I'm now 40 and I am a Denver area native. I can honestly see I've seen the city change and grow in so many ways, but one way I can say that the city has most definitely not been ruined is by "liberals". Give me a break! This guy is probably an angry conservative just angry to see that the city has increased in cultural diversity and tolerance. Denver has been made better by having a younger population and more diversity. For a major city Denver has no higher crime rates or homelessness than any other major city and compared to many cities of similar size crime rates are actually lower. If he wants to compare some of the more "right wing" cities in Colorado based on population size many of them actually have much higher crime rate averages and higher rates of drug abuse.... so he's factually completely wrong. The economy in Denver is also one of the strongest in the nation.
The bad parts are that with the booming population growth is that housing prices and prices for renting have skyrocketed. Depending on what type of job you have, it's probably not very afforabable. I work as a nurse, and I'm married, but honestly I think if I was single I would struggle to afford it. Also one of the reasons people have flocked to Colorado is the outdoor lifestyle, and in my opinion that is honestly getting ruined a bit. It's hard to go anywhere to "get away from it all" anymore. Hiking trails are always crowded and driving I-70 during ski season is a constant nightmare (honestly I don't even like skiing much anymore for that reason. I love the outdoors as much as any other Coloradan so I get the appeal, I just think the population growth has been too much too fast and I worry about the environmental impact. I know many of the trails, especially the 14 er's are being eroded away simply from all the foot traffic they know experience. I would consider moving to another state with similar outdoor lifestyle appeal, but my heart still belongs here.
Eileen |
Littleton, CO |
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