Went through there in 2012 and it was one of the cleanest places I have ever seen. My daughter moved out there about 6 years ago and I went out there a year ago to move her to Ft. Collins because the crime and homeless people were so bad. It's really ruined.
No question, Denver went through an extremely rough patch during 2020-2021, especially downtown. It is steadily improving and there’s a lot of work left to be done - but I like the progress they e made.
@@v.m.8472 Fort Collins is super safe and clean. I really liked it there. The dictator part is something I will take your word for. Still way better than Denver
I moved to Denver thirty two years ago as a young man in search of his destiny. There's an argument for not living in Denver (I have since moved to an adjacent city), but I don't think I will ever leave the state at this point.
I grew up there and its a shame that some parks had to move to a lottery system for camping permits and timed entry. You are right about the crowded trails. But if you choose to do a difficult trail outside of 14ers, then you can still find privacy. People flock to basic trails.
Agreed 100% - there has been such a change in how we go about planning our hikes now when a decade ago you could hit any trail at anytime. What you say about the harder trails makes sense - I actually had a good friend make that suggestion the other day and I am going to start leaning towards those this summer. I appreciate you!
Yeah, I remember when I first visited the Denver area about 22 years ago - the road up Mt Evans didn't require advanced notice. I simply drove up without a care in the world. That was also the trip I discovered altitude sickness.
As a denver born and raised man all I can say is when I was 16 11 years ago my parents bought a 6 bedroom house for 250,000. Now I can't find a 2 bedroom house less than 500,000.
You hit on the biggest challenge in Denver - affordability, especially on home purchases, is out of control. The market has priced a lot of people out, no question.
Instead of creating more low income housing, why not bring back stable employment which makes home ownership possible? Denver used to have many federal government agencies and two bases that provided stable careers: Lowry and Stapleton. Let’s get rid of the real estate politicians and bring back real prosperity to Denver.
Yeah, but that's the same everywhere. I bought my current house in Orlando just over 8 years ago for 270k (2900sf, 5/3 and waterfront) - today I can sell it for over 520k. I think families would need to bring in $150k/year to just barely afford that. Last I checked, there aren't too many jobs pay that - even double income families is hard.
I watched loads of these videos and kudos to you my man.. you were authentic.. Not hiding much about the negatives.. and yes house price is now appears to be same as Seattle in Comparision.. I am pre sure that bonkers.. coz in 5 year these house have gone up 3 to 4 times .. Damn
Thank you so much for that, it means a lot when people enjoy these, and I hope they help! The market is Seattle looks like it’s been even more out of control - it’s pretty crazy!
I love your videos, I really do. They are well said and very informative when it comes to Colorado and Denver. However, as someone who has lived in Denver for a decade plus, this may be the worst reasons not to move to a place that I have ever seen. If this was me contemplating moving to Colorado, it would make me want to move there more! The most accurate thing I heard was the air quality being for sometimes.
Haha, you’re on to me! The purpose of this channel is to help people find reasons to want to move to Denver and want to move to Colorado. If we’re really thinking about drawbacks of the city, those aren’t going to be very entertaining, they are going to be primarily cost of living issues - and I can’t make a 10 minute video on the negatives of that, people would fall asleep. I do appreciate you watching!
I was offered a job in Denver. After looking at the cost of living, calculators Denver VS Las Vegas. It turned out to be too expensive for me to make the move. Housing alone would have been 30% more. Due to this, I ended up turning the job down.
That is a great example of a very large issue Denver is facing - wages have to increase in different sectors in order for people to be able to succeed here. The cost of living is to me the #1 problem here and in other growing cities.
You aren’t alone. Denver use to be a very easy place to recruit workers for, but the cost of living is so expensive now and crime is through the roof, it is very hard to get people to move here now. The pay doesn’t add up and no one wants to move some place with higher crime than where they currently live, and when you are number one in the nation for certain crimes, like car theft, it is a tough sale.
I lived there for 23 years and left during Coivid and went back to DC. I make 3 times as much at my job here and my rent is not that much more - maybe $300 more. That city has gone down hill and it's totally overrated. Also if you're a woman and wondering about the dating scene - it sucks. All the men there have peter pan complex
Excellent summary of what we are seeing in Denver. Colorado is a beautiful state, but I no longer encourage my friends and family to move here. I highly recommend that anyone considering a move to Denver visit first to experience all the trash along the highways and in the creeks, the traffic, crime, the cost of living, and all the homelessness. Make sure that's really what you're looking for.
Margo - I always encourage people to spend sometime in a place they want to live and try to experience it from a living perspective more so than a vacation one. It is really easy to miss drawbacks when you don't have any responsibilities during a trip. I still think Denver and Colorado had a lot going for it and will continue to grow, but there is work to do, no doubt about that. Thank you for watching!
@@destinationdenvercolorado Exactly. I live in Orlando and you would be surprised how many folks move here because they think it will be Disney World every day. Nope. I4 is a complete mess and it is nearly impossible to get anywhere without paying a toll. The weather is oppressively hot 9 months out of the year. I run my A/C nearly 24/7 year round - and we aren't even far enough south to swim year round without heating. Tourists are drive the economy but they also cause all the headaches (their brains are on vacation too). I've been in rush-hour level traffic at midnight in Kissimmee (parks let out at 11pm). And, of course, we have loads of crime just like everywhere else. Ah, an now most of the property insurance companies are leaving the state (roofing fraud, hurricanes). Florida is a great place to live if you are wealthy, don't mind hot and humid, love the beaches and frequent the theme parks. No state income tax is nice but other things offset those savings.
