Hey Nick. While I spent 3 yrs as a very young kid living in the foothills (near Longmont, Erie, CO), I vaguely remember Denver. But I hope to God the "San Francisco Plague" (i.e. mindset) doesn't continue to erode the Greater Denver area. It's still salvageable, IF the people/voters get fed up enough and do something about it. As usual, great stuff by you. Keep up the good work.
I lived up in Red Feather Lakes CO for 15 years and it got waaaayyyy too California. So I moved close to Clayton Alabama. So much better here than anywhere in CO.
It’s there own fault if Denver becomes California. If the locals would stop selling out their land and homes. Then the California people would not be able to move to Denver. But Colorado doesn’t want California just their money.
that's my thought. urban sprawl. lived in Colorado Springs for 3 years. as much as I loved Colorado what a shame. everyone from CA and other states moved in and ruined the beauty. Really sad. Colorado is not Colorado anymore.
So true!! I guess I was born in the wrong century . At least that's how our children, my husband of 40 years and I feel. The only thing we'd miss is our Harleys!! 😂😂
I spent 22 years living in downtown Denver. Moved there in 1999, and got to enjoy a beautiful, clean, friendly, and amazing city up until about 2012, when noticable (not good) changes started happening. And the problems just kept piling up and getting worse, while simultaneously being ignored by city/govt officials. We finally moved out in 2021; the crime, drugs, mountain traffic, homelessness, and desolate downtown took it's toll. At this point you couldn't pay me to move back to Colorado.
Same. I lived there most of my life. When they legalized weed totally changed it. High rent, high people everywhere, can't drive to mtns due to traffic, cliques of superficial people, long winters. No way. I'm in AZ & love it.
Sounds exactly like Austin. I have been here since 2000. People say they want to move here because it’s a better place to live. Yet these same people keep doing everything like they did in California, New York, Chicago, etc. and can’t understand why things aren’t getting better. I did visit Denver last year and it reminded me of Austin 15 years ago. The future isn’t bright.
You can thank Hickenlooper. Against the citizens wishes, he and his Dem controlled HR and Sen past HB 13- 1303 giving themselves the right to send ballots to every household with a registered voters. Then the steal began. No one in Colorado's supreme courts listened to the people saying no. No one has even investigated the elections since. I have found out some pretty sketchy things in the 2020 and the 2022, but no one wants to listen.
I'm a pastor in Colorado, and I’ve had quite a few of our good church families move to more conservative states. I wish we could turn this state around.
@@darkgardener9577 Colorado was good when purple or reddish. It didn't turn this way until we turned blue. Just like blue California was good when it was red Reagan. Just like every blue city in the USA. So what exactly are you talking about? Blue owns this, all throughout the nation.
Yep, Californians who’ve moved here have voted in the same politicians and failed policies they’ve fled from. The exact same thing is happening over here in Austin TX.
Lets blame on someone else it works every time? even better let California separate from the state and don't stop there let every state go their own way problem solved
I live in Colorado, Denver is getting worse. I confirm all your findings as true. The leadership here just keeps making bad choices and it's impacting everyone. I don't go downtown unless I need to, it's nasty. The cost of living is insane! I'm happy that the flow of people moving here is slowing down, there are just not enough good paying jobs to afford to live here.
I lived in Denver metro for 17 years. There are no words to describe how nasty, shameful, and discusting that place became after 2020. Thank God that wasteland is in my rear view mirror.
Most cities are turning into shitholes for bums and addicts.. This is what the 2020s decade would be known for, thousands of bums sleeping in tents in every downtown
"" " comeback " " dream on No such thing. USA military budget is 860 BILION dollars to bailout of the Banks 10 trilion dollars. So what is for the American people Mmmm food coupons . 😂😂😂😂
I don't really think either political party will 'fix' this country. Personally I think its dumb to hold an allegiance to a political party and care about all of that non-sense. Ultimately you can't change the world, but you can change your life, and build for your family, raise your children and your family with your principles and morals, too many people have the wrong priorities and fight for things that don't affect them. You have agency, your life is up to you, navigate around the non-sense instead of being delusional enough that you can fix it by putting a flag outside of your house or RARAing on the internet. Sure, we should care, but to a point. Its clear our government is incompetent and gets little done, regardless of political affiliation. Its all a game and we're the suckers getting played. All politicians have their pockets lined by billion dollar companies, or they have to appeal to agendas and voters. Tell me, how much has this country REALLY changed in the past 30 years? The only question that remains is which political party is going to screw you more? I'm simple, for me, I'd rather my taxes stay low, the less I contribute to this POS government the better, the rest I could care less for because it doesn't affect me personally. Vote for whoever holds your principles and morals the closest when the time comes, and move on. My general advice to anyone, let others fight that fight for you, go take care of your family and build something worth living.
I've lived in Colorado my whole life. My family has been in Colorado for three generations. I am very disappointed of what we're saying. It's like our politicians don't even care anymore. To really care about a person you have to have boundaries and rules and they don't even do that anymore. Thank you for sharing this video.
I left in 2015 and moved overseas. I came back in 2020 and was shocked how much things went south. Its pretty sad, Denver is pretty special and I hated seeing how rough it got.
I lived in the Denver area for 16 years, also moved out in 2015. I go back occasionally because I own a condo. So sad to see how it looks and feels now. I live in Mexico now.
@@jackcarterog001 well İ only stayed around Denver for 4 month and promptly moved back to Turkey (wife is Turkish). As you could imagine, every where has it's ups and downs and Turkey is going through a very bad economic crisis. A few things better though is not worrying about healthcare, not nearly as much crime, and even though the housing is gone through the roof recent, it's still with in reach.
@@davidvalle1048 İ was trying to move my family back from Turkey and it was just a terrible time to do it. i stayed 4 months in Colorado Springs and moved back.
I was stationed in the Army at Ft. Carson, CO for 3 years. I went out there on vacation this year, because I love Colorado, but jeez what a mess. Weed was great but, urban sprawl is off the chain. I'll just stay in FL until 2024 when recreational is legalized. Also, it warmer.
Rent sucks everywhere and buying a house is very tough in any “desirable” or “good job market” but also I think virtual workers are main problem, you can move anywhere and make good money that’s gonna be huge issues for many markets that were affordable and good places and now people get priced out since job market isn’t good enough to compete with remote workers….
its all due to dual citizenship having corrupt "elites" in the inteligence agencies who control both parties and push for an anti-human agenda worldwide
@@itsnick37 You're absolutely right. Remote work has really messed up housing markets. When people can get a remote job from a company in California or New York with a salary that pays for a very high cost of living, they can go price people out in cheaper cities. Remote workers have been gaming the system. We're dealing with it firsthand in Kansas City right now.
yEA i AGREE, Ever since Europeans got here, it went way downhill. My river, I can't drink the water. They killed all the buffalo and people like Custer came raising a bloodbath party and I got to go to the Rez to pitch a tipi and the rez culture is Europeanized and not traditional. I try and put my tipi on skid row and it sucks. All messed up. Even the pow wows are all sponsored by banks and the mountains cut in half, forests gone missing, gunfights, saloons, drugs, famine, these big ugly trophy homes on mountain top, oil lakes, dead fish land. Californicated... more like europeed on and pooed on.
I was driving from Denver back home in Nebraska . Stopped at the rest stop outside of Ft Collins at about 11pm. It has a big parking area and it was packed , almost every space full, people living in their cars.
I’m one of those “natives” and I left for good in 2018. I won’t even hardly go back to visit my family that is left there. It’s a shame, growing up there I was so proud of where I came from, now I won’t even admit I fled my home state.
I’m debating on making the leap. Sure would miss the mountains, but I’m fortunate to know a lot of lesser traveled trails. Even out there I come across homeless camps. Not sure how they live out there, but those are the smart homeless ones.
@@Strange_amore I went to New Mexico which has plenty of its own issues. But I wanted to be able to afford to buy land in the mountains in a very good area. I may not stay here forever, Idaho is most likely where I will end up.
I lived in Denver from 2015 to 2019 - it was getting bad when I moved and I left because the homeless got so bad. Such a great city and area, what a shame
It started getting bad in 2013 so you didn’t even get a chance to see the best 😢 Granted, some things did change for the better at first in the mid 2010’s which I think a lot of people forget. 20+ years ago, downtown was a ghost town. It still was full of homeless people (but not hearty as many as now). But there was hardly anywhere to go. People didn’t hang out there unless they happened to work down there and even then most people went to the suburbs after work to eat and drink. So I think Denver was beautified and built up, only to be overrun by crime and hard times just as quickly. So sad.
@@rahkinrah1963eh I still think it sucks less than most places. And the only “better” places are being infiltrated with fleeing Coloradans now so it seems futile to leave unless you simply don’t like Colorado’s culture, weather, and/or landscape. In which case, it’s a non issue cuz you won’t be moving here then!
Easy to say isnt it? Colorado's becoming unaffordable, and young people struggle with very high rent prices. But again its easy to say eh?@@EastmanEditing
Nick, the burbs you show are pretty nice. As an Arid-zonan, I love those trees! But my question is and has been for some time, where are that many people getting their money to afford even a $200k home? I mean to live in a home- which looks as though there are more of them than not- $350k and up, what are the major industries? Most people I know live in a lower to middle class neighborhood. We have teachers, or those in service-type jobs, retail, construction, office workers, etc. making est. 40k to 80k per year. No way can one afford a house more than three times your income. I don't get how so many can get morgages even on the lower end. Back in 1980, it took me, and two other's incomes = to total about $28k to afford a $50k, 1750 sf. home at 8%. We barely qualified. Now, I cannot even afford to live on my own in a small apt. in my 60s. The rent would eat up 60% of my income. I am not alone. Again, how are so many people able to buy or rent those mid-size to larger, nice homes in your video. Am seeing these kinds of homes in our outer developing burbs and infill. The houses are huge compared to what many of us grew up in.
I used to live in Colorado. I had my car stolen and found out I would be very lucky to get it back. A sheriff I knew told me that police don't do anything about car thefts for 6 months because after 6 months it's considered abandoned and they can auction it. And by then the thieves are long gone. Can't imagine why car theft is so high.🤔
That is the truth! In Larimer county the truck thefts are so bad! We had a neighbor who got his truck stolen. He literally ran around to everyone on the block to warn everyone to be careful. Do what you can to secure your trucks! Crazy!
You are 200% correct!! Took the words right out of my mouth. This just makes me so so sad. I would like to feel hopeful but I do not. Just glad I grew up when I did. Maybe not all the technology but a better world IMHO.
@NotLeoDiCaprio crime was higher, drug use and homelessness were spiking and the urban decay from the 1960s was still ever present. Unemployment and inflation. We’re higher then too. Not sure you were paying attention or maybe you just want a world back where you knees don’t hurt and your waistline was 32 inches?
In 1984, bought a 3bd, 2 bath house in Auroa for 68k. Sold it for 76k 6 years later. Bought a townhouse in Lakewood for 78k, sold for 89k. Now I live in Boulder County. Hubby bought this property 43 years ago for 86k, now will sell for over 1 million. The problem was the pricing wars in the 80s and 90s. It has gone sky high in Colorado.
I was stationed at fort Carson in Colorado springs from 2007-12. I had a small two bedroom apartment for myself and my wife and son. It was $750 a month. When we had our third son in 2017 that same apartment was $2250 a month. Rent literally tripled in less than ten years. We could no longer afford Colorado so we moved to Idaho about five years ago
Yep. My home state. Moved 7 yrs ago. I have family that has had to move in together just to pay the bills. It's sad really. Colorado was a great place to grow up and it's a completely mess now
Nick, you're like a modern day Mark Twain, travelling the country and producing vignettes of the places and people you encounter. You always provide historical context along with current events. I've been watching your channel for 3+ years. It's one of the best in TH-cam.
I was born and raised in Denver. I'm 66. Nick hit the nail on the head with his all his observations and statements. Liberal mayors have ruined the city. Legalization of pot and the Occupy Movement has destroyed a once vibrant, beautiful downtown. The nation-wide liberal movement has removed the western, freedom loving, family oriented character Colorado had in abundance. Colorado still has the best mountains close by, and is the only thing keeping the sanity of the State from imploding. Great video, Nick! Thanks. Nobody does these better that I've seen.
i sympathize with you and agree, once pot was legalized i saw a dramatic shift and it seemed it really went down hill fast. the mountains are what kept me sane...lol. i hope noting messes up them for us!
I have my own theories on what “went wrong “ . I would love to hear other people’s theories as well. Mine are: 1. too much compassion incorporated into leniency in laws and lenient city councils headed up by women (who always want to coddle criminal behavior); 2. Women in the work force since the 1970’s driving down wages thus requiring two income households 3. Single parent households with a single mother that leads to undisciplined boys who are unruly in school and then fill our prisons (80% of incarcerated individuals); 4. A welfare state that encourages women to have children and punishes women who marry; 5. Legalization of marijuana and non enforcement of most drugs, encouraging people to simply be in an altered condition and generally unemployable. Solutions: 1. no more handouts that encourage bad behavior, i.e. welfare recipients not getting more money for having more children 2. No more EMT drug assistance and fire fighting in homeless camps. All the homeless sign a waiver refusing medical assistance and they will donate their entire bodies (skin and all) 3. No representation without taxation. Non taxpayers should not have voting rights. Even old people that don’t pay taxes. You all want free stuff and compassion but don’t pay for it. 4. Politicians can have no debt whatsoever. 5. Somehow eliminate the not in my backyard resistance via tax reductions etc. All the haters can respond with hateful remarks, all the pragmatic people can respond with constructive criticism. Thanks for reading.
It’s incredible… Most of the population is going to be living in a tent on the sidewalk in front of houses while the only people living in the houses are the rich.
@@theGIGbetween you forgot something rich people and people with a lack of pride most people refuse to work a job that pays half what they made aka pride while the poor man doesn't care along as his family has a roof
I met a California couple that moved to Colorado because the pollen was too much for their sinuses in California. 4 months later they planted all of the plants that was giving them allergies.
I grew up in Colorado, and once upon a time it was the place to live. Seeing this level of devastation breaks my heart, but at the same time it's not surprising. Californians came in and wrecked everything. It's one of the reasons my family left, way back when, and I cried for weeks.
i have the same feeling being 19. growing up here my whole life this is where i set my heart on. but i cry whenever i think about having to move because i can’t afford it and i don’t like the lifestyle Californians turned it into.
@sylth4103 you cannot even begin to imagine how wonderful it was when I lived there as a child and then a teenager. I was just a little younger than you, when my family left, and that was nearly 30 years ago. Things had already started to get bad at that point. The cost of living skyrocketed in a very short amount of time. The price of houses was atrocious compared to what they had been when I was a kid. We're not talking the usual, gradual increase in prices that we tend to see over the years. It was drastic. I see what it has become now, and I am saddened because my plan was to retire in Colorado. Not sure that plan is still viable. Drugs are rampant, homelessness is out of control, filth litters the streets, and the cost of living is atrocious. Californians wrecked a once beautiful state that is rich in its own history, and turned it into what they allegedly wanted to escape.
