People Are Leaving Denver: Here's Why

[@ChrisHarden]

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[@FixItStupid]

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[@cjc411]

I left Denver for Fargo back in August. I have always loved Denver, but after my car was attempted stolen twice in the last year alone, I took it as a sign to leave. North Dakota gets bitter cold in the winter, but life is easier(imo) and much more reasonably priced here.

[@302Mustang13]

Simple life is sounding good these days. Technology was creeped into my life and I hate being dependent on it because it isn't reliable more than my abilities.

[@jonathanielpringlemaniii]

yeah nd is cool, i would live there in a second if they had legal weed

[@Lee215.]

I worked in Fargo a few years ago , it's a pretty nice place

[@retreatfunddoyoutrip]

Oh I don't have a car

[@314brent]

enjoy Fargo! omg.... it cracks me up how people talk about Denver like it's Gotham City

[@Kelless629]

Colorado native of 40yrs. My family and I are leaving and moving to South Carolina in a few months. Can not wait to get out of here. I’ll always have the memories of what once was an amazing place to live.

[@masonkanterbury3007]

How do you SC?

[@masonkanterbury3007]

Like South Carolina?

[@Kelless629]

@@masonkanterbury3007 hey Mason!!! It’s absolutely beautiful and a slower paced way of living. People genuinely seem more joyful and relaxed and happy. We’re in Summerville. Within an hour of the beach and close enough to amenities we want for shopping etc but it’s also got a rural feel. Best decision. Check it out!

[@patrickburgess1107]

Yeah. I left Colorado for South Carolina twenty five years ago. Biggest mistake of my life. Greenville-Spartanburg is a hole. My neighborhood is now overrun with illegals, homelessness, ghetto bangers, stray, neglected, and abused pets, and crime. Crumbling, congested, trash-strewn roads, soulless, ex-urban, tract home developments in varying stages of decay. Tons of slave wage jobs. But hey, we’ve got a downtown ballpark, and Unity Park. Yay.

[@krono5el]

its been full of meth heads forever same with most of the south.

[@FloridaManChowder]

I was born in Colorado and spent majority of life in Denver. Moved to Melbourne Florida 4 years ago and here i am watching both your videos! Melbourne is so nice and quiet compared.

[@brentlee8085]

How is Melbourne? Is it hard to meet people in a "small town"/small metro area like the Space Coast? I've been wanting to move to Melbourne/Space Coast for a while

[@hotelandelevator1236]

@@brentlee8085 I've lived in 3 places, Citrus County, FL, Pompano Beach, FL and now Denver. Best places was Citrus County, friendliest people, but then again I spent the first 10 years there, but I remember making tons of friends was easy there and the minute I moved to South Florida that suddenly became super difficult and SoFlo people are super rude. Denver is kinda inbetween Citrus County and South Florida in terms of people. They aren't great but they aren't horrible.

[@nutriaoso]

how'd ya fair thru Helene and Milton?

[@kas6583]

I live in denver. Your facts are spot on. Thank you for the video.

[@warbirdwf]

I lived in Denver in the early 2000's. There were tons of homeless folks living there even then. Mainly they lived in the downtown Denver area. My understanding from friends still living there is it's gotten worse and worse. Denver was a beautiful place and it would be a shame if it turned into San Francisco, Portland, LA and other cities who's politicians do nothing to address and correct the issues. The southern border situation is a shit show and it was during the last administration too. Our politicians in Washington are a joke no matter what side of the isle you're on. They are all self serving, corrupt, useless douche bags. I'm all for immigration if it's done legally. But to let floods of people in because we can't lock the border down is insanity. Cities and governments need to get much tougher on these issues that are ruining so many cities and states...The only way to fix this issue is to vote out these useless politicians.

