The Alarming Reasons Everyone is Leaving Colorado

10 Reasons Everyone is Leaving Colorado.
Today we are going to take a look at why so many people are leaving Colorado.
The Centennial is one of those states that has always grown its population. Since 1870 when it was first included in the census they have never lost population. As a matter of fact, Colorado only had one decade where it grew by single digits and that was in 1940 when they only hit 8.4% growth. In a couple of decades, they grew by triple digits, 387% in 1880 and 112% in 1890.
That may be about to change.
While data points to population growth slowing a bit in Colorado, the state's population is still expected to keep increasing because of a higher birth rate and lower death rate. So, why is the population growth slowing?
Well, some research shows more people are leaving than coming in.
This is new to Colorado. Today we are looking at the reasons people say they are leaving according to a few surveys including one I did.
These are just the most common reasons people gave when asked.
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[@uncleheide]

Beautiful state that has been ruined by politics and over population.

[@pcproffy]

Yeah Boebert is an embarrassment.

[@ericsmith3996]

Boebert is the worst

[@johnholder4208]

Overpopulation? 70% of the state is EMPTY!

[@PabloTheThinker]

Boebert hasn’t ruined the state, democrats have.

[@trampingwithcosmo6848]

I agree politically however Colorado isn’t over populated there’s plenty of wide empty spaces. It’s just that everyone is trying to be in the same place instead of expanding

[@KD-ss7rf]

I am as well a Colorado native, it’s absolutely heartbreaking to see how this state has lost its friendliness,morals,values and respect,now it seems the bulk of the non-native people only think of themselves, and have no respect for others and to other peoples property

[@shannynwells2068]

Much less any respect for environment.

[@charlottehammond8975]

as a non native, i have no clue why anyone would mive here and not enjoy being a nicer person. i have. the culture is so friendly.

[@thermalreboot]

Colonialism anyone? The funny thing is that the outa-staters are probably California progressives who are colonizing Colorado.

[@cynthiaryal2089]

I'm not a Colorado native but i've been here 43 years & I whole heatedly agree with you. It is so heartbreaking 😭. Never would or did i think it would ever get like this.

[@thermalreboot]

@@cynthiaryal2089 I live in the North East, we see the same thing with idiot progressives from Massachusetts and Connecticut flee their states because they've turned them into shit holes and they show up in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont and start turning our states into shit holes. I don't know where these people plan to go after they've ruined their new home like they ruined the old one.

[@oklahomahank2378]

My wife was born and grew up on the western slope. The last couple of times I visited I was astonished at how crowded it had gotten, and how rude and aggressive people were in stores and on the roads.

[@sinjin6219]

Yep, this is the marxist teachings in our schools, the main idea is entitlement to everyone else's property (cause private property is considered bad). And the idea that there is no God, that mankind is actually his own god, and that each person is supposed to police everyone else, hoping to instill moral behavior without God. What nonsense!

[@ShenmueAtheist]

I've driven through most states, and Colorado is top 5 in terms of terrible, rude drivers. I guess it makes sense since most of them are Californians (the worst drivers in the country).

[@tejedakaren1]

So true. Rude and entitled idiots moving here from CO

[@jamesdunn1755]

California influx..

[@DominionMovementDotOrg]

most rude people i have encountered in a particular region anywhere so far

[@chrisdamrow110]

As a Colorado native, it's fallen in to the grasp of those who ran from something they didn't care for (or so they thought) and have turned it into where they came from.

[@Robin-ci2kx]

It's happening everywhere. People are not raising their offspring to have manners, be polite, or treat others with kindness or consideration, just how to be greedy and selfish. If people want others to be better they should raise their kids to care about others at an early age.

[@momsnoteatingbugs1919]

they're running from the messes their policies and politics created and going to states that have been governed by right leaning people, so the taxes are lower, cost of living is lower, etc. Then they swamp these places but bring the toxic politics and policies that created the mess they left behind and the cycle begins again. They also don't have the same values, are narcissistic, rude,, angry all the time, etc. I am native Californian and left 58 years. I'm in Wyoming now and the difference is staggering. People are happy, polite, helpful.

[@happydays2300]

Well put!

[@HaughtKarl-jx9vr]

I'm CO native, I moved to SD and haven't regretted it!

[@Number6_]

We're perfect white middle class trump voting Americans and we don't want to be within a country mile of the rest of you. So leave our country, but yes you have no where to go, but that is your problem. Don't come to us with your problems. We're nice people, were perfect, we help our selves to your land.

[@coloradosenary115]

Colorado native that left last year. I grew up in Colorado, loved Colorado, never planned to leave. However between the wildfire smoke, the horrible traffic going to the mountains, and the feeling of California... it was time to move on for our family.

[@daisygirl1217]

As I said before, rich Cali's are ruining our country.

[@go9ro367]

Where do you escape to?

[@germanjohn5626]

And I bet everyone there said ...good riddance.

[@milehighgimpster]

Legalizing drugs and liberals ruined Colorado. High taxes, high rent, high crime are the results. It's an unfriendly state now! Yes legalized pot made it unfriendly.

[@23kyd49]

Folks just can’t get on board with these United States of America theme. I feel you though, I’ve been in Florida for over 30 years and I’m out of here, just as soon as I’m retired. I believe there’s a song called Paradise by the Eagles that sums it up. I found my little corner then everybody else did. What are you gonna do?

[@hardchooligan]

As a 4th generation born in Colorado all the locals are moving out. Transplants have completely changed the values and politics of the state and along with that have come increased crime traffic and homelessness. My wife and I will be sadly moving away once we have the money for a house. It breaks my heart but the Colorado I grew up with no longer exists

[@donna1018]

I’m in Minnesota and I feel the same.. hope you and your wife find health and happiness somewhere soon. ❤

[@bigpuma444]

Sixth generation native here, I couldn’t agree more with you. We were better back when we were still a Red state, but of course Liberal transplants are hell bent on transforming wherever they move to into the hellscape that they’re running from. Wyoming sounds nicer by the day.

[@Aireck174]

Agree 100%. I will likely have to move in the near future. I see no hope that people will stop voting for policies they hate.

[@kylem1112]

I feel the same way, I'm thinking North Carolina or Texas, I will always be part of Broncos country though. Feels like 75% of people who live where I'm from aren't even from here lol.

[@rabidgoon]

it's so weird that people think everyone needs to have uniform 'values' and 'politics' lmfao. get over yourself.

[@BrockDavid1982]

Native here. All of these point to Denver and the front range. I'm from Western Colorado and most of these issues are not factored in. I love how everything west of the Continental Divide is never mentioned. Like we are not even a part of the state.

[@KD-ss7rf]

Because we here in western Colorado are more conservative than most on the eastern slope, so we don’t fit their narrative as well

[@brianthomas3451]

Grand junction has fallen

[@harryrussell154]

But even Gunnison, Buena Vista, and Salida are being overrun by the rich, woke, liberal garbage. I grew up in Colorado, went Western State in Gunnison, wouldn't live there now.

[@jaybreese7416]

I've been in Colorado for almost 20yrs. and throughout that period I have always considered Denver to be a safe city with for the most part decent people. After legalization, I realize just how crappy people are everywhere else. Transplants brought their horrible manners and selfish attitudes and turned this town into a stressed out, hate filled city where you need 3 jobs just to pay rent.

[@yellowcat1310]

my son and his fam moved to Denver and after their storage unit burned their belongings found themselves downtown in hotels etc before they finally got things situated and got a house. while in the downtown area my son and daughter in law have been attacked, beat up and robbed multiple times. both have been hospitalized after they got curbstomped. it is not like i remember it from the early 90s and even then i did not care for downtown Denver.

[@billredding2000]

Denver (like many cites) is Democrat-run liberal...same as Boulder and Pueblo. Consequently, these Blue Cities (nation-wide) share the very same negatives. Personally, I've lived in Colorado Springs (COS), the ONLY 1 of the 4 major CO cities that leans conservative (60-40?). Am in West TX now, but looking to move back to COS when (IF) the mortgage interest rates go down big-time. Higher house prices I can handle...that is, if they're not artificially inflated as I'd not want to be underwater in my new home right up front. But the 4% or so higher interest rates currently (and the feds looking to raise rates again) compared to 2 or so years ago make a way larger monthly mortgage pay't than I want to pay, even if "doable" (but barely). So here's hoping by late 2025 (or January 2026) I CAN move back there -- to the Springs. -- BR

[@billredding2000]

@JV Riley Well, thieves "respect property" when it's theirs I guess -- when they take (steal) property from someone else. ;-) As for car thieves in Denver, they jus be keepin it 100. -- BR

[@billredding2000]

@JV Riley Thanks, but when (if?) I'm able to go back to CO, it will be where I was before: Colorado Springs. I COULD have gotten either land or land with a house on it outside the city out in the country around Colorado Springs (or maybe even Woodland Park, CO) -- and that would have been clearly cheaper -- but I wanted to be in the city vs. the country...not in the center, or anywhere near downtown, but on its outskirts. That's one reason for looking at the Banning-Lewis Ranch area of the Springs (with new construction growing out East towards Falcon, CO). But as I said, I won't be going anywhere for a while: Am here in TX for the next 2.5 years or so. BTW, I'm an Army (Vietnam) and Coast Guard veteran, so I was a soldier and sailor both. ;-) -- BR

[@jaybreese7416]

@@grantgoldberg1663 I strongly disagree. The only reason people fled to this state was because of legal weed which reflects the total absurdity of the War on Drugs. Had it just been legalized nationwide this crazy near 15 year period would never have happened. Everyone came here rich and poor to escape persecution for something benign and harmless. Unfortunately, our selfish and easily fooled society can't make sensible and fair laws so we have constantly have one crisis after another.

[@atr6930]

I’m a Wyoming native, and have seen a large influx of people moving up here from Colorado. I have no issue with them. Many of them moved here because modern day Wyoming is much like what they said Colorado “used to be”. Most of the people I’ve encountered that moved here from Colorado just want less people and a simplified life. It would be sad to leave your home state, because of radical change. I’ve never been in that situation being in Wyoming my whole life. However, we are starting to see a sudden boom down in Cheyenne. That hasn’t really trickled up to Casper and Gillette just yet, but our housing market has never been more tight and inflated all over the state. The popular towns of Wyoming literally have nothing left for sale or rent. We’re seeing more influx of people moving here, many from Colorado and Washington.