@@RachelLWolfe yup i’ve lived in colorado springs/ fountain my whole life. it was beautiful when i was kid. i loved everything this place had to offer. I really thought I was going to spend the rest of my life here. now i don’t even feel safe because i have homeless walking up and down my street. i work at a church and the church trys to help them… but they steal the money from the tip jars(which is only like 3$) and leave messes when eating all the commodities like cookies and the coffee. downtown used to be beautiful, so did Manitou and old Colorado city.. now it’s dirty and homeless are asleep infront of businesses so you don’t even want to go walk down there. The drug and crime problem is also horrible. my only escape is going up in the mountains fishing and hiking. but it takes me way longer than it should to drive up there because the traffic is caused by people from California, Texas, and New York….. I see more of those license plates then Colorado ones these days. and even when I’m up there, I’m not even surrounded by people from Colorado It’s just a bunch of rich people that moved here…. and it’s so crowded. i’ve always wanted land and a house where I’m not right next to everybody…. That’s practically impossible for me these days, unless i make a couple million in the next year… you’re so right by saying rich Democrats/ Californians moved here and turned it into the places they wanted to escape…. They’re just gonna drive out the local population and then once Colorado turns in to every other big city, they’re just gonna leave and do it to the next popular place.
@sylth4103 I've heard a lot of the same things you mentioned from others as well, who still live there or go back to visit friends and family. I haven't been back in quite some time but find myself being homesick for a place that has been completely wrecked. I lived in Colorado Springs as well, and loved going to Manitou and Old Colorado City!! I miss going to the Garden of the Gods and territory days. We hiked a lot as well. It was a good escape from the city for a bit. So much to do there. I'm heartbroken over the mess these people have made out of it, though. They're like a bunch of locusts, leaving destruction in their wake as they move on to the next state to do the same. I'm hoping they don't come to the state I'm in now.
My aunt lived in Aspen from the late '60s to the early '90s. When she first moved there, Aspen was a somewhat bohemian backwater where the population was disillusioned hippies and people who wanted to live close to nature-a place unspoiled by progress... it was almost like Mayberry, where everyone knew each other and there was no trouble. John Denver loved Aspen for these reasons, and he and the citizens were successful in preventing the winter Olympics from coming there back in the '70s; they knew that if Aspen got that kind of publicity, the town would be destroyed. But they became a victim of their own success when people with money, hearing about Aspen, started to arrive. At first it was nice, with the gentrification of the downtown area, but then the big money started to come in and built mega-exclusive ski resorts in the areas that were unspoiled by progress. The natives who had spent their whole lives hiking, skiing, fishing or hunting in the mountains couldn't do those things anymore because those areas were now private property owned by corporate hotel and resort chains. By the mid '80s, Aspen had become a playground for the rich and famous and the original citizens of Aspen, unable to afford to live in a place with skyrocketing prices and taxes, were being displaced by the very people that they had come to Aspen to escape. But now, it's coming full circle: Aspen has started to attract the people that the RICH had come to escape: the left-thinking mobs. Now Aspen is beginning to see the same problems as Denver: homeless tent cities, crack and meth addicts on the streets...
This is the Boomers fault it all happened on their watch wym? Yes the hippies moved in a drug stupor and didn’t know to how govern for shit and here we are
Been in aspen since the mid-90s. I haven't seen a tent or meth addicts on the streets. Are you thinking of Denver? Our biggest problem is that the rich are buying up what were once worker bee housing, tearing it down, and building McMansions. Workers have very little housing, and so now businesses are closed a couple days per week. "Season" is all year now. You can't find workers because when they look for housing from out of state, they can't find any. When you are already here & know people, you can find housing. That's a problem. Also, the only shops that can afford rent in the commercial core are more & more chains, which never used to be permitted. I remember when Starbucks was picketted.
@@jgfjhg-co7iq You can't keep the rich out, but they could have set some building codes for certain areas limiting the sq footage of structures allowed. Amazing that these rich people don't consider somebody has to provide all the city services and have a place to live.
I was born in Aspen and have been a Medic for a very long time. Beg to differ. No meth addicts and our town is clean. Few homeless but not like Carbondale etc. It is very expensive to live here and I am looking around at other communities. Aspen is absolutely beautiful and full of events etc. The entry takes money and I am no longer willing to work my life a2ay just to stay here. Best of luck to all.
@@mikeg5039 Okay how is it different? The people in those plantations were forced to work as well and now you want the same for homeless people. A poor farm sounds a lot like a cage, if I'm being honest.
Good idea. Thing is these so called homeless people don't want to work. Blow dope and lounge around all day is their goal. Seems to me that in places where you see this style of homeless, it's almost as if they were invited here to live on the streets and parks. The price of housing is irrelevant to these homeless. It's never been a "Home" that they're looking for, and a job is the last thing on their mind. Where their style of homeless is allowed, look no farther than piss poor governance. Government that allows and propagates their street camping. The average Citizen does not owe them anything from free needles to rehab. Sorry I ranted.
Born and raised here. I watched it transform before my eyes. It's sad we lost some great original restaurants through gentrification (and now cv19. Lockdowns destroyed some iconic restaurants). North Denver used to be the Italian district that had excellent restaurants going back to 40s. Almost all of those original North Denver Italian restaurants are gone. A restaurant I've been going to since I was a baby in a high chair (Breakfast King) closed it's doors because of the effects of the cv19 policies, and messed up supply chain, along with people not wanting to work. It's really sad.
@@Anime_n_Music remember Griffs burgers in the west side? They closed a while back and I learned that there was a Griffs in Albuquerque. My parents moved out there and I finally got the chance to visit them. I'm not even exaggerating, the day we went to Griffs in Albuquerque was the day it closed its doors down for good. I missed out on a Griffs burger by one day. I waited years to eat burger from there and missed out. Unbelievable odds. Lol
@@BSIIIThe Griff's that I always went to was on South Broadway - about a block from where the I-25 overpass is. I think that it had been at that location since 1962. It was nothing fancy - and South Broadway was kind of a run-down area. But, you could get an honest burger and fries at a decent price. I moved away in 2017 - after medical issues and the cost of living just got to be too much. I had lived in the city since 1980 - it is heart- breaking to see what it has become.
@@urbanurchin5930 yup, the Broadway location was what I grew up with! I was devastated when it closed many years back and always hoped to have Griffs again when I visit Albuquerque, and missed that opportunity by a day lol. I agree about the change. Change is always guaranteed, cities always change, grow, buildings built or replaced, but Denver lost a lot of that charm.
I miss Dinos…. My family went there every year for holidays and b days. Best Italian food I’ve ever had and the history was soooo cool. Gone. All my favorite places growing up gone. I HATE what Colorado became and all the new people that move there say “good, leave, we don’t want you all here” little do they k ow that denver used to be special and it was the history and people that had roots there that made it special. Now it’s a soulless carbon copy of San Francisco, all that history and culture has been paved over and apartments thrown on top. It’s depressing and I moved!
I was stationed in Colorado when I was in the military. It was really nice overall, and I often wonder what would have happened if I stayed put when my service was up. Instead, I moved back to New England. It's tough to see a nice place like Denver change so drastically.
Same here. I was at Peterson AFB for 4 years back in the late 80’s. I almost stayed, but I moved back to rural KY. Unfortunately, we are being flooded with CA people. If, say, 10 houses are built then 3 will be bought by people from CA. Four or five will be bought by people fleeing big city TN. The rest will be bought by locals.
I lived in Denver from 03-09 and I loved it, but I was blown away as to how much the price of rent had jumped from when I lived there. I was paying $850mo for a 2bdrm townhome. That same place now is over $3k just to rent!
Well, you can also thank all those people who have over paid on housing to kick up property taxes. When property taxes spike upwards, the landlords need their rental to cover the rising costs of property taxes and insurance.
Colorado past a law and basically all of the apartments have kind of a controlled rent so if rent is going at one place at a certain price they match it at the other places no matter what and they keep on raising the rent and they raise it every two to three months now
I was absolutely shocked when I recently visited Denver for a medical appt for one of my nieces. I wanted to show her 16th Street Mall. We set directions for a restaurant near there for breakfast and I was so saddened by all of the tents and homeless community that has overtaken down there.
I tried to go there last May too to show my kids where we used to hang. Some crazy black people were screaming at each other over God knows what. We live in rural Washington so needless to say it scarred the s out of my poor kids. What a dump.
As a former Coloradoan it makes me sad to see how much the state has changed. I lived there 45 years till I decided to move to the South a couple years ago. I couldn’t afford to move back even if I wanted to. I don’t even recognize the state anymore.
That’s how we feel about all the people moving to the south as well, so meanwhile you’re complaining about your ruined place, you’re all slowly ruining our place as well. Charleston SC in specific. Mainly people from New Jersey not so much Colorado tho
Everything changes. That's life. When it comes to the Real problems like high cost of living and homeless people that's called *wealth inequality.* This is what happens when some people make hundreds of thousands a year while others can't even afford a small basic apartment despite working 40 hours a week. As much as people like to blame everything on "leftists" in reality it's the republican party that has consistently blocked bills and laws meant to address wealth inequality and help the working class. They've allowed wealth inequality to just get worse and worse and worse over the years. Hence houses that cost a million dollars meanwhile there are homeless people all over the place. It's happening all over the country not just Colorado.
@@bestieswithtesties Republicans blocking wealth inequality bills 🤣 You're a straight 🤡. California is run 100% by leftists. Care to explain why it's so expensive there with a massive wealth gap?
Man. I remember growing up here before it was like this. Used to be a beautiful, humble almost Midwestern city full of very normal people and you could get downtown or to the mountains in 15 minutes. Unreal.
Not anymore, it's full of rich white Lefties that moved from cities and bought up all the land. It's trash now, and they're trying to squeeze every penny from the plebes
I grew up in Colorado in the 80’s and 90’s and it was a great place, I now live in Arizona and it has also turned into a place where an massive influx of Californians have moved and it’s becoming too much.
You missed the north Denver metro area. I was a cop there from 1986 to 2009. That used to be the slum area. I moved to New Mexico in 2019 when the Denver home prices went through the roof. I love my new mountain home and very glad I left Calirado.
Congratulations on being able to find a better place to live. But isn't it a bit ironic that Coloradans hate "outsiders" coming in and allegedly changing things, but embrace the idea of migrating out of the state and into another where life is "better"?
I traveled all around this country from the early 2000’s into the teens and let me tell you this country has changed A LOT in a short period of time. Cities like Boise, ID and Minneapolis are unrecognizable to me and now Denver… I just think we need to slow things down for a while just to regroup. This thing has been going too far too fast for anyone to keep up in my opinion.
Things change. That's life. People act like things changing on the West side are some big deal when for decades practically the entire east side of the country is all cookie cutter exactly the same. It's no surprise the West has slowly created it's own style of doing things. That said, the problem in this country is wealth inequality. Wealthier people are able to use their wealth to generate even more wealth resulting in rents and mortgages skyrocketing, meanwhile lower/working class people can't even afford a small basic apartment despite working 40 hours a week. The end result is sky high rents and mortgages meanwhile there are homeless drug addicted people everywhere. People want to blame "leftist policies" for cities getting so bad but in reality it's the constant obstruction from republicans blocking any bills and laws meant to address wealth inequality and help the working class that has turned this country into a dystopian joke where people pay $1400 a month in rent just to have a homeless encampment across the street.
Also, we need to take care of our own. Even if only 1% of our budget is spent on supporting foreign countries then let's spend it on veterans, homeless, drug addicts, mental illnesses and infrastructure.
@@Undercoverbrotherfromanother We can afford to do both you know. It's not like America is hurting for money. But everytime Democrats propose bills meant to help people the Republicans block it all. They blocked aid when there was a baby formula shortage, they blocked aid meant to ease gas prices when the war in Ukraine made them spike, they even blocked a bill meant to help veterans until they got so much backlash from their own voters that they backtracked and changed their mind.
Used to live there. State has been hijacked. scenery is still beautiful but people/politics leave alot to be desired. cost of living thru the roof. dont regret leaving.
@@stryder909 If you don't mind heat, humidity, hurricanes and tornados. Mississippi is a top severe weather state so just keep that in mind. Alot of people like it though.
I remember when Portland and Seattle were considered one of the most healthy and fun cities to live in. They always had oddballs but they were fun oddballs, just doing their thing. Now they look like conservatives compared to the insane people that now rule there.
I live here Seattle Portland. It was strange andoddballs. As recent as 10-15 years ago we'd sit in a bar having beer at 10pm and our kids 12-15 would walk to donut shops, arcades and such. Zero worry of crime. Today I'd have a heart attack letting my kids walk the streets at night on West coast.
Blue + Red = a buncha corrupt whyte folks. 😂 with black gatekeepers in tow!!! People kill me talking about one party over the other nowadays. Seems like BOTH parties are in on the fukkery but believe what you want. The Republicans have been along for the ENTIRE RIDE. TF HAVE THEY DONE TO INTERCEDE???
Pretty amazing to watch old Broncos games. They give an aerial view and it’s basically just the stadium surrounded by dirt. All of that is urban hellscape today.
Yeah and it was a beautiful city area when I lived there 9 years ago, when I went back downtown was a toilet. John Elway lives about 30-40 minutes from the stadium, I know that because I did a concrete pour on his neighbors house a little over a year ago.
@@Matt90541 " Denver has been a Democrat city for the last 60 years.". So what Conservative decisions has caused the issues we've seen in the last several years? "Even Los Angeles had a Republican mayor in the 1990s.". So what happened since the 1990s?
Should check out how gentrified 5 points is now, it’s insane! Same with North Denver, I’ve lived here my whole life and just seeing developers buy someone’s home, then build a condo building on that land. While there is 2 homes right next to each other that were like they one they tore down to build. Makes me so sad!! All the history and neighborhoods just torn down, yet still not able to house the ones on the streets unable to purchase a home. Denver isn’t as bad as some cities, and every city has their issues but Colorado is definitely turning into California.
The homeless problem is getting bad everywhere. I live in Wichita, KS and I see homeless hanging out in parts of the city I never saw them 5-10 years ago. My wife just today saw a guy urinating on the sidewalk at one of the better shopping areas.
Born and raised right here in Denver. Lived in a few different areas. Denver, Aurora, Parker. I even have a condo in the mountains. You're not entirely wrong. But there are a few things you missed. We don't hate California or the people. We hate Californians that left Cali because it sucks and want to make Colorado into the samething they left. Also, drugs have always been here, and for most of us natives we don't care if you partake, we care if you can't take care of yourself and commit crime because of it. Colorado was always a place that was "come as you are, but leave me alone". We value freedom, privacy and self reliability. This has all changed with this young Instagram generation. They all live off mommy, but want to tell everyone else how to live. That's what has ruined this once amazing place to live.
It’s not just Denver, I live in Colorado Springs and it is horrible here as well. It’s getting so bad that we currently are trying to save to move to better state. It’s sad this is my home and I wanted to raise my daughter here and now I can’t thanks to all of this
CO Springs is the worse! This does not even remotely resemble the state/area I was raised in. What I can’t understand is why the standards of the people, that live here, are SO LOW! (actual quote from a Home Depot Employee and that I wholeheartedly agree with)! There are dumps (and I mean, DUMPS!!) that people will actually agree to live in 🤮 rent ✋and pay unreal 😳 prices to do so! If I were a homeowner (aka slum landlord) I would be, not only ashamed, but thoroughly EMBARRASSED! and charging almost 2k for a 700-800 square foot DUMP is even more reason to be embarrassed! Shame on you! Renters STOP 🛑 and don’t do it! (Unless of course that is your preferred lifestyle) in that case 🤢🤮
As a native I cashed out and left back 2002, but I was up in the mountains Park county far away from the Front Range. I think Nick needs to come to Anchorage and see the large amounts of homeless and Alaska has some of worse crime in the country
that's funny, I thought Alaska was a republican refuge of capitalism and independence. I guess they haven't shipped enough unwanted homeless to California.
