a large populated city, due to the semi arid environment ect... He died almost 12 years ago and would be shocked to see the crazy over crowding here now. Yikes!
It's a bummer guys... I miss our old city... When I was a kid I would sometimes want Denver to be big and recognized city, now I wished it never changed...
Move to Cheyenne, kids. Cheyenne today is Denver 60 years ago. Don't sell your house though, just lease it out. You'll be back.
@donvaldez841 yup some good changes but I remember in 80s 1 bedroom rent was $200 -$250 unless ya got swimming pool etc then it was $300
Completely agree. I am in Pennsylvania now. I would give almost anything though to have the Denver area I remember and lived in for 45 years back....😢😢
All I can say is I'm glad I enjoyed my 20's back in 90's Denver when it was fun and exciting. I'll always have those memories no matter what
White people are dying out too, are there fewer of them?
Now it is a yuge dirty truck stop toilet that does not flush and is still used.
@Dirk-my2zf it is like satan toilet 😂after used down the drain typicall denver zombieland
I have lived in Denver since the 1980s and I do miss the way it used to be.
I lived there early 80s to late 90s. It was definitely in decline quality of life when we left and moved to Boston... our last visit there in 08 we almost got lost trying to find our homes there... would never ever even visit there again. Too depressing.
Anyone in any city misses the way it used to be.
Born and raised in Denver. It is a horrible place to live now. Denver was a great place to live. It wad a big city with a small town vibe. I miss old Denver.😢
@@Jay-bh2sk yes, it was like that when I moved there in 1982... a large cow town. 15 years later when I left it was starting to become a vast new people's republic of Denver/Boulder... last time there in 2008 it was gone.
Now I hear almost nothing but disgust from my old work buddies there
We are getting the glorious, revolutionary, humanist socialist people's insanity voted for. @@bukboefidun9096
I wouldn't mind if Austin had a population decrease.
The city is becoming expensive it’s a college city
Too many good jobs still moving to the ATX.
Move out
Are you an Austin native?
You got that right
I live in Denver area. Main reason why I think people aren’t moving to Denver because It’s really expensive to rent an apartment or buy a house.
Exactly.
What's the average rent now? Average price for buying a house?
Time to dig deeper into a root cause analysis! People frequently move to areas with high housing prices, or else the rural Great Plains would have the same population they did a century ago. Given the drop in prices in commodities and the enormous improvements in productivity in housing construction and the huge amount of open space in the Denver metro area, why is it expensive to rent an apartment or buy a house?
Thank christ I have a roomate. Even in my shitty 2 br with a roomate I'm still spending almost 900 just on the bedroom
If you drive around the metro area, there is a lot of undeveloped land closer than where construction is going full speed. A combination of folks holding on to it for future commercial development and land dedicated to "open space". Every apartment development is labeled "luxury" and every house being built is more expensive than can be afforded by the median income family.
Just came from a work conference in Denver… it was my first time visiting. We stayed in downtown Denver on 15th St. I was totally underwhelmed. Everything closed down at 9pm, and there wasn’t really anything fun to begin with. And the beige against beige against more beige backdrop just wasn’t for me.
Exactly
Even 10 years ago, it was beyond boring. And with all the construction, post covid crap, and the homeless nonsense, there's no point even going there now.
We moved out of Denver in 2019 after living in the same house for 42 years. When we returned for the last of our things in July 20 homeless people had stolen many of our belongings and were living in our house. The courts did nothing to them and I'm sure they are robbing and pillaging today.
That’s aweful!
Facts. I've been living out of my car for the past 3 months saving 2300 a month on rent. Waiting for a role to open out of state. Hopefully by September.
Good luck dude, take care
Move to Tennessee small town .
Years ago, a new coworker kept complaining about the state where we were living. I finally asked him why he didn't leave if he thought our state was so horrible. After a thoughtful pause, he said yes, it was horrible here, but it was even MORE horrible everywhere else! The real problem is that no matter where people go, there are people! Any place that can attract people, will attract a lot of people! As for places that are not crowded and have affordable housing, there is a reason that people are not moving there in droves, eg. no jobs, bad weather, high crime. If you are retired or self-employed or can telecommute, that gives you more flexibility. But most people want access to good healthcare and education for their children, so that means living in an urban area. What urban area in the U.S. doesn't have a homeless problem today?
That's true to a point. A lot of it is political. Florida is a good example. There are "high profile" murders or crimes 📁 but these are not a true measure of most areas. Drug or gang: "red on red" deaths are the biggest stats ☠️. Some DAs, SAOs mayors are paid off by Soros, Bloomberg, Gates so they let the crooks out.
Ok boomer
@@user-sn1se8kh7zeven if you were capable of being original, how is this a boomer mentality? Whatever generation you identity with is embarrassed you exist lol
have you ever heard of the Boston homeless problem ? exactly because there isn't one over there. excluding NY and Philly the homeless problem is a out west thing ...
