DON'T Move to Fort Collins if you Can't Handle these 10 Things

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

If you're considering moving to, investing in or maybe even selling you're home in Fort Collins, Colorado, my team and I would LOVE to help! Please call/text 970-893-3533 or send an email to [e-mail] - Thanks for watching!!

[@JN-wk3de]

I was just in fort Collins visiting last week. I enjoyed the taste of fort Collins. It was amazing. Everybody is so nice and I can't get used to that being from the suburbs of Chicago! It was so pleasant! Nobody was standoffish like here at home!

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

That’s great to hear! We hope to maintain kindness and our character as our city grows!

[@ganymeade5151]

People are usually not very friendly in major Northeast cities and metro suburban areas of New York, Baltimore, Washington DC, and Northern Virginia. It is all about how much do you have. This attitude is creeping southward into some major cities in NC.

[@noelliastarr5853]

Yeah out west people look you in the eyes and smile n stuff. 😅

[@teddyrobinson813]

I moved to Fort Collins for a job 12 years ago and I am happy here, despite being one of the 1% black population here.

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

Thanks for sharing!

[@daniellaashburn2618]

That is great to hear. We just moved here and are white parents with two adopted sons of color. They are a bit apprehensive about the low diversity score. Mind you the area we move from was not very diverse but there was a large Hispanic population.

[@JoshArtisto]

I'm black and thinking about moving to Fort Collins so this is nice to hear.

[@aquarius19.99]

I just moved here wish we could meet and be friends cause it’s super lonely right now as also the 1% black population lol

[@fernandaceron895]

11. Small homogeneous town. If you speak with an accent, they’ll look at you funny and ask you to repeat yourself, even when your English sounds perfectly clear. People in Fort Collins don’t seem to have a broad perspective regarding cultural diversity.

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

It Definitley has room to grow with its diversity!

[@ganymeade5151]

Work at home policies would clear up a lot of traffic and accident problems due to bad weather, etc.

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

I think working from home has been a game changer for many!

[@pamlippert9662]

Patrick- you listed the top 10 reasons why we are moving back to Colorado- specifically Fort Collins in the Fall!! Can't wait to go home (from CA). We previously lived in Monument but I've become obsessed with Fort Collins and ALL it has to offer!!

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

Haha I love it!! What makes Fort Collins pretty special :-))

[@pamlippert9662]

@@LivinginFortCollinsColorado Let me just say that snow, ice, blizzards don't scare me! LOL!

[@RobotDoctor89]

@@pamlippert9662 most side streets are not plowed after a snow storm. We lived on Faraday Circle (across the 10th tee at Collindale Golf Course just inside of Horsetooth Rd. After a snow we had to deal with snow covered streets that were slow to melt. If it was a heavy snow storm I couldn't get my car out until the snow was packed by street traffic. My wife and I also own a Nissan Xterra so we were not stuck. No, snow and blizzards aren't scary but be aware that side streets are not plowed.

[@USA_1776_July_4]

FNL is currently building a new United terminal so that’s only like 10 minutes away. so that solves number six.

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

Can’t wait!

[@anniestacey1856]

Moving to Fort Collins in a month and we are so excited!

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

Ehhh ohhh!! Good luck on the move!!!

[@crsytk]

How is your experience of foco and where you moved from?

[@midnightbeauty-bx7su]

Don't worry about it, public transportation is highly over rated.

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

I’m doing a week of public transportation this week. Pleasantly surprised on most of it. Some met my low expectations. Will have that video out in a few weeks. Thanks for engaging

[@T0e-Man]

I plan on moving to fort collins or atleast Colorado springs in 4 years or so. I got to finish trade school (hvac) and get atleast 3 years of experience in HVAC industry. Also where I live we don't make as much so those 3 years are definitely needed to save my money. Fort Collins is where I definitely want to be. I would call but its a little early for that.

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

Oh man! How cool! We need all the trades folks we can get out here!!! That’s an exciting timeline!

[@Robbie85291]

You forgot were a college town. So you might have to get used to the younger crowd when college is in session. Especially Thursday through Sunday. Good video. R.

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

For sure. You can definitely tell when “class is back in session”. Now with 180k people it is a smaller percentage but still 30k people is a big chunk! I couldn’t imagine when it was only 70k people and 20k students. That must have felt like 2 different towns!

[@atlasking6110]

Pre-COVID I think we had awesome public transportation. There have been drastic cutbacks since bc of covid. I still ride the MAX all the time. The dog situation is completely out of control though. My #1 beef with FoCo right there. The whole city's gone to the dogs.

[@adrianasoldevila630]

Planing to move from Oregon to Colorado, Port Collins sound like the perfect place to live . My question is East, West, north or south part of town? Not worried about commuting times, we like tress tress and trees and love night life, beer, fun stuff. Looking for a middle class neighborhood.

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

Very exciting! Sounds like midtown/downtown with the maturity of landscape and proximity to nightlife :-)

[@VanderpumpRHOB]

As a native this place has lost its flare. Overpopulation, no housing, expensive and people from California or anywhere move here and change it to where they came from. It was awesome in the 1980s and 1990’s.

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

I think it has gone through some changes and growth for sure. Some things with the growth are not amazing, but others have been welcomed. I hope we can navigate them moving forward. Thanks for your feedback.

[@MountainMan677]

Sounds pretty much like Norman, OK. We have alot of wind and weather changes every 10 min. Bad allergies in OK. Live in a college town already OU. Don't ski but camp, hike, overland and etc. Transferring next year to Ft. Collins. Can't beat the Rockies

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

Very exciting!!

[@user-wm3vo9uw3n]

Fort Collins is way better than Boulder. Moved to Boulder and we hate it. Homeless people everywhere and this town has no leadership. Fort Collins is better, were moving there this fall.

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

I love it! Thanks for the comment :-) Always love sticking it to our neighbors down Southwest of us every now and again ;-) - Reach out if you end up making your way out here!

[@aninewforest]

The freight train horn sounding in the middle of the night for 40 mins at a time is a huge drawback. It would wake me up even though I lived a mile from downtown. It also blocks traffic for 20-30 mins. during rush hour.

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

The traffic blocking is annoying. That being said the Lemay overpass is a game changer over the last year since it was built.

[@TheOnlyClore72]

Perfect for me. Moving there.

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

Haha! Love it!!

[@TheOnlyClore72]

@@LivinginFortCollinsColorado Yeah, we will be up by first part of October :)

[@galimirnund6543]

He forgot to mention the traffic... it is horrible. They keep building new apt complexes and housing developments and it just keeps getting worse and worse. The city people don't take this into account when designing the city. They just look for .. ohh more tax money yeah, and property taxes oh boy!!! Yeah, that is a thing in fort collins. Be aware of stop light cameras..they are cash cows and make it so police don't have to do the work. Oh, and if you have a moped stolen out of your parking lot... you can't report that over the phone you have to go to their website.... sad, I know. Keep them donuts a comin'.....

[@MrSnead-vp1ll]

Small town gossip sucks

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

Lol yes! My sister lives in a town of 1000. Everyone knows EVERYTHING about each other lol 😳😳😳

[@ganymeade5151]

Gossip exists everywhere for various reasons, often political.

[@codewithaus]

Amazing! When is the best time of the year to visit Fort Collins?

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

I personally think Fall is pretty awesome. Not necessarily the Colors, but the temps, breweries and ability to bike all the trails

[@patrickgragg5602]

moved here in 06 LOVE IT

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

Awesome! What brought you here? :-)

[@lindsayhengehold5341]

Love Fort Collins!

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

YAS!!!

[@allenmorgan4309]

I moved to Fort Collins and it is a nice little town with a good climate but the local people have a horrible attitude. Everyone asks me why I moved here. You can tell that the local people don't like people from other places and for reasons I cannot understand they are arrogant. It is like they think this little rural town is posh or something. It doesn't make any sense and when the wind blows just right I smell cows depending on what side of town you happen to be on. The entire city is no more than 10 miles wide and the locals seem to act as if it's a long way from one end of town to the other. On top of that there isn't really anything to do other than eat at a restaurant. And everyone is biased to the part of town they live in and it is all just about the same anyway. As soon as the housing market improves I'm selling.

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

Bummer to hear this is how you feel.

[@boostermoongazer]

i lived in downtown Chicago and thought traffic was bad. NOTHING, compared to Foco! WAYYYYYYYY overpopulated and the design of this city would be a sim disaster.

[@Cindee-Schnitman]

People are HORRIBLE DRIVERS. Speed everywhere, flying through parking lots, potholes everywhere, too many young drunk college kids. Rarely is it quiet. Moving here looks better on paper until you get here. Not impressed so far.