I just left Anchorage 5 days ago. I built the new 49th State Brewing restaurant in the airport. I was surprised to see the number of homeless people. Lots of Inuits missing limbs. I'm guessing Frost Bite due to cold winters. The you go to tent city where they are welcome. But it's always been Tent City. I don't know much about the problems that city has but was surprised that it did.
The problem in Anchorage is drugs. Until America gets serious about disrupting the supply of drugs- there will always be people who make bad choices and end up hooked on drugs.
Native here, used to live in centennial/lone tree. That was once considered the Silicon Valley of Colorado. Then in 2020 it got ugly- shootings, aggressive vagrancy, dipshits handing out tents to the homeless…. moved out east and nearly cried when I came back in vacation.
Never lived there, but I did live in California for a little while. While it's popular to dunk on Californians, I actually found most people friendly, much more than were I grew up in Pennsylvania. That said, as they move to other states... My God! What you were doing in California clearly wasn't working! Don't bring that crap to your new states! After they make there escape, they should look at the policies back in California and vote for the exact opposite. Kind of like the Cubans in Florida, you won't find anyone more anti-socialist than the Cubans that fled their socialist homeland. But Californians can't seem to help themselves... "California turned to trash, but those policies made me feel morally superior on Twitter, so I'm going ignore everything I see and keep voting for that because it makes me feel good."
Worked in DTC, live on the Centennial\SE Aurora border off Quincy and there are more shootings now then ever before. Crime is up everywhere, cops are quitting.. counting the days until I move more rural.
@@Ali.Bruni143Well duh, those in power & billionaires vacation & retire there. They can't deal with the consequences of their policies. We live in upper Northern California Del Norte County.. Most Californians especially those currently living within Silicons valley orbit & Southern California never heard of us..That includes Nancy Pelosi, Governor Gavin Newson( no really, he was asked about the low crime rate in Del Norte County his answer where & who? Leaves us with such a feeling of confidence in our Governor) We actually like that.
I lived in Colorado Springs as a young child. I have very fond memories of living there. Wouldn't want to ruine that by moving there now by the looks of it.
Well maybe if your chamber of commerce and tourism bureaus didn't spend all their time trying to lure CA businesses and residents to your state, you wouldn't have that problem? Texas actively recruits Californians, and brags about it Practically beg the people to come and then complain when they do. Yeah, that makes sense.
Yep. Its funny, the very people who champion diversity, inclusion and appreciation of other cultures seem to have a record of burning down and destroying local cultures, displacing families and ruining native lives as they set up shop and begin to build the community they just left. And they love doing it to red and very conservative states too above all else. They are the modern day Colonialists/Colonizer's they scream about the West having been.
@dancast4689 I hope you mean the homeless, did you read my reply yes I feel sorry for the homeless, when you're out there on the streets it's hard to keep playing and the fill out an application even online you have to have an address, and a phone number, so it's very hard out there for them, I do what I can to help them when I see them on the streets , I'll buy them food are sometimes I buy them clothes, yes it's a very sad situation 💯 it's a situation that you need help getting out of Sad 😭👍💯
In my first reply I hope you read it cuz it's the honest-to-god truth about Texas, Northern Texas is very dangerous, you really have to watch your back down there 👍💯
I live in Oklahoma and recently have seen men wearing dresses in Walmart and working in fast food places. It's like a cancer spreading across the country.
Same. I’m an okie too. Went to cycle gear in Tulsa recently with my son and a man dressed like a woman didn’t seem to be “trans” but it was a bit jarring. It really is a cancerous cult.
Looks as though it's spreading all over North America. Recently I was in a shopping centre in the Vancouver area, and came across a man (?) wearing not only a dress and heels, but was also decked out in pastels of pink and blue from head to toe!
@AlisaRedDasha the affect it has on biological women in locker rooms showers and bathrooms. I'm sure you've already heard girls have been molested in school bathrooms by trans girls.
It's not just Denver. While in Durango, we were looking for a place to walk the dog & ended up behind WalMart in a large grass & tree area. The Animas River runs behind it & on the other side of the river you could see blue tarps all over the cliffside. Large homeless encampment for the area. Very sad.
@@JBS2018 The rest of Durango is still very nice. I was just shocked to see that. Purgatory area is nice & close enough to Durango. Also, Rico is becoming nicer. It's near Telluride.
I use to do The People’s Fair. Then the homeless took it over. A lady selling quilts found someone curled up in one of her quilts, in the morning. He had vomited all over it. The was my last year. It’s everywhere. In San Diego, only Coronado doesn’t have tents set up. Why? The Coronado Bridge with not foot traffic, and miles of the Silver Strand on the other. Set up a tent, the Coronado police give you a ride across the bridge to a place where you can get help.
Born and raised in Denver, Co. can’t believe what it’s become. I will be moving to Wyoming when my son is grown. My Jeep was literally stolen out of my driveway.
I’m wanting out after living here from 6 months old….at this point I could live in Northn/Dakota just to be away from crowds crowds and more crowds….reservations in RMNP piss me off….no more spontaneity going to,the Mtns….
It's a shame. I lived in Aurora from 1995 till 2010 and I absolutely loved it. I haven't been back yet but this video is exactly what my friends that are still there tell me about. Thanks Nick, as always you do a great job.
My last active duty station was Ft Carson in Colorado Springs. It was nice for the most part including Security Widefield. Few trailer parks in Pueblo looked sketchy but the people were nice. But since they went Hard Left all I hear is crazy stuff over there. I'll stay in Texas and hope for the best.
This is happening in many Canadian cities. My hometown mayor made a new rule where tent cities can pop up in any city park. They are now doing huts as homes as a solution with 25 huts (think the size of a backyard shed) in a test project.
Several years ago, my employer expanded to Denver Colorado. Back then, it wasn't that bad, many affordable suburbs, and I contemplated moving and taking a position there. I'd love to live in a mountain state. But I saw the trend it was moving towards back then, and this video confirms all my concern about those trends were right on target.
Sounds about right. I live in the Kansas City area. I have a friend who works for a company in KC that also has an office in Denver. This was back around 2017, but he told me the waitlist to transfer to the Denver office was 6-18 months. Even back then, it wasn't hard to tell that what was happening in Denver was going to cause problems down the road.
@@97I30T I am in the KC area too, and I am starting to fear the same trends that ruined Denver are starting to happen here. I think it can be reversed if we are careful about who we vote for, but they already got their legalized weed through. And the property taxes that were jacked up this year seems like something is terribly wrong with the system that houses went up that much in value in such a short amount of time. So far I am in an outlining suburb where the rent is actually what I would call "affordable" but it seems to be really affecting the city core something bad.
@@G.S.Holland I'm in Overland Park. I was lucky to buy a house here right before things started getting really crazy, but Overland Park and Johnson County in general are becoming unaffordable for many locals. It's honestly really worrying. I agree with you that KC is starting to have similar things happen to it like what happened to Denver. Homelessness has gotten significantly worse in the last year or two here as well, and car break ins are through the roof. We used to never have west coast problems in KC, but I'm starting to see them appear here now.
I was 12 when my family moved to Colorado. I lived in Colorado 54 years and it saddens me to see how it has changed especially since pot was legalized. Approaching retirement I made the decision to move to Oklahoma because of the cost of living.
yeah, i called it in 2012, if we legalized pot, it'll make things worse not better, that money won't go to education or transportation, or technology, it'll go into no one's pocket, they made a huge deal in the fact legalizing pot will pay for things, if that worked we could've just made casinos legal
I moved to Colorado in 2017. In 6 years l saw it change from a fairly chill, nice place to an expensive, crowded, traffic clogged mess that resembles the Northeast, where l came from. I’ve lived all over Colorado. The Front Range is the worst. You have to get up at 4 am on a weekend to ski or hike in the mountains and spend more time in your car than skiing or hiking! The homeless situation on the Front Range is out of control. A lot of people have no choice as rents are skyrocketing but for the people who do own homes and live in these neighborhoods are now having to deal with these people literally camping in their front yards. The mountain towns are clogged with people. We used to call spring and fall “Mud Season” and you would catch a break from the tourons from Texas, Florida and California but that’s gone too…the mountains are invaded all year now. The Western Slope was the last refuge for awhile but towns like Grand Junction, Ouray, Silverton and Durango are being overrun now as well. Only the far northern and eastern areas are still what Colorado used to be. It’s only a matter of time before those area are plowed under and box stores and strip malls are built there too. I fled and went to southern Utah near Lake Powell where people still leave their doors unlocked and there’s no traffic light for 200 miles. More than half the people who come here to camp and boat on the lake are from Colorado..here to escape the crowds and congestion back home.
We're already beginning to see this in Nebraska as the push to fully legalize weed gains momentum. It's not just that though it's more that the laws are not enforced, California is a failed state where the police and AG's protect criminals more than lawful residents.
I’ve lived in colorado for the last 8 years, and I live in Colorado Springs. We aren’t that far away from Denver here. My 1950s era home is going for 500K now. I do hope that the peak is over, but we’ve elected people into office that will perpetuate the problems more. I don’t think it will get better here.
I’m a right leaning libertarian but Polis is miles better than Gavin newsom (my former governor) But I’ve never met a democrat I didn’t want to maim (as well as some rinos)
I have also observed a general trend: high-tech industries tend to cause social, economic and environmental degradation in surrounding areas. I'm not sure why that is, but it's something you find in all developed countries. The presence of tech companies seems to exacerbate extremes.
It's because those companies bring high paying jobs that drives up the cost of living. And there will be some % of the locals who get forced to be homeless
@@ericmilfeld221 It's happening in the UK right now, big time. The world's second largest data centre is in Slough Trading Estate. You wouldn't guess it, from looking at Slough. It's like a developing country, in reverse. People don't understand what's going on and are looking for political solutions (which they understand even less). The UK has to go into recession for quite a while to pay for helicopter money during the lockdowns, and to bring inflation under control so that interest rates can be relaxed. It's gonna get unstable.
I'm a native. Grew up in Aurora/Parker. Bought a house in Castle Rock, moved to SC, moved back to Castle Rock then finally moved out of there for good last year. See it as going down hill fast! So sad. So nice when I was growing up there. Trying to talk my kids into moving but they won't. They're going to learn their lesson the hard way I guess, when it's too late.
I lived in Denver from 2005 to 2016. It was the best kept secret in the US. IMO, what ruined it was legal weed. Everyone ran to CO with no game plan but to get high and soak in the vibes. The vibes changed, the people brought the crime of other cities and it will never be the same again. If you weren't there you missed peak CO. I now live near Detroit which is on a comeback and better than Denver right now in every way.
I doubt cannabis being legal caused all these problems. It’s legal in many other states too, many older people use it medicinally, How does legal Cannabis bring crime in?
Moved to Colorado back in 08 when I was just 12/13 when my dad found a new start in the state. Was very nice to live and quiet. But I felt that when weed was legalized back in 2012, everything changed. Denver started to get more and more busy. Lots of construction happening and I witnessed this as I was going to CU Denver/ MSU in downtown Denver. By 2020, when COVID hit, I saw everything go down hill, homeless everywhere, drugs more in the open, lots of violence, etc. I officially left Colorado on May of this year (2023) and moved to Washington. I would like to go back to be near family again at some point, but i doubt ill be able to the way things are going. Very likely hanging in the Tri-Cities in Washington till I feel like relocating, if possible.
Been living in COS for 13 years and I've watched it change for the worst. When I first moved here I was amazed how quiet and peaceful weekday nights would be you could hear a pin drop and the loudest thing was the late night train going by. Now at night I hear police sirens, car alarms going off, gun shots and ambulances. That to me was a red flag to prepare to move and back to the red state I came from.
@@indy_go_blue6048 Colorado Springs, 1 hour south of Denver, second largest city in CO...it was the last stronghold but is now turning into a progressive mess
Blame all our buddies who voted for Yemi for mayor. It’s going to go downhill very fast. How anyone can vote liberal knowing the real history of the Democratic Party is beyond me
We moved to Colorado in 2004, lived here for 7 years and moved back to good ol’ California in 2011. Couldn’t stay in Cacafornia anymore so we moved back to Colorado last year. We are in the 55 plus range and decided to buy a mobile in a 55 plus place here in the Springs. We couldn’t afford a home, knowing some of the neighborhoods here and what we could afford. A mobile seemed the best option. It has changed drastically in the 12 years we were gone. But… nowhere near as bad as Cali. Lots of homeless and beggers everywhere here now. It’s a shame how drugs have ruined cities. People, stay of the addictive substances, it’s a trap! But, at least there are seasons and it’s beautiful here. I like to call myself a “transplant native”. I really do love being here and out of California.
@@FallacyAsPraxis Than the Springs? My hubby still works and his company is here in Colorado Springs. When he fully retires, I think we will find a different place to live out here. 😊
Tell us about why the rents are so high. The homeless are not even part of the economy. Don't think the homeless are making the country go to hell. How about predatory capitalism and hedge funds buying all the homes and apts and tripling rents and throwing everyone out in the street and wages stagnant since 1970s. Young and old. Simpleton observations don't really address anything you are talking about.
Just traveled to Colorado for the first time a week ago. It's always been on my list of places to go see. I thought I'd love this state sense I'm into the outdoors stuff, hiking, camping, national parks, etc. Colorado kinda disappointed me really, especially Denver. I'm from Michigan, so I'm used to rough towns like Flint or Detroit. I did not feel all that safe walking around downtown Denver during the day, or especially near sunset. I feel totally safe walking around downtown Detroit, taking public transit, being a little out of the main public areas, not in Denver. That really surprised me. I always thought I'd love Denver, but it was a real letdown. Did go see other parts of Colorado, Pikes Peak, Manitou Springs, Garden of the God's, Rocky Mountain National Park, Winter Park, Idaho Springs. It was all pretty cool. (I did have my rental car messed with in Golden, but no damage, thank God), but all and all I really enjoyed the rest of Colorado, just Denver and it's metro area really put a sour taste in my mouth for Colorado.
@RogueTravel I wasn't really comparing the cities as a whole to each other, more the city center/downtown areas. Yeah most of Detroit's neighborhoods are BAD, like bad bad. I'd feel safer in Denver's worse over Detroit's worse any day. I was just saying that they could do a lot of work getting the downtown area better cleaned up. That's one thing Detroit does have over Denver. They work like crazy keeping the the downtown cleaned up, homeless off the streets, police/security all over keeping an eye on things. Over the past 10 years Detroit was worked hard to keep the main business center areas fairly safe to help bring in visitors and investors. Now that has been an issues with residents about how much time and money is spent in the main city center areas and the lack of attention on the neighborhoods. That's been pointed to as a reason why the neighborhoods are as bad as they are.
I agree with you, I am from South east Mi as well and we may have some problems but nothing like they have in Colorado Springs . I moved out there for a job and a change . My heart ached to come back home to Mi . Something about Co that makes me feel very uneasy ! The culture is far better here in Mi as well as far as I am concerned.