It’s a Floriduh thing too
I think another big one is rude people. I know every city has good and bad people, but people in Denver are just nasty lately. You can't drive down I-25 without getting flipped off, and when you're walking down the street people always act like you're in their way. The city tries to sell itself as a chill community with positive vibes, but the actual experience is quite the opposite.
Denver has the worst road rage in the USA. I love it the mountains and I am super happy I never have to go to the front range.
As a Denver native, I can tell you that I never found Denerites to be that friendly. I moved to Louisville, KY. for 14 years, then returned to Denver. It was a shock. People in Louisville Kentucky are the nicest, coolest people I've ever met. When I returned to Denver, I went into a big depression. I still miss Kentucky.
I thought this was an intersting observation. I recently moved to Denver from FL and was in awe at how friendly people in the city were. I will say, the few times I've dealt with confrontational individuals, they were from the East Coast or Texas
100% , I was just in Denver for a couple weeks and it is night and day on how shitty the quality of people are over there. Not nice at all
@@Gundogflydid they hurt your feefees?
The road rage and aggressive drivers in Denver is horrendous…. As is road conditions…..
Hey, sorry local resident here. You should see the rapidly growing suburban sprawl all along the Front Range Urban Corridor. Fewer people are moving to Denver because like any popular city, rents and home prices in the city have gone way up due to demand. People with families in particular are spreading north and south into the expanding suburbs which are not a part of Denver itself. But even there, rising home prices are the biggest problem, as they tend to inevitably become in any area that becomes too popular. That's just how the real estate market works.
That means they will stay in their suburbs and not bother you. People in castle rock don’t come to Denver often and it ain’t far. So this is a good thing for you
The heinous, ugly suburbs around Denver are just as expensive.
I live in Denver and this is spot on! Once a great and fun city and in many respects, it still is. I'm thinking of leaving once my lease is up. It's a shame, I've been here 40 years and seen it's struggle and decline
I have been hear since late October and can't wait to leave.. I just don't want to go from the frying pan into the fire AGAIN.
I'm so glad I didn't move there after all but, I do want to got the hell out of Texas.
I was in a similar situation. I lived in Denver for 37 years - it was mostly a very good time in my life. I retired in 2017 and moved to Florida.
Florida is way cheaper - but the healthcare is a huge disapointment from what i was used to recieving in Colorado. I still miss Denver -
but I am too old now to try and move again. All I can do is remember the good times - and try to deal with the hill billies and rednecks down here.
@@urbanurchin5930 Those "hillbillies and rednecks" ARE America......at its best. Maybe Newsom or Isley will give you some help moving to a commie state.
@@amandadunn7678 my I ask why tax is so bad? Thinking of moving there
I know this is about Denver, but I think the reasons hold up for any large city. A lot of us seem to be done with city life, doesn’t matter which city.
Rural communities are losing their hospitals and access to health care. There is a shortage of doctors in most small communities. For retirees, that could mean life or death in an emergency. So sticking to urban areas is a safer strategy, even with all the downsides.
On the contrary. People are leaving cities to move to other cities. Look at current and past population trends. America is becoming more and more urban and less and less rural. And for many reasons.
@@scvcebcyou act like people can't drive 20 miles into town to see a doc
@Piglet people are leaving the giant cities for smaller cities and towns. Believe it or not, but there's places in between skyscraper metropolises and Bumpkinville
@@georgerafa5041 20 miles from popular major cities puts you in the most expensive suburbs! You have to go at least an hour out to get into an affordable community and often 2 hours out. But I was actually thinking of the real rural areas where there is no doctor for hundreds of miles. I had friends who retired to a small rural town and loved it at first, even though there was only a small medical clinic and it was a 4 hour drive to the closest full service hospital, much of that on winding, 2 lane roads. Then one of them got cancer and they often had to stay overnight in the town where that hospital was for treatment. They ended up renting an apartment near the hospital because they were too old to keep doing that drive. The cancer patient finally died, so their surviving spouse sold their beloved country home and moved in with adult children in a large city.
In the 1980s people in California said the same thing as Denver, Welcome to California, Please leave and take someone with you.
I wish more people leave California because there are still too many people here. I was lighter traffic
Everything woke turns to shit
My parents both grew up in Denver. My father grew up in old North Denver in the 60s and 70s when it was a chicano barrio side-by-side with the Italian district. He and my mothet got so tired of the traffic, construction, the politics, the homeless, the prices, ect, that they decided to move to New Mexico after visiting a few times. It reminded them of the old Colorado, and fell in love with that humble feeling.
I live in NM and our crime is higher than Denver per capita, happy your folks found our city reminded them of an old humble Denver. My grandmother moved here from Denver over 50 years ago and died here still considered herself a Denver transplant at heart.
