Which college town is better: Boulder or Fort Collins?

On Friday, the University of Colorado Boulder Buffaloes will battle it out against the Colorado State University Rams in the Rocky Mountain Showdown, the most intense rivalry in the state.

[@PWNSTAA]

As someone who has lived in both (currently Boulder), I'll say this: Boulder has a better location (close to Denver, better mountains) Fort Collins is the better city (quieter, more livable).

[@anwjuice]

As someone who has lived in FTC for over 20 years and been To boulder allot. Boulder full of hipster's and junkies too. FTC does too but Boulder is way overrated

[@BrennanAdams]

facts

[@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath]

Colorado Springs is better than both. It is by far the most beautiful city on the Front Range. Also good sized, much larger the Boulder or Fort Collins, but smaller and more liveable than Denver.

[@kittyboyable]

"I'm not really sure it's being elitist is you know you're a little bit better" TOP DEFINITION elitist 1. A person who believes that they are superior to others (and thus deserve favored status) because of their intellect, social status, wealth, or other factors. -Urban Dictionary

[@leahkrokowski]

I’ve grown up in a town located geographically exactly in between both. I’ve always been drawn more to Fort Collins because as that student mentioned, people really ARE much nicer in FoCo. I’m sorry Boulder, but I’ve never been a fan of the whole “I’m better than you and have more money” mentality I seem to come across when I’m there. Just look at Pearl Street as an example. Tons of well off people shopping there & a ridiculous homeless population. When I’m walking through Old Town in Fort Collins, I see way less of that and more people talking to each other, smiling, and the locally owned businesses have much more authentic people running them because huge corporations haven’t completely taken over our main shopping scene.

[@hypothalapotamus5293]

If Boulder were a good place, they'd have made some attempt to create low-middle income housing and be less sanctimonious about making everyone do 30 minute one way commutes. I say this as someone who works in Boulder.

[@Taurenwarrior321]

Great feedback. You have solidified my decision to go to CSU.

[@APPLEmaster125]

That boulder student straight up fits the stereotype that they are talking about. Hate to see it

[@l8ns]

I lived in Ft Collins for 20 years. Everyone I ever met from Boulder thought they were way cooler than anyone in Ft Collins. Boulder people usually wearing brand new hiking boots, North Face jacket, but have never been hiking.

[@salsabilahmedshrestho960]

lmao the last line!

[@stewartsimon2527]

3:13 you just proved our point

[@salsabilahmedshrestho960]

peremptory

[@carolineshafar4913]

Legit only clicked bc I went to high school with the guy in the thumbnail

[@merlinaroyeras4581]

Which one is better. Each town has its own distinct features. But I nce lived in Fort Collins, so I voted for Fort Collins..

[@TheFootballPlaya]

Thinking of going to either, for chemE or possibly aerospace ; which do you recommend? I'm very outdoorsy, like to run, go hiking, fishing, etc.

[@flerpderp3908]

CSU doesn't even have aerospace. I know because I applied to both and go to Boulder. However, CU has a top notch program and when people from NASA, JPL, ULA, Ball, and other aerospace companies go to hire people CU is right at the top of their list with MIT and Caltech. Aside from aerospace, CU's engineering program is better as a whole. Oh, and our sports teams are a lot better too. The running and hiking around here is certainly better but you may struggle to find anywhere to go fishing - however, I haven't tried but given the lack of lakes and rivers I'd guess it would be hard.

[@capgaming69]

CSU has a great chemE and biomedical engineering program

[@kevinbaker2401]

My uncle went to boulder , I kinda like CSU

[@sugandspice9397]

As someone who was born and raised in Denver and have friends in both CUB and CSU, we all agree that CU boulder is a better school academically but they are more obnoxious as a group of people. CU boulder has a way more beautiful campus than CSU but the parking and rent prices are HORRIBLE. If you are an outdoorsy person though CU boulder is the place to be, it's a 15 minute drive into the mountains and there are hiking trails literally everywhere.

[@oscargarcia8573]

I need help which university to go I live in Greeley I need help what’s better UNC or CSU Fort Collins

[@nordinarywoman4147]

My son just got an offer for a full athletic scholarship to attend CSU so I might be team #fortcollins

[@anwjuice]

What sport if ya mind me asking? C

[@davidpardo7480]

The arrogance from Boulder can be smelt from NY/Colombia. Go State, Go Aggies, Go Colorado. Classism gets you no where. Green and Yellow - and we wear the State Flag. It’s all perspective.