I was a Colorado native (my family had/has been there since the 1840s) I was born in 2000 and left in 2020 because of the "summer of love". It was an amazing place when I was a kid, but the place REALLY went to hell after pot was legalized. Colorado got the worst type of Californians. Now I live in Idaho.
The state of Colorado gets millions of dollars every year to fix the homeless crisis but the weird thing is it’s only getting worse, so where is the money really going.
In the pockets of the so-called advocates of helping the homeless. This includes hopeless woke minded chowder headed bleeding hearts whose solutions make the problems worst. Wait a minute! Isn’t a solution supposed to be the result to a happy ending of a problem. No!!! You would be amazed how many woke liberal solutions always lead to worst problems, which is the real agenda after all. Remember which liberal wants to be not needed by producing real solutions? They have a deep seated need to be needed, AND the pay i$ excellent!!! 🔥🏆🔥
So, Californians are the cause of this? Is this a "conspiracy" of California to destroy Colorado, or is it Communist Globalists out to take over the world?
Follow the money, I'm sure there's a paper trail. It's sad but it's only gonna get worse before it gets any better. Certainly off my list to visit, shame really.
when programs are available for homeless, more and more homeless people come here. I have talked to multiple homeless people who invited people from other states to come here to get on housing lists and utilize the programs available here. We can't keep up with the influx of people.
Nick, your videos are spot on. Just watched Cheyenne Wy. & Colorado. I grew up in western South Dakota right next door to Wyoming & visited both states my entire childhood. Well, that was a long time ago, I tell ya what… kinda breaks my heart to see Denver. Cheyenne still has some hope. Love your work 🙂
It's really sad. I've lived in Colorado for a little over 30 years. I watched it. Go from a really cool purple, wild west state to wackadoodle liberalism. Three of the council members from Aurora are basically socialists running under the guise of the Democratic party. They have all these wacky view points about homelessness and crime and all that happens is things get worse. Now my son hears gunshots at night outside our house. I've always loved Aurora because of the diversity and now I'm contemplating moving because it doesn't feel safe anymore. Time to move to a red state.
I’m from Oregon and it’s been blue for awhile and I just want to leave the west coast I’ve always been a conservative but I don’t exactly feel safe here
@@Ryguy-lg2xzI lived in the Seattle area (via California) for about 20 years. It has gone so downhill and I found myself surrounded by militant liberals (socialists). I packed up and moved to Oklahoma. This place is amazing. It’s truly live and let live here and folks have your back. It feels safe and the cost of living is very 1960’s. It’s beautiful!
I was homeless for a time, sleeping outside and occasionally in my car before moving into a shelter which cost $50 a week for rent. Eventually, I moved into a house with roommates. While I did meet some people who wanted a job and to get off the streets and into stable housing, I met even more who were content with living the nomadic lifestyle. Colorado has changed drastically in the 33 years that I’ve lived here. Much of the change has been for the worst, but despite this, I still love Colorado.
Anybody who has worked with homeless will tell you that more than half of them want to be homeless. It's even organized now. You actually "pay" for your spot on the streets through hustling. This doesn't happen where I live on our downtown streets. There are homeless, but they have to keep moving during the day and they sleep in church shelters at night or literally in church parking lots. If you are lying on the sidewalk, you will get a 10 min warning. If you are not gone in 10 min they will physically come and move you
My grandfather was born in Glenwood Springs. My father was born in Alamosa. I was born in Grand Junction along with three of my siblings. My mother was born in a log cabin across the road from the store at Glade Park. Our kids were all born in Denver as we lived there for 20 years before moving back to the western slope. Most of our grandkids and great grandkids live in Montrose and Grand Junction. You guys over on the front range have no idea what goes on over here. Right now the little woman and I are living on The Navajo Nation. My wife is Navajo. We were building a home in Teec Nos Pos Arizona about 7 miles from the Four-Corners Monument. When the Verona Crisis shut down the reservation we were shut out of our churches and you couldn't even go outside without a mask. The price of building materials tripled and even went 5Xs higher on OSB. We couldn't find a straight 2 X 4 anywhere. Now gas is back up over $4 a gallon and we are living paycheck to paycheck while preparing for another Verona Crisis. This is what happens when your government is overthrown. I trust the people of Colorado about as far as I can throw a D-9 Cat.
That area where the rocks were and tents used to be grass but the put rock to stop them from camping but ir didn’t stop them until the put concrete in amd a metal fence there
I used to work in downtown Denver and I won't even go to downtown Denver anymore. And I also used to support the homeless people until I worked at a liquor store in Denver and I encountered a lot of angry and aggressive homeless people that don't want any food and don't want any help all they want is alcohol and drugs. So how is that fair that they are ruining our capital city because of their addiction? And we as a community are just like that's fine just give them some tiny homes and give them some donations so they can buy some more drugs today. Hopefully our kids don't step on the needles left behind on the ground. But who really cares? All that matters is that the homeless people get a leg up!
I have my own theories on what “went wrong “ . I would love to hear other people’s theories as well. Mine are: 1. too much compassion incorporated into leniency in laws and lenient city councils headed up by women (who always want to coddle criminal behavior); 2. Women in the work force since the 1970’s driving down wages thus requiring two income households 3. Single parent households with a single mother that leads to undisciplined boys who are unruly in school and then fill our prisons (80% of incarcerated individuals); 4. A welfare state that encourages women to have children and punishes women who marry; 5. Legalization of marijuana and non enforcement of most drugs, encouraging people to simply be in an altered condition and generally unemployable. Solutions: 1. no more handouts that encourage bad behavior, i.e. welfare recipients not getting more money for having more children 2. No more EMT drug assistance and fire fighting in homeless camps. All the homeless sign a waiver refusing medical assistance and they will donate their entire bodies (skin and all) 3. No representation without taxation. Non taxpayers should not have voting rights. Even old people that don’t pay taxes. You all want free stuff and compassion but don’t pay for it. 4. Politicians can have no debt whatsoever. 5. Somehow eliminate the not in my backyard resistance via tax reductions etc. All the haters can respond with hateful remarks, all the pragmatic people can respond with constructive criticism. Thanks for reading.
I don't have that much sympathy for the homeless as a group but there are some cases I would have more empathy for such as single women or children. We shouldn't generalize about the homeless. Some are victims; others are just thoughtless, rapacious criminals.
@@mztokyo7630 I agree with your assessment. I could sum it up as Christianity. Women should get married and raise their children, not working in 8-5 jobs. This is where our country took a turn for the worse. Feminism led to our demise. Much of liberal wokeness is centered around that failed ideology. We need a revival of family values and traditional ways to sweep this nation. Turn our eyes back to Jesus, not progressive ideas that lead to destruction.
Born and raised in Colorado, Littleton/ Lakewood border, then went to college and lived downtown, and I would def not consider castle rock a suburb of Denver. But when we legalized marijuana recreationally everyone moved here almost overnight. The change in traffic was insane, almost within a few days/ weeks.
I grew up in Denver. We had a good life there. Then moved to Arvada when it was out in the country. When gambling, drugs, and left leaning politics came in, this beautiful part of the country destroyed. I loved living there, I don’t even want to visit anymore.
The story of Denver is remarkably similar to Almere in the Netherlands, a new city once great but being overrun by people + problems from the "Randstad," that's the cities in the coastal west of the country (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague).
Used to visit Colorado for nearly every family vacation since birth, moved to Douglas County 2 years ago and now I’m ready to leave. Nothing is affordable, weather is downright brutal for commuting, and all the beautiful places are a minimum of 2 hour drive away thanks to the traffic. It’s turned into a suburban sprawl that you can get literally anywhere for a better cost of living elsewhere
You can drive to Co. SPRINGS in like 45 minutes though, not 2 hours. In Seattle, Portland, L.A. the mountains are all about 30 minutes away. Summit County is usually 1 hour 20 minutes away. A Bustang bus takes 1 hour 40 minutes
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Hey Nick. While I spent 3 yrs as a very young kid living in the foothills (near Longmont, Erie, CO), I vaguely remember Denver. But I hope to God the "San Francisco Plague" (i.e. mindset) doesn't continue to erode the Greater Denver area. It's still salvageable, IF the people/voters get fed up enough and do something about it.
As usual, great stuff by you. Keep up the good work.
Seattle and Portland feel the same way about cali folks it’s too late for all of em… now Californians are going to AZ an TX gooooood luck!
Who wants to live in Denver anyway? Colorado Springs is the place to be! 😁
I lived up in Red Feather Lakes CO for 15 years and it got waaaayyyy too California. So I moved close to Clayton Alabama.
So much better here than anywhere in CO.
It’s there own fault if Denver becomes California. If the locals would stop selling out their land and homes. Then the California people would not be able to move to Denver. But Colorado doesn’t want California just their money.
I will never understand why you'd pay a million dollars for a house six feet away from the next house.
that's my thought. urban sprawl. lived in Colorado Springs for 3 years. as much as I loved Colorado what a shame. everyone from CA and other states moved in and ruined the beauty. Really sad. Colorado is not Colorado anymore.
It's a blue state.
I'm guessing they want to know what their neighbors are up to, and want to make sure they're close enough to see and hear them.
ikr! I was thinking the same. A home owner can literally pass his neighbor a cup a coffee via the window.
Don't question leftists' logic. They actually up for multi-family complex or houses that cost 1 million dollars or more v
What we're willing to tolerate / normalize says a lot about us as a country.
Evil, you all chose to worship Lucifer and this is what you get before you go to hell forever
Us so called normal people arejust as bad as the junkie weirdos trashing this once great nation. Thank y'all for f**king up my golden years.
So true!! I guess I was born in the wrong century . At least that's how our children, my husband of 40 years and I feel. The only thing we'd miss is our Harleys!! 😂😂
Well, when you have 10% of the population taking 90% of this country's wealth, you have poverty. People give up. System is rigged.
It's not so much what we can tolerate as is it are we willing to die to change it. PS Denver has been a Pedowood enclave for a very long time.
I spent 22 years living in downtown Denver. Moved there in 1999, and got to enjoy a beautiful, clean, friendly, and amazing city up until about 2012, when noticable (not good) changes started happening. And the problems just kept piling up and getting worse, while simultaneously being ignored by city/govt officials. We finally moved out in 2021; the crime, drugs, mountain traffic, homelessness, and desolate downtown took it's toll. At this point you couldn't pay me to move back to Colorado.
Where did you move?
Same. I lived there most of my life. When they legalized weed totally changed it. High rent, high people everywhere, can't drive to mtns due to traffic, cliques of superficial people, long winters. No way. I'm in AZ & love it.
How do people let their life get so bad?? Get a fucking job or three. I would rather work 80 hour weeks to afford a roof and shower
Sounds exactly like Austin. I have been here since 2000. People say they want to move here because it’s a better place to live. Yet these same people keep doing everything like they did in California, New York, Chicago, etc. and can’t understand why things aren’t getting better. I did visit Denver last year and it reminded me of Austin 15 years ago. The future isn’t bright.
You can thank Hickenlooper. Against the citizens wishes, he and his Dem controlled HR and Sen past HB 13- 1303 giving themselves the right to send ballots to every household with a registered voters. Then the steal began. No one in Colorado's supreme courts listened to the people saying no. No one has even investigated the elections since. I have found out some pretty sketchy things in the 2020 and the 2022, but no one wants to listen.
I'm a pastor in Colorado, and I’ve had quite a few of our good church families move to more conservative states. I wish we could turn this state around.
Now if they'd all just leave, we'd be set here! Keep church out of our lives.
Google Amazon one hand scanners most church people are not aware of wtf is about to happen welcome to the end times
Vote Republican all the way down the list. Things will turn around.
@@RichardLumbert Google Amazon one hand scanners enjoy your wake-up call
When are you moving??
I am from Colorado and it breaks my heart how bad it has gotten.
I'd say do something but I just fled Seattle to the ruralist most undesirable part of the country... taking my chances with the red necks
Vote blue no matter who!!!
@@darkgardener9577 Colorado was good when purple or reddish. It didn't turn this way until we turned blue. Just like blue California was good when it was red Reagan. Just like every blue city in the USA. So what exactly are you talking about? Blue owns this, all throughout the nation.
@@stephen-devPhx is RED and it's getting like your state. It's not the BLUE or RED it's the people whom has the say...
glow1815 There’s more corrupt democrat cities than republican cities
Yep, Californians who’ve moved here have voted in the same politicians and failed policies they’ve fled from. The exact same thing is happening over here in Austin TX.
I am terrified that the Californians that are fleeing to Florida will do the same!😳🥺
@@kayjay407WE in Arizona fear the same!!!
Lets blame on someone else it works every time? even better let California separate from the state and don't stop there let every state go their own way problem solved
Darn
@@pacbdnabcde9203well if it’s true. 🤷♂️
I live in Colorado, Denver is getting worse. I confirm all your findings as true. The leadership here just keeps making bad choices and it's impacting everyone. I don't go downtown unless I need to, it's nasty. The cost of living is insane! I'm happy that the flow of people moving here is slowing down, there are just not enough good paying jobs to afford to live here.
Right I was making 90k but got fired last week because they wanted to micromanage me constantly lol
Same. I avoid Denver as much as possible. It’s disgusting.
And all those immigrants coming there looking for a better life is a joke.
All Democrat cities look like this
Looks like Colorado has joined the transhumanist technocratic dystopian future.
Keep voting like Californians it's doing great for Colorado
20 years in Denver. You absolutely are correct. Our progressive "leaders" have destroyed Denver. It's a bummer.
You , and those like you destroyed colorado by allowing it to happen
Who votes for them?
Morons@@susangallen4548
@@susangallen4548nobody participates in Douglas County. So the council does what they want. I’m done here and moving out. Hopefully I can sell.
@@hope4humanity222bye
I lived in Denver metro for 17 years. There are no words to describe how nasty, shameful, and discusting that place became after 2020. Thank God that wasteland is in my rear view mirror.
Are you surprised? Are you one of the sheep who was fully compliant in the lockdowns and obeyed the mask mandates?
@@Matt90541 best for debauchery? hedonism? A playground for the top 10%
@@Matt90541 i have seen denver from afar, i wouldn't live there even if i made 1mil a year.
@@Matt90541 that's relative, many people don't like Denver
Most cities are turning into shitholes for bums and addicts.. This is what the 2020s decade would be known for, thousands of bums sleeping in tents in every downtown
America must make a big comeback. I love my country. I just hate the politics and places being destory within
You hate Joe and the Liberals. They will DEW you home next.
@@SteveTudesco I vote for Trump in 2024
Trump,,Maga. 2024.
"" " comeback " " dream on No such thing. USA military budget is 860 BILION dollars to bailout of the Banks 10 trilion dollars. So what is for the American people Mmmm food coupons . 😂😂😂😂
I don't really think either political party will 'fix' this country.
Personally I think its dumb to hold an allegiance to a political party and care about all of that non-sense.
Ultimately you can't change the world, but you can change your life, and build for your family, raise your children and your family with your principles and morals, too many people have the wrong priorities and fight for things that don't affect them.
You have agency, your life is up to you, navigate around the non-sense instead of being delusional enough that you can fix it by putting a flag outside of your house or RARAing on the internet.