Awesome collection of stock footage with some occasional shots of Denver!
I've lived in Denver since 1991 and until recently, loved it. Rent is now high and there are a lot of homeless young people. Too many young people moved here without skills and thought they would find jobs in the pot industry. It is sad to see so many of them living on the streets now.
Wow! That’s sad. I hate to see young people getting lost so early in life.
On a positive note though, Your Nuggets just won the NBA title.. so if you are a basketball fan, you are really lucky ;)
Tons of ski bums (now just bums) there
Dang
@@soul2soul399 However there are ton's of hookers now!
I drove through Denver last year and was surprised how bland it was, and the traffic was terrible. I noticed a lot of bad drivers, too. I know those exist everywhere, but it stood out to me there.
In I live in Denver and people fail to realize this is not Aspen like they see on TV. We are just basically on the Kansas side of Colorado just happen to be close proximity to the mountains. And a lot of people that come here are surprised how flat Denver is
bland compared to what?
I've lived all over the US and don't agree with that. Traffic isn't that bad either.
Drivers are more polite in Denver than what you'd experience in NYC by far.
Also, rent prices haven't gone up in Denver as bad as other areas in the past few years.
@CAtoDC the cost of living doubled in the last 4 years, you can't breath and the traffic is a joke. Lived there 30 years and moved back to Cleveland. Get out before it gets even hotter. There is no traffic here, because everyone from here moved to Denver lol
@@Matt90541 damn, you're living in Fantasyland
Phoenix is even more bland and you have hotter summers there with bad air quality too. Traffic is probably worse in Phoenix.
Housing is less, but the jobs pay less. Homeless problem is probably worse in Phoenix.
Learned over 30 years ago, if you looked east of Denver proper, then it looks like Kansas. People that have never left the east coast (which was where I lived over 30 years ago, thought that Denver was like Georgetown, Colorado with all that fresh mountain air), however when you travel out of Kansas along 70 and into Colorado it is all rolling fields and treeless plains, right up to the city limits. It was weird seeing mileage signs for Denver and you would be in the middle of nowhere, even up to about 40 miles.
However, even those eastern towns along 70 in the plains, just shy of Aurora have grown tremendously and so have housing prices. However, there are many that do not realize until they actually take a brisk run, that those flat regions are still a mile above sea level, and if you are not used to it, then you will be heaving right away.
Love your videos brother! Watching from Tucson Az
Thanks for watching!
Agreed. My main goal is to purchase a home. But the reality of that is I would have to move out of Denver to afford a home I not only want, but need.
It’s a real shame. I’m from here, and the worst part is I don’t know if I can move. Not because of money but because of my attachment to this place. It’s not so easy just leaving your childhood home behind. I know a lot of people who have left Colorado all together. Most of them aren’t even from here. Go figure.
Yeah but you’re not really originally from there. Most Denver residents are originally from New York if you trace their family back
You’d be from New York had your great grandfather didn’t move. So embrace your roots and go home
Go home
Denver is a Midwest city full of people who think they live in the mountains. It’s like living in Milwaukee or Wichita, but everyone is wearing fashion-brand puffer jackets and ski goggles. They act like they’re enjoying apres ski after a day on the slopes. Some will actually brave i70’s hours of traffic on the weekends to creep up to Winter Park or Loveland and back, but not often enough to justify the expense of the racks on the tops of their Subarus. It’s just for show. Living in Denver means tolerating crime, traffic, general ugliness, dull folks, smog, and extreme weather (not only massive snow dumps but also extreme heat) offset only by Rocky Mountain kitsch. It’s been Californicated for the last 25 years. Save your money by living in Columbus, Wichita or Omaha, then splurge on a ski trip once a year. You’ll have the same day-to-day lifestyle as you would living in Denver.
It’s interesting when you think about it… the entire city of Denver is not *in* the Rockies, but rather sits on the Great Plains at the edge of the Rockies. Technically, it’s a Great Plains city.
Denver not a Midwest city it’s a western city lol
Denver is disgusting 🤮 nothing but a bunch of satanic liberals and democrats
I have to work at in downtown Denver a few days a week. It is sad how disgusting it is. Homeless encampments just move from block to block and leave trash everywhere that just sits there. I have to drive through the homeless every time and see them stumbling into traffic. The city is an embarrassment. Because of the terrible transit system, traffic is always bad and there is never-ending construction up and down the front range. Honestly it’s an awful place to live. Granted it’s the biggest city I’ve lived near, but I’d never go to a bigger one. Having nature near by isn’t even a positive anymore because everyone who lives in Denver wants to get away from it and therefore the mountains are now over crowded with ignorant people. Don’t get me started on the drivers. No one here knows how to pull into an intersection for a left turn or realizes left lanes are for passing. Im getting outta here as soon as I can.
