COMMENT BY
Jamie from Lafayette, CO
COMMENT ABOUT PLACE
Lafayette, CO
COMMENT
Outsiders ruined this state for me (A NATIVE)
I am a colorado native. I was born here and have lived here 24 years. I used to love it here, 10 years ago i would have given it 4 stars, But ever since it was THE FIRST state to legalize weed (not against it, i smoke it) but the state has changed so much because of it being the first one to do that so it gets a 1 star. It has mad the state populated, there is development everywhere (when it used to be so open), the mountains are crowded and dirty now, the traffic sucks, its getting more and more expensive and colorado doesn't pays well at all, you need 3 jobs just to barley be on your own, people are rude, everyone keeps moving here, its not even famous for mountains anymore, every tourist, new person living here, and people i hear on social media, and when i go out of town when they find out I'm in colorado ask about the weed. That has ruined my state and i hate it and what its become, and what everyone moving here has done to it. I went to cali for my 5 year anniversary for a week, and everyone there when they asked where I was from asked about the weed, when i landed in denver, it smelled like factories, gas and weed, it used to smell good like mountains and pine trees. Its not the state i used to love. And it never will be. Theres nothing here for me except my pets, mom sister and boyfriend. As soon as i get the money I'm out of here because everyone moving here for the weed has made impossible for natives to live here and are chasing them out. Thats whats happening with me