Anything more then a 1 star is a LIE!
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9/20/2021
-Welcome to the ghetto, we've got drugs and guns.-
First I wanna address the 3-5 star ratings and the Disagree votes on 1 star reviews. I would argue that they come from, A: People that have lived here their whole life. B: The pueblo chamber of commerce.
When it comes to the people that have live here their whole life, they either don't know anything else or they love the "thug life". I was talking with a local (born in pueblo) about how awful it was here and he tried telling me 'it's not that bad, you get used to it.' as he is talking I hear someone mag dump (shoot all rounds in their gun rapidly) not a block away from us. He didn't even bat an eye, its like they don't hear it anymore.
Thug life is a problem here. There is an amazing amount of people that want to live this life. try their hand at selling drugs, and other criminal activity. they seem to end up as strung out lowlifes living in trap houses and out of there car. completely dependent on government benefits, they are happy living this way.
I think that the pueblo chamber of commerce, retail companies, politicians, media, all have had a hand in the odd agree vs disagree ratios about this city. proof? none. But I find it odd, and hard to believe, that the worst rated place to live in Colorado has so many people disagreeing with negative reviews. All the above listed groups have a vested interest in covering this up.
Second my personal experiences. I've been living here for almost 3 years now and I hate it more every day. The place is covered in trash, I live close to a gas station so ill walk there every now and again and there is trash EVERYWHERE, and its common to find used needles on the street, if homeless people set up camp nearby, it is ten times worse. This is the first thing I noticed after moving here.
My car has been stolen THREE TIMES now. Before moving here I would leave my keys in the ignition, windows rolled down, and phone on the seat. Not once did it get broken into, let alone stolen. First time I was amazed that this happed and told a few people about it expecting them to be shocked as I was, nope, most common response was "yeah that happened to me too".
I work graveyard shift, wile standing outside smoking I hear mag dumps once or twice a week. Watched a pair of cars racing down the street in front of the store shooting at each other, and most recently had a car to car gun fight in front of the store in broad daylight. (wasn't there for that bit of 'fun'). lastly my house has been shot up, and I have gotten death treats for not giving the homeless people, that hang out in front of gas stations in packs, hand outs.
TL;DR : IF POSSIBLE DO NOT MOVE HERE!!!!
Don | Pueblo, CO