[@connieketring8315]

I am so glad I found your channel!! Last week I sent off for relocation information from th Fort Collins Chamber of Commerce, I am thinking about possibly retiring there in about 2 to 3 years, my daughter son-in-law and new grandbaby live there , my daughter graduated from Colorado University , when I came there for a graduation I just fell in love with the town! I love dogs, I love a cold beer, I live in Oklahoma and the weather constantly changes and almost everybody has problems with allergies, so that's not anything new to me. Anyway I was wondering if you could do a video for seniors, what is the apartment availability, the cost- I would like to live close to Old Town, I would like to get a part-time job to stay busy and be able to walk when the weather is permitting

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

Oh, wow, you should definitely check out The Remington and the new 140 E. Oak Street Apartments! They’re affordable and RIGHT downtown. The Remington is specifically for seniors. Feel free to send me an email and I can send you some additional information.

[@johnmccool6875]

Is there an over 50 crowd in Fort Collins? I love the area but am concerned I won't have much chance of meeting people my age given it's a college town.

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

There is… it’s probably not as large as the younger crowd, but there are Definitley many folks who are moving here 40-60 for lifestyle design.

[@MaltaBwah]

these are all opposing things of my least fav things about abq nm! haha im comin!

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

Haha 🤘🤘

[@noelliastarr5853]

Yeah I left Albuquerque as much as I loved it. The meth heads ruined my business in old town and I never got back on top. My son is moving to ft. Collins. Looks good huh.

[@theghostwitch113]

Please move elsewhere

[@Kick_Rocks]

We are moving to Fort Collins to get away from all these transplants in Denver. We are both Colorado natives, and are tired of watching our city go down the drain. We want old Denver back. But that's not gonna happen so we are out.

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

We hope that Fort Collins can maintain its character and Identity while it too, goes through its growing pains :-)

[@Yoursistersazz]

Fort Collins is practically a suburb of Denver. It's like saying homestead isn't in Miami

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

@@Yoursistersazz You could look at it that way, I guess. Shoot it takes 1-2 hours to get across the entirety of Houston and its only a 45-60 minute drive from Denver to Fort Collins.

[@MrSchmallz]

I rarely encounter Colorado natives in fort Collins. Easily 2 of 3 people here are transplants, and they all suck at driving in the snow.

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

@@MrSchmallz Being a native from Fort Collins is definitely rare these days.

[@TRENKROM]

Oh god I hate dog towns. Dont tell me people bring their dogs into bar patios...

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

Most definitely. Though many are not allowed on the patio but sit right outside it.

[@rjthomasindyusa]

Fort Collins is a gorgeous but soulless town. In my experience it is incredibly hard to find real friends if you are of the Christian/ conservative mindset.

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

That’s too bad to hear. I feel like there are many different groups and opportunities, but thank you for your input :-)

[@37butterflyprincess]

Yeah, it's a college town with diverse groups of people from all over the world. They tend to be more liberal. Go to Loveland with your backwards thinking. We don't want that shit there

[@rjthomasindyusa]

@@37butterflyprincess I would of thought you would have told me to move to Greeley Wellington or Severance... not so much Loveland. I guess you didn't really think that out or look at the voting records..... but people like you don't think... they just react... don't they. Merry Christmas!

[@rjthomasindyusa]

@@37butterflyprincess Don't fool your yourself thinking that you live in bastion of diversity..... There is less than 4% of Asian, 3% hispanic and 1.5% black. It's one of the 'whitest' places that I have ever lived.

[@firefly9838]

I'm not Christian or Conservative but I'll sit and drink a beer with just about anyone😅

[@JB-rt4mx]

Sounds Dangerous...

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

Very ;-)

[@ganymeade5151]

The crime rate is high in Colorado. Lots of crazies probably due to drug use, etc. Why is no one mentioning that?

[@nancyayers8322]

Oh for Pete's sake! Can you people please get off of the tired old complaints about people from California and elsewhere. People from California came to the Front Range and revitalized your struggling economy. We also built a lot of new homes and industries. Put your sour grapes back in your pocket grandpa 😊

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

👴👴👴

[@starcloud4959]

I cant stand Phil Collins.

[@LivinginFortCollinsColorado]

Dang that Phil.

[@galimirnund6543]

Yeah, uhhh don't come to fort collins.... NO VACANCY....

[@kimberlybrink1400]

Don't forget the huge influx of homeless. It gets worse each day.