[@RADIOACTIVEBUNY]

Better keep that shit in check. If someone doesn't fit in, let them know and drive them out. Being nice to the parasites that ruined Colorado will get you exactly what we got.

[@livingindenvercol]

I think that's everywhere though. Everywhere has increased dang near 50% in price since pre-covid. And more people able to work remotely makes Wyoming attractive to some. But our mountain states are still the best. Whatever you look for you'll find. I find being nice to someone first, gets that in return. Just so many people stuck in their phones we're forgetting how to be people.

[@elainec5333]

I was thinking about moving to Wyoming to get away from people. I like fresh air and too many people makes a place filthy.

[@daveguan2432]

Hold onto your hat and brace for our winds!

[@tomcooley3778]

Don’t worry, 35 to 50 below zero will drive them out in a few years. You have to cowboy up to stand winters like that year after year .

[@oscarrivera909]

The California Exodus to Colorado in my opinion is what caused everything to go up in price. I was stationed at NORAD which is located in Colorado Springs for ten years. I retired and decided to stay there. I bought a home for 123, 000 in 1993 it's now over $519,300. I remember Californians buying homes cash and paying way over the actual appraisal. Within a few years homes were becoming scarce and prices crept up fast. Use to be mostly conservative but again the Californian ideology turned it into another California. They were running from a state that till this day oppresses it's citizens and now Colorado is turning into a mirror image of their former residence. It's a shame, such a beautiful state but I don't want to live in a place where my personal values are not respected.

[@dreaminez472]

Tell that to everyone in conservative states that isn't Christian, white, straight, and anyone who'd rather smoke a little weed instead of poison themselves with alcohol. Blue states don't make being conservative illegal, but red states make being liberal illegal.

[@steveboyle6891]

It's not just California, people have moved here from all over the country.

[@DonnaKatoArt]

It’s the god awful Texans ruining the place. They’re the worst. They want their freedom…only.

[@TheOldTapeArchive]

@Google Sucks Ass What? Sounds like you've taken a few too many bong hits.

[@Jasper118]

@googlenazicompany5935we’re complaining about the Californians because they’re shite bags and bringing their funky politics. The money is only a part of the problem but people with money are leaving Cali partially because of their awful government, then come to Colorado and do the same

[@alexportnov-pn7vm]

I was in Denver two years ago. I couldn't believe how dirty and the number of homeless zombies walking around. I hadn't been there since 2009. What a difference...so sad.

[@efandmk3382]

Just like everywhere else, homelessness increased beginning in about 2019 because of COVID. Remember Covid?? Because of the cost of housing, there was already a homeless problem there. Unlike more right wing states, Colorado has initiated some rent controls and they are building public housing hand over fist. Permanent solutions over playing the blame game.

[@jamiebrewer943]

I lived in west Longmont and didn’t realize how bad it was because it was the same in my bubble on the good side of town we avoid all that stuff drove around it to do business for entertainment we’re super active it’s just normal to try to not be around it but I as shocked it changed over night and I didn’t realize it and we’re not greedy or selfish we help people all the time but we live ok and deserve it I’ve worked overtime as long as I can remember when I realized it I just drove around to the bad areas for hours and I felt bad I didn’t notice but it wasn’t because I don’t care it’s worse in Oregon and I give at least a pack of cigarettes away a day usually more and some are grateful and some think your done and will keep holding there hands out until you stop giving and I’ve gotten mad at some of them and they don’t care but it’s mental illness mostly

[@user-yw9cw8fp1k]

You can thank Gov Polis for that 😢

[@SSL0707Star]

Denver is way better than SF. We love outdoors, really missed the mountains in CA, but don’t want to move back. And we recently began to think about moving to CO (Denver or Boulder), and found out it’s like CA in certain way. Sign

[@vintagehome-777]

Democrats will make a nice place a sh!t hole

[@willclarkneptune]

I've living in Colorado my whole life, along the front range. Honestly the cost of living is becoming unrealistic, kinda sad. Feel like I'm being pushed out of my own state.. Hate to say, I attribute it mostly to people moving from California, Texas, and Florida.

[@IAMTHEANTICHRISTISWEARMAN]

I fukcin hate the texas people rado native

[@pamriehl1619]

I am a native that left 4 years ago. We could no longer afford being there, and affording it brought extreme stress. My parents sold out and moved, because they couldn't afford the property taxes and my step dad had respiratory problems. Elevation affected him more than air quality. My oldest and her family also moved due to affordability reasons. 4 years later, we are all better off financially, my step-dad has recovered some quality of life, and we have hope. Best decision I ever made was leaving. It took a couple of years to adjust mentally, but now I'm settled and never want to go back, except to visit.

[@BOULDERGEEK]

I loved the 1990s. Moved out in 2019. And my state of mind, stress and resulting happiness rebound got so much better. This time next week, I will be hiking in South America, and not in commuting traffic on I-25.

[@krisc2669]

Good to hear you are all doing well. Would you mind sharing where you went? I'm wondering where things are more affordable that a Colorado native might like.

[@bryang3044]

Did you move away from family? And if so, how has that been, being far away? We are looking to leave NY for same reason, but extended family and parents are big deal to us.

[@painmt651]

@@bryang3044 I left California and everything and everyone I knew, over 20 years ago. It has been hard at times, but it was the right decision. I can’t live without freedom and common sense.

[@bryang3044]

@@painmt651 , thanks for sharing your experience. I feel that while there will be hard times, there will also be tons of "ups". If you don't mind me asking, what have been some of the positives? Freedom, less taxes, and more value for my money would be top ones. I'm sure I'd grow even closer to my wife, since we would be relying on each other more, being away from all fam. I'm sure we would meet people who share our values which would be nice.

[@amanojyaku4598]

The high cost of living, declining quality of life, loss of open space, downtown overrun with homeless addicts, and shift from libertarianism to progressivism are among the reasons we are leaving as soon as possible.

[@bigpuma444]

That’s precisely why I’m about to leave, nearly impossible to afford a place entirely on my own without having a roommate (something I’m not privy to), plus violent crime escalating in the cities that often go unreported now (many of the homeless not only routinely harass people for handouts but will even assault and not even women with children are safe from these types of confrontations). Stricter policies like those we’ve had before our transition into a Liberal stronghold would ease a lot of these interactions, but I don’t see that happening in the near future.

[@Aireck174]

I've lived in CO all my life, it is sad that I will likely be chased out by democrat voters who fled CA and brought their garbage progressive ideas to ruin another state.

[@solvingpolitics3172]

“Pathological Progressives!”

[@bradc6199]

Lefthole policy causes high costs of living, high crime, and other undesirable conditions.

[@TheHamburgler123]

Denver Metro area?

[@timmcardle2233]

I worked in Colorado more than once and I also lived in Metropolitan Denver for about a year and left in November of 2018. My main reasons for leaving were cost of living, overcrowding, homelessness and too much widespread methamphetamine. The only way to avoid tweakers( AKA meth heads) it's to avoid public transportation, grocery stores, parks, hiking trails, Etc.

[@zenawarrior7442]

We had little drug problems until legalized pot. Drug addicts abound, pot leads to other drugs, now meth heads, pot heads etc. Rents went up, traffic sucked, we were promised a part of all the $ they were making off pot...residents saw zero. Pot cures zero, only wastes your time, $, life, lungs, relationships.

[@nogames8982]

I was born in Colorado. Lived there for 28 years. But I wanted to see another part of the country. And when I went back to Colorado after three years, I could not believe the changes. It's terrible now. Too crowded. Too expensive. People moved to that state and then ruined it. They ruined what they moved there for. It's really sad.

[@mtadams2009]

Most places with good jobs are expensive. Colorado has something most places don't have, the Rocky Mountains. So yes its expensive. My friend just sold a house he owned for less than two years and made 450,000. I love Colorado and really don't understand all of the crying. Yes, the front range is busy. It's a big state with many places to live, especially now that many can remote work.

[@jennylynne4414]

​@@mtadams2009 You sound like someone that either doesn't live or Colorado, or that recently moved there from like California or something.

[@mtadams2009]

@@jennylynne4414 I am neither. I am just looking at from the prospective of jobs and it’s scenic beauty. My wife is from Texas and her hometown looks nothing like it did when she grew up. Lots of opportunities will do that. My small New England town looks pretty much the same as it did thirty years ago. No jobs no expansion. I do remember what the front range looked like forty-five years ago and yes its certainly changed. That how things go. You can always go to places like New Mexico or Wyoming, places that pretty much never change or grow. Just think how the Native Americans feel. We took everything and ran it down.

[@tiffanygonzalez7233]

Ditto.

[@flyingdutchman7585]

I left Colorado to Florida in 2014 as I was taxed out of my property. My taxes went from just over 2k to over 17k in the 15 years I lived there. I built my own house on 50 acres. All my neighbors did the same and some of these people's families had been living there since the early 1900's. What happened was all the idiots from Cali arrived and bought their policies with them...jacking up the taxes. The homeless problem is getting worse every year. And it is also driving up crime like crazy.

[@Chichimomma]

Wow! 2K to 17K! Ridiculous! Stories like yours anger me so much. Our country is dying, and it’s so sad.

[@bryonbustillos7790]

It’s not the people from California!! They left California because they didn’t like what was happening in their state which they most definitely didn’t vote for!!

[@fightmilk8613]

@@Chichimommait’s not dying it is being killed with intent

[@Chichimomma]

@@fightmilk8613 I agree! You said it better than me

[@sandrametcalfe7483]

Exactly. All the woke Californians have ruined Colorado. It’s become an expensive dump

[@ThinkforYourself88]

As someone who was born and raised in Colorado, I agree. Colorado used to have its own culture. We all cherished the same beliefs in our state. You would get shamed by any of us for littering or vandalism, especially in the mountains. Not anymore. There is trash everywhere. And you would think we were a state full of gangs with the amount of graffiti. The policies are all straight from California now, too. We should have never legalized pot. It started there and never stopped. I used to hope everyone would go home so we could get our beautiful state back. I'm not sure that's even an option anymore.

[@dandonnelly6498]

This is happening everywhere. It's not the states fault. It's a culture thing. People are raised differently these days. The respect is gone.