Sure, we should care, but to a point.
Its clear our government is incompetent and gets little done, regardless of political affiliation.
Its all a game and we're the suckers getting played. All politicians have their pockets lined by billion dollar companies, or they have to appeal to agendas and voters.
Tell me, how much has this country REALLY changed in the past 30 years?
The only question that remains is which political party is going to screw you more?
I'm simple, for me, I'd rather my taxes stay low, the less I contribute to this POS government the better, the rest I could care less for because it doesn't affect me personally.
Vote for whoever holds your principles and morals the closest when the time comes, and move on.
My general advice to anyone, let others fight that fight for you, go take care of your family and build something worth living.
I've lived in Colorado my whole life. My family has been in Colorado for three generations. I am very disappointed of what we're saying. It's like our politicians don't even care anymore. To really care about a person you have to have boundaries and rules and they don't even do that anymore. Thank you for sharing this video.
The amount of money people spend on tattoos, jewelry, clothing while not having the basics really is hilarious
Also known as skin graffiti, bling, and gotta-have-it fashion. But still hilarious.
They really are down horrendous.
When I was young people were talking about the Cadillac parked in front of a shack same thing different time.
I know a few Eastern folks who went west to be early players in the Hemp legalization. Hope they made money and not contributing to the rot…
You are clueless.
I left in 2015 and moved overseas. I came back in 2020 and was shocked how much things went south. Its pretty sad, Denver is pretty special and I hated seeing how rough it got.
How much better is it overseas?
I lived in the Denver area for 16 years, also moved out in 2015. I go back occasionally because I own a condo. So sad to see how it looks and feels now. I live in Mexico now.
@@jackcarterog001 well İ only stayed around Denver for 4 month and promptly moved back to Turkey (wife is Turkish). As you could imagine, every where has it's ups and downs and Turkey is going through a very bad economic crisis. A few things better though is not worrying about healthcare, not nearly as much crime, and even though the housing is gone through the roof recent, it's still with in reach.
@@davidvalle1048 İ was trying to move my family back from Turkey and it was just a terrible time to do it. i stayed 4 months in Colorado Springs and moved back.
I was stationed in the Army at Ft. Carson, CO for 3 years. I went out there on vacation this year, because I love Colorado, but jeez what a mess. Weed was great but, urban sprawl is off the chain. I'll just stay in FL until 2024 when recreational is legalized. Also, it warmer.
The entire country is becoming unlivable
Return to tradition
Rent sucks everywhere and buying a house is very tough in any “desirable” or “good job market” but also I think virtual workers are main problem, you can move anywhere and make good money that’s gonna be huge issues for many markets that were affordable and good places and now people get priced out since job market isn’t good enough to compete with remote workers….
its all due to dual citizenship having corrupt "elites" in the inteligence agencies who control both parties and push for an anti-human agenda worldwide
@@itsnick37 You're absolutely right. Remote work has really messed up housing markets. When people can get a remote job from a company in California or New York with a salary that pays for a very high cost of living, they can go price people out in cheaper cities. Remote workers have been gaming the system. We're dealing with it firsthand in Kansas City right now.
yEA i AGREE, Ever since Europeans got here, it went way downhill. My river, I can't drink the water. They killed all the buffalo and people like Custer came raising a bloodbath party and I got to go to the Rez to pitch a tipi and the rez culture is Europeanized and not traditional. I try and put my tipi on skid row and it sucks. All messed up. Even the pow wows are all sponsored by banks and the mountains cut in half, forests gone missing, gunfights, saloons, drugs, famine, these big ugly trophy homes on mountain top, oil lakes, dead fish land. Californicated... more like europeed on and pooed on.
I live in Colorado. There are people on the street who have jobs but can't afford housing. 😢 Colorado's the new California.
True story
I was driving from Denver back home in Nebraska . Stopped at the rest stop outside of Ft Collins at about 11pm. It has a big parking area and it was packed , almost every space full, people living in their cars.
Thats because denver people moved to cali in the 70s then they moved back in the 90s
I am so glad i moved away in the 80s and never went back
@@LittleOrla I left corrupt Colorado behind and probably will never return. The state is a joke. It’s the new California!
I resemble that comment!
I’m one of those “natives” and I left for good in 2018. I won’t even hardly go back to visit my family that is left there. It’s a shame, growing up there I was so proud of where I came from, now I won’t even admit I fled my home state.
Where did you go?
Same. When you translplant, dont tell them where you are from. You will get judged immediatly.
I’m debating on making the leap. Sure would miss the mountains, but I’m fortunate to know a lot of lesser traveled trails. Even out there I come across homeless camps. Not sure how they live out there, but those are the smart homeless ones.
Same. 😪
@@Strange_amore I went to New Mexico which has plenty of its own issues. But I wanted to be able to afford to buy land in the mountains in a very good area. I may not stay here forever, Idaho is most likely where I will end up.
I lived in Denver from 2015 to 2019 - it was getting bad when I moved and I left because the homeless got so bad. Such a great city and area, what a shame
Denver and The Front Range sucks in general.
It started getting bad in 2013 so you didn’t even get a chance to see the best 😢 Granted, some things did change for the better at first in the mid 2010’s which I think a lot of people forget. 20+ years ago, downtown was a ghost town. It still was full of homeless people (but not hearty as many as now). But there was hardly anywhere to go. People didn’t hang out there unless they happened to work down there and even then most people went to the suburbs after work to eat and drink. So I think Denver was beautified and built up, only to be overrun by crime and hard times just as quickly. So sad.
@@rahkinrah1963eh I still think it sucks less than most places. And the only “better” places are being infiltrated with fleeing Coloradans now so it seems futile to leave unless you simply don’t like Colorado’s culture, weather, and/or landscape. In which case, it’s a non issue cuz you won’t be moving here then!
You know homelessness Is because no one can afford rent anywhere
Easy to say isnt it? Colorado's becoming unaffordable, and young people struggle with very high rent prices. But again its easy to say eh?@@EastmanEditing
NICK THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND EXPOSING ALL THIS WHEN THE MEDIA WONT.
The media is a major contributor to the problems because we all know they are worthless only pushing 'woke' agendas.
Piss on the media
No shit. It's really weird how local media completely ignores the rampant violent crimes and drugs.
Nick, the burbs you show are pretty nice. As an Arid-zonan, I love those trees! But my question is and has been for some time, where are that many people getting their money to afford even a $200k home? I mean to live in a home- which looks as though there are more of them than not- $350k and up, what are the major industries? Most people I know live in a lower to middle class neighborhood. We have teachers, or those in service-type jobs, retail, construction, office workers, etc. making est. 40k to 80k per year. No way can one afford a house more than three times your income. I don't get how so many can get morgages even on the lower end. Back in 1980, it took me, and two other's incomes = to total about $28k to afford a $50k, 1750 sf. home at 8%. We barely qualified. Now, I cannot even afford to live on my own in a small apt. in my 60s. The rent would eat up 60% of my income. I am not alone. Again, how are so many people able to buy or rent those mid-size to larger, nice homes in your video. Am seeing these kinds of homes in our outer developing burbs and infill. The houses are huge compared to what many of us grew up in.
I used to live in Colorado. I had my car stolen and found out I would be very lucky to get it back. A sheriff I knew told me that police don't do anything about car thefts for 6 months because after 6 months it's considered abandoned and they can auction it. And by then the thieves are long gone. Can't imagine why car theft is so high.🤔
because the markup value is through the roof right now, if you have a 2019 car, in 2024 you can now sell it to a dealer 12% of the original value
That is the truth! In Larimer county the truck thefts are so bad! We had a neighbor who got his truck stolen. He literally ran around to everyone on the block to warn everyone to be careful. Do what you can to secure your trucks! Crazy!
Funny thing about this is cops park there cars in front of there house if the refuse to help its simple send them a message they can't ignore 😊
I bet if you stole a vehicle Mathew ( I know you wouldn’t do that ) you’d be found, arrested, and prosecuted.
0:43 not even a minute in and it looks exactly like Los Angeles. This is getting sad and just utterly crazy.
Colorado is a beautiful state. Sorry to see it going down hill. Feel Sorry for the locals.
The world that we were shown as children no longer exists
You are 200% correct!! Took the words right out of my mouth. This just makes me so so sad. I would like to feel hopeful but I do not. Just glad I grew up when I did. Maybe not all the technology but a better world IMHO.
Or maybe it never existed?
@NotLeoDiCaprio crime was higher, drug use and homelessness were spiking and the urban decay from the 1960s was still ever present. Unemployment and inflation. We’re higher then too. Not sure you were paying attention or maybe you just want a world back where you knees don’t hurt and your waistline was 32 inches?
In 1984, bought a 3bd, 2 bath house in Auroa for 68k. Sold it for 76k 6 years later. Bought a townhouse in Lakewood for 78k, sold for 89k. Now I live in Boulder County. Hubby bought this property 43 years ago for 86k, now will sell for over 1 million. The problem was the pricing wars in the 80s and 90s. It has gone sky high in Colorado.
I was stationed at fort Carson in Colorado springs from 2007-12. I had a small two bedroom apartment for myself and my wife and son. It was $750 a month. When we had our third son in 2017 that same apartment was $2250 a month. Rent literally tripled in less than ten years. We could no longer afford Colorado so we moved to Idaho about five years ago
Pure greed.
And now places like Boise are unaffordable
@@grumpyoldlady_rants I wish I hadn't left my home planet.
Yep. My home state. Moved 7 yrs ago. I have family that has had to move in together just to pay the bills. It's sad really. Colorado was a great place to grow up and it's a completely mess now
Where did you go? I'm getting out of here! 53 year native@@ManiacalManiac
Nick, you're like a modern day Mark Twain, travelling the country and producing vignettes of the places and people you encounter. You always provide historical context along with current events. I've been watching your channel for 3+ years. It's one of the best in TH-cam.
100%AGREE....Your videos are So,Professional...abd Hobest And truthful
hell yeah !
Great video - over population at its worst...
NICK IS A HERO EXPOSING THE HARD REALITY
OF THE USA GOING DOWN THE DRAIN.BIG TIME
I was born and raised in Denver. I'm 66. Nick hit the nail on the head with his all his observations and statements. Liberal mayors have ruined the city. Legalization of pot and the Occupy Movement has destroyed a once vibrant, beautiful downtown. The nation-wide liberal movement has removed the western, freedom loving, family oriented character Colorado had in abundance. Colorado still has the best mountains close by, and is the only thing keeping the sanity of the State from imploding. Great video, Nick! Thanks. Nobody does these better that I've seen.
Liberal VOTERS, you mean.
The Great Migration (California people mainly, the Hipsters and Pot Heads) ruined our city.
Cost is out of control
i sympathize with you and agree, once pot was legalized i saw a dramatic shift and it seemed it really went down hill fast. the mountains are what kept me sane...lol. i hope noting messes up them for us!
Please don't blame it on pot😂
I have my own theories on what “went wrong “ . I would love to hear other people’s theories as well. Mine are:
1. too much compassion incorporated into leniency in laws and lenient city councils headed up by women (who always want to coddle criminal behavior);
2. Women in the work force since the 1970’s driving down wages thus requiring two income households
3. Single parent households with a single mother that leads to undisciplined boys who are unruly in school and then fill our prisons (80% of incarcerated individuals);
4. A welfare state that encourages women to have children and punishes women who marry;
5. Legalization of marijuana and non enforcement of most drugs, encouraging people to simply be in an altered condition and generally unemployable.
Solutions:
1. no more handouts that encourage bad behavior, i.e. welfare recipients not getting more money for having more children
2. No more EMT drug assistance and fire fighting in homeless camps. All the homeless sign a waiver refusing medical assistance and they will donate their entire bodies (skin and all)
3. No representation without taxation. Non taxpayers should not have voting rights. Even old people that don’t pay taxes. You all want free stuff and compassion but don’t pay for it.
4. Politicians can have no debt whatsoever.
5. Somehow eliminate the not in my backyard resistance via tax reductions etc.
All the haters can respond with hateful remarks, all the pragmatic people can respond with constructive criticism.
Thanks for reading.
My mom moved to Denver in the mid 70’s. The changes over the years saddens me. I’m ready to go. It’s too expensive.
It’s incredible… Most of the population is going to be living in a tent on the sidewalk in front of houses while the only people living in the houses are the rich.
similar to what I was thinking
helps to be rich then
That's the way its going thanks to these god damn Californians
@@theGIGbetween you forgot something rich people and people with a lack of pride most people refuse to work a job that pays half what they made aka pride while the poor man doesn't care along as his family has a roof
And the rich won't even be from Colorado lol looking at homeless natives with the ick lol
Born and raised in Colorado. This breaks my heart.
I feel the same, my family came to Ca. in 1822, now look what they have done to it.
@@richardwood6017may God forgive them. For they know what they do yet they choose the same.
4th generation native, grandkids 6th gen. And when i retired had to move to TX to afford life. No matter where i am CO is in my bones.
Is this Catherine?
@caseyconnolly3237 you bet your sloppy jaloopy it is! What you need hun?
I met a California couple that moved to Colorado because the pollen was too much for their sinuses in California. 4 months later they planted all of the plants that was giving them allergies.
What a perfect allegory for the reality that Californians construct around them wherever they go. Lol
Interesting they grow in Colorado 🤔
@@tylerhaynes8546 half of the plants in California are not actually from California
yes, Californians bring their bad seed...
Sadly they bring along much worse
I grew up in Colorado, and once upon a time it was the place to live. Seeing this level of devastation breaks my heart, but at the same time it's not surprising. Californians came in and wrecked everything. It's one of the reasons my family left, way back when, and I cried for weeks.
i have the same feeling being 19. growing up here my whole life this is where i set my heart on. but i cry whenever i think about having to move because i can’t afford it and i don’t like the lifestyle Californians turned it into.
@sylth4103 you cannot even begin to imagine how wonderful it was when I lived there as a child and then a teenager. I was just a little younger than you, when my family left, and that was nearly 30 years ago. Things had already started to get bad at that point. The cost of living skyrocketed in a very short amount of time. The price of houses was atrocious compared to what they had been when I was a kid. We're not talking the usual, gradual increase in prices that we tend to see over the years. It was drastic.
I see what it has become now, and I am saddened because my plan was to retire in Colorado. Not sure that plan is still viable. Drugs are rampant, homelessness is out of control, filth litters the streets, and the cost of living is atrocious.
Californians wrecked a once beautiful state that is rich in its own history, and turned it into what they allegedly wanted to escape.
@@RachelLWolfe yup i’ve lived in colorado springs/ fountain my whole life. it was beautiful when i was kid. i loved everything this place had to offer. I really thought I was going to spend the rest of my life here. now i don’t even feel safe because i have homeless walking up and down my street. i work at a church and the church trys to help them… but they steal the money from the tip jars(which is only like 3$) and leave messes when eating all the commodities like cookies and the coffee. downtown used to be beautiful, so did Manitou and old Colorado city.. now it’s dirty and homeless are asleep infront of businesses so you don’t even want to go walk down there. The drug and crime problem is also horrible. my only escape is going up in the mountains fishing and hiking. but it takes me way longer than it should to drive up there because the traffic is caused by people from California, Texas, and New York….. I see more of those license plates then Colorado ones these days. and even when I’m up there, I’m not even surrounded by people from Colorado It’s just a bunch of rich people that moved here…. and it’s so crowded. i’ve always wanted land and a house where I’m not right next to everybody…. That’s practically impossible for me these days, unless i make a couple million in the next year… you’re so right by saying rich Democrats/ Californians moved here and turned it into the places they wanted to escape…. They’re just gonna drive out the local population and then once Colorado turns in to every other big city, they’re just gonna leave and do it to the next popular place.