[@beboboymann3823]

Wrong!!!! The southern border was more controlled under the Trump administration and even though the border under Obama was a crap show it was more under control than it is now. The democrats WANT immigration illegal or otherwise Jerry Nadler said so because even though there are seven million working age citizen men in America who are not working, they are NOT looking so Nadler thinks the ten million illegals who swarmed here are a good thing?? Why not require people who sit at home and don’t look for work get their rears out and do a job? But democrats think it better to bring in the dregs of humanity to keep America going? Nah….democrats know that if they give illegals some of your money and my money so they can survive they will be slaves to the democrats and vote for……wait for it….DEMOCRATS!!

[@davidroberts168]

Too late it’s already turned into California

[@robroskey6515]

I can tell you the homeless in early 00s was nothing like it is now. There used to be a bum or a tent here and there back then, compared to now it wasnt a lot aside from certain areas, but after legalization it was like a city full of bums, dirty hippies and illegals all came here on a train and got dropped off in what seemed like over night. In regards to the homeless, especailly if you include illegals, Denver is unrecognizable vs the 00's. It's insane how many tent cities with trash everywhere there are now, practically under every bridge down town, that along with panhandlers and people trying to wash your windows or sell you something are on damn near every corner now

[@vera_bh8091]

@@robroskey65151000% agreed. Federal in 2010 was walkable and you saw a homeless every now and than. Now its thousands of homeless and thousands of scummy import South Americans porque no sirven para nada.

[@nancyoffenhiser4916]

If Denver is not careful, it's going to end up being the next Portland. I went there in May of last year and all you smell is clouds of dope smoke everywhere you go and if you're sensitive to it and you get migraines, it's a real pain in the ass.

[@showmestatefinest5412]

From the outside looking in it seems like it's already Portland and heading towards being like San Francisco

[@rainmanjr2007]

Pot smoke is no worse, IMO, than tobacco and we put up with that everywhere for most of our history. Isn't that why CO decriminalized it?

[@vectrom1gmailcom]

Denver used to make me happy, now it makes me angry, so I left, now I’m happy again. If I had to choose between San Francisco, Portland, or Denver? Let’s just say I’m not picking Denver, but hey, one persons paradise is another’s hell.

[@kevinkirschbaum6058]

Leave it up to liberals, it’s a broken record anywhere they’re at the wheel for any amount of time

[@mum42morrow]

It's all over Colorado not just Denver, it is the worst.....but it's everywhere!!!!

[@CraigBlevins-bx9kh]

I live in Grand Junction now and it's getting bad here too. Drugs and homeless, low paying jobs, higher than hell costs. Corrupt cops, the list goes on.

[@pamelawoodall5891]

Not in Tennessee !

[@franssusan]

@@pamelawoodall5891, It is in Georgia and Alabama

[@theurbanthirdhomestead]

The cities suck, but rural Colorado is fairly safe and sound. A year ago, my family and I left Denver, specifically Aurora, to find safety. We weren't a minute too soon.

[@thunderbird6777]

​@@pamelawoodall5891I heard it's here in Tennessee too. Not in my rural area (yet) BUT if we allow this crap to invade our towns and cities- it will be

[@MattRead-ib5vo]

You have an incredibly soothing voice. I look forward to your videos. Thank you for all your hard work:)

[@bobbullethalf]

Having visited Denver in the past, I can attest to the insanity of the city and surrounding areas. It is truly becoming lawless, with open air drug use and migrants flooding the city they are setting themselves up for something terrible this spring and summer, and probably beyond.

[@ChrisHarden]

It's sad. There's still quite a few areas in the Denver Metro that are really nice I feel like... but of course it's all expensive.

[@FixItStupid]

If Biden Kept The Border Closed.... Would NOT HAVE THIS MUCH PROBLEMS That What I SEE In Ever City Too

[@itskyb]

We left the Denver area in 2015. No regrets.

[@lorimori7777]

Good work Polis!