I used to work in Lodo. I got a new job in Aurora, just 5 blocks from home. Otherwise, I would have moved to Nebraska.
As a cdl driver, I agree so much with the driving part. It annoys me so much!
state of colorado going to hell in a handbasket.
It's not an awful place to live
I visited in 2021 and the homelessness was just crazy. They had an area gated off because they had to salt the earth because of disease
This Californian moved to Denver from 1998 . The cost of living was very affordable at that time. I moved back in 2001 to help take care of my Grandparents. The city is so beautiful and I loved living there.
Moved to Denver from Indiana about 7yrs ago for electrical work. Obviously the cost of living is insane compared to Indiana but my industry is booming and I’m closer to 6 figures than I’ve ever been. Even though I make decent money I still don’t think I can afford to live here. The weather is amazing, lots to do during all year round, but lots of snobs, petty crime and hard to make friends.
The secret got out and People found out how great Denver was and they all flocked here for a multitude of reasons: weather, beer, weed, sports, low crime, proximity to mountains, nature, laid back environment, opportunity and so on. Now those same people that moved here for the aforementioned reasons are leaving because they ruined many of the great aspects of denver, but please keep leaving so that we can work towards making Denver what it used to be 🙏🏼
Migrants are replacing them
Denver’s crime rate now is astonishing
I mean things are different from when we were young my guy. Shit is fucked up all over the united states. Until we can address the housing and drug crisis these problems will never go away no matter how many people move out of CO
I moved to Colorado in 1973. Things were very different then...
The 'bluer' we get, the more these factors come into play.
I'm not surprised that politics was NOT mentioned. People who don't like Denver politics left a long time ago...
I agree. Its my #1 reason for my planned move.
The Party helped ruin San Francisco, LA, Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, Austin, Detroit, Chicago, Denver.
They love destroying American cities . How do you think they profit of this ? And more importantly how can we stop it ??
I don't see politics in this ... I see people on BOTH side fucking things up. And I know it.
I don’t see how Denver is blue at all. In the rural areas, it feels like Tennessee
I just moved out of the Denver area as the crime has increased, and the economy is so outrageous and unaffordable.
Yea well I moved here bcuz the crime from Chicago is worse lol 😂 was shot six times , I'm taking my chances in Denver
Very true regarding the high cost of living and affordable housing. My ex husband unfortunately moved into his car after he was not able to renew the lease of our former apartment because they raised the rent to almost 2k when we were previously paying 1,500
Damn. Should not happen. 😢
You took half?
@mplundr aww, did a female hurt you real bad? That's sad, even more sad that you can't keep it from showing in public. There's help for that.
@@AmeriMutt76too bad there ain’t no help from female bullying and one sided harassment from the system!
@@mplundrThis is why men should never get married or have kids.
I live in Colorado and I drove in Denver last week, traffic was not bad. I lived in San Francisco, the Bay Area, Phoenix
I've never understood the allure of Denver. When I was broke and 19 I took a greyhound from Texas to Washington State. I fell asleep waiting for my next bus at the bus station in Denver and someone tried to steal the shoes off of my feet. Didn't really make me want to pack up the rest of my stuff and move there. B
I went to Denver, a few years back to run Bolder Boulder. It was my first time to walk around and check out the area. The metro area is nice, I spent probably the least amount of time in Denver proper, but it was alright.
If your outdoorsy.., is Colorado the way to go ??
It can be dangerous to go stomping around in the woods these days.
Yes it is the place to go
There are two main roads into the mountains, if you like to sit for hours in traffic on those two roads going to and from the outdoors in the mountains then this is the place.
Great job Briggs ❤❤❤
Thank you!!
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs yes, well done...and as a former Denver resident for 15 years...spot on.
55 years old, Colorado native. Leaving because of a lot of the things this list and the political climate which drives it. They have ran the state into the ground.
100% this is happening to all liberal ran cities, its shocking on why people are surprised at this? they havent realized a trend? Denver is the next portland in 5-10 years
Dems.....I
@@breakthecycle5238Communists
@@Wolf_3125 Same thing
@@breakthecycle5238rat
Funny, my neighborhood is being surrounded by constant new build homes and restaurants and the farmlands keep disappearing. Tell me again when exactly did he people stop moving here? I’m still waiting for that to happen
Denver has ruined CO.
Denver is the economic engine of Colorado and people are still pouring in.
@gogreen7794 yup, and all the natives are pouring out. Your economic engine is driving up crime, driving up the cost of living to tge moon, and over crowding everything around it. It's a garbage place to live now.
No people have especially having lazy ass people around doesn't help
@L-S-001 Quit listening to the right-wing hype! And you got the wrong city.