[@Puppetmaster1224]

@@dandonnelly6498 I think OP raises some good points; because of all the pot a lot of young adults who move here aren't well.. Respectful? 😹 It seems like the ones drawn here for the outdoor and sports culture aren't the same ones attracted to CO these daus

[@atticus8659]

ok boomers

[@atticus8659]

I hate to break it to you, but everyone smoked pot before it was legalized. Now, you don't get cancelled for it anymore.

[@ThinkforYourself88]

Obviously, people smoked pot. How do you think it was legalized here first? We petitioned for it at the capital on 4/20 for years. The problem isn't that people smoke pot, the problem is legalizing it made a lot of outsiders come to the state. Which changed the culture in Colorado. I'm not a boomer, I am a millennial. And both have a lot of people who smoke pot.

[@ShenmueAtheist]

I'm a Colorado native that recently moved out. Growing up and up until my 20s the state was laid back, affordable, and the people were great for the most part. That all has changed in the last decade, and the state resembles California now more than it resembles what it used to be. The people are rude and selfish for the most part now, and yes, the politics have become insufferable. I moved to Wyoming and my only regret is not moving here way sooner.

[@kimlizotte694]

Hello from Cheyenne! When my boys graduated (from Nebraska) the oldest settled in Colorado and enjoyed his job and lifestyle there (engineer & snowboarding) his little brother (8 yrs younger) would go out every Christmas & spring break to enjoy the mountain lifestyle, snowboard, 4 wheeler, motorcycle with big brother. He graduated college and moved out right away - that was 5 yrs ago and now they both want to leave. I kept saying "move up here to Wyoming" it's not infested with California crap

[@MeadowDay]

Shhhh…don’t get invaded

[@ColoKid75]

I'm living in Michigan now (mainly bcuz of my wife's family) but the reason we left was because of cost of living was so high

[@olafharoldsonnii4713]

@@kimlizotte694any states similar to Colorado in lifestyle (snowboarding)?

[@DB-lr8tn]

There are still some hidden gems to be found in Colorado where it's like you've gone back in time. People are friendly, it's safe and no ,I won't tell you where they are.

[@JamesWt-jm6qy]

Iganico

[@maximuswedgie5149]

Been a local my whole life, I’m 51 and a 5th gen Colorado born. So sad to see everything going the way it is.

[@gregorystinette8271]

Amerika = A nation in decline

[@BillyDLion]

How pathetic. Try living elsewhere.

[@billt6116]

California already ruined Washington back in 1974 to 1979. now they're coming to do it again!

[@catherinemartinez5542]

Legalizing weed was our downfall

[@BillyDLion]

@@catherinemartinez5542 poor Karen, you are so uneducated. Do us all a favor and move as well.

[@margaretames6522]

I moved to Colorado at the beginning of 1981. The Front Range has become one long suburb from Colorado Springs to Fort Collins. It’s crazy expensive, crowded, polluted - you nailed it on the air quality. The homeless problem is no joke. They freeze to death during the winter. After moving around the country to find a place to retire, I moved to Ohio (surprising?). I was able to buy a place to live!

[@jluck5643]

Oh my. If that is big for you definitely don’t want to go out of Ohio or Colorado. From Fort Collins to Denver is still half the size of Seattle metro sweet heart

[@jluck5643]

I’m not really understanding where people think denver is big unless you are from the country yeah, but I’m talking about people that matter

[@christopher.96]

@@jluck5643 ohio is the 7th most populated state. We are just spread out.

[@feliciasampson8032]

Sad

[@jamesdunn9609]

@@jluck5643 ALL people matter. Arrogance reveals weakness.

[@qwertydog9795]

It's funny, because I just moved to Colorado from Texas for some of the reasons mentioned here, the weather, and the politics...But I always wanted to live in the mountains and get away from the intense humidity the South is known for. Everyone here seems to forget you don't have to live in a metro area, there are plenty of smaller towns and cities with better deals on housing and ample job opportunities. Cities are always dirtier, have more crime and violence no matter where you go due to population density, if you don't like that, don't live in one. And it's really rather disappointing the attitude that some people have about transplants, that seems to be colored with a particular kind of political bias.

[@GabrielV.-wk4xy]

That's because sadly you're forced to work and live in the cities with the least industrialized areas Colorado has: I did the math and the areas from Colorado Springs to Fort Collins are more crowded than Long Island, New York

[@iandi2881]

I absolutely love you comment! I see no lies❤

[@KToll5784]

Pure copium. Cities are not all the same. Many are MUCH worse than others. Grow up and face reality.

[@stathinfection]

this! i have lived in colorado my whole life and i will never leave. i love everything about it and i always will!

[@qwertydog9795]

@@stathinfection the isolation would be the only thing I'd say gets to some people myself included. six month long winters with feet of snow aren't for everybody and seasonal depression is another animal entirely

[@johnelder4273]

I applied for a transfer to the Denver area twice. Once for an officer position and once for a Supervisor position. Both interviews went well but I was not offered the positions. Thank God! In retrospect, I dodged a bullet. Finished out my career in Arizona and retired to South Carolina. God bless Arizona and Sourh Carolina. Love both states.

[@septembertorpy6899]

I am a native and Colorado has went through some drastic changes in the last 10 years. The worst is the cost of living is ridiculous. You better have a great job and make sure you have a place to live before you come. The one thing not talked about in this video is TRAFFIC. OMG the traffic. Streets were not built for this volume and they are all under construction. Its horrible!!

[@KippinCollars]

It’ll change. People moved there for lifestyle and not work. Once their jobs go away in a recession, you’ll have a ton of people leave to where they came from.

[@steveboyle6891]

Yeah traffic is terrible, and most of the roads are not in very good shape. I live in Northern CO, it's bad enough here. It's even worse when I have to go to Denver.

[@tb5124]

The traffic is terrible because there aren’t great alternatives to driving. Its too car centric for such a high population. It’s unfortunate they had the opportunity to make something great with all the recent growth but they just built more parking lots and shopping centers.

[@MrLaughingcorpse]

That's any city my dude.

[@tb5124]

@@MrLaughingcorpse some are worse than others

[@hughfuller8416]

As a resident of Colorado, I agree totally. Great video.

[@Rya498]

I was born and raised in Colorado Springs, and we used to hike and really enjoy the mountains a lot. Colorado was an amazing place to grow up anytime prior to the 2000's. Overgrowth and over building everything everywhere has completely ruined the state. Everything is private property, and no one has respect for the wildlife anymore. I moved 5 years ago, and the family that are still there hate what has become of Colorado.

[@hughfuller8416]

@@Rya498 I agree

[@thehimself4056]

I looked at moving to CS in 2016 when I retired. My friend who grew up in the area. Screamed at me over the phone. NO! It’s not what you think! Lol.

[@annjames1837]

Denver, run by Democrats, is buying or renting large hotels to house illegal migrants while many US military veterans remain homeless.

[@hughfuller8416]

@@FiendlyFungi agreed

[@thehousewifehomelife5519]

My husband and I moved to CO in 2019, but then moved back to the Midwest last year. We almost lost our home in the Superior/Louisville fire and I was pregnant with our second baby at the time. So we decided that we needed to move somewhere where we could afford to live AND not have to worry about losing our house to a fire. We miss mountains horribly.

[@johnnymathisjr3469]

You can always go back when the kids are grown, right? Hope life goes well for you and your family!

[@ScoutMotto2011]

I remember that fire - ugh! If I recall right, it was moving slowly south. I was afraid it would reach my old neighborhood, since a young couple just bought my house in Arvada.

[@lorenzoMarquezHernandez]

I have dual citizenship (Mexico/USA) and I have lived in Colorado for 52 years. I love it here but it’s getting too expensive to survive. My retirement and I are headed to Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. It is a beautiful area and my American dollars go a long ways there. It’s very temperate there. Rents run around $550.00 to $750.00 dollars for a nice apartment. Gastronomical Nirvana too.

[@shasmi93]

Mexico has massive gang wars and polluted everything… corrupt government and borderline 3rd world country. There is a reason it’s so cheap to live there… gooood luck with all that.

[@bocaj1884]

#10 1:11 Weather #9 2:25 Politics #8 3:38 High Cost of Living #7 4:50 Wildfires and Air Quality #6 6:07 Jobs #5 6:44 Retirement #4 7:18 Homeless #3 8:45 Crime #2 9:54 Housing Costs #1 11:00 Family

[@Rochelle937]

Thank you!

[@metalrooves3651]

Thanx for laying this out..

[@mikeyo1O1]

#11 ?:?? Hollowed out mountain for people of certain means to hide in when the "blank" happens.

[@stevewalther2293]

I would choose Colorado over Florida anyday....

[@colinwarrenwalker]

Well that and Russell Wilson

[@DMIwriter]

Colorado native, born and raised. Aside from some traveling and brief stints in other states for work, I've lived in Colorado most of my life. My wife and I moved away from CO in August due to the rapidly rising housing costs and the deterioration of safety and cleanliness. I think we could've held on a bit longer, but we have young kids now. We were paying ridiculous rent for a terrible apartment with consistent water damage, roaches, mold, and homeless people literally camping in the interior hallways of the building, right outside the doors to individual apartments. Broken windows were frequent and trash ubiquitous. And it wasn't just our apartment. Traffic has gotten worse, people more atomized, and the cities are utterly filthy. Wildfires have been ridiculous the last few summers (especially the Superior fire last year). But homelessness has by far been the craziest issue, it's utterly exploded. Denver's always had a homeless problem, but driving through Denver now, it's just blocks upon blocks of tents. Boulder is getting pretty bad too. There's even an open space (field) I would drive past on my way to work off Highway 36, near the AMC Promenade that had a couple of tents set up on it, and over the course of a year those couple of tents expanded into a little settlement in the middle of a field the suburbs. A couple that I'm friends with that still lives in CO were paying $1600/mo for an apartment in Broomfield a year ago. When it came time to renew their lease, they received a notice that the rent would now be $2200/mo. We now live in a rural area out east and I miss my mountains and aridity, but it's been worth it. Much better place to raise a family (chickens and a garden too!). Colorado is becoming the new California

[@LaGrandeBayou]

"Colorado is becoming the new California" True but it's been happening for 30 years, I remember going skiing in Colorado in high school and the locals talking about it c

[@markchavez6348]

That is so true and in a few years, Colorado will be bankruptcy just like California.