@sylth4103 I've heard a lot of the same things you mentioned from others as well, who still live there or go back to visit friends and family. I haven't been back in quite some time but find myself being homesick for a place that has been completely wrecked. I lived in Colorado Springs as well, and loved going to Manitou and Old Colorado City!! I miss going to the Garden of the Gods and territory days. We hiked a lot as well. It was a good escape from the city for a bit. So much to do there.
I'm heartbroken over the mess these people have made out of it, though. They're like a bunch of locusts, leaving destruction in their wake as they move on to the next state to do the same. I'm hoping they don't come to the state I'm in now.
@@sylth4103 I was born in 2000 and feel the EXACT same... Live in Idaho now thanks to 2020
My aunt lived in Aspen from the late '60s to the early '90s. When she first moved there, Aspen was a somewhat bohemian backwater where the population was disillusioned hippies and people who wanted to live close to nature-a place unspoiled by progress... it was almost like Mayberry, where everyone knew each other and there was no trouble. John Denver loved Aspen for these reasons, and he and the citizens were successful in preventing the winter Olympics from coming there back in the '70s; they knew that if Aspen got that kind of publicity, the town would be destroyed. But they became a victim of their own success when people with money, hearing about Aspen, started to arrive. At first it was nice, with the gentrification of the downtown area, but then the big money started to come in and built mega-exclusive ski resorts in the areas that were unspoiled by progress. The natives who had spent their whole lives hiking, skiing, fishing or hunting in the mountains couldn't do those things anymore because those areas were now private property owned by corporate hotel and resort chains. By the mid '80s, Aspen had become a playground for the rich and famous and the original citizens of Aspen, unable to afford to live in a place with skyrocketing prices and taxes, were being displaced by the very people that they had come to Aspen to escape. But now, it's coming full circle: Aspen has started to attract the people that the RICH had come to escape: the left-thinking mobs. Now Aspen is beginning to see the same problems as Denver: homeless tent cities, crack and meth addicts on the streets...
This is the Boomers fault it all happened on their watch wym? Yes the hippies moved in a drug stupor and didn’t know to how govern for shit and here we are
Been in aspen since the mid-90s. I haven't seen a tent or meth addicts on the streets. Are you thinking of Denver? Our biggest problem is that the rich are buying up what were once worker bee housing, tearing it down, and building McMansions. Workers have very little housing, and so now businesses are closed a couple days per week. "Season" is all year now. You can't find workers because when they look for housing from out of state, they can't find any. When you are already here & know people, you can find housing. That's a problem. Also, the only shops that can afford rent in the commercial core are more & more chains, which never used to be permitted. I remember when Starbucks was picketted.
@@jgfjhg-co7iq You can't keep the rich out, but they could have set some building codes for certain areas limiting the sq footage of structures allowed. Amazing that these rich people don't consider somebody has to provide all the city services and have a place to live.
Illegal immigrants took over the workforce in Aspen years a go
I was born in Aspen and have been a Medic for a very long time. Beg to differ. No meth addicts and our town is clean. Few homeless but not like Carbondale etc. It is very expensive to live here and I am looking around at other communities. Aspen is absolutely beautiful and full of events etc. The entry takes money and I am no longer willing to work my life a2ay just to stay here. Best of luck to all.
We need to bring back 'Poor Farms' where they would have a place to live, but they would have to work.
So just like those cotton plantations right?
@@anuragchakraborty8766thats not even close but nice stretch.
Crackheads dont work lol they get handouts for staying poor. The average homeless person begging can make $100 a day
@@mikeg5039 Okay how is it different? The people in those plantations were forced to work as well and now you want the same for homeless people.
A poor farm sounds a lot like a cage, if I'm being honest.
Good idea. Thing is these so called homeless people don't want to work. Blow dope and lounge around all day is their goal. Seems to me that in places where you see this style of homeless, it's almost as if they were invited here to live on the streets and parks. The price of housing is irrelevant to these homeless. It's never been a "Home" that they're looking for, and a job is the last thing on their mind. Where their style of homeless is allowed, look no farther than piss poor governance. Government that allows and propagates their street camping. The average Citizen does not owe them anything from free needles to rehab. Sorry I ranted.
Born and raised here. I watched it transform before my eyes. It's sad we lost some great original restaurants through gentrification (and now cv19. Lockdowns destroyed some iconic restaurants). North Denver used to be the Italian district that had excellent restaurants going back to 40s. Almost all of those original North Denver Italian restaurants are gone.
A restaurant I've been going to since I was a baby in a high chair (Breakfast King) closed it's doors because of the effects of the cv19 policies, and messed up supply chain, along with people not wanting to work. It's really sad.
@@Anime_n_Music yeah it bothers me when I think about it. I'd give anything for a plate of red chili cheese fries and a toro pot. Smh
@@Anime_n_Music remember Griffs burgers in the west side? They closed a while back and I learned that there was a Griffs in Albuquerque. My parents moved out there and I finally got the chance to visit them. I'm not even exaggerating, the day we went to Griffs in Albuquerque was the day it closed its doors down for good. I missed out on a Griffs burger by one day. I waited years to eat burger from there and missed out. Unbelievable odds. Lol
@@BSIIIThe Griff's that I always went to was on South Broadway - about a block from where the I-25 overpass is. I think that it had been at that location
since 1962. It was nothing fancy - and South Broadway was kind of a run-down area. But, you could get an honest burger and fries at a decent
price. I moved away in 2017 - after medical issues and the cost of living just got to be too much. I had lived in the city since 1980 - it is heart-
breaking to see what it has become.
@@urbanurchin5930 yup, the Broadway location was what I grew up with! I was devastated when it closed many years back and always hoped to have Griffs again when I visit Albuquerque, and missed that opportunity by a day lol.
I agree about the change. Change is always guaranteed, cities always change, grow, buildings built or replaced, but Denver lost a lot of that charm.
I miss Dinos…. My family went there every year for holidays and b days. Best Italian food I’ve ever had and the history was soooo cool. Gone. All my favorite places growing up gone. I HATE what Colorado became and all the new people that move there say “good, leave, we don’t want you all here” little do they k ow that denver used to be special and it was the history and people that had roots there that made it special. Now it’s a soulless carbon copy of San Francisco, all that history and culture has been paved over and apartments thrown on top. It’s depressing and I moved!
We moved to Colorado in 1982, the changes I’ve seen are incredible.
Your politicians stabbed you in the back.
The wrong people are in the state and local governments that's for sure
So sad
I was stationed in Colorado when I was in the military. It was really nice overall, and I often wonder what would have happened if I stayed put when my service was up. Instead, I moved back to New England. It's tough to see a nice place like Denver change so drastically.
thank you for serving yourself, you're welcome.
Same here. I was at Peterson AFB for 4 years back in the late 80’s. I almost stayed, but I moved back to rural KY. Unfortunately, we are being flooded with CA people. If, say, 10 houses are built then 3 will be bought by people from CA. Four or five will be bought by people fleeing big city TN. The rest will be bought by locals.
It's not as bad as they say compared to other places but I'll never leave born and raised we need to vote our difference
I'm native also, your being out voted. radicals outnumber us. and I suspect elections will never be "honest"@@lorettahernandez8561
Leftist policies don't help.
I lived in Denver from 03-09 and I loved it, but I was blown away as to how much the price of rent had jumped from when I lived there. I was paying $850mo for a 2bdrm townhome. That same place now is over $3k just to rent!
Well, you can also thank all those people who have over paid on housing to kick up property taxes. When property taxes spike upwards, the landlords need their rental to cover the rising costs of property taxes and insurance.
Colorado past a law and basically all of the apartments have kind of a controlled rent so if rent is going at one place at a certain price they match it at the other places no matter what and they keep on raising the rent and they raise it every two to three months now
No thats not true.@@richardcurry7663
I was absolutely shocked when I recently visited Denver for a medical appt for one of my nieces. I wanted to show her 16th Street Mall. We set directions for a restaurant near there for breakfast and I was so saddened by all of the tents and homeless community that has overtaken down there.
That's the single worst place to take someone who is visiting. Filthy & dangerous.
I tried to go there last May too to show my kids where we used to hang. Some crazy black people were screaming at each other over God knows what. We live in rural Washington so needless to say it scarred the s out of my poor kids. What a dump.
@@thejerkofalltrades3862 uncalled for!!!😡😡😡😡
But true.
But we let these people be voted in, or Say they were voted in, then do nothing when they ruin lives and trash the country! Lazy, easily led sheep!
I've lived here my whole life. And I agree we have fallen far from grace! 😢so sad.
Blame the democrats. Elections have Consequences. I lived there from 1964-2019 and moved to a red state. Much happier now.
As a former Coloradoan it makes me sad to see how much the state has changed. I lived there 45 years till I decided to move to the South a couple years ago. I couldn’t afford to move back even if I wanted to. I don’t even recognize the state anymore.
That’s how we feel about all the people moving to the south as well, so meanwhile you’re complaining about your ruined place, you’re all slowly ruining our place as well. Charleston SC in specific. Mainly people from New Jersey not so much Colorado tho
@@StingraySativaCoAin't that what life is all about? Us guineas will take over your old South (=
Everything changes. That's life. When it comes to the Real problems like high cost of living and homeless people that's called *wealth inequality.* This is what happens when some people make hundreds of thousands a year while others can't even afford a small basic apartment despite working 40 hours a week. As much as people like to blame everything on "leftists" in reality it's the republican party that has consistently blocked bills and laws meant to address wealth inequality and help the working class. They've allowed wealth inequality to just get worse and worse and worse over the years. Hence houses that cost a million dollars meanwhile there are homeless people all over the place. It's happening all over the country not just Colorado.
@@bestieswithtesties ppl like you are the problem. I bet you're from cali.
@@bestieswithtesties Republicans blocking wealth inequality bills 🤣 You're a straight 🤡. California is run 100% by leftists. Care to explain why it's so expensive there with a massive wealth gap?
Man. I remember growing up here before it was like this. Used to be a beautiful, humble almost Midwestern city full of very normal people and you could get downtown or to the mountains in 15 minutes. Unreal.
Not anymore, it's full of rich white Lefties that moved from cities and bought up all the land. It's trash now, and they're trying to squeeze every penny from the plebes
I grew up in Colorado in the 80’s and 90’s and it was a great place, I now live in Arizona and it has also turned into a place where an massive influx of Californians have moved and it’s becoming too much.
You missed the north Denver metro area. I was a cop there from 1986 to 2009. That used to be the slum area.
I moved to New Mexico in 2019 when the Denver home prices went through the roof. I love my new mountain home and very glad I left Calirado.
Congratulations on being able to find a better place to live. But isn't it a bit ironic that Coloradans hate "outsiders" coming in and allegedly changing things, but embrace the idea of migrating out of the state and into another where life is "better"?
I traveled all around this country from the early 2000’s into the teens and let me tell you this country has changed A LOT in a short period of time. Cities like Boise, ID and Minneapolis are unrecognizable to me and now Denver… I just think we need to slow things down for a while just to regroup. This thing has been going too far too fast for anyone to keep up in my opinion.
I been traveling the country since 2012, and I still marveled at how fast this establishment had declined.
Things change. That's life. People act like things changing on the West side are some big deal when for decades practically the entire east side of the country is all cookie cutter exactly the same. It's no surprise the West has slowly created it's own style of doing things. That said, the problem in this country is wealth inequality. Wealthier people are able to use their wealth to generate even more wealth resulting in rents and mortgages skyrocketing, meanwhile lower/working class people can't even afford a small basic apartment despite working 40 hours a week. The end result is sky high rents and mortgages meanwhile there are homeless drug addicted people everywhere. People want to blame "leftist policies" for cities getting so bad but in reality it's the constant obstruction from republicans blocking any bills and laws meant to address wealth inequality and help the working class that has turned this country into a dystopian joke where people pay $1400 a month in rent just to have a homeless encampment across the street.
Also, we need to take care of our own. Even if only 1% of our budget is spent on supporting foreign countries then let's spend it on veterans, homeless, drug addicts, mental illnesses and infrastructure.
@@Undercoverbrotherfromanother We can afford to do both you know. It's not like America is hurting for money. But everytime Democrats propose bills meant to help people the Republicans block it all. They blocked aid when there was a baby formula shortage, they blocked aid meant to ease gas prices when the war in Ukraine made them spike, they even blocked a bill meant to help veterans until they got so much backlash from their own voters that they backtracked and changed their mind.
But what happened? Is this drugs or did a whole lot of people get priced out of housing?
Used to live there. State has been hijacked. scenery is still beautiful but people/politics leave alot to be desired. cost of living thru the roof. dont regret leaving.
100%. The liberal rot is spreading.
Would Mississippi be a much better option?
@@stryder909 If that is where you want to go then sure
@@stryder909 If you don't mind heat, humidity, hurricanes and tornados. Mississippi is a top severe weather state so just keep that in mind. Alot of people like it though.
I remember when Portland and Seattle were considered one of the most healthy and fun cities to live in. They always had oddballs but they were fun oddballs, just doing their thing. Now they look like conservatives compared to the insane people that now rule there.
Seattle and surrounding areas is all a dump, high expensive housing, homelessness and drug addicts EVERYWHERE!
It's called being infested by California particularly people from San Francisco and Los Angeles moving into Portland, Seattle, and Denver.
They are nasty, angry, insane people now. I miss the old liberals, they were re-trads.
I live here Seattle Portland. It was strange andoddballs. As recent as 10-15 years ago we'd sit in a bar having beer at 10pm and our kids 12-15 would walk to donut shops, arcades and such. Zero worry of crime. Today I'd have a heart attack letting my kids walk the streets at night on West coast.
Cities that go blue! sings the blues!
Blue + Red = a buncha corrupt whyte folks. 😂 with black gatekeepers in tow!!! People kill me talking about one party over the other nowadays. Seems like BOTH parties are in on the fukkery but believe what you want. The Republicans have been along for the ENTIRE RIDE. TF HAVE THEY DONE TO INTERCEDE???
Dear Johnson, I am from Brazil and I travel throughout USA with you.
I hope to see America great again!
Keep up the good work!
But traveling with Nick, you'll end up seeing all the bad parts!
Yes, but I know it doesn't represent the whole America.
All the countries have their bad parts!!!
I moved from the Denver metro to Curitiba Brazil. Beats Denver hands down but I do miss the mountains.
mauroalex6786 There’s alot of Brazilians in Orlando, Florida
Pretty amazing to watch old Broncos games. They give an aerial view and it’s basically just the stadium surrounded by dirt. All of that is urban hellscape today.
Yeah and it was a beautiful city area when I lived there 9 years ago, when I went back downtown was a toilet. John Elway lives about 30-40 minutes from the stadium, I know that because I did a concrete pour on his neighbors house a little over a year ago.
*What ultimately happened is that the spirit of California moved to Colorado.*
Well it needs to move back. 😊
All the people who couldn’t handle it here left for easier living like cowards. The hardworking Californians that are left here don’t want them back
Yea from what I’ve heard it’s started in a Texas too.