@L-S-001 lies
I have spent 27 of my 41 years in Chicago and now live in the Denver area.
Chicago has cheaper housing, better public transit, better food, much more to do, better downtown, better architecture, better water.
However, Denver's traffic is not nearly as bad, taxes are far cheaper, weather is better, more to do outdoors closeby.
And also you have a million times better chance of being shot in Chicago so there's that
We have okay transportation but RTD sucks and can't manage and dropping trains without warning
I like both cities. Chicago also has more crime.
Explain how Chicago has better water than denver 🤔 ⛰️ 💧
Exactly though we do have good water too and we need to get rid of RTD
I moved to Colorado from Texas back in the late 80s. Since then it freekin amazing how much grow and how much the cost of living has risen in that time. I left Colorado in 2010 and moved to Montana and hey I think a whole lot of people are following me, Bozeman is getting way unaffordable. The traffic in Denver has always been bad, even after they expanded the hwy through town. Transit has always sucked out west. Still, Denver was the nicest big city I've lived in.
I lived in Fort Collins in the late 90's and that area was starting to grow. Someone who I met there said don't stay because what Fort Collins used to be like Bozeman was at that time. Now, Bozeman is becoming Colorado-ized. I used to love visiting Bozeman but saw how rapidly it was growing. After my daughter graduated MSU, she struggled to find housing and was living out of a hotel before she moved out of state. The golden age of Bozeman was over in 2020.
I always thought Denver had some of the cleanest air in the country, I was surprised to learn that bad air was one of the reasons people are not moving there
tbf it always had that problem since the advent of automobile (its just trapped air in the valley)
It's so bad you can't see the mountains some days and smells like cat piss at least 2x a week. It's worse than anywhere I've been outside LA.
When there’s colossal wildfires in Canada or California the smoke will drift here. It’s not smog pollutants so much affecting the air
@@calebrossonnot too much anymore, but car pollution smog was notoriously bad in in the 80s. I remember hearing it had to do with the way air gets trapped next to the mountains. Beijing has the same problem.
You got high mountains right above it and the city sits in the valley pretty much trapping all smog or wildfire smoke from other states
I knew 5 families who moved to Denver from Orange County, Ca, of the five, four moved back to the OC, and the other family moved to Houston… 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
Denver used to be such a beautiful place. Born and raised there for 65 years and then the liberals moved in and destroyed it. Sold everything a year ago and got the hell out.
I lived in Denver about 15 years ago and it was a great city to live in. I was so happy I found a place in the USA that you didn't need a car so I saved a lot of money there. I had to go to Denver recently and driving there is like driving across the George Washington Bridge during rush hour. Horrendous. If I could afford it, I would move to Lone Tree.. It's got everything I could ever want within walking distance.
newsflash: rent is up in ALL cities. I pay $2K for a 600 sq ft 1 bed/1 bath in Houston, TX. I CANNOT WAIT to move to Denver as May-September is pretty miserable here.
It's have that in Dallas check it out.
@@virtue_signal_ Dallas has a traffic nightmare due to the massive influx in population since 2012. I was there in Sept. '22 and I didn't recognize it.
@@Joy-mh9xq I've been here since 74 and yes the traffic has gotten worse. I don't know if it's because I live here but it's still easier to get around Dallas that it is Houston San Antonio or Austin. And actually I was speaking specifically to the price of apartments. They aren't $2,000 for a one bedroom at least not yet.
Don’t Denver is more expensive trust denver got really effected after the pandemic inflation here is no joke that’s why this video is made it’s not lying lol
Please don’t. Go literally anywhere else
Denver and the metro area have also become way too liberal for many people
You got that Right Bro!
I'm a Denver Native!
I'm good with that!
Surprised that the weather wasn't listed. Denver still gets snowstorms as late into early June sometimes.
Yes, but a 65° day in January isn't all that unusual either.
it was cold and overcast. A miserable first winter for me in Denver.
@@andrejka_talking_out_loud This was a rough winter. Springs aren't usually this cool and wet either. Nice to get some summer weather today!
A friend of mine went there in the 1980s and they had a tornado. That's freaky.
Upper Michigan had one as late as early May but June? That is unheard of.
Wow, Denver must have had a really bad month. According to this channel just one month ago, Denver finished seventh on the cities expected to gain population with a 23% increase.
Doom and gloom videos are great for views and the UA-cam algorithm, lol
@@Matt90541 yeah this UA-camr is a joke, he just makes it up as he goes along
@@jameswesterman9283yeah that’s true. Briggs is a big dummy! And I have many reasons to back up my statement 😂
@CAtoDC yeah, I've got alot of these popping up in my feed, along with way too much doomer stuff lol. My curiosity gets the better of me so I wonder what people are mad about, but then I get a flood of negative crap, I wish the algorithm wasn't like this 😂
I just moved out of Denver due to work. I miss Denver. I live around Minneapolis.
Love your videos, very informative
Why would someone living in California want to pay Riverside prices for way worse winters? And no beaches within driving distance? If your region has shitty weather like Denver, you'd better keep the cost of living low so people feel like there's some kind of decent trade off.
I'm moving to Denver when my company moves next year. I spent alot of time there anyway. Not a fan of the city but enjoy the surrounding area.
It still sucks
What's the company?
Buy in the suburbs and commute.
feel sorry for you
Stay away, denver doesn't need you
Denver: Los Angeles without the beaches.
I think of it more as Dallas with mountains.
or the weather.
I moved from Colorado Springs made my money in real estate. And yes people from California people was moving there. Making all prices go up.
People like you are why prices go up you fool. Your money has to come from somewhere
When Denver decriminalized drugs, every jobless stoner in America moved there. The demographic shift happened very quickly. Cue the high crime, filth, and homeless music.
no mention of property taxes going up 20%. to 40% in one year
I visited and the amount of homeless using hard drugs in downtown was sad and scary. Also, we had to go into a store to avoid getting mugged by someone who kept following us, not cool.
Seattle and other cities are way worse tho, every is city is like that
Been in Colorado since 2007, Denver since 2009. If my job wasn’t so specific to being near the state Capitol, I would have left for Boise years ago. I also managed to buy just before the housing market got absolutely impossible for first time buyers, so that’s another anchor to my emigration.
Had no idea Denver had an air quality issue. That combined with the high elevation must wreak havoc on those with breathing issues. I'm surprised they can live there.
According to the American lung association, the front range of Colorado has some of the worse air in the US.
This is surprising, it always seemed like really good fresh air. Obviously when the smoke rolls in it sucks but that seems like extenuating circumstances, usually it seems good. And the water is better than just about any other city I’ve been to
The geography is sort of like a bowl that allows stuff to collect above Denver. It was famously known for it's brown cloud back in the 80's/90's and got a bit better. But whenever wild fires or other pollutants occur, it just collects and doesn't leave. It will likely be poor air quality forever due to that.
@@suparedbird wow
Agreed, everything from Pueblo north to Fort Collins is in a valley the land to the east rises up to 8,000 feet and to the west 14,000 so being the mile-high city is misleading. The smoke and smog has no place to go but a slow flow to north or south. plus the winter temperature inversion packs it down closer to the ground.@@suparedbird
Also re:water quality, a lot of the supply lines between water mains and houses were lead. For the past 5 years or so, the city has slowly gone street by street to first test and then ultimately replace those with modern fixtures. That’s like the only thing you mentioned that’s headed in the right way here.
I made the mistake of moving to Colorado and expected it to be just like John Denver's song "Rocky Mountain High" lol. Turns out, most cities in Colorado resemble more of Southern California's sprawling suburbs than what I imagined. Before you move to Colorado, it's important to have realistic expectations. Denver Metro Area is basically Southern California with much more snow. I ended up only living in Colorado for around 3 years, I found more of what I want in Montana which is now where I'm currently at.
Nope Montana has way more snow than Denver
We looked at moving to Montana but we found it to be just as expensive as the Denver area - mostly looked in the Billings area.
@@elliebellie7816 it’s pricey in Montana. Cheaper places are Billings and Great Falls. But they’re growing fast so if you want to move, do it soon! Missoula Area is the Montana’s equivalence of Fort Collins Area in Colorado. Housing prices are about the same in both places. Bozeman, Kalispell, and Whitefish are probably the most expensive places in Montana as far as housing goes.
@@DENVEROUTDOORMANDepends on where you are in MT. Eastern MT is flat, just like DEN East to Kan.
You just have to get away from the flatlands, but that is often not possible if you have a job in the urban corridor. I'd probably choose a place like Montrose if I could.
Great Video as usual . It would be nice if you updated some of your older videos
like:
A) Cheapest land,
B) Cheapest houses,
C) Free land,
D) Offgrid
E) States that offer you to money to move
how about new concepts like:
A) Intentional communities
B) Best coop states
C) Eco communities
D) Best states with good factory jobs
E) Best states /cities with entry level jobs
F) Best companies to work for that allow you to easily transfer around the country
G)States with best water tables,
H) Best states, and cities with best public water quality.
Those are awesome suggestions!
I was about to vote for "cities that pay to move there" until I realized I aged out of that demographic years ago 😏
I was born, grew up and lived in Denver or the Denver area for almost 55 years. I moved away last summer for most of the reasons mentioned in this video. I think people should keep in mind that the crime statistics reported here appear to be regarding the City and County of Denver, and not the metro area as a whole. I didn't verify things, but I doubt that the crime statistics for Westminster, Northglenn, Littleton or Centennial, for example, are as high as they are for Denver alone. Those suburbs suffer many of the other problems that the Denver area does (e.g., smokey summers and falls, or expensive housing costs), but they are normally much quieter. Overall, if you don't mind some of the drawbacks, it's still a nice place to live, if you can afford it.