[@SuperEman500]

Boulder might be a little snobby, but their snobbiness is nothing compared to Aspen.

[@gurmantevfik4703]

CSU is better than CU, and also Fort Collins is better than Boulder to live.

[@tyvovo]

Boulder!

[@guadalupealvarez9500]

BOULDER💥💥✨✨💪!!!!!!!!

[@thejokesta292]

Boulder=Mini Cali

[@jacquelynnjones1372]

We live in north cali now and we are looking at Fort Collins, I am in need of friendly people!

[@rhondacain6297]

i HAVE LIVED IN fORT cOLLINS SINCE i WAS 9 YEARS OLD, 1974. AFTER MOVING AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR 6 YEARS, THIS IS IT! Not to be selfish, but this isn't it anymore. paying to swim at Horsetooth, or park. Tore down my Hugh Stadium where Conserts used to play as well as CSU. No need. This town of mine, my home town has been taken over so bad. People are now rude, unwilling to be neighborly, drivers cut you off where they would wave and let you in. The cost of living is so high being able to raise my family has been tough and my kids can barely make it. THE DRIVE IN IS GOING NET, I CAN FEEL IT. I get it! This place is the bomb. But what happens when we are so crowded it isn't and I NEED MY HOME TOWN!

[@gracebenvenuti7176]

ok the mayor of fort collins is adorable

[@SuperHorseman22]

so are you baby

[@jarodmontoya3102]

SuperHorseman22 yikes weirdo alert

[@ambassador8524]

Both are *Sick* been here since 02.

[@jackj5368]

Take your meds, Ambassador.

[@ambassador8524]

@@jackj5368 lol which ones?

[@jackj5368]

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), such as citalopram (Celexa), escitalopram oxalate (Lexapro), fluoxetine (Prozac), fluvoxamine (Luvox), paroxetine HCI (Paxil), and sertraline (Zoloft),@@ambassador8524. Get well soon.

[@tracyanna8834]

Fort Collins

[@chelseahildestad3184]

Go CSU rams because I am proud to be a CSU ram

[@stalwartmedia3839]

GO RAMS

[@kylemccarthy02]

Proud

[@r.d.9399]

$380,000 affordable? Talk about being out of touch with reality.

[@SuperEman500]

Try a $100,000,000 mansion in Aspen.

[@jnutty04]

I live in Nebraska and I applied for college at CU and CSU and I’m having the hardest time deciding where to go.

[@kingflocka6501]

Jeff Newton CSU bro trust, Fort Collins is a great town, that’s where I’m transferring next year

[@capgaming69]

I graduated from CSU last December. I didn’t regret a minute of it. The town offers so much and has many annual traditions. New west fest, tour de fat, undie run, etc...the list goes on

[@anwjuice]

CU is better if your an athlete,bigger conference but city wise ftcollins is way better then boulder. Boulder full of junkies,hipster's, and rich folks. Ftcollins might be expensive but Boulder is more which is crazy. boulder just a hipster and a half town

[@anwjuice]

@@capgaming69 without hipster's galore as well

[@kalirichardson6642]

I’m going to CSU this fall, I am also from Nebraska

[@FluffyDiamonds1]

You forget Fort Collins contains the best College in Colorado as of now

[@SuperHorseman22]

no.that is Durango

[@flerpderp3908]

Wrong.

[@mollymcardell]

Fort Collins is better!!

[@jameswatson5405]

Boulder 😀

[@karenliu1400]

Boulder, for sure

[@stalwartmedia3839]

Nah, Fort Collins

[@SteveBell1967]

Once upon a time they were both great college towns. But now? Not by any stretch of the imagination.

[@jackson.denzler.]

Steve Bell 😂

[@xchino0427]

Golden Colorado Ftw!!

[@braiden3649]

CSU

[@kirkthiets2771]

You could not get me to live in either town even if you fucking paid me.

[@Krist_Mal008]

been to both. not my cup of tea. would rather to go back to Cali 💪🏻

[@jackj5368]

Do it, Gaz. Don't hesitate.