Difference is Texas has more freedoms. And less government hand outs though
Yikes. That sounded super gross.
@@Matt90541 " Denver has been a Democrat city for the last 60 years.". So what Conservative decisions has caused the issues we've seen in the last several years?
"Even Los Angeles had a Republican mayor in the 1990s.". So what happened since the 1990s?
Should check out how gentrified 5 points is now, it’s insane! Same with North Denver, I’ve lived here my whole life and just seeing developers buy someone’s home, then build a condo building on that land. While there is 2 homes right next to each other that were like they one they tore down to build. Makes me so sad!! All the history and neighborhoods just torn down, yet still not able to house the ones on the streets unable to purchase a home. Denver isn’t as bad as some cities, and every city has their issues but Colorado is definitely turning into California.
The homeless problem is getting bad everywhere. I live in Wichita, KS and I see homeless hanging out in parts of the city I never saw them 5-10 years ago. My wife just today saw a guy urinating on the sidewalk at one of the better shopping areas.
Born and raised right here in Denver. Lived in a few different areas. Denver, Aurora, Parker. I even have a condo in the mountains.
You're not entirely wrong. But there are a few things you missed. We don't hate California or the people. We hate Californians that left Cali because it sucks and want to make Colorado into the samething they left.
Also, drugs have always been here, and for most of us natives we don't care if you partake, we care if you can't take care of yourself and commit crime because of it. Colorado was always a place that was "come as you are, but leave me alone". We value freedom, privacy and self reliability. This has all changed with this young Instagram generation. They all live off mommy, but want to tell everyone else how to live.
That's what has ruined this once amazing place to live.
💯 correct
Born at Denver general (Denver Health now). I am so sad, angry & frustrated with the city where I live.
It’s not just Denver, I live in Colorado Springs and it is horrible here as well. It’s getting so bad that we currently are trying to save to move to better state. It’s sad this is my home and I wanted to raise my daughter here and now I can’t thanks to all of this
When you figure out the better state let me know where it is.
CO Springs is the worse! This does not even remotely resemble the state/area I was raised in. What I can’t understand is why the standards of the people, that live here, are SO LOW! (actual quote from a Home Depot Employee and that I wholeheartedly agree with)! There are dumps (and I mean, DUMPS!!) that people will actually agree to live in 🤮 rent ✋and pay unreal 😳 prices to do so! If I were a homeowner (aka slum landlord) I would be, not only ashamed, but thoroughly EMBARRASSED! and charging almost 2k for a 700-800 square foot DUMP is even more reason to be embarrassed! Shame on you! Renters STOP 🛑 and don’t do it! (Unless of course that is your preferred lifestyle) in that case 🤢🤮
I paid $40,000 for my beautiful Spanish home in 1974. When I sold it, got $365,00 for it in 1997. It’s a ghetto area now.
You were lucky to be here and be born earlier, when things were feasible with hard work alone.
Your documentaries improve constantly, bravo, good for you Nick.
As a native I cashed out and left back 2002, but I was up in the mountains Park county far away from the Front Range. I think Nick needs to come to Anchorage and see the large amounts of homeless and Alaska has some of worse crime in the country
I am coming! Email me! NickJohnsonNC18@gmail maybe you can help me! I'd love your opinion!
that's funny, I thought Alaska was a republican refuge of capitalism and independence. I guess they haven't shipped enough unwanted homeless to California.
Alaska would be the last place I’d assume homeless people to be at…. Crazy 😳
I just left Anchorage 5 days ago. I built the new 49th State Brewing restaurant in the airport.
I was surprised to see the number of homeless people. Lots of Inuits missing limbs. I'm guessing Frost Bite due to cold winters. The you go to tent city where they are welcome. But it's always been Tent City. I don't know much about the problems that city has but was surprised that it did.
The problem in Anchorage is drugs. Until America gets serious about disrupting the supply of drugs- there will always be people who make bad choices and end up hooked on drugs.
Native here, used to live in centennial/lone tree. That was once considered the Silicon Valley of Colorado. Then in 2020 it got ugly- shootings, aggressive vagrancy, dipshits handing out tents to the homeless…. moved out east and nearly cried when I came back in vacation.
Never lived there, but I did live in California for a little while. While it's popular to dunk on Californians, I actually found most people friendly, much more than were I grew up in Pennsylvania. That said, as they move to other states... My God! What you were doing in California clearly wasn't working! Don't bring that crap to your new states! After they make there escape, they should look at the policies back in California and vote for the exact opposite. Kind of like the Cubans in Florida, you won't find anyone more anti-socialist than the Cubans that fled their socialist homeland. But Californians can't seem to help themselves... "California turned to trash, but those policies made me feel morally superior on Twitter, so I'm going ignore everything I see and keep voting for that because it makes me feel good."
Yep, I can vouch on that.
I bet Aspen & Telluride don’t look like that!!
Worked in DTC, live on the Centennial\SE Aurora border off Quincy and there are more shootings now then ever before. Crime is up everywhere, cops are quitting.. counting the days until I move more rural.
@@Ali.Bruni143Well duh, those in power & billionaires vacation & retire there.
They can't deal with the consequences of their policies.
We live in upper Northern California Del Norte County..
Most Californians especially those currently living within Silicons valley orbit & Southern California never heard of us..That includes Nancy Pelosi, Governor Gavin Newson( no really, he was asked about the low crime rate in Del Norte County his answer where & who? Leaves us with such a feeling of confidence in our Governor)
We actually like that.
I lived in Colorado Springs as a young child. I have very fond memories of living there. Wouldn't want to ruine that by moving there now by the looks of it.
Californication speading to Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Texas, Tennessee... like a disease.
Well maybe if your chamber of commerce and tourism bureaus didn't spend all their time trying to lure CA businesses and residents to your state, you wouldn't have that problem? Texas actively recruits Californians, and brags about it Practically beg the people to come and then complain when they do. Yeah, that makes sense.
Yep. Its funny, the very people who champion diversity, inclusion and appreciation of other cultures seem to have a record of burning down and destroying local cultures, displacing families and ruining native lives as they set up shop and begin to build the community they just left. And they love doing it to red and very conservative states too above all else.
They are the modern day Colonialists/Colonizer's they scream about the West having been.
@dancast4689 I hope you mean the homeless, did you read my reply yes I feel sorry for the homeless, when you're out there on the streets it's hard to keep playing and the fill out an application even online you have to have an address, and a phone number, so it's very hard out there for them, I do what I can to help them when I see them on the streets , I'll buy them food are sometimes I buy them clothes, yes it's a very sad situation 💯 it's a situation that you need help getting out of Sad 😭👍💯
In my first reply I hope you read it cuz it's the honest-to-god truth about Texas, Northern Texas is very dangerous, you really have to watch your back down there 👍💯
Dont worry
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I live in Oklahoma and recently have seen men wearing dresses in Walmart and working in fast food places. It's like a cancer spreading across the country.
Same. I’m an okie too. Went to cycle gear in Tulsa recently with my son and a man dressed like a woman didn’t seem to be “trans” but it was a bit jarring. It really is a cancerous cult.
I live in OKC and haven't seen that yet and hope I don't LOL
Looks as though it's spreading all over North America. Recently I was in a shopping centre in the Vancouver area, and came across a man (?) wearing not only a dress and heels, but was also decked out in pastels of pink and blue from head to toe!
If this is happening in Oklahoma it's happening everywhere.
@AlisaRedDasha the affect it has on biological women in locker rooms showers and bathrooms. I'm sure you've already heard girls have been molested in school bathrooms by trans girls.
It's not just Denver. While in Durango, we were looking for a place to walk the dog & ended up behind WalMart in a large grass & tree area. The Animas River runs behind it & on the other side of the river you could see blue tarps all over the cliffside. Large homeless encampment for the area. Very sad.
@@JBS2018 The rest of Durango is still very nice. I was just shocked to see that. Purgatory area is nice & close enough to Durango. Also, Rico is becoming nicer. It's near Telluride.
Yup. I work in Durango and i cant find any housing thats affordable. I had to move to New Mexico and commute.
I'll go you one better. It's NOT just Colorado. It's the WHOLE COUNTRY.
I used to live in Durango too back in 2018. I definitely remember that camp behind walmart. Im sure its grown simce then though..
I use to do The People’s Fair. Then the homeless took it over. A lady selling quilts found someone curled up in one of her quilts, in the morning. He had vomited all over it. The was my last year. It’s everywhere. In San Diego, only Coronado doesn’t have tents set up. Why? The Coronado Bridge with not foot traffic, and miles of the Silver Strand on the other. Set up a tent, the Coronado police give you a ride across the bridge to a place where you can get help.
Born and raised in Denver, Co. can’t believe what it’s become. I will be moving to Wyoming when my son is grown. My Jeep was literally stolen out of my driveway.
That happens in every state..
@@aaronmcconkey1062Colorado has the highest rate of car theft in America..
@@aaronmcconkey1062more like every blue city…big cities it happens the most, usually ran by democrats.
I was born and raised in Colorado. Joined the Marines and came back a little over 10 years later and Colorado was no longer home.
I’m wanting out after living here from 6 months old….at this point I could live in Northn/Dakota just to be away from crowds crowds and more crowds….reservations in RMNP piss me off….no more spontaneity going to,the Mtns….
I was re-born there. MY FOREVER FMR. HOME. PRAISE YOU LORD JESUS CHRIST 🕊
It's a shame. I lived in Aurora from 1995 till 2010 and I absolutely loved it. I haven't been back yet but this video is exactly what my friends that are still there tell me about. Thanks Nick, as always you do a great job.
They allow panhandling in Aurora now!
My last active duty station was Ft Carson in Colorado Springs. It was nice for the most part including Security Widefield. Few trailer parks in Pueblo looked sketchy but the people were nice. But since they went Hard Left all I hear is crazy stuff over there. I'll stay in Texas and hope for the best.
This is happening in many Canadian cities. My hometown mayor made a new rule where tent cities can pop up in any city park. They are now doing huts as homes as a solution with 25 huts (think the size of a backyard shed) in a test project.
You could put them up a new 3 bedroom home and they would still be out on the street the next day looking for their next high.
Several years ago, my employer expanded to Denver Colorado. Back then, it wasn't that bad, many affordable suburbs, and I contemplated moving and taking a position there. I'd love to live in a mountain state. But I saw the trend it was moving towards back then, and this video confirms all my concern about those trends were right on target.
Sounds about right. I live in the Kansas City area. I have a friend who works for a company in KC that also has an office in Denver. This was back around 2017, but he told me the waitlist to transfer to the Denver office was 6-18 months. Even back then, it wasn't hard to tell that what was happening in Denver was going to cause problems down the road.
@@97I30T I am in the KC area too, and I am starting to fear the same trends that ruined Denver are starting to happen here. I think it can be reversed if we are careful about who we vote for, but they already got their legalized weed through. And the property taxes that were jacked up this year seems like something is terribly wrong with the system that houses went up that much in value in such a short amount of time.
So far I am in an outlining suburb where the rent is actually what I would call "affordable" but it seems to be really affecting the city core something bad.
@@G.S.Holland I'm in Overland Park. I was lucky to buy a house here right before things started getting really crazy, but Overland Park and Johnson County in general are becoming unaffordable for many locals. It's honestly really worrying. I agree with you that KC is starting to have similar things happen to it like what happened to Denver. Homelessness has gotten significantly worse in the last year or two here as well, and car break ins are through the roof. We used to never have west coast problems in KC, but I'm starting to see them appear here now.
I was 12 when my family moved to Colorado. I lived in Colorado 54 years and it saddens me to see how it has changed especially since pot was legalized. Approaching retirement I made the decision to move to Oklahoma because of the cost of living.
Ai one time I coulg not imagine ever leaving. 45 years later, I am anxzious to leave Colorado and sanctuary cesspool Denver
OmG. There's a reason Oklahoma's cheap. Don't!
Bye Felicia@@NilsBeck-kk4nb
yeah, i called it in 2012, if we legalized pot, it'll make things worse not better, that money won't go to education or transportation, or technology, it'll go into no one's pocket, they made a huge deal in the fact legalizing pot will pay for things, if that worked we could've just made casinos legal
Yep Jan 2014 was the beginning of the end
Dude, I love your videos as a Colorado native its super sad to see whats happening here. Thanks for the video!
I moved to Colorado in 2017. In 6 years l saw it change from a fairly chill, nice place to an expensive, crowded, traffic clogged mess that resembles the Northeast, where l came from.
I’ve lived all over Colorado. The Front Range is the worst. You have to get up at 4 am on a weekend to ski or hike in the mountains and spend more time in your car than skiing or hiking!
The homeless situation on the Front Range is out of control. A lot of people have no choice as rents are skyrocketing but for the people who do own homes and live in these neighborhoods are now having to deal with these people literally camping in their front yards.
The mountain towns are clogged with people. We used to call spring and fall “Mud Season” and you would catch a break from the tourons from Texas, Florida and California but that’s gone too…the mountains are invaded all year now.
The Western Slope was the last refuge for awhile but towns like Grand Junction, Ouray, Silverton and Durango are being overrun now as well.
Only the far northern and eastern areas are still what Colorado used to be. It’s only a matter of time before those area are plowed under and box stores and strip malls are built there too.
I fled and went to southern Utah near Lake Powell where people still leave their doors unlocked and there’s no traffic light for 200 miles. More than half the people who come here to camp and boat on the lake are from Colorado..here to escape the crowds and congestion back home.
We're already beginning to see this in Nebraska as the push to fully legalize weed gains momentum. It's not just that though it's more that the laws are not enforced, California is a failed state where the police and AG's protect criminals more than lawful residents.
-If the cops are protecting these criminals like you say Then the cops are also criminals.
how is legalising weed gonna change anything? its easy to buy anyway. every 14 yr old has been able to buy it since the 60s
@@yaxyaxbaby I agree it's idiocy.
@@yaxyaxbaby With your logic, we should make murder legal huh? 14 year olds partake in that too!
I’ve lived in colorado for the last 8 years, and I live in Colorado Springs. We aren’t that far away from Denver here. My 1950s era home is going for 500K now. I do hope that the peak is over, but we’ve elected people into office that will perpetuate the problems more. I don’t think it will get better here.
Getting rid of Polis would be a great start.
Amen, but hey he was elected for a second term so good luck@@garygrant7141
@@garygrant7141 Polis is the symptom. The root of the problem needs addressed.
We all gotta vote no matter what. No defeatist mindsets.
I’m a right leaning libertarian but Polis is miles better than Gavin newsom (my former governor)
But I’ve never met a democrat I didn’t want to maim (as well as some rinos)
Love your content! Kept up the good work.
I have also observed a general trend: high-tech industries tend to cause social, economic and environmental degradation in surrounding areas. I'm not sure why that is, but it's something you find in all developed countries. The presence of tech companies seems to exacerbate extremes.
It's because those companies bring high paying jobs that drives up the cost of living. And there will be some % of the locals who get forced to be homeless
Interesting 🤔
Yes. I saw it happen to Austin in the late 90s.