[@pcproffy]

What a ridiculous comment. Why would you rent an apartment that has water damage, roaches, mold, and homeless people camping out? Filthy City, Like you're living in a village in India? Do you write your silly stories for fun or does someone actually pay you?

[@maverickgood5204]

That is what you get in the cities. If you go to pretty much any smaller town it's a much better environment. But the people that want to live in a city that's congested with traffic and too many people are not the types to move to a small town.

[@tactitard7645]

Sold me on never moving there lol

[@TheDavy609]

The homeless portion is an understatement and so is the crime. I'm a native and I dream about the day I can leave. People are fkn selfish here and there is a major lack of respect.

[@GabrielV.-wk4xy]

The weird thing is they say that other places are worse and no disrespect to the facts but since Colorado is more expensive than Arizona, Denver being the-and I'm guessing probably higher-7th most expensive city in the US, aggressive driving probably being the 2nd worst in the country now, homelessness is exploding, crime is starting to get slightly worse than California rate wise, houses and apartments that are near California expensive-groceries as well-larceny in Colorado being some of the worst in the country, Colorado having not only the highest altitude in America but having some of the harshest weather, you can compare the cost of living being as bad as in California, Florida, all the most expensive states in the US and with all that being said I see so many commenters stating that other states are worse than Colorado and if I am seeing something different when I do deeper research then they have to be lying unless I'm wrong which I would absolutely love to see proof of me being wrong but having all of this said there is absolutely no excuse for people to brush these issues under the rug like it is something trivial: realize that our issues of cost of living are some of the worst in the country and we have to stop pretending that it's no big deal in Colorado because it is unless I would like to see proof of me being wrong besides for California and only a few other states

[@TheDavy609]

@@GabrielV.-wk4xy that's impressive and true. The cost of living out here and the environment together make this a bad mother raising children.

[@GabrielV.-wk4xy]

@@TheDavy609 Even worse: it's starting to become a nightmare from hell: just look at Aurora and Denver

[@seller559]

It’s not just about being around people that share your same views. It’s about being around those that have opposing views and then getting you to pay for it with taxes and regulations.

[@robertdillon9989]

Good! Leave

[@seller559]

@@robertdillon9989 I don’t live in Colorado. I’m busy sending my fellow Californians to other states. It’s a “Share the Insanity” program. Enjoy…

[@erinshepard150]

People moved in and changed everything into what they were leaving. Then the rest of us either left, or were effectively kicked out from being unable to afford the cost of living. I am watching the same thing happen in the 4 corners region all over again. It's kinda like what is happening to the world at the moment.

[@ppastrana1672]

Its Happening everywhere. Crime makes people move from Ohio - other family memebers came from Georgia. But now there are no homes that you can afford, no place if you have animals, and we are looking for housing that we can all afford. I have lived in Las Cruces, NM for 35 years. My home is big enough for the time being, but we have now added family and pets, and there is nothing for rent that anyone who has an average job can afford. I'm older, but homeless, crime, and the high rents make me scared. So I guess I'm ok with the extra family. We can all take care of each other. But cars are now getting old and I don't want to get a new car - it costs more than my fixed income! This is just a terrible time - everywhere!

[@Devil3R]

you're Gov dont help.

[@sued3512]

Not great news even as of 1/31/24, this is depressing news. My son wants to move out there from PA. Wow

[@erinshepard150]

@@sued3512 there's still a considerable amount more common sense and friendliness, and I do like it out here compared to other places, keep hopeful

[@oltedders]

Colorado has priced itself out being an affordable place to live. I had to leave when my rent went up 64% in one month. The sprawl around the cities has also gotten out of control. I'm a Colorado native.

[@roymcgrath9236]

Lol dude that's insanely illegal. You can only raise rent by up to 10% per year with written notice 6 months in advance

[@scottgonzalez7574]

Hold on, whats SPRAWL?

[@patdesrosiers6423]

Suburbs spreading and being built out up and down the Front Range here. Southern California another prime example

[@ricksmith4736]

@@patdesrosiers6423 No, you don't say..... LOL

[@kathymaeve]

@@scottgonzalez7574 So look it up!!

[@shootiecomplaise2748]

As somebody who grew up in Thornton Colorado, and Recently moved to New York, I can agree with most of the people in these comments about how Colorado lost its friendliness. I know this because I went to middle school in Colorado for 6th grade, it was so bad there because if you wore anything other than white or black, somebody would beat you up because you look different. I wore adidas shoes there.. Trust me, I’m never making that mistake again. I am now in the 7th grade in New York, and I can say that New York schools are SO much better, I never want to go back there again.

[@davehughesfarm7983]

sounds dumber than all fook.

[@ps5647]

Yea your just a kid you don’t know shit lol New York has way more Ruder people way more populated ! And since your just kid you wouldn’t understand this but the housing cost and normal cost of living is much higher their then Colorado so I would suggest finding a cheaper state to live once you hit 18…..

[@briansellers604]

One factor I think you missed is that with housing prices so high all the sudden, a lot of folks could take the equity from a home sale in CO and buy a house free and clear in certain places. So technically the high cost of housing but the other side of it. Also, eff the wildfire smoke. It was never like this when I was a kid.

[@sinister2376]

My wife and I left Colorado a few years ago. I moved there but my wife was born and raised. She wanted us to move because of high taxes, rampant homelessness, out-of-control drug use, and it's extremely expensive. My wife was telling me that maybe 10 years ago they had none of those issues, then the Californians moved in and it all went to hell.

[@lurtiskoe]

moved here 11 years ago from ohio and voted against the pot thing, even though at the time i smoked. i knew what it would mean. its gotten worse. ive had to move too a low income area just to afford living a normal life. i havent been able to afford a vacation in 5+ years, and crime in this neighborhood is scary. literally neighbors getting broken into at 4 in the morning having swat outside on loudspeakers waking everyone up has happened a couple times in the last 2 years. multiple cars smashed or stolen for no reasons, the list goes on.

[@LuisA-fc3ox]

Wow. I’ve lived in Chicago since 1976. It’s a hell hole. I didn’t know it was this bad in Colorado. At least people in Chicago were nice in the 80s now everyone is rude and nasty. Your lucky if you don’t get shot.

[@beckymowery5532]

Got that right! It's sad what happened to Colorado!

[@moralobjection4836]

Same thing is happening in Montana now. They run from the hell they've made, and then do everything they can to ruin our good places too. We need a wall around california.

[@jimnolten3241]

I grew up in Portland before California liberals moved up. A few more years and Denver will be just like Portland- trashed!

[@staynstyle]

As a Native I feel fortunate to have grown up in Colorado. It’s the most beautiful state. But now to many people have moved in and changed the landscape, and the culture. It’s only going to continue to get more expensive. I hope the beauty and natural resources will somehow be preserved. I love going back to visit!

[@TopeRopeTom]

Where did you decide was better?

[@kingkoy5450]

Still find it really funny how people from Colorado unironically refer to themselves as "Natives"

[@ajf5823]

@@kingkoy5450 ..They even put stickers on their vehicles proclaiming so!

[@tmgreenweenie]

@@kingkoy5450 I heard people from every state make the claim their a native of whatever state. Only the shallow narrow minded thinking of the modern uber sensitive lefties has warped the word .

[@sri888]

@@kingkoy5450 Yes exactly.... "which tribe" is my usual response... but perhaps should be" which colonizer country"?

[@elliebellie7816]

A 40-year native here. After the insurance business where I was working closed, I tried for 18 months to find a similar position at another insurance company and I couldn't because they were all hiring from out-of-state. So I tried finding anything with remotely similar pay - couldn't because of all the out-of-staters taking moving in and taking the jobs. Finally found a job in the mid-west and have never looked back. I thought Colorado was the end-all, be-all but, man, I don't miss the crime, the traffic and overcrowding, the poor schools, the pot-smoking homeless on every corner, the sky-high rent, the rude angry people. You can have your scenery, I'll take what I've found elsewhere.

[@halflingactual3275]

When I got out of the military in 2018 and moved back to Colorado I didn't recognize my home anymore.. it's super sad to see what it's become. All the Colorado natives that actually respect our home state are leaving in droves and can't even afford a decent home there. I moved to Wyoming a few years ago and never looked back.

[@kimlizotte694]

Hello from Cheyenne WY! I moved out here from Nebraska and '04 working for nursing agencies and got a nursing license in Colorado in 2009 and loved working down there and I went all over the Front Range out to Sterling and up to Estes Park and would vacation in Vail. I had a blast and my kids eventually moved there after they graduated school from Nebraska and now the oldest one can't believe what Denver has become and he wants to leave something bad. I know we're having an influx here in Cheyenne from Colorado and California I just hope it slows down and doesn't get any worse. If it does, I'm either moving to Saratoga or Thermopolis!

[@dontneednomanstoptelllingm8481]

Well Ty for 411

[@ScoutMotto2011]

I lived in metro Denver for 43 years, and decided in 2020 that it was time to move, and moved up to Wyoming in '21 to live closer to my elderly father.

[@skip3619]

The fact that water scarcity isn't on even the top 10 list very telling (and depressing).

[@krisc2669]

People aren’t paying attention to this issue….but they will be.

[@kevinstreeter6943]

How can there be water scarcity? That is where water for the rest of the nation originates.

[@johnjenkins7497]

@@kevinstreeter6943 ……yeah…..all fresh water originates in Colorado…..uhm….ok…..

[@krisc2669]

@@kevinstreeter6943 Are you serious? Why don't you try Googling the water shortages in CO and the west. Spend some time reading the facts - they're everywhere.

[@kevinstreeter6943]

@@johnjenkins7497 I was being brief. Of course, not all fresh water. The Platte, Arkansas, and Colorado originate in Colorado. They hold so much back that none of the Arkansas River flows into Kansas.

[@wellsonwheels457]

The way they dealt with the pandemic ran us out fast. The contrast of what we had in 70’s and 80’s to what it is now is depressing. I’m a nurse. The cost of living was skyrocketing but my pay wasn’t.

[@daisygirl1217]

The early 90's wasn't too bad either. I loved Colorado while I was there.

[@puremontana5010]

Utah wasn’t crazy masks & lockdowns, then I visited Colorado & NM and was shocked how they were handling the pandemic. Was like night & day, I never went back.