[@julianbesse7327]

Greeley grizzlies are in the shadows

[@jackson.denzler.]

Love Farts2008 😂

[@andrewvogrin1074]

Boulder just has that look/feel of a run down, outdated town tbh. Fort collins looks 10x nicer and has way more to offer.

[@anwjuice]

Also FWIW back in day peoe used to talk up Boulders Buds but the real Know that Ftcollins had just as good of weed that boulder had.

[@kentrobinson7479]

We stay away from *BOULDER* at all cost

[@tazer9735]

I go to CU, great for college life, but after that Im fucking moving away from all the hippies and commies here. Buncha whack jobs running the town into the ground.

[@researchherpetology]

Who won the game LOL?

[@marissachicanagodesssss5641]

Boulder , the Hippie town !!!!

[@israelteaser4504]

Front range all day

[@jackson.denzler.]

Israel Teaser 😂

[@neverhavingfun]

Boulder

[@mariagarcia-hk6dn]

BOULDER 🖤💛

[@olsonbryce777]

🤮

[@SuperHorseman22]

Durango is the best

[@completerandomness14]

Boulder>>>>>>>

[@stalwartmedia3839]

Fuck CU

[@danieloshea3326]

Are there a lot of black people in fort collins?

[@SuperEman500]

probably a average or below average amount, it's not Aurora, you know. :)

[@jackj5368]

Why?

[@thecookj454]

no

[@tmakalpha1]

Holy crap I went to school with the Ft Collins Mayor's son

[@jackj5368]

Sacred dung? Wow, Tariq.

[@arizonahascactus9697]

How'd this game end up for rammies?? SkoBuffs!

[@stalwartmedia3839]

How'd the season end up going for you? Tough loss to Oregon State, huh? Bahaha

[@arizonahascactus9697]

Look again brainiac. On to the semifinals.

[@flerpderp3908]

1. CU undeniably has better sports teams. Our sports teams dominate CSU's and CU has far more National Championships - notably one in football as is a focal point of this video. 2. CU has better engineering as a whole and has aerospace engineering. 3. CU has larger and better ROTC detachments. 4. CU and the city of Boulder have a better night life. 5. CU students are more successful in their future affairs and have higher grades. 6. CU has better dining halls and the city of Boulder DEFINITELY has better food. 7. CU was rated the number one school IN THE WORLD for geo-sciences as a whole, as well as in optical, atomic, and molecular physics. In addition many other departments here are globally appraised and ranked, higher than CSU's departments. 8. There have been 18 CU affiliated astronauts (as of now). CU is also one of the top schools for aerospace with graduates from here getting nearly the same consideration for employment at places like NASA, JPL, Lockheed, ULA, and other aerospace companies as graduates from MIT and Caltech. As I previously iterated, CSU doesn't even have an aerospace program. 9. Boulder doesn't smell like cow dung, is extremely clean, and is far more eco-friendly. 10. People in Boulder and at CU are on average healthier both mentally and physically than the average citizen of Fort Collins. 11. CU is more expensive but that's because you are paying for a better education, better experience, and a better life. Also, the standards here are higher, so not everybody can get in like at CSU. 12. Ralphie is a larger, faster, more impressive animal than Cam. 13. Boulder has a better view and has a far better looking campus. 14. The drive into Boulder is far better than the drive into Fort Collins. Every single way into Fort Collins is awful. 15. CU has more Nobel laureates than CSU (CU 5-0 CSU). 16. CSU students act just as elitist as CU students and CSU students are very cocky but with no reason. A little joke to add on... What do CU and CSU students have in common? They both got into CSU. Need I go on? Boulder wins. Hands down. It's not even a debate.

[@flerpderp3908]

Additionally, the game this video was previewing was won by the Buffs. Go Buffs!

[@stalwartmedia3839]

First, you guys wouldn't have won your "national championship" if you weren't given the infamous fifth down play against Mizzou. Second, if you enjoy pretentious frat stars than you'd definitely like Boulder better. That's all they have to offer. Fort Collins has better beer too!

[@coltonfrechette377]

I am an incoming CU student and I got into CSU as well haha lol. I’ve been wondering the overall political atmosphere of the two colleges as well. I lean on the conservative side and I’m kinda worried to be in an ultra left wing town like boulder and I’m hoping the school has students with a lot of diverse mindsets.