[@elizabethfrownfelter2531]

Vote ALL Red

[@patronst.ofleeches5107]

Amen…Polis and the democrats! Always voted Red always will🇺🇸✊🇺🇸✊🇺🇸✊

[@TheLakeJake3]

Still tons of traffic lol seriously though it looks worse everyday here. The migrants in parking lots is very real sadly and spreading deep to every Walmart near Denver even in Littleton for example

[@Revelationready631]

Thank you for this video. I live in Denver but confined to a wheelchair I get to see Denver thru your video. Thank you.

[@AlexanderWaylon]

Looks good but yes, I agree rediculously overpriced. Not much different than New England. Overpriced for very little good reason.

[@LeeSmith-gh2pc]

The new policies of our governor have ruined this state.

[@Paulfrawley-y8x]

FJP

[@dianneys4887]

Fls

[@kire115]

Had lived in Denver metro since 2007 and city of Denver in newer section on the northeast side since 2015. Denver is an s-hole city and that’s on the city policy makers and leadership. Sold the house and moved back to my sensible Midwest state and city 2 months ago. Much much better. The ominous music during the drive bys later in the video 😂 fitting.

[@lithium25693]

Midwest is boring

[@adamr4963]

I still live in Denver it sucks, and is disgusting!

[@Way2caffeinated]

Then move man! Or change it! Dogging the place does nothing!

[@mitchellduncklee7182]

Alameda & santa fe and many other similar intersections now have 4-5 guys trying to wash your windows for $. Some times when you say "no" they spray your windshield and walk away.

[@pascalfriedmann1479]

Colorado has an interesting future and I don't know if Fort Collins and Colorado Springs can save it

[@rainmanjr2007]

Mass climate change migration will likely bring people to CO.

[@dvferyance]

Denver grew in the 2010's because of the redevelopment of the fmr Stapleton airport. There was room to grow now there isn't.

[@ChrisHarden]

115,000 people live where the old Stapleton Airport was? Doubt it. That’s how much Denver grew in the 2010’s.

[@dvferyance]

@@ChrisHarden i doubt that many as well but Denver was unique in a way that they had all this vacant land land to develop. Also keep in mind you also have the strip of land to the east towards dia that was annexed when the airport was built that has also been developed.

[@CORED5150]

Denver became overpopulated when we legalized marijuana, everybody and their mama came from across the country for it. Not to mention Denver and its surrounding cities have had illegals coming here for decades and now it's dirty, over populated, pothole riddled, traffic nightmares with homeless people everywhere.

[@maryanna8066]

Since marijuana was legalized

[@sjh60633]

Such an overpriced DUMP

[@nancyoffenhiser4916]

Thanks for your candor!

[@ChrisHarden]

Thanks for watching and for the support!!

[@annoythedonkey]

The juggler has been at that intersection for a long time.

[@CORED5150]

Now the illegals have taken over there and when the light turns red they are all over the cars trying to wash people's windows for money, it's also affecting the traffic there.

[@bas1010]

Chris, you have nothing to apologize for.

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

Never really understood the fascination with Denver, its a boring midwest plains city with a mountain backdrop

[@mrjim1973]

Mork and Mindy? nanu nanu!

[@dvferyance]

Denver is not midwest.

[@jag92949]

@@dvferyanceBefore the Californication, Denver was closer to a Midwest city. It has lots of similarities to them.

[@dvferyance]

@@jag92949 my first visit to Denver was in 1997 I never got to impression it was Midwestern even then

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

@@dvferyance If it wasn't for the M mountain backdrop Denver would be almost identical to Kansas City

[@dougHowMoneyWorks]

Denver in decay!

[@StellaSable4891]

Homeowners and natives are leaving. Migrants, Gangs, and homeless moving in mass for a while.

[@jag92949]

For the past month of January, I’ve seen Denver become more tame during my Lyft drives. There are far less homeless people and migrants on the streets as far as I can see. I think the cold weather drove them out. I never welcomed cold winter so much.

[@maryanna8066]

Where? There are homeless camping in Cherry Creek so I disagree with you.

[@maryanna8066]

Buses and trains filled with druggies smoking. Assaults.