[@wellsonwheels457]

@@puremontana5010 Yes, New Mexico was even worse. You had to wear a mask to pump gas there ⛽️

[@Chris-sf7ug]

I moved there at 20, was a volunteer firefighter and worked in restaurants. Moved there for mountains and adventure and what not. Now I tell people you get to see the mountains on your way to your 2-3 just to even afford it. Moved back to Missouri and can rent a house for what I was paying to share an apartment.

[@calebz1448]

@@Chris-sf7ug the cost of living always seemed higher in Colorado for it being the same amount of rural as Missouri with pockets of population density. I looked into the construction wages out there and they were not comparable to the cost of living so it's a typical blue state keeping the poor subdued

[@roadrunneroperationsllc]

Well this one hit close to home. I've lived in Westminster Colorado for 10 years now. It's right on the North Denver border. The crime is bad. My house has been broken into my car has been smashed and grabbed, catalytic converter thefts and car thefts rampant. Rent is crazy high. It went from $800 a month to $1,700 a month since 2013. People aren't that friendly anymore and roadrage is a daily thing now. Homeless tents have popped up here and there. Downtown is super unpredictable and dangerous and the police are spread so thin over there that if you need them they will show up 3 to 5 hours later unless there's an active shooting or a body. The police are neutered because of the defending, no bail laws, and cultural anti-police mentality around here. It is all political and the politicians denote how the police and crime play into everyday life. I have picked Utah and will move in the next year.

[@ScoutMotto2011]

Makes me think of 72nd and Federal. I had zero trust in that area my last few years there. Went to the Budget Tapes and Records there a lot in the 80s.

[@andrewlindell8626]

Been here 15 years. I've seen this state change so much in my time here. Absolutely love this state but recently I don't like how things have changed

[@enoraskye6020]

I think one of the issues people have regarding politics, is where decisions are made for an entire state, based on the needs of the densely populated city where the state governments is sometimes run from. For example, the issues plaguing Denver are very different from the issues plaguing Fort Collins. Yet, it seems politicians will often make decisions on what's best for those densely populated cites, with little or no regard on how it will impact more rural cities.

[@andrewstevens9481]

I agree but it goes both ways. Rural red states making decisions on behalf of the major metropolitan centers like Houston/Dallas Texas or Milwaukee Wisconsin (I could go on with the list but you get the idea) causes harm to those cities as well. State politicians of both parties are just power hungry and want to control as many people as they can.

[@tedmartin4882]

Just like Illinois, the corrupt Chicago politicians F everything up and have been doing it for decades. The ignorant citizens of Chicago are so easily manipulated, they keep voting for the same thing

[@crazwolf9825]

You ain't kidding. I had a place on knob hill, el rancho. Knobs hill doesn't exist anymore. They flattened a mountain to fit a Walmart shopping complex, and a 4 lane road.

[@enoraskye6020]

@@Dickabod_Crane But not all citizens live in high density cities. Some laws just don't make sense for less populated areas.

[@OriginalBongoliath]

@@Dickabod_Crane Rural dwellers who want to mine their own business meanwhile city slickers push their degeneracy and rampant corruption on everyone else with more laws and regulations that solve nothing.

[@christiepadgett7002]

I live in Colorado and would not mind leaving. This is spot on. Politics and cost , homeless are top on my list.

[@AlvinSeville1]

I left Oregon for pretty much the same reasons.

[@IHateMyAccountName]

Homeless people are everywhere. Hardly anywhere in the US actually addresses the root issue.

[@brooziebee9507]

Transplants

[@stephen-dev]

@Congressman Matt Gaepz It was never like this in Denver until the blue politics took over.

[@skimama2626]

@Congressman Matt Gaepz Didn't you notice how it got so much worse after legalizing pot?

[@user-vz8dd1dt2x]

I tiny town called Penrose, CO had to close it's library due to contamination from homeless smoking meth in the bathrooms. I heard the last open library in the Springs had to close recently. Yes. We have a homeless problem. Even the tiny towns like Salida and Canon city are overwhelmed.

[@insertmyidentityhere]

Yep, I work in community mental health in these towns…

[@CharlesLScofieldJr]

I live in one of the suburbs of The Denver Metro area. The homeless issue has gotten to the point that nearly every major intersection has someone panhandling for money. I used to work in the Denver downtown area back in 2008. The homeless issue wasn't too bad then, but I have to have my arm twisted behind my back to get me to even think about driving downtown now much less ride the lightrail into downtown. Homeless doing meth on the trains.

[@ScoutMotto2011]

I used to live in Arvada, left in '21. I did not see any homeless in that town, but I just imagined it spreading out into the burbs.

[@maryelizabeth2751]

I once vowed that you’d have to drag me kicking and screaming out of Colorado. I wanted to live the rest of my life there. Sadly the cost of living skyrocketed, my daughter was diagnosed with asthma, and the cold aggravated my joint pain. We moved to the South and it was the right choice for us. But 7 years later, we STILL miss Colorado terribly.

[@jamesfrederick99]

Mary. I suffer too. I have asthma, copd and joint pain. Which state is better for my health? At 55 I do not want to be locked indoors day and night.

[@jefferytokarsky1930]

I am not sure the Colorado you left is still there. Lived in Parker 2006 to 2012 and loved it. It was changing while we were there, but we really noticed the change when we went back to visit our kids and friends. The kids, who weren’t living anywhere near Denver, moved out last year, too.

[@AsTheWheelsTurn]

isn't it a shame that a place that is made wonderful by one group of people can be overtaken by another and turned into a cesspool? I see this happening over and over, all the best places in this country are being ruined by people from California . They should not be allowed to move out of their own shitpile they have created.

[@roarblast7332]

I hope I don't have to leave. I've lived here all my life. But this place is becoming unlivable.

[@AUniqueHandleName444]

I'm a Washington native -- once voted the "most culturally similar" state to Colorado. We have a lot of geographic similarities as well. It's just nowhere near the place it used to be. It's so crowded, and so full of unintegrated immigrants who don't respect nature. Pretty sad stuff.

[@krisc2669]

I’m a 6th generation Colorado native. I love my state to the core, and I wish all the outsiders would leave. They’ve changed and ruined the state. I’d like to see it heal.

[@brooziebee9507]

Transplants👎🏻

[@leospring6264]

I feel for you. So sad to see such a wonderful place like Colorado go in the wrong direction.

[@Cesium67]

I feel the same about Florida. Grew up in a paradise with lots of nature and Walkin’ Lawton Chiles. Now overrun with housing developments and wingers.

[@bobbybobberton6373]

Too bad bro! I’m from DC and I shoplift from Walmart and use the youth discount to pay barely nothing for public transportation and exploit the high wages relative to the cost of living that I pay living outside denver. 🖕

[@wendyscorporation5468]

@@bobbybobberton6373 good for you. The world needs parasites too. 🪳

[@a.j.rainey3024]

Lowry AFB, December26, 1968 it was minus 15 deg, stayed below zero for a couple of weeks. Colorado winters can be brutal!

[@joeldavis1040]

I moved here 10 years ago. The cost of living was the same in Colorado Springs as it was in Fargo, ND at the time. It's gone from a place that's been great to live to a place that's great to visit. Even small towns like Canon City are charging Starbucks prices for Maxwell House.

[@RealMTBAddict]

10 years ago here too, same city. I was paying $650 a month for a 2 bedroom apt, now I'm paying $900 for a duplex with 1 bedroom that was built in 1964 and stinks of 40 years of cigarette smoke.

[@bryanclark3693]

Born Coloradoan here. I won't leave because I love the mountains too much. This is home. Good luck to all those leaving.

[@taoiseachjager9643]

I would say move to idaho, western montana, or utah, but what happened in colorado is happening there two. They are just a decade or so behind.

[@frederickhaaken456]

Good luck paying all those taxes.

[@muffintop420]

@@taoiseachjager9643 oh yuck Idaho? Utah? oh god no you couldn't pay me to live there. The towns are trashy and the ppl are crazy religious weirdos.

[@AlvinSeville1]

There are other mountainous areas such as here in Idaho.

[@AlvinSeville1]

@@taoiseachjager9643 I certainly hope not. I live in Idaho and care for this state. Idaho for the most part would be one of the last states to sink, should it do so. That would mean the whole country would be going under.

[@brockjennings]

Cancerfornia spread to Colorado starting in the 1990s. It recently claimed Idaho, and is trying to now gain a foothold in Texas.

[@AbsyntheAndTears]

Dont forget AZ

[@brockjennings]

@@AbsyntheAndTears Very true, and I'll add Utah to the casualty list as well.

[@TheRidersChoice]

The poor rubes that are worse at a capitalism and Californians are eating their lunch 😢 Sounds like you’re just bad at the game you claim to love. Loser boy

[@SaraH-uu9et]

It’s in Utah too…

[@TheRidersChoice]

@@SaraH-uu9et People have been claiming this here in Utah since the 70s and it’s always factually wrong. Utahs population growth is always internal from large families reproducing and never moving away.

[@ameliarhodes5000]

And that is why I still watch you! I never thought about wildfires and air quality in Colorado in addition to the cold. I may have run out of affordable college towns in the South. So I might have to deal with the cold. Poor air and water quality are absolute deal breakers if I have to deal with the cold too. I prefer certain population demographics based on experience. That's almost more important than having to live in a brutal winter. But I don't want to have to deal with either. AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS AS FUNDIMENTAL AS RUNNING WATER.

[@thekid7599]

Social media, weed, COL, and lackluster employment options outside of the military/gov account for most of Colorado's downfall. All of which I dont see anything being done about in the foreseeable future. Social Media and drugs are too profitable in this country and it speaks volumes to this govs priorities. .

[@voidalchemy_stratorusofficial]

I'm from Colorado, born and raised here, but I'll be moving later this year for trade school. The insanely high cost of living is utterly Ridiculous now! The middle class is truly vanishing from this state. I've known several people in the past 3 years (who were middle class) move to other states because they got priced out of living here. So nowadays everyone here is either very poor or ultra-rich. The poorer people all crowd up into apartments with at least 5 other roommates so that they can afford to live out here. All the ultra-rich yuppies live close to the ski resorts and resort towns like Vail or Aspen. Many of them are quite snobbish and rude, especially when they're driving. Colorado's a beautiful state and I'm grateful I was raised in it back when it was pristine, peaceful, and less crowded but it has changed in a lot of negative ways since then, its cost of living being the biggest problem in my opinion.