Yup my sister lives in upscale suburb of Denver and just had the catalytic converter removed from their truck - I'm a CO native but not living there at the moment I don't want to go back - live in LA now get my share of trash and homeless and crime here Would have loved to have my plan to move back but now that just seems sad
I grew up snowboarding most of my life, was into "getting my pass" (epic or ikon) every season, but began going less and less and less every year. I don't think people understand HOW HORENDOUS I-70 gets in the winter, since everyone and their mother hops on I-70 to go to the majority of the ski slopes. You HAVE TO leave (for me anyway) Denver by 5:00 AM or else you will be sitting in a parking lot on I-70, and god forbid there's an inevitable crash, icy conditions, or it happens to snow in the mountains, or the Eisenhower tunnel ends up closing It's fairly common for it to take 3 hours to get to say Keystone or A-Basin (normally would take hour and a half) and if you don't leave by 2:00pm to head back to the front range? It's taken me 4 hours just to get home...It is absolutely draining after a hard day of snowboarding. If you're stuck on the Silverthorne side of the Eisenhower tunnel on that 7% grade uphill in a stop and go standstill while driving manual? There's a chance you can burn your clutch. The best solution is to have a condo/friend/family member that already has a place out in Frisco/Silverthorne etc., but if you don't have half a million or more, you're SOL. With the absolute shear number of people on the slopes, on I-70, the ever-increasing cost of the passes, gas money and time of commuting, and the stress of it all, it simply is becoming not worth it to me. Find other hobbies in the winter to avoid the flock of people. Going to the public shooting ranges in the winter is so much more tranquil and relaxing. Going snow-shoeing, back-country skiing/boarding, ice skating/pond hockey are other good alternatives.
100%, you aren't lying, the drive east after a weekend in the mountains down I-70 can be brutal! You make some great points, and I am a huge fan of Frisco, my wife and I spend a weekend there every winter.
Hiking is wide open if you stay away from the 14ers, and expect crowds and heavy traffic on any weekend. Skiing? You can plan around the terrible traffic on I-70 but it's gonna mean a significant change in your timing. I go up every weekend during the winter, but I never stay till the lifts close, and you've got to be comfortable driving in heavy traffic, in the mountains (curvy/steep), in the dark, and in inclement weather. If those things freak you out. Or cause you to ride your brakes, please don't go to the mountains on I-70 in the winter.😎
Cool Video I applaud you. This is the first TH-cam channel I came across to admit, that Denver natives are weird! I use to visit Denver in the early 2000s and lived in Denver from 2014-2019. Most natives were closed minded, rarely traveled outside of Colorado, and genuinely hated transplants. Let’s call a spade a spade: Denver currently operates like a typical major blue state. High crime, high population of homeless people, low wages, and high cost of living. Denver is the new LA, San Fran, Portland, and Seattle. Denver use to be what Boise is now! The state of Colorado is beautiful, however the city of Denver is highly overrated and not worth the high cost of living. Denver is suffering a major case of identity crisis lol. The city does not know if it wants to be a college, hippie, skid row, upscale or gangster city. There’s no middle in Denver! There’s no balance, it’s either a boring or trashy party type of lifestyle. The dry is extremely dry, unfortunately many look 5yrs older than their actual age and have terrible skin. I believe most that move here does not take geographic location into consideration. It’s a long drive to other major cities like Salt Lake, Vegas, Austin Texas, etc.
I've lived in Denver metro since 1962 when I-225 didn't exist yet. Lot of change has happened since then. I remember when Denver metro went through the oil bust of the late 80's and you could get a home for dirt cheap and when the first home in Cherry HIlls Village sold for $100k (not sure what year that was exactly but I remember watching it on 9News). Your video is pretty accurate. Colorado has become a very expensive state in which to live and is crowded. Most of the influx has been from CA and WA because their RE prices are considerably higher than ours which drove up our prices. As much as I love Colorado, going into the mountains for any pleasure is now a weekday venture because of all the weekend traffic. I'm fortunate that I now live in very nice slightly outside of the metro area town which in of itself has seen major growth in the past 8 years. Having said all of that, Colorado needs to get crime and the issue of homeless people seriously under control before things start getting better around here.
Washington state is way more expensive than Denver Colorado. I live on the outskirts of Seattle two bedrooms. $1865 to $2200 and up that’s not even including your water, sewer and electric bill people from California keep coming here so they will raise the prices again soon
I’ve heard out of control it is there. Had one viewer try to tell me it was cheaper and there wasn’t one single stat they could rely on. How long have you been there?
@@destinationdenvercolorado if they said it’s cheaper, they looking at the places that are undesirable to live in i’ve been here going on for years and the prices just keep going up people that’s born and raise in Washington are leave Washington it’s just too expensive rent and just my bills along I spent close to 4200 a month
Well Colorado is not the worst state. Only the I-25 corridor in CO sucks horribly. The rest of the state is pretty nice. But barely anyone lives in the rest of the state soooo that's probably why it's nicer 😂
I am moving to Denver this month. I will make $100 K myself. My wife will add $50 K to that. We will get 30% off housing. Will we have a good lifestyle?
I'm currently in Orlando, Fl and looking for a change. I really want to be near good skiing in the winters. I'm looking at Colorado Front-Range cities - specifically the Denver area and Colorado Springs. I'm politically center-right so I figured Springs might be a better fit, but that would be a longer trip to the ski resorts. Either way is fine since plan to stay overnight instead of trying to make it a day trip. I'm 100% remote IT worker - so I'm not worried about a commute - but I just need good, strong Internet - preferred 1Gb fiber and I'd prefer enough land my golden retriever can run around.
Thank you for watching! Affordability tends to be a bit higher in Colorado Springs, but Denver and the Springs are two very different cities so checking both out to see which you like better is important. I have a couple good friends in Colorado Springs that love to ski and the distance does not throw them off - they said they get around to the resorts pretty easy.
You will not be conveniently close to ski resorts ANYWHERE around Denver. