denver rude
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1/3/2007
Do you think that a place like Denver can embody some of the "American pride" xenophobia, "privelege" (relative to what some of the latino population in Denver - that tends to be somewhat segregated from what many Denverites ever see - might be more familiar with, e.g.), or immediate-gratification driven mentalities in human nature that might translate to the "rudeness" (or self absorption) that some people perceive in people in the Denver area? Perhaps Denver draws a population that is especially tainted by or susceptible to such a mentality? I wonder about what tends to draw people here or keep people here. I wonder about where people tend to move here from - what demographic is the vast majority, for example, and how might that affect other people's opinions of the place upon visiting or upon considering Denver as a place to move to. I remember a comment of a foreign friend that visited and said "my god, there is no culture here" or another friend from Montana (via New York and Oregon) that said "it feels like Coloradans have no interest in anyone but themselves - they don't seem to have any curiosity in you or things out side of themselves when you talk with them". I would be interested in others' comments on this.
joe | Denver, CO