I like where I live now, but I miss the extensive, well-connected multi use pathway system that the Denver-Boulder area has and the outdoors and fitness oriented culture. People get outside and move around there like no place else I've been to.
Yup Arvada rocks
Ive met alot of people from denver who lived there 10s of years but nvr have been in the mountains
@@junioradult6219 When I lived there I wished more people didn't want to go to the mountains. It gets ridiculously busy in the mountains there, particularly west of the Front Range. Most people like to at least take a drive up there a couple of times a year.
Actually, crime has increased in all the cities you listed.
@@almondeyes210 Are they as high as those in Denver? I doubt it. There are some parts of some suburbs in the metro area where I don't generally feel safe, but most are fine.
I moved from Denver Colorado. It just plain sucks!
As someone who lives in the mountains in colorado most people here look down at denver. Great to visit for a day or two but thats about it, they have been packing people in like sardines non stop in denver past 10 years.just Like the whole west coast you probably couldnt pay me to move there
Thank you! Interesting!
Im from the east coast. Lived in Denver from 2015-2016 the rent increased by a ton and life was pricey there. Traffic was unreal and the homeless population was exploding. When i spoke with natives and they were leaving i realized i wasn't gonna make it here long. I left after one year back to the east coast. Sad it was a beautiful state.
I’ve lived here all my life and I shouldn’t have to leave because of “foreigners” stinking up the place. When my parents were starting out it was a place where you could enjoy a nice, out of the way sort of life. Now the city is nearly as gross as NY or Seattle
The infrastructure can’t handle the increased population. The freeway system is way too small, I-25 is always ridiculously crowded. Cost of living is insane.
My girlfriend and I fly in for Bronco home games 3-4 times a year. I always enjoy my experience and the people seem very chill and mind their business. I know it’s different because I don’t live there but we always have a great experience flying in from NC.
It's expensive, it's crowded, the homeless are all over downtown Denver and surrounding areas, lack of good food options for takeout, traffic is terrible.
I gi downtown for the excellent restaurants, and I only see a few homeless. They are less obnoxious than some of my suburban neighbors!
GREETINGS FROM THE PPRC GREAT VIDEO AS ALWAYS.DENVER IS OUT,TOO COLD.🇺🇸🍺🍺
I do Uber in Denver. Most of my passengers say they planning to move out of state. Cost is high. For example 2 bedroom rent was 600 4 years ago now it is min.$2400.
I would add Drug addiction!! Homelessness!! Crime
!!! is worse than what said here
I was born and raised in Denver I am 64 years old and lucky to own my home Fine with me if a lot more people left.
Quit saying it's not the teacher's fault. If schools would focus on teaching academics instead DEI bullshit students would be better educated.
I left the Denver area last year after living there most of my life. Your analysis is pretty accurate. It's rapidly turning into Colofornia.
It's not just that stuff. It's also a case of meeting certain marks set by the State. Don't know what the case is in Colorado, but in Washington they had teachers basically teaching students how to take the standard tests, all in the sake of making their district look good. Call me cynical because I am.
These fools never listen. Dumb as rocks
You mean commiefornia
Got to give it a hipster name. Ecal.
Born and raised in Denver, moved to Canon City in 2002. Moved to Casper in 2019, got tired of the political atmosphere and the marijuana use, and was very tired of seeing the beautiful state I grew up in become run down.
Denver is better than most places. But will I be able to afford it in retirement.?I already pay $4,000 in property taxes and it will most likely increase.
The more people move out the less traffic they’ll be. Denver traffic is becoming like LA traffic.
I was shocked to see the amount of homeless in Denver now.
Trust me is hasn't stopped. One day I will escape the madness my birthplace has become and go somewhere quieter like Colorado is suppose to be
It seems every state is dealing with a humongous homeless issue
Only the blue states. We don't have these homeless problems in the red States especially the South
and the main reason its the blue states because homeless only exist if they are tolerated or rewarded for their lifestyle and that occurred with the political change of the state
Building Back Better
That’s because every state has a Joe Biden issue.
I totally expected marijuana/drug culture to be on this list. Shocked!
Downtown is a giant homeless urinal. I wont even go down to 16th st anymore. The only home you'll find under 200k are mobiles or unlivable.
Back in the 60s and 70's people with mental health issues and addiction problems were in mental institutions and state hospitals. They were relatively safe and people living in the cities were safe from them. In the late 70's we started closing these facilities because abuses were uncovered and many people thought this type of "housing" was inhumane. It was decided that letting people with mental illness and addiction problems out into the population was the "humane" thing to do. While there were abuses most of the people kept in the facilities were taken care of. Look around at the homeless camps and tell me that is a humane and dignified way of life.