[@badgerZ221]

Yep! And then they fight affordable housing at every turn, even when Vail is telling it's residents that the employees that run all the lifts and bars and hotels literally have no place to live

[@mmmd3429]

What trade? Have you looked into a union apprenticeship?

[@Indigazure]

I agree

[@johnpruett5258]

Destroying the middle class is a big goal to usher in feudalism, this is a World Economic Forum agenda and it's happening worldwide in order to usher in socialism to all western countries, so there will only be the rich and the poor. The huge inflation occurring is manufactured to push people into poverty and homelessness....it's all by design by the UN and WEF. The millions of illegal immigrants is by design to overwhelm the system to bring it down, it's all been planned for decades.

[@Indigazure]

@@johnpruett5258 nice insight. I know a couple of months ago Denver got flooded with illegal immigrants from South America. Denver was helping the illegals but doing nothing for the homeless population, US citizens

[@HMR0908]

I live here and the homeless is growing in leaps and bounds! It’s so sad. Not just Denver

[@miket7184]

With Democrat government, high crime and homelessness is to be expected. It'll get worse.

[@ErickChurch-gz4jn]

Tons of that smelling vile weed trash.

[@bearsmartdurango]

I thought America was made Great Again? There are still homeless people?

[@ErickChurch-gz4jn]

@@bearsmartdurango Well the demon-rats have really worked miracles in the country. Funny all the large demon-rat cities are absolute hell-wholes, war zones. 3rd world toilets.

[@bearsmartdurango]

@@ErickChurch-gz4jn - Thats because all their $ goes to bailing out the poor, uneducated, inbred, govt tiTt sucking residents of Red States. You know.... Trump supporters.

[@hed2410]

Reading all the comments here, I'm glad I had a month long visit to Colorado years ago. We could zip around anywhere we wanted, to cute mountain towns, drop in at RMSP with nary a car behind us, and enjoy the area. I can't imagine the disappointment of returning these days.

[@billgale5568]

Same here …it was a wonderful state …..always stayed in the high elevation towns during month long trips in July (to get away from the Florida heat and. Humidity) which really isn’t any worse than states far north of here (but lasts longer) Living in St. Petersburg and not seeing any of those problems that Colorado seems to have Yes house prices are very high but we own ours (with no mortgage) ….quite lovely here actually….definitely getting more crowded here but that’s happening everywhere.

[@azdrifter3968]

I was born in Los Angeles, but lived in Arizona most my life. I drove from Phoenix to Milwaukee and Chicago and back in a big loop around the country in my early twenties. Colorado was beautiful. I went through the Rockies and was quite surprised when I got out of them to the east and all of a sudden it was flat. I was in the plains just like that. I wasn't even sure I was still in Colorado. It remained basically flat the whole rest of the trip. I wasn't really aware of how flat most of America is, it was weird looking around in all directions and not seeing mountains anywhere in the distance like I was used too my whole life. Here in AZ we're getting a lot of people from Colorado moving here and they say Colorado is ruined compared to how they remember it. Politics is what I hear the most complaints about.

[@dougbrooks2501]

Yes people from Colorado and California are coming to Arizona and trying to turn it into the same shitholes they left

[@milehighgimpster]

Yes, I've been a Colorado resident my whole 56 years. Liberal/Democrat policies have ruined the state!

[@RockingJOffroad]

I was born and raised through 7th grade in Colorado, on my retirement I considered moving back there, but with the current political climate there there is no way I’ll move back!

[@livingindenvercol]

Once you get past the foothills there isn't a hill until Kansas I would say. But this place is awesome. Coming from a large city myself, I think this is just typical growing pains of a city honestly. But the rest of Colorado is NOT like Denver.

[@milehighgimpster]

@@livingindenvercol "Typical growing pains" are happening a lot these days in democrat controlled cities. -Skyrocketing crime! -skyrocketing homelessness -more highway deaths from drug legalization

[@bigpuma444]

Wildfires have always been an occurrence in this state, before the mountains became developed the indigenous people and even the early homesteaders always built small so they could pack up and leave to avoid them. Wildfires were and are integral to the mountains, serving to burn out all the beetle-kill and allow for new growth. After development came to the mountains, these fires were no longer allowed to run their course, so now the beetles go unhindered, killing off more trees than ever before which also sets the stage for even larger and more destructive fires.

[@andyjay729]

That's why I prefer to live in the inner suburbs of a city. Not nearly as much fire danger, plus fire stations are usually nearby. And inner suburbs are usually walkable.

[@CTSFanSam]

I live here, so I know that a lot of wild fire smoke blows in from other states A LOT.

[@hughriger6177]

NO!! It's global warming!! How dare you!!! Lol... Greta...

[@lordjesuschristdefeatedsat7501]

I recently moved to Denver and I can't recommend it.. the homeless situation here is so extreme, shocking and sad to see and daily so ... the mental illness and drug abuse is unlike any other urban area I have lived ... every day some screaming, hollering, half naked, unshod, screaming demonized person is disrupting the peace.. In the five months I have been here yesterday April 13th was the first time I saw police on the SIDEWALK on the 16th street mall on an ordinary day; the weather temp was in the 80s so it seems nice days are one requirement for them to make an appearance as if the anarchy the rest of the year does not matter . Where ARE the police the rest of the year? At the CIA headquarters listening in on phone calls to mom? I understand Denver is a blue state and because of that on the verge of defunding the police with wokism; so, we have mentally ill drug addicted people staggering literally on the streets and camping out in bus shelters and by the light rail train tracks with impunity. Not a lot of people are taking public transportation considering the population and service because it is unsafe. Folks claim there are services for the homeless yet something clearly is not working in Denver. When drugs are rampant one needs to look at who manufactures the drug ( a big pharma factory), who transports, who protects and facilitates the distribution and perpetuates the problem. The craziness downtown makes the city taxpayer money to which the city could care less about the lost souls and launders it to whomever can siphon it for themselves .. pretty much every major city is this way regarding its' drug addicted homeless when the ignorant want to blame the addicts. This is engineered destruction of a city and officials and executives of non profits are responsible...

[@darrellbooth2759]

Homeless have improved drastically over the last 7 years. Denver is a great place to live and very safe compared to other cities it’s size and it’s highly educated. Buy a ranch in Wyoming if you don’t wanna live in a city and see poverty and act like the whole city is rotten you pearl clutching cracker. This is not your city leave or just KYS we don’t need you people acting like this is a hell scape Denver is great you suck

[@mikeanderson9957]

We just left Colorado after 20+ years. Best decision we've made. Here are our reasons: 1- Politics 2- Homeless people 3- Air quality 4-Cost of things 5- Weather (the state will run out of water soon) 6-Entitlement attitude

[@patriciakauffman7923]

We moved to Colorado due to a military transfer in 1990. Stayed after retired. Moved into the mountains west of Colorado Springs in 2000. The cost of living is still a concern but we are isolated from the craziness of the bigger towns.

[@vwbustube]

Woodland Park, Divide et al are still worth the drive. That’s for sure (If you can afford it.)

[@livingindenvercol]

Still the best State in my opinion!

[@davidgolf3245]

I left CO about 3 years ago. The state has turned to crap. It's gotten crowded, polluted more crime and don't even get me started on all the homeless people. So happy I left for a better life. Although, I do miss the beautiful women of the mile high city.

[@CC-vDog]

I live in Colorado and love it. Been here for over 30 years and the only thing different is the warmer climate.

[@reverbscherzo7850]

I can't believe I had to scroll this far down to find a comment like this. If all these people want to leave for "reasons", I'm just fine with that.

[@jori7398]

Hi from a new sub! What town did you show at 2:09? It’s so cute!

[@Wait4me2]

I feel very grateful that I grew up in Denver in the 1960’s and in the ‘70’s I lived in Boulder. It was so fun, Denver was a Cow Town with ambitions and Boulder was big with the counterculture who, coincidentally bought all the real estate they could get their hands on. The writing was on the wall and as the decades passed it was painful to see farmland disappear and big boxy buildings go in. The whole Front Range is now about 200 miles of town. During the 1980’s was when I saw things changing in a way that I was really uncomfortable with because Colorado is still, when all is said and done, high and dry. The whole state is prone to drought and with forests overgrown and badly afflicted with pine beetle it is likely to have more wildfires and those fires will be hotter and more disastrous. I lived there for over 50 years and from reading the comments I know that many others have the same sorts of memories as I. I left Colorado in 2007 and now live in a small town in Northern California. It’s not exactly where I want to be but I’m nowhere near as frustrated as I was in my home state. Thanks for the memories Colorado, I still love you but I just can’t live with you anymore. 😢

[@briettasonlen1208]

Well written!

[@AVSCOUNTRY2024]

We love u to bro. I want CO to improve I mean COS is improving but we have lost our free speech bc of Club Q. Oh wait the shooter was “non-Binary” I want to go away from any liberal. COS is conservative and unfortunately it’s gonna start booming

[@deevnn]

Welcome to California...and Northern California is the right place to be.

[@feralLove]

Boulder was nice in the 70's!! Lived in Colorado from '73 to '80 the summers were so lovely. Been an Oregonian for 43 yrs now. Our once sleepy college town is no more which is just a crying shame. 🥺💔

[@pjw1016]

I lived in Ft Collins from 1967-1978, the population of FC was around 25K? Hardly recognize the state now and the traffic on the front range is frightening. The music scene in the 70’s was as good as anything found in LA. Water to me is the biggest issue now. New water hookups are the same price of the lot on new construction.

[@gerrylavelle8433]

We're retirement age and sold our three bedroom house in Englewood Colorado for 440k and bought a three bedroom house in Port Charlotte Florida for 272k. We love it here even after taking a direct hit from hurricane Ian. No damage to our house but a month without electricity. All the neighbors pitched in to help each other get through it.

[@bethanywhite877]

That is how it should work. Neighbors helping one another. I want to think that happens in times of tragedy and disaster no matter the state. I’m in Missouri but Grandparents and now my parents live in Florida most of the year in retirement. They are in Venice now. We were in Naples forever but it got to populated. I will live there someday most likely.