[@thecookj454]

Bro you're acting like CU is hard to get into lol

[@hizoe370]

it’s true, people from boulder are VERY full of themselves, which is shitty. Butttt, Boulder is better

[@simplyturf]

lol

[@israelvargas6450]

CU sucks

[@lifestylechannel1806]

#fortcollins

[@caeleejade658]

SkoBuffs!!!

[@SuperHorseman22]

neither Durango is

[@kingflocka6501]

SuperHorseman22 I got to FLC and I can promise you I’m trying to get tf outta here

[@jackyeah7176]

lol at all the salty poor people in the comments

[@Redneck903]

IT SUCKS TO BE A csu ram!!!!

[@Bagunka]

One thing I don’t like about FoCo is the homeless

[@completerandomness14]

If you can’t go College, go state

[@PWNSTAA]

What?

[@ryanboone408]

CU KIDS ARE TOO DUMB TO KNOW THAT CU IS ALSO A "STATE SCHOOL" JUST WITHOUT IT IN THE NAME AHAHAA DIRTY HIPPIES

[@michaelatencio2917]

Boulder, Colorado by far. It's been already named the #1 college town, & it's better academically & a richer football history.

[@snoodlebug1800]

It’s not better academically lol

[@benluecken2839]

@@snoodlebug1800 It definitely is lol. Ranks higher on pretty much every list you can find. I'm sure there's things that CSU are better at but overall Boulder is the better school academically

[@snoodlebug1800]

@@benluecken2839 Not true, CSU was ranked the best university academics in the state for several years in a row and Boulder is never listed as #1.

[@benluecken2839]

@@snoodlebug1800 Based on what metric? Just curious cause all the lists I've seen have Boulder over CSU. U.S News and World Report (the most widely used list) has it ranked well above CSU, as well as Niche, College Factual, Shanghai Rankings, and alot more. I haven't found a single one that has CSU above CU. Again though, I think it's tough to rank schools overall on academics because both schools have their strengths when it comes to certain subjects. Also not trying to sound like some pretentious ass or anything lol, I'm just curious where you found that info.

[@nunyerbeeznaz2906]

Considering the way police treat people there,I have made my last trip to colorado !I LOVE making my tourism choices by internet videos !!! I have serious tourist cash to spend having a good time SOMEWHERE ELSE now. Thank You !!! It kills me to have flown over these states with a cold pickle. [empty bomb bays for the unwashed] Not one bent penny of mine will ever go into colo coffers again !!

[@pastellegoth1392]

wut

[@fendertc90]

I went up to Boulder to look for a place to live. If you research on the web then you will find it is an amazing place to live. All my friends in Denver say that Fort Collins is awesome though. After being in Boulder for 24 hours I realized not only did I not want to live in Boulder, but I also had no reason to even visit Boulder. Is it a giant conspiracy to try to raise housing prices? It must be because I don't know why anyone would want to live there. I hope this is of some use for anyone thinking about moving to Boulder. Boulder is very clean but that's the only positive I can think of.

[@sarahbanks1155]

I was raised in Boulder and honestly you missed out on the greatest place and public school education for a family in all of America. Rising house prices are due to how desirable Boulder is. 24 hours in one place and you giving it a harsh judgment is completely out of line. If Boulder being clean is the only positive that you can think of then you must be blind because the Flatirons are pretty darn beautiful.

[@fendertc90]

That's what someone from Boulder would say.

[@sarahbanks1155]

@@fendertc90 That's what someone with any hometown pride would say. lol

[@fendertc90]

@@sarahbanks1155 Look at us bickering like an old married couple, haha. I came from living in Durango for 13 years. I ended up moving to Lakewood which I think is a great place. Boulder just seemed like a boring, crowded, strip mall town to me.

[@sarahbanks1155]

@@fendertc90 I have family who lives in Lakewood and it is funny because I have only thought of Lakewood as suburbia strip mall. Very funny how Coloradans few different parts of Colorado. And how everyone else in Colorado views Boulder because we do get a weird reputation.

[@thecookj454]

Boulder sucks

[@katyderenzo6946]

Boulder!

[@middlepath4458]

Fort Collins