Yep. The result was predictable.
If John Denver were still alive today, he'd be saddened as to what has become of his city.
I agree... he would cry
@@bukboefidun9096 john denver lived in aspen not denver
@@davidyork8020 true, but he called himself Denver because he loved the state.
Denver was not named after John Denver. It was named after James Denver the territorial Gov of Kansas.
@@dvferyance yes, thank you for the obfuscation. John Denver changed his name to Denver
We were just in Castle Rock, suburban city of Denver. We were looking at a huge housing development where it's known to be Californian housing. So did the statistic included outskirt cities of Denver?
Castle Rock has a lot more Texans than Californians.
@@sportsfan1717 interesting!
Castle Rock is absolutely out of control with sprawl. That place has increased in size exponentially. The quality of housing being built is garbage. Colorado Springs isn't any better.
I always hated being in Castle Rock. The land is so beautiful and they’ve responded by building the most car-centric sprawl scape you could imagine.
No. Because that's not Denver.
Good video, buddy. Nice work.
I live in Colorado. I can tell you right now. This place is all Commercial Food. Besides the mountains and weed. The day to day life is very dull. It's the land of retail with no progression in jobs. So most people end up homeless out here or I love how no one talks about the hard drugs that are killing off everyone, or the human trafficking, or the just straight up weirdest stories you'll hear about. This place is bizarre and crusty.
I pity the people that are native to Colorado. This place has really fallen off
I moved out of Denver over a year ago, after 19 years in Denver. It was good but there are a few issues:
-I could not find a job in my field that paid well. Even if I got interviews, when stated my desired salary, employers are like: "Nope!"
-Terrible traffic. Almost impossible to get groceries after work because it will turn into a 2 hr trip. I-25, I-70 are undriveable around Denver. I-70 is packed from Denver to Utah state line. Incredible! O_o
-On a personal note, I had migranes almost on a weekly basis. Now that I relocated to a much lower altitude, I feel like a brand new person, with much higher productivity and stamina.
-Rent in Denver, as well as landlords' terms & conditions, are wild and out of control.
And what's up with selling pics of feet? Do people make money off of that?
I live in Denver and I love it. We're probably about to leave though, because my wife is an ops manager for the hard rock and it's closing down, so we'll be getting transferred elsewhere.
This is the only city I’ve been to with amazing side walks and no bugs. Screw you im here to stay.
Yeah....the no bugs thing is something that many people don't even consider. I moved to Florida in 2017 and the bugs and high humidity down here are killing me !
Colorado native here. Denver was once a beautiful city. Clean streets, clean air, low drug, low homelessness, and much more. Denver is now a garbage can.
Thank you so much. We will be just fine go ahead we don’t want to be a hotspot.
There are no public bathrooms in downtown Denver, because of the homeless using drugs inside the public bathrooms. It was so bad that when my mom came to visit, she refused to buy anything when we went to the 16th St. mall because even the bathroom in target was not available… In target!!! It’s ridiculous.
There never were many public restrooms in Denver, but it was also not a big deal to run in and use a gas stations bathroom etc if need be. Now most indoor gas station windows and doors are barred here and your damn lucky if they have a restroom to use even if you fill your tank and get food or something to drink.
City is spending millions revamping 16th st mall. Wrapping a smelly dead fish in beautiful wrapping paper.
That’s how it is in a lot of downtowns
Yeah. I pissed in a random alley few weeks ago
I used to love visiting Denver as a kid and even up until my early 20s back in the 2000s. I loved taking the bus or lightrail down to a Rockies or Nuggets game, or just walking around 16th Street Mall in the summer. The last time I went downtown was right before COVID started and I nearly got assaulted twice within the span of an hour, got hustled for money countless times by the legions of homeless, and watched a man die from a drug overdose at a bus stop right across the Capital building on Broadway. The city is a complete loss and from what I've heard, it is even worse now. Like the rest of Colorado, Denver has been ruined by the new batch of progressive transplants and their insane politics.
Humanist socialist "Democrats"
I grew up in Denver, left in 2015. I miss when it wasn't jam packed with tons of well-off folks moving in outpricing the rest of us.
Very true! Taxes on homes have doubled. Traffic lights set so that there is always congestion, crime is high so public transportation is just plain dangerous! Denver Public Schools are just plain sad and always have been. The school board quibbles and histrionic make it difficult to believe improvement is possible.
I've been waiting for this one!
I'm a fourth generation Coloradoan. I know exactly why a lot of people have been moving out. Besides the high cost of living... More states have legalized marijuana. People moved here for the marijuana in the beginning. Now there's available in more states, they can move somewhere else.