[@jag92949]

@@maryanna8066 Downtown Denver and Cap Hill

[@maryanna8066]

@@jag92949 high crime. Moved out of there last year.

[@maryanna8066]

@@jag92949 they are further south on the boarder of Denver/ Englewood.

[@MichaelVeilleux-g1u]

I know every street this guy is on I live in Denver and he is exactly right it's bad here Colorado used to be beautiful

[@UnicornInTheWyld]

Colorado native here and I agree

[@jamesstrickland517]

Lol, I actually used to work at the Buckhorn Exchange and its history is an adventure and a place that has to be experienced.

[@garypeck4612]

This is just the beginning! I never thought it could happen to Detroit - it's just a blue state matter of time. Keep it up liberals.

[@patronst.ofleeches5107]

Yep👏👏👏

[@markmiklebost5717]

Colorado's appeal is it is libertarian society. That seems to have changed over recent the years. Our freedom has faded away but the reputation has not.

[@pressedearth9492]

Great journalism Chris!! Just the facts.

[@brandybatesglenn8600]

I live in Baker, unless your venuzualen, there is no opportunity here.

[@Thearmedcitizen89]

Spot on. I don’t recognize the city I grew up in. It’s sad.

[@NaveDelAmor]

The formula we used to use to qualify buyers in Cleve metro was 2.5x annual income ($100k buys $250k house)

[@chrisschepper9312]

I’m leaving next week. Rent is too damn high.

[@Lee215.]

I'm planning on leaving soon too

[@ivearies4187]

I am moving out this week, heading to the Midwest Pure Michigan. Where did you move?

[@HankPanky]

Sanctuary city.

[@LeetHaxington]

Yep in order it's crime, cost of living (and dealing with cartel land lords in general), and homeless people aka crime. "Homeless isn't crime" weird how there's always a spike in crime around where homeless people are. I can't park my car literally anywhere in public without like break ins and stuff. Try to take an uber and they're basically threatening you for tips the entire ride. The police do nothing. They didn't even investigate a live bomb threat at my office building or someone firing a shotgun in a bank parking lot I reported with evidence. Landlords basically keep all security features broken and then just auction off your car at every "luxury" apartment. The buildings are secured with plastic electronic locks that default to unlocked when bashed open, and then they just leave them broken for months at a time. Basically anyone can just walk into any apartment or steal a car for free and nobody will ever investigate it. You try and go out for a walk and there's homeless people bothering you and then they see where you live and stuff. Go to the park and there's needles on the ground. I understand people being down on their luck and it doesn't automatically make them bad, but then one person just starts attracting more people and they generate an insane amount of trash for not having anything. And then they're sitting around bored at night which leads to seeing what they can steal from cars and stuff nearby. Really the worst part is you don't know if someone is walking up to you asking for money or they're just going to stab you because they're high. Or they start screaming and get into an angry rage suddenly. Imagine taking a 10% chance of that happening on every single person you see outside and trying to walk with your kids or something. The direct Denver area is otherwise kind of cool with a nice layout and walkable things to do, which would be fun if you could actually go in public. The light rail and buses are pretty cool. But they're just hotspots for violent crime. Once you get further out it's just very quickly endless seas of asphalt roads and parking lots. Infinitely spreading suburbs with boring copy pasted houses with nothing to do for 10 miles. Any location that ISN'T that is flooded with homeless people being a bother. Again even if you're fine with suburbs and will just drive wherever, you can't park anywhere because your car will get stolen. BTW pan handling isn't JUST a nuisance. These guys are running up to you at very busy intersections shuffling in their pockets. Don't know if they have a gun or what. Demanding your attention while someone could be sneaking up on the other side of your car. So you rush getting out of there, directly into 4 kids sharing 1 scooter who are going too fast on the sidewalk with obstructed vision . It's like a circus with not only traffic, but pedestrians, bikers, and scooters. It's like they're trying to get hit. Add in pan handlers and it's a miracle I haven't heard of this happening yet on the news as far as I've seen.