[@brandonsalazar9128]

Born in glenwood and now living in South Denver. The thought of moving out of state grows every day. As of now I have steady work (electrician) and work close to home. But as things get more expensive, crime rises, and having a baby it's feeling about time to jump out the box. Love it here but it doesn't feel like the state I grew up in. Everything changes and sometimes not for good

[@jamesstrickland517]

I grew up in Greeley back when windows were left open for air circulation, and doors left unlocked, as kids we had to be in our own yards by dark. At the time it was a small farm/ranch community with a small University. Neighbors looked out for each other a would gladly lend a hand when needed. By the 1980s it all started to change with a massive influx from both the west and east coasts escaping the derogation of the cities and rising costs of living but they brought the same policies they were running from with them. I moved to Wyoming for my retirement and am perfectly happy with little to do, just taking things slow and day to day.

[@ihatescammers6438]

Maybe someone should look into just what kind of people are moving into Colorado as the productive people move out. We had a family that left the Gold Coast area of Florida and moved to Colorado. Had been evicted from many houses/apartments they rented and were constantly in trouble with the authorities. They thought of Clorado as "Weed Heaven" As soon as they got to Colorado Springs, the girlfriend posted that she was appalled they had to establish residency for one year before being eligible for financial assistance! They had to (GASP) get JOBS in order to survice a year before latching onto the government teat!! Trading a family of stoners for working people is not what any state wants or needs! Of course, we were glad to get rid of this Parasite Family!

[@ricksmith4736]

Bet they came from another BLUE state before living in florida

[@oscarrivera909]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jrottendevil]

Speaking of FL it's a smaller state with a much larger population but all the leftoids here in Colorado complain about overpopulation. Probably because it's a democrat state that doesn't allow housing to be built to keep up with demand.

[@Dram1984]

Ding ding ding. Pot has brought an absolute horde of losers to this state.

[@AlvinSeville1]

Yes, Florida is a better place because of it. Colorado is declining for the same reason Oregon and Washington is.

[@JrL25]

Completely agree with this video. Over the past ten years the state went from being a great place to live and raise a family to now being too expensive, overcrowded, high crime rate and homeless everywhere. You used to be able to enjoy everything the state had to offer however now you have to go to a neighboring state to fish, hunt, camp and basically enjoy the outdoors. I-25 has become Main Street from Ft Collins to Colorado Springs with every town in between being connected with the outrageous growth along the interstate over the past five to ten years. The crime rate has definitely increased with the population growth even in the small town we've lived in for the past fifteen years. I won't even mention the politics because it's like every other blue ran major city and state, a shitshow and the overall reason for the decline of major cities in our country. We have given up going to downtown Denver due to all of the above mentioned and its very unfortunate and we along with so many others plan to move from this state.

[@r.pres.4121]

Political party has nothing to do with it. The problems in Colorado were caused by too much rapid growth and corporate greed. If you want severe poverty, go to any red republican state and you will see severe poverty. So stop blaming democrats for the problems that they are trying to solve.

[@patdesrosiers6423]

Please name for us the big cities run by Democrats that haven’t become zombie infested trash pits. I can’t think of any offhand because that’s what they do. Democrat policies are destroying our once livable Colorado. We aren’t renting or paying an overpriced mortgage so we’ll stay here and watch it burn

[@dandonnelly6498]

Same thing is happening here in Salt Lake. It's more of a country wide problem than state.

[@InfectedChris]

Democrats are the common thread in crime ridden cities.

[@jeffmiller2682]

And if you want to get away camp fish site see ypu need reservations a yr in advance and traffic ruins the vibe

[@russellcarter7825]

Moving out of Colorado after 25 years. I will miss these mountains.

[@BDM1954]

Being Senior Citizens we just wanted to spend what time we have left in or near RMNP. We love the snow, the scenery (both of us are amateur photographers), the wildlife and the ability to go a short distance for supplies without driving an hour or more. The housing is the issue as one of us are handicapped, so finding an affordable wheelchair/handicap accessible home is very difficult.

[@Mrs.elizabethslawson]

I am a seventh generation Colorado native. I grew up on my families ranches working cattle and going to the rodeo every week. We skied in the winter and enjoyed everything about the outdoors. I was born and raised in aspen and had to move to grand junction in 2019 when I wanted to get a place of my own but couldn’t afford it even with two bachelors degrees under my belt. My then boyfriend now husband followed because he was sick of having to have multiple roommates just to pay his bills. We bought a home here in Grand Junction in October and now we are planning on moving to another state. I never thought that I would leave but when my family had to start selling off pieces of the ranch just to pay the property tax and this fall actually sold the ranches (what was left of them) with the hopes of finding a better life somewhere else in the state because they can’t make ends meat anymore my husband and I decided that enough is enough and we have to move to find a place the aligns with our values and we can afford and I hope we can find it. My family raised cattle and dairy cows and so many locals were really sad to see us go because of the quality of products we raised. But when prices go up and the government bails out other programs instead of farmers who are putting food on the table for so many Americans it’s a truly sad day. We would stay if we could but it isn’t worth the stress.

[@dk-qr5xt]

So sorry to hear that, that's just plain heartbreaking. Hope you and your family can find another great place to place y'all's roots. As a former Texan, have to say that we unfortunately send our worst to y'all's state, feel guilty even though I moved to Wyoming. Think Weld County or even southern Wyoming would have a place for y'all? Hope things work out, God Bless.

[@job999]

Not to mention all the illegal immigrants

[@hughriger6177]

I moved from Palisade Co in 2019... Bought an unbelievable home, top of the hill, rural with a town close by... Show Low AZ... Same exact situation... Could not afford with cash to buy a home in Colorado ANYWHERE!! $109,000... Appalachian front porch, metal roof on one acre and a third... Planted 12 fruit trees and am not quite in the thick of fire danger here... Point is I spent that whole winter of 2019 looking for a better place to live on my computer until I finally found this one... At one point I was even looking at an old, renovated schoolhouse built in 1921 in Kansas... Place needs A little work, but I put a woodstove in and fully intend to die here... Completely and totally happy here... Grand Junction is a nice area, but then it's in Colorado... Snowflake and Taylor is just up the road too... ARIZONA ROCKS!!!

[@hughriger6177]

@@job999 I worked 24 years of public school in Colorado... 90% of ALL STUDENTS were from MEXICO... Just saying... It is an observation... Can only imagine what it will be like in 2025... Free everything... Most do not pay taxes and HALF ARE SELLING HARD DRUGS!! This is a FACT!!!

[@wendyarbes9514]

Do you like living in GJ though? Would you stay if it was less expensive?

[@markferrell2470]

I am a true native , been here 68 years. All of what you say is true but if I could leave tomorrow number one reason I’d leave is the population has doubled like in the past 10 years. It is so over crowded and with many very rude and despicable people. I loved Colorado but the people moving from other states they don’t like are bringing all the baggage with them to Colorado. Traffic is out of control.

[@Lonelyeco]

If the people are rude, I can only assume most people moving there are from bit metropolitan cities from the east coast and west coast. It's sad. :(

[@weirdshitcoolideas]

Florida is so bad sorry guys I need to come over

[@patrykomania]

It's funny what Americans consider "over crowded" nowhere near of some European or Asian regions

[@weirdshitcoolideas]

@@patrykomania true but you are what you are used to, relatively

[@jaredlu2200]

What native tribe are you from?

[@camf8372]

I moved from Dallas to Colorado Springs. Been here since March 15 and I love it BUT, I'll probably leave and head to Kansas or Nebraska for lower cost of living but live fairly close for outdoor activities. There's no hospitality here in Colorado. I assume most of the people I talk to are from other states. Where are the friendly Coloradoans? People here are like the weather, cold!

[@jc-wd5bu]

they are leaving for only ONE reason - Colorado is becoming "California Jr."

[@changemymind2021]

@Google Sucks Ass dumb

[@tonyd3779]

coloradmuni

[@schmoab]

Leaving after 18 years. You’ve outlined most of the issues I would agree with. Las Vegas gets a bad rap, but Denver is worse in just about all of these categories. I will miss the beautiful mountains. I won’t miss the traffic and poor infrastructure.

[@livingindenvercol]

Why not just move to a smaller town?

[@Eastunder]

Lmfao byeee

[@efandmk3382]

Please badmouth Colorado every time you get the chance. We already have too many people here who belong in Wyoming or Nebraska.

[@GabrielV.-wk4xy]

The weird thing is they say that other places are worse and no disrespect to the facts but since Colorado is more expensive than Arizona, Denver being the-and I'm guessing probably higher-7th most expensive city in the US, aggressive driving probably being the 2nd worst in the country now, homelessness is exploding, crime is starting to get slightly worse than California rate wise, houses and apartments that are near California expensive-groceries as well-larceny in Colorado being some of the worst in the country, Colorado having not only the highest altitude in America but having some of the harshest weather, you can compare the cost of living being as bad as in California, Florida, all the most expensive states in the US and with all that being said I see so many commenters stating that other states are worse than Colorado and if I am seeing something different when I do deeper research then they have to be lying unless I'm wrong which I would absolutely love to see proof of me being wrong but having all of this said there is absolutely no excuse for people to brush these issues under the rug like it is something trivial: realize that our issues of cost of living are some of the worst in the country and we have to stop pretending that it's no big deal in Colorado because it is unless I would like to see proof of me being wrong besides for California and only a few other states

[@mauramarcus152]

I have been noticing how expensive home ins. is in CO. It seem to be equal or more than the property taxes for a residence. Why is this? Is it due to wild fire dangers? Can you mitigate by removing fuel (i.e., trees and bushes) around a residence?

[@latino_God]

I can’t with all the crying and complaining in the comment section. Smh 🤦🏻‍♂️ Yeah Colorado is growing and with growth comes growing pains. So what?! This ain’t the first time it’s happened in the world & it won’t be the last I’m a Colorado native and I will never stop loving this beautiful state. I’ll be here to the very end.. through the good times & through the bad God bless Colorado! 🏔️

[@angelab5411]

I lived in Colorado for 16 years. The last year I was there. I ended up having to deal with cancer. And started thinking about my mom getting older and I didn’t wanna have my younger sister taking care of her by herself. Plus the cost of living. So I ended up moving to North West Wisconsin. I cried, as I was driving out of Colorado.

[@MackenzieBay]

Years ago I moved to Colorado with the intent to live like people from Colorado. We weren’t there to change anything. We didn’t move to bring ideas from our state there. We moved to live the way they do. That place was ruined by everyone’s opinion from other states. We couldn’t take it anymore and relocated.