@@ericmilfeld221 It's happening in the UK right now, big time. The world's second largest data centre is in Slough Trading Estate. You wouldn't guess it, from looking at Slough. It's like a developing country, in reverse. People don't understand what's going on and are looking for political solutions (which they understand even less). The UK has to go into recession for quite a while to pay for helicopter money during the lockdowns, and to bring inflation under control so that interest rates can be relaxed. It's gonna get unstable.
It's because Hi-Tech doesn't create anything healthy
I'm a native. Grew up in Aurora/Parker. Bought a house in Castle Rock, moved to SC, moved back to Castle Rock then finally moved out of there for good last year. See it as going down hill fast! So sad. So nice when I was growing up there. Trying to talk my kids into moving but they won't. They're going to learn their lesson the hard way I guess, when it's too late.
I lived in Denver from 2005 to 2016. It was the best kept secret in the US. IMO, what ruined it was legal weed. Everyone ran to CO with no game plan but to get high and soak in the vibes. The vibes changed, the people brought the crime of other cities and it will never be the same again. If you weren't there you missed peak CO. I now live near Detroit which is on a comeback and better than Denver right now in every way.
You are absolutely correct.
Detroit? That sounds crazy, but I believe you.
True
I doubt cannabis being legal caused all these problems. It’s legal in many other states too, many older people use it medicinally, How does legal Cannabis bring crime in?
I love how the guy he interviews "who's been here since 2020 and feels so at home" IS THE PROBLEM
Moved to Colorado back in 08 when I was just 12/13 when my dad found a new start in the state. Was very nice to live and quiet. But I felt that when weed was legalized back in 2012, everything changed. Denver started to get more and more busy. Lots of construction happening and I witnessed this as I was going to CU Denver/ MSU in downtown Denver.
By 2020, when COVID hit, I saw everything go down hill, homeless everywhere, drugs more in the open, lots of violence, etc.
I officially left Colorado on May of this year (2023) and moved to Washington.
I would like to go back to be near family again at some point, but i doubt ill be able to the way things are going. Very likely hanging in the Tri-Cities in Washington till I feel like relocating, if possible.
Been living in COS for 13 years and I've watched it change for the worst. When I first moved here I was amazed how quiet and peaceful weekday nights would be you could hear a pin drop and the loudest thing was the late night train going by. Now at night I hear police sirens, car alarms going off, gun shots and ambulances. That to me was a red flag to prepare to move and back to the red state I came from.
What is COS?
@@indy_go_blue6048 Colorado Springs
@@indy_go_blue6048 Colorado Springs, 1 hour south of Denver, second largest city in CO...it was the last stronghold but is now turning into a progressive mess
Had to nod when I read this...was absolutely silent at night and now sirens 24/7 and turning the cool open space landscape into apartment buildings
Blame all our buddies who voted for Yemi for mayor. It’s going to go downhill very fast. How anyone can vote liberal knowing the real history of the Democratic Party is beyond me
We moved to Colorado in 2004, lived here for 7 years and moved back to good ol’ California in 2011. Couldn’t stay in Cacafornia anymore so we moved back to Colorado last year. We are in the 55 plus range and decided to buy a mobile in a 55 plus place here in the Springs. We couldn’t afford a home, knowing some of the neighborhoods here and what we could afford. A mobile seemed the best option. It has changed drastically in the 12 years we were gone. But… nowhere near as bad as Cali. Lots of homeless and beggers everywhere here now. It’s a shame how drugs have ruined cities. People, stay of the addictive substances, it’s a trap! But, at least there are seasons and it’s beautiful here. I like to call myself a “transplant native”. I really do love being here and out of California.
Why did you stay there though? You still have better options,
@@FallacyAsPraxis Than the Springs? My hubby still works and his company is here in Colorado Springs. When he fully retires, I think we will find a different place to live out here. 😊
Tell us about why the rents are so high. The homeless are not even part of the economy. Don't think the homeless are making the country go to hell. How about predatory capitalism and hedge funds buying all the homes and apts and tripling rents and throwing everyone out in the street and wages stagnant since 1970s. Young and old. Simpleton observations don't really address anything you are talking about.
Liberalism is the problem.
I bet you have zero idea why its bad though, and who caused it.
Just traveled to Colorado for the first time a week ago. It's always been on my list of places to go see. I thought I'd love this state sense I'm into the outdoors stuff, hiking, camping, national parks, etc. Colorado kinda disappointed me really, especially Denver. I'm from Michigan, so I'm used to rough towns like Flint or Detroit. I did not feel all that safe walking around downtown Denver during the day, or especially near sunset. I feel totally safe walking around downtown Detroit, taking public transit, being a little out of the main public areas, not in Denver. That really surprised me. I always thought I'd love Denver, but it was a real letdown. Did go see other parts of Colorado, Pikes Peak, Manitou Springs, Garden of the God's, Rocky Mountain National Park, Winter Park, Idaho Springs. It was all pretty cool. (I did have my rental car messed with in Golden, but no damage, thank God), but all and all I really enjoyed the rest of Colorado, just Denver and it's metro area really put a sour taste in my mouth for Colorado.
You think Denver is worse than Detroit?! I call BS
@RogueTravel I wasn't really comparing the cities as a whole to each other, more the city center/downtown areas. Yeah most of Detroit's neighborhoods are BAD, like bad bad. I'd feel safer in Denver's worse over Detroit's worse any day. I was just saying that they could do a lot of work getting the downtown area better cleaned up. That's one thing Detroit does have over Denver. They work like crazy keeping the the downtown cleaned up, homeless off the streets, police/security all over keeping an eye on things. Over the past 10 years Detroit was worked hard to keep the main business center areas fairly safe to help bring in visitors and investors. Now that has been an issues with residents about how much time and money is spent in the main city center areas and the lack of attention on the neighborhoods. That's been pointed to as a reason why the neighborhoods are as bad as they are.
I agree with you, I am from South east Mi as well and we may have some problems but nothing like they have in Colorado Springs . I moved out there for a job and a change . My heart ached to come back home to Mi . Something about Co that makes me feel very uneasy ! The culture is far better here in Mi as well as far as I am concerned.
The democrat progressive politicians who have ruined this state in the last twenty years have left all us with a bad taste in our mouths.
I was a Colorado native (my family had/has been there since the 1840s) I was born in 2000 and left in 2020 because of the "summer of love". It was an amazing place when I was a kid, but the place REALLY went to hell after pot was legalized. Colorado got the worst type of Californians. Now I live in Idaho.
The state of Colorado gets millions of dollars every year to fix the homeless crisis but the weird thing is it’s only getting worse, so where is the money really going.
that's the million dollar question !
In the pockets of the so-called advocates of helping the homeless. This includes hopeless woke minded chowder headed bleeding hearts whose solutions make the problems worst. Wait a minute! Isn’t a solution supposed to be the result to a happy ending of a problem. No!!! You would be amazed how many woke liberal solutions always lead to worst problems, which is the real agenda after all.
Remember which liberal wants to be not needed by producing real solutions? They have a deep seated need to be needed, AND the pay i$ excellent!!! 🔥🏆🔥
So, Californians are the cause of this? Is this a "conspiracy" of California to destroy Colorado, or is it Communist Globalists out to take over the world?
Follow the money, I'm sure there's a paper trail. It's sad but it's only gonna get worse before it gets any better. Certainly off my list to visit, shame really.
when programs are available for homeless, more and more homeless people come here. I have talked to multiple homeless people who invited people from other states to come here to get on housing lists and utilize the programs available here. We can't keep up with the influx of people.
Nick, your videos are spot on. Just watched Cheyenne Wy. & Colorado. I grew up in western South Dakota right next door to Wyoming & visited both states my entire childhood. Well, that was a long time ago, I tell ya what… kinda breaks my heart to see Denver. Cheyenne still has some hope. Love your work 🙂
It's really sad. I've lived in Colorado for a little over 30 years. I watched it. Go from a really cool purple, wild west state to wackadoodle liberalism. Three of the council members from Aurora are basically socialists running under the guise of the Democratic party. They have all these wacky view points about homelessness and crime and all that happens is things get worse. Now my son hears gunshots at night outside our house. I've always loved Aurora because of the diversity and now I'm contemplating moving because it doesn't feel safe anymore. Time to move to a red state.
I’m from Oregon and it’s been blue for awhile and I just want to leave the west coast I’ve always been a conservative but I don’t exactly feel safe here
South Carolina, western near the mountains is good
@@Ryguy-lg2xzI lived in the Seattle area (via California) for about 20 years. It has gone so downhill and I found myself surrounded by militant liberals (socialists). I packed up and moved to Oklahoma. This place is amazing. It’s truly live and let live here and folks have your back. It feels safe and the cost of living is very 1960’s. It’s beautiful!
@@Ryguy-lg2xzFlorida would welcome you.
Key destructive word is "diversity" . Whenever you hear this stay far away - in your jobs, education, and home.
We bought property in CO decades ago, we planned to retire there. Just sold it- no way in hell I'd live there.
In the cities, it's like he said, but outside, in the rural areas, it's much more enjoyable.
I was homeless for a time, sleeping outside and occasionally in my car before moving into a shelter which cost $50 a week for rent. Eventually, I moved into a house with roommates. While I did meet some people who wanted a job and to get off the streets and into stable housing, I met even more who were content with living the nomadic lifestyle. Colorado has changed drastically in the 33 years that I’ve lived here. Much of the change has been for the worst, but despite this, I still love Colorado.
Anybody who has worked with homeless will tell you that more than half of them want to be homeless. It's even organized now. You actually "pay" for your spot on the streets through hustling. This doesn't happen where I live on our downtown streets. There are homeless, but they have to keep moving during the day and they sleep in church shelters at night or literally in church parking lots. If you are lying on the sidewalk, you will get a 10 min warning. If you are not gone in 10 min they will physically come and move you
Yup, it's these liberal democrat softie policies that ruin places. It's the public schools and colleges that train the morons who make these policies.
My grandfather was born in Glenwood Springs. My father was born in Alamosa. I was born in Grand Junction along with three of my siblings. My mother was born in a log cabin across the road from the store at Glade Park. Our kids were all born in Denver as we lived there for 20 years before moving back to the western slope. Most of our grandkids and great grandkids live in Montrose and Grand Junction.
You guys over on the front range have no idea what goes on over here. Right now the little woman and I are living on The Navajo Nation. My wife is Navajo. We were building a home in Teec Nos Pos Arizona about 7 miles from the Four-Corners Monument. When the Verona Crisis shut down the reservation we were shut out of our churches and you couldn't even go outside without a mask.
The price of building materials tripled and even went 5Xs higher on OSB. We couldn't find a straight 2 X 4 anywhere. Now gas is back up over $4 a gallon and we are living paycheck to paycheck while preparing for another Verona Crisis.
This is what happens when your government is overthrown. I trust the people of Colorado about as far as I can throw a D-9 Cat.
Oh, Glenwood Springs. What a waste, now. When the Colorado Hotel costs over $300 a night, we know something is askew.
That area where the rocks were and tents used to be grass but the put rock to stop them from camping but ir didn’t stop them until the put concrete in amd a metal fence there
I used to work in downtown Denver and I won't even go to downtown Denver anymore. And I also used to support the homeless people until I worked at a liquor store in Denver and I encountered a lot of angry and aggressive homeless people that don't want any food and don't want any help all they want is alcohol and drugs. So how is that fair that they are ruining our capital city because of their addiction? And we as a community are just like that's fine just give them some tiny homes and give them some donations so they can buy some more drugs today. Hopefully our kids don't step on the needles left behind on the ground. But who really cares? All that matters is that the homeless people get a leg up!
I have my own theories on what “went wrong “ . I would love to hear other people’s theories as well. Mine are:
1. too much compassion incorporated into leniency in laws and lenient city councils headed up by women (who always want to coddle criminal behavior);
2. Women in the work force since the 1970’s driving down wages thus requiring two income households
3. Single parent households with a single mother that leads to undisciplined boys who are unruly in school and then fill our prisons (80% of incarcerated individuals);
4. A welfare state that encourages women to have children and punishes women who marry;
5. Legalization of marijuana and non enforcement of most drugs, encouraging people to simply be in an altered condition and generally unemployable.
Solutions:
1. no more handouts that encourage bad behavior, i.e. welfare recipients not getting more money for having more children
2. No more EMT drug assistance and fire fighting in homeless camps. All the homeless sign a waiver refusing medical assistance and they will donate their entire bodies (skin and all)
3. No representation without taxation. Non taxpayers should not have voting rights. Even old people that don’t pay taxes. You all want free stuff and compassion but don’t pay for it.
4. Politicians can have no debt whatsoever.
5. Somehow eliminate the not in my backyard resistance via tax reductions etc.
All the haters can respond with hateful remarks, all the pragmatic people can respond with constructive criticism.
Thanks for reading.
You better hope your kids don't become addicts and homeless.
I don't have that much sympathy for the homeless as a group but there are some cases I would have more empathy for such as single women or children. We shouldn't generalize about the homeless. Some are victims; others are just thoughtless, rapacious criminals.
@@mztokyo7630 I agree with your assessment. I could sum it up as Christianity. Women should get married and raise their children, not working in 8-5 jobs. This is where our country took a turn for the worse. Feminism led to our demise. Much of liberal wokeness is centered around that failed ideology. We need a revival of family values and traditional ways to sweep this nation. Turn our eyes back to Jesus, not progressive ideas that lead to destruction.
Born and raised in Colorado, Littleton/ Lakewood border, then went to college and lived downtown, and I would def not consider castle rock a suburb of Denver. But when we legalized marijuana recreationally everyone moved here almost overnight. The change in traffic was insane, almost within a few days/ weeks.
EXACTLY! Born in Broomfield, 2000. Weed was the worst thing to have ever happened to Colorado, things went from bad to worse in the blink of an eye
And all that tax money from that weed was supposed to go to the school but they’re as bad as they’ve ever been.
@@RootigaI’m in Broomfield too
I grew up in Denver. We had a good life there. Then moved to Arvada when it was out in the country. When gambling, drugs, and left leaning politics came in, this beautiful part of the country destroyed. I loved living there, I don’t even want to visit anymore.
This is sad….great video Nick!
Your narration is hilarious and entertaining...keep it up!
The story of Denver is remarkably similar to Almere in the Netherlands, a new city once great but being overrun by people + problems from the "Randstad," that's the cities in the coastal west of the country (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague).
same here in belgium.. antwerp was such a nice place and now its become dangerous dirty and overpriced
@@dnte_ Antwerp=Drug centre of Europe or The Albanians Backyard 😂
antwerp is becoming like brussels but just with more drugs @@Anonymoose66G 🤣
Nick needs to check out the Netherlands next 😊 That would be cool.
Used to visit Colorado for nearly every family vacation since birth, moved to Douglas County 2 years ago and now I’m ready to leave. Nothing is affordable, weather is downright brutal for commuting, and all the beautiful places are a minimum of 2 hour drive away thanks to the traffic. It’s turned into a suburban sprawl that you can get literally anywhere for a better cost of living elsewhere
I’m both sad that was your experience, and happy that people are leaving
You can drive to Co. SPRINGS in like 45 minutes though, not 2 hours. In Seattle, Portland, L.A. the mountains are all about 30 minutes away. Summit County is usually 1 hour 20 minutes away. A Bustang bus takes 1 hour 40 minutes
I live here Nick and it's a sad site every 🚲 bike ride to and from work. Thanks I love all your videos and information brother