[@ChrisHarden]

I’ve been reading more about this stuff recently and I’m amazed that my car wasn’t jacked the few times I parked in downtown. Car theft capital of the U.S.

[@GranMastaDee]

"Vote BLUE - No Matter Who!" - said the signs downtown. I left Canada in the nick of time. IUt was Feb.3 1984 for Dallas, TX, then left that smelly frying pan for Denver (suburb) on Jan. 1, 2000 (Y2K Day), and downtown was still OK if one didn't wander far from 16th Street Mall. Now, 24 years later, I'm back in Canada-Lite, Colorado. Seriously though, bad as it's gotten here, go to Toronto for a couple weeks every 2 years, and you'll come back here with at least hope that it's not too late. Might even kiss the ground.

[@OvertheGarage-wv1wn]

The gentrification of inner city neighborhoods really took off in Atlanta. That process still continues. Downtown, midtown, the warehouse district on and on. Housing prices skyrocket as with Denver. I would say that also put a cork into Denver's growth as well.

[@chriszamora574]

Sad. Every city profits off the homeless denver is in its low times i was born hear and wont spend my money in a city that has lost it way.

[@gingercheyene]

Welcome to Colorful Colorado, NOW GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM!!!

[@simon_does]

Cool series man

[@10forthebigguy753]

I just moved out of California. I wouldn’t go to a state with two Democratic senators like Colorado.

[@nancyoffenhiser4916]

No kidding. I never thought I would ever be grateful to live in a fully Republican state, but boy I tell you I am thrilled. I've always been a centrist and voted for the person no matter what the party is, but you can't do that anymore. I don't know what the hell has happened to the democrats, but they have a fat lot of nerve pointing to the Republicans as being evil when they open our border to let everybody in.

[@chrisschepper9312]

Ah…identity politics.

[@ASAManifesto]

​@nancyoffenhiser4916 lol what "open borders?" There is an asylum exploit that people are using and time and time again democrats have put bills to speed up the process from 5 years to 6 months and Republicans shoot it down to keep it an issue. Maybe you should understand the causes and why people are rejecting the hypocrite Republican platform.

[@elizabethfrownfelter2531]

Vote ALL Red

[@kevinkirschbaum6058]

Plus Governor

[@amyludwig8685]

With all due respect, Denver Native here, what you report is true.. though, to keep this video honest, it should be known that most of the footage you're showing is in areas that have always been predominately poor and industrial from waaaay back.. Colorado for Trump! 🇺🇸❤️💯

[@thinkaboutwhy]

Moving here last yer has been the best experience ever. Most people forget the first thing they pack...themselves. Denver won't make you happy or sad.... that is up to you.

[@conceptobject]

If you saw Denver 10 years ago you would understand. Denver will see the same fate as Detroit.

[@user-dt1hu7mm6b]

Total bs. Lived here 68 yrs, not going anywhere. If you can't afford to live here DONT

[@conceptobject]

How much did you pay for your home? Could you afford to leave?

[@jorndoff2002]

Nonsense. Colorado Business Registrations are way up. A lot of people are moving to Denver. Housing starts are way up. This is a bunch of propaganda or wishful thinking.

[@johnsmallberries3476]

Denver used to be such a nice city :(

[@beboboymann3823]

OK…..taking in the negatives of Denver as reported here, I knew what the answer would be……..Denver has been controlled by Democrats since 1963……61 years……I assume Denver became a sh**thole many years ago. And further research reveals Denver is one of the top places people are moving OUT OF. Let’s hope they change their voting habits when they settle in a more sensible city.

[@theodorejay1046]

Very generalized & misleading. Yes Denver has issues like any other large city. Realestate prices are increasing for a reason & no Denver does not have negative growth. There's are a few neighborhoods that should be avoided but genearally Denver as a big city has lots to offer.

[@krisb675]

Agreed. Seems like this is a biased video based on the political views of the creator.

[@w4dester]

What's up with the dashcam man? I really like the whole overlay.

