No one aspires to live here...
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10/19/2021
I moved to Pueblo 2 years ago and can't wait to leave. Just a downtrodden, poverty-stricken town with no future. I've lived in some southern towns that were bad, but this place takes the cake. No one I know in this town aspires to live here. In fact, most people live here because they can't afford anything else. I personally drive to the Springs to shop and only live in this pit because there's nothing else. I'm leaving Colorado anyway...Colorado is kaput. But, for as far as Pueblo goes:
1. There is no economic opportunity, no real industry, outside of healthcare. Don't believe it? Good luck to you. And speaking of healthcare, doctors in the Springs and Denver will tell you what you quickly learn: Pueblo is the wild west when it comes to healthcare, and you never know what you'll get. I drive to the Springs for healthcare. The same goes for vets...I take my pets to the Springs. Even if you want a vet here, it's hard to find one.
2. Low educational attainment is an understatement for this town, and I'll leave it at that.
3. Crime. Pueblo is horrible for both property crime and violent crime. Look up the stats yourself.
4. It's an old folks town. I'm in my 50s but geeez, half the people I see are old white retirees with a Cadillac driving to Walgreens. Pueblo has a horrible time getting youth to stay, and most with talent leave.
5. Nothing to do. The Riverwalk? Please, it takes 10 minutes to walk it, you see some businesses, a few statues, and some little boats to float around in, and that's it. It's not even that interesting. Pueblo State Park?! What a joke. Blazing hot in the summer, crowded with drunken rednecks and their ridiculous boats...ugg. You live in Colorado and you're 45 minutes from the mountains? No thanks. If I wanted the plains I can live in Kansas for cheaper.
6. Shopping and dining? Uh, I've never seen a town of this size (100,000) that has such limited places to shop and eat that are worth a damn. The restaurants downtown are overrated and overpriced. I mean how many Mexican restaurants can you eat at? I hope you like fast food chains because that's the bulk of it here, and most are located along I-25.
Plus, it's crowded as hell with people coming from as far as northern New Mexico to shop at Sam's and the like because there's no major shopping in south-central Colorado until you get to Pueblo. This puts a huge strain on the resources here, from the roads to the availability of items, even before Covid. It's worse now.
7. The best time of year is from late September through mid-May. In other words, when it's cold! It's ball hot in the summer with few trees and no water. I mean, it's a town on the western edge of the Great Plains so it's supposed to be prairie, but man it's brutal. Most of the homes are being built on former rangeland with zero trees and the like...at least you can see Pikes Peak off in the distance.
8. Serious homeless problem. It's an issue in many towns, and Pueblo is no different.
The best thing about Pueblo? It's got a great selection of recreational Cannabis shops with the best prices in Colorado.
Sammy | ,