[@warrenpuckett4203]

The short answer is it got Californicated.

[@michaelcelani8325]

@@warrenpuckett4203 Pot legalization brought in lots of junkies. , heroin, from all over the US. Bad people. Even in Estes Park where I lived in 2016.

[@justinbeynon7980]

And what is it about the way they live that you want to emulate?

[@annaholt1860]

Thanks for focusing on Colorado! I want to write specifics (for your info file!) when I have more time! Been here 25 years. Moved here from Portland Oregon. Recently made my big decision... I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE! Increase in COL, crime rate, (Pueblo County - YUK) people can get down right nasty and you don't have to do anything to be treated that way, not a place to retire unless you have family here and you graduated from a local high school 50 years ago! Yes, I was questioned about HS at job interview!! Again, thanks for focusing on CO and why a lot of us are GETTING OUT OF HERE!

[@eaglehimmel5491]

I'm a Colorado native. While I love the mountains, fishing, and hiking, I can't stay here. Politics, cost of living, and crime is out of control. Time to move to a place that isn't mimicking CA.

[@cathyjohnson6732]

I’m 65 and lived 60 of those years in Colorado and left last May and we left because: 1) politics 2) to expensive 3) to many months of snow and cold 4) to many people moving there. Saw many acres of good farming land being used for houses, apartments, and businesses. Not the same state I grew up loving.

[@lesp315]

It should be 4 X "too" and not "to". Maybe Colorado has problem with education?

[@lesp315]

@@iHadJusAboutAnuf Yes and no. Colorado population density is only 58/mi2. New Jersey is 1283 and Florida is 417. Snow was always part of life in Colorado and was never a big problem. Actually, it was kind of fun to be snowed in once a while. Colorado is neither cheap or expensive to live. I lived in Denver for four years and moved because Colorado has unstable economy, but I missed people. That was a long time ago and I'm sure that people are not the same. Of course this can be said about any place.

[@cathyjohnson6732]

@@lesp315 I’ve been educated just fine but thank you for being concerned with my education. I was numbering my points meaning there was 4 reasons we left Colorado. If you lived in Denver you’re most likely a liberal and would no doubt think it was great. It was a beautiful and wonderful state when I grew up and has changed drastically thanks to liberals moving there. It’s not a great place to retire. Our taxes on a medium sized house on a small lot were $2,500 and insurance increased to $2,000.

[@cathyjohnson6732]

@@lesp315 BTW: I lived on the front range 40 miles north of Denver and the influx of people has made shopping and traffic crazy. It’s wonderful if you like to live like that but we chose not too.

[@krabysniper]

"to many months of snow and cold" ???? Uhm, go try living in ND. Only way you avoid winter and cold is move south until you reach the equater, otherwise you are going to find that there is always a little snow or cold to deal with in the winter in most places. In ND it can snow in Oct and not go away until March or April, and I have seen it down to -45 f. In the Springs, you get a little snow now and then, but usually gone in a few days and back to above 40 for a while. It's one of the few places I have been where I can ride my motorcycle pretty much all year long. Now traffic, that's a whole other story, and I can tell you, people just do not know how to drive ANYWHERE in this country. But that goes hand in hand with politics and govt. They let people get drivers licenses when they shouldn't be allowed to leave a cell nor breed, and all so govt has job security. Bad drivers keep cops, judges, attorneys, docters, nurses, hospitals, towing companies, insurance companies, car manufacturers, car repair shops, etc etc etc, employed and making TAX dollars. Think about it.

[@johnp139]

Eastern Colorado is basically western Kansas.

[@dj012001]

so WAY better than the rest of the state.....

[@bigpuma444]

@@dj012001 Used to work on a ranch on the Eastern Plains, really wish I would’ve stayed there. Took me a little bit to adjust to the dead silence, I was born and raised in North Denver so I was much more acclimated to quite a bit of noise (I can sleep through loud parties and trees being cut down…right next to my room), once I got used to the silence, it was an amazing experience. Hardly any development, clean air and skies clear enough to see every star, I worked to earn my keep and I would love to get back to that.

[@RexBell303]

I like to call it second Kansas

[@toadflax636]

I had dinner with 3 couples who just moved to Montana. They came from Durango, Vail, and Boulder. They said crime is overwhelmingnow since cannabis was legaized. That, and diminishing water levels from growth.

[@KYoss68]

Too many damn people moved here and have made Colorado a lot less like the Colorado I grew up in and love. I'll be happy to see some go.

[@donvaldez841]

Denver native here... ALL of my family which is massive is from Colorado, but a lot of family members have been pushed out by the more well off yuppies. While they come in here acting rude and bullying everyone on the roads and in public with no care for anyone else... I remember Denver when everybody was super kind in public and on the roads. I miss everyone smiling and saying "Hi" to each other... It is different now and it is frustrating. To be honest, I have always been a protector of the innocent, and these days I feel like I have to discipline grown men literally about once a week for putting the public in danger. I really hope i don't mess with the wrong person in a sense, but in another sense, none of yall are goin to come in my city acting like that while I just sit and watch. I am working so hard to be able to stay here and honestly: I probably won't be able to afford a home on my own (I am good at what i do in my career, but if you seen the process of buying an average home here these days: its absolutely insane) I need to hurry up and find a wife to be able to squeeze in this housing market so i can stay in the city that I love and grew up in...

[@briettasonlen1208]

I lived in Colorado for nearly four decades. Just my take: The weather was not too cold, in fact, it was too hot when I left in 2018. In the 1970s and 80s, it was beautiful dry heat with a nice rainfall every day for about 30 minutes. Temperatures maybe a few days in the summer above 90 degrees ... well, that's summer now with fires. After marijuana was legalized, there was a HUGE transient population that moved in with no new plan of infrastructure to handle this, such as housing and highways, and wages minimal. Try to go "Up The Hill" which means the mountains ... forget it. Bumper to bumper. Crime was pretty bad by the time I left, even in the suburbs ... no different than anywhere I suppose. Moved to a small town in the Midwest, boring as hell but safe. I miss the the olden days of Colorado, especially free live music, a place to be outdoors nearly year round, and the people.

[@maureenstevens6824]

You nailed it !!!!!

[@craigstevens5146]

Only leaving Denver is bumper to bumper. Plenty of wide open roads if you know where to start from.

[@kathy7124]

I have lived in the southeast lower Arkansas valley! I want to relocate for multiple reason, mom passed, Plus many of the reasons mentioned in the video ❤ blessings

[@terrancewilson5035]

No jobs in Colorado. Policies have shut down mining,timber,and oil. Freight goes in and little comes out

[@Rangerness]

I moved from CO to MS in 2015. A lot of these reasons go hand in hand. The political landscape effects most issues. Cost of living, home prices, homelessness, crime and employment are all effected by government policies. Like mindedness isn’t really the issue, it’s the policies. The low cost of living and low regulatory statutes in MS have allowed me to build a successful business and live a pretty comfortable life.

[@r.l.fisherhiway]

Grunt likes catfish!

[@schmoab]

Yeah Mississippi has their government all figured out.

[@OriginalBongoliath]

@Dickabod_Crane Good it keeps the liberal transplants out that ruined everywhere they moved to.

[@goodluckgoofy3354]

"Low regulatory statutes"? 🤔 What are you doing that you don't want anyone else to know about? Dumping chemicals? Cutting corners? Pinching your secretary's bottom?

[@alejandromaldonado6159]

​@@goodluckgoofy3354 Lol wut

[@godscommandmentsaretruthis2837]

I left back in 2005. My new attitude is... 'Colorado is a great place to visit but no place to live.'

[@trevor_mounts_music]

Moved to Colorado in 2013 when I was 21...great place then. Loved Denver, loved the mountains, the overall vibe was just super relaxed and friendly. Flash forward to 2017 and my rent has tripled and all the stuff I like about it was kind of gone. I left and never came back. Bittersweet bro 😔

[@Honkers716]

Moved to Denver in 2017 and became a Realtor. 2023 I have to leave Colorado bc I'm about to become homeless, as a Realtor

[@bjdefilippo447]

Thanks for another interesting episode. I was really surprised to hear you saying that the main causes of homelessness were mental illness and drug problems. That's a common misconception. You might be surprised to know that a large number of that population are the working poor. They have jobs, but the increased cost of living and cost of housing have led to a situation in which salaries aren't high enough to cover rent.

[@VishrutSundararajan]

Briggs, I'm surprised you didn't touch upon the fact that Colorado has the highest rate of car thefts in the US. Had that happen to a couple friends of mine, and I couldn't imagine myself in that situation. It was definitely a factor in me eventually moving out to New Hampshire.

[@oltedders]

Colorado has the highest per capita car ownership in the country. There's a correlation there.

[@elcoyote9410]

Because if the car is worth less $2,000 it's a misdemeanor

[@deyoungyoung3059]

Go ahead. New England region is expensive but it’s the safest place to be.

[@SBow311]

I can vouch for that! I'm pretty sure the dealerships help by giving out info to the car thieves.

[@dylanwho6299]

Yo there are SO MANY car theives. Prob 75% of my friends have had their cars stolen and I used to work with a former car thief who told me how the whole system works. Lots go up to Boulder and steal college kids cars when they are parked outside a college party. Theyll go inside a party where everyone puts their keys into a bowl and theyll just take a few keys out the bowl and walk out to the street and hit the unlock buttons and then take 3-4 cars at once

[@tplyons5459]

I'm from Golden and I left because I got tired of being discriminated against because I'm a Viet Nam Vet. And in 1985 I participated in a survey where we went to lower Denver by the train station to talk to the homeless and found 72% were vets. We were about to get alot of them into the VA hospital and the old soldier's homes. By the way I emigrated to Australia were Vets are honored.

[@haseo8244]

1985 a lot had changed since then buddy.

[@ewetoobblowzdogg8410]

Gotta love an australian kiss! It's just like a french kiss... except it's down under!

[@tplyons5459]

@@haseo8244 I would certainly hope so. So there are no more homeless veterans on the streets anymore? By the way my beautiful home town of 10,000 is now just part of the the slab greater Denver. A change for the worse.

[@solvingpolitics3172]

Yah, you are getting overrun by Islam.

[@dougadams9419]

Too bad you gave up up your 2A Right.