[@mikenuyen4441]

Miles and miles of bike lanes, but not one single bike rider.

[@patronst.ofleeches5107]

🤣🤣🤣 Brilliant point!

[@davidroberts168]

So I work in downtown Denver. About two streets away from where I am working we see buses every day. Sometimes four buses, sometimes six buses every day, dropping off illegals at a business and then there are smaller vehicles there to pick them up of course after they get their information for voting, and they drop them off throughout Colorado. The Democrats have destroyed the state of Colorado. This is happening every day.

[@GreatLakesDrifta]

Alcohol could also be considered a gateway drug…. But Denver has always been a boom and bust city, maybe it’s just a continuation of that pattern?

[@ChrisHarden]

True. Alcohol is worse than weed in a lot of ways. And it very well just be a phase we’re seeing in Denver. Time will tell.

[@brandybatesglenn8600]

Its bad here. Why lie BAD

[@bobbyarmijo3307]

Just for the record. That street performer has been performing at that corner since covid. I used to see that guy all the time and would give him food and bottles of water. Because I was doing catering deliveries.

[@Matt-vk3mg]

I moved to Denver in 2012. When i got here the first place I ended up was the triangle by the Denver rescue mission. Rhey were smoking drugs in the wide open not even hiding it. I came from Chicago i never seen something like that in my life. Long story short ive been in Denver now for 12 years i love Denver its way better than Chicago i don't have to worry about walking down the street and get sho at😂😂😂😂. Civic center park is on Broadway and Colfax back in 2012 you couldn't walk 2 feet over there without people asking you if you want drugs i was like wtf is that....

[@Way2caffeinated]

Thank you for gentrifying the area and making them move to mine

[@MaryHardymsmary_h]

White flight again

[@dianneys4887]

Looks like a clean city with a lot of flourishing businesses. 😮

[@Kevin-jb1gj]

If I had a choice between living in Denver or Colorado Springs, I would choose Colorado Springs.

[@Bin-jw6yt]

I am in Texas and watching this video I can only wish "Don't California Texas"

[@foxywhitetip7387]

Oh t X has its own serious corrupt issues don’t worry ..

[@kevinkirschbaum6058]

Never apologize for the facts Chris..

[@joannunemaker6332]

I enjoyed this video.😊❤

[@MidnightsDeluxe]

the latest estimate shows a 3k increase now

[@StreetSweep]

It was a great place to live for a long while. I used to always say I would never live anywhere else. I think a lot of these issues are a growing problem that will continue to get worse everywhere in the country. There are a number of reasons. I remember a time when people would leave their garage open all night and their front door unlocked while they slept, in the Denver metro area too. Also, one thing needs to be said. The people in charge of rules, laws, housing, the forceforce, all of that, they know bad things are getting, and it's not that they are oblivious to what is going on, they know exactly what is going on, everything is going exactly how they want it to go. It is not Democrat VS Republican, it is people who have taken over control a few decades ago and they have an agenda to push towards. They've done it slow enough that people just get used to the change and submit to them, and then the new generation comes along and it is all they know, so they have even less of a problem with the changes, they'll slowly ease us into a life that is going to be terribly difficult for all of us in the US.

[@NaveDelAmor]

No traffic?

[@patrickburgess1107]

I spent four years in Colorado back in the 90’s. Enjoyed my time in Denver. I wouldn’t go back there now, but I regret moving to back to South Carolina in ‘99. And I wouldn’t care to live in Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte, Charleston or Asheville either. All turning Blue, and in the early stages of Southern versions of the same kind of dystopia. Good news is there are still plenty of small micropolitan areas left in the country, that fly under the radar. None are glamorous hotspots peddled by Livability or other publications. I personally am familiar with several communities, and will be escaping to one of them, in the next couple of years. Sorry, but will NOT be naming them. Do your research folks and you can find them.

[@rexdilligam6261]

Where is that in the beginning

[@BuccaneerBruce]

In Overland Park Kansas we have so many people that stand on the street corners and bother you in the parking lots. It is mostly homeless vets that are out and professional hustlers.

[@wadestanion4617]

I am a Colorado native my entire life, and from my perspective, the entire state of Colorado has fallen victim to a run on the housing market and people moving here in DROVES.... Most of which seem to not even speak English. I am not sure how they are affording housing. I know I can't make it on my own right now, here. I would move, but I have 50/50 custody of my daughter, so I can't rightly just up and leave.

[@GeoffreyMorrison-xh2eo]

Chris alludes to a good point. Probably, legal weed is wildly expensive--compared to street weed. Adding crap to weed is nothing new: Long ago, it was angel dust (pcp).

[@toddomalley1825]

I’m a pioneer of Colorado You don’t know what you talking about. People are not moving to the suburbs because of the housing cost They’re selling their properly in Denver and move to a cheaper part of the city or out of state because they got paid , you are over exaggerating, honestly I don’t care if more people move out of the state and on the part of people begging that’s been going on way before the immigrants got here so all I’m going to say get over it.

[@MrBobochow]

Denver needs 50,000 more migrants !

[@jamesrecknor6752]

The Party needs their glorious, revolutionary votes.

[@jumboshrimp5193]

Been wanting to leave for years. Gonna make that happen as soon as I find the right place.

[@kikaree]

Take a ride to old Aurora. Take Colfax east from downtown Denver. South Santa Fe actually looks cleaned up from when I lived in the area 40 years ago.

[@tjlopez4273]

East Colfax is cleaning up significantly though.... And the "yuppies" are moving in 🤔

[@chrisschepper9312]

Old Aurora? No.

[@rexdilligam6261]

Ghetto area

[@mitbbssickdeal2067]

Southern， southereastern parts of Aurora are much better.

[@debrazimmerman7966]

Moved here 11 years ago from Midwest. Loved it!! NOW? Car broken in, car stolen, immigrants, and cost of living is TOO MUCH! Plans to sell the condo, which is declining in value, and moving! Back to Midwest!

[@rhvreramon]

I live in ft collins which is fine but I’m ready to move back to NYC.

[@whatdoyouthinktodd]

So I have a friend who lives south of the border his job is to allow people to have papers so they can go work in United States work visas He says they hand them out like candy.

[@brandybatesglenn8600]

In denver, the media tells us that Colorado has always been a blue state through history. Ive been here 50 years, most of what is heard is a lie. Theybeven call us Coloradans, how hick is thst? Im a Coloradoan and not proud of my lame duck state. The most igorant ppl live in sanctuary city.

[@elizabethfrownfelter2531]

Vote ALL Red

[@JimmyJam_61]

Jesus! Looks like DETROIT ???

[@brianc8821]

Good, let them leave. Maybe then housing costs will come down enough for natives like me to actually buy a home. Easy come, easy go.

[@jonathanielpringlemaniii]

why tf would you still want to live in denver?

[@brianc8821]

@@jonathanielpringlemaniii I was born here. Everything and everyone I know is here. It's beautiful. Objectively still better than most other places.

[@debrastanford8761]

NOOO, CALIFORNIA ,IS DOUBLE THIS ISSUE

[@Selfprogressionasaman]

I live off Santa Fe and it sucks.

[@daveTHEdirty]

I moved to Colorado to get away from California. Apparently a bunch of people from my state had the same idea. Unfortunately for all of us, unlike me they brought the politics with them.

[@mitbbssickdeal2067]

Southeastern part of Denver at 6th Ave & University Blvd is much better.

[@gregorycyr9272]

Here in Raleigh NC you will see i buch of Hispanic people looking for work outside Lowes.I was working for a guy under the table doing landscaping this past fall and he would hire them.The job is done and they where good workers.

[@ChrisHarden]

I’m sure some of them are great people that were dealt a bad hand and are just trying whatever they can to make life work.

[@gregorycyr9272]

​@@ChrisHardenOne of them is 20 years old from Hondrous and was smuggled into Texas.The bill is $15,000 that he owes to the COYOTE.He has to pay a certain amount every month sent to his mother down in Hondrous.If he does not there WILL be problems.

[@ChrisHarden]

@@gregorycyr9272Good grief.

[@gregorycyr9272]

He did not have the Resources to take 2 weeks off.I stand correct.

[@tjlopez4273]

Left Denver for Aurora. Not too far, but it doesn't have the problems Denver has in city leadership! And it seems to be a trend!!!

[@chrisschepper9312]

What? Aurora??

[@mitbbssickdeal2067]

@@chrisschepper9312 , Yes, Much better in Southern and Southeastern parts of Aurora

[@michaelmarcell4734]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KXRM) - The Colorado Springs Police Department arrested a man on Tuesday after two minors overdosed on mushrooms at Fox Meadow Middle School. Yes Colorado Springs is definitely the place to be. I move to SE Aurora (Southlands) in 2014. Great suburb. 15 miles airport, can be in downtown Denver, Tech Center, or Castle Rock 30 minutes or less. E 470 toll tags is great. Parker and other cities in Douglas County are great, no homeless, no panhandling. Colorado gave into the drug hysteria, from weed to legalizing psychedelic mushrooms, when the fentanyl epidemic was already exacerbated. I see so many men 18-50 who are not working and on drugs, selling drugs or committing crimes. The Venezuelan roam the inner city streets like vultures, loud music, open prostitution, pan handling. Denver has a lot Millennials and Gen Z who are well educated and taking advantage of upper class incomes and want to make the city into a utopia. The leadership has laid down, and decided to support socialism and a non productive lifestyle. Safety and Security outweighs cheap rent and substandard surroundings. America was not built on handouts.

[@tomindenver1331]

Colorado is 26th in overdose deaths nationwide, so, yeah, legal weed isn't making things worse. It's probably making things better. Where weed isn't legal, overdose deaths are higher-West Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana and Kentucky have four of the top 5 overdose death rates, along with D.C. As for a Detroit-like future of abandoned homes, don't count on it. Denver long ago wisely diversified it's boom-and-bust economy, taking advantage of its location as the largest city in the inland west. It's a money-printing hub of research, airline travel, hospitals, tech, media, finance and federal government. Those houses you drove by in Baker (8:25) are all $1 million-plus. It's also interesting to note that Denver's highest percentage of growth was between 1990 and 2000, long before marijuana was legalized. I enjoy your drives and am looking forward to #18, when you hit my neighborhood (Wash Park).

[@WeSaveWe]

Agreed. Trying to connect the legalization of cannabis and the current state of SOME parts of Denver is a bit of a stretch. Also, pretty convenient of your argument to completely overlook the 1.6 billion dollars brought into the state from tax revenue and fees from the cannabis industry alone from 2015 up to 2021. A good portion of which went to funds for construction of new buildings, education, etc. Denver isn't suffering from liberal politics brought on by California transplants. It's suffering what every other major city is suffering from and that's the effects of unchecked Capitalism: real estate bubble, opioid epidemic (pharma), people fleeing to cheaper states etc.

[@Joce123]

What happens if I have my windows rolled down and I am ar step sign oh my gosh?

[@marymimouna]

What are you doing here, running through multiple stop signs, especially on left turns???????

[@kellischneider3255]

He’s showing the worst parts of inner city Denver. Denver and metro suburbs are beautiful!!

[@Whitemoon379]

Carry

[@davidroberts168]

Most of the people that moved out of Colorado are the ones that were born and raised in Colorado. They could not afford it anymore.

[@timr31908]

As Willy Wonka says who do you blame the mother and the father and the Democratic party

[@patronst.ofleeches5107]

👌🏻

[@jag92949]

16:18 I used to live in Greeley. It’s an awful place. It’s Mean Streetz material for sure.

[@ChrisHarden]

Interesting

[@jag92949]

@@ChrisHarden Maybe you should film a video there.

[@jameskenyon918]

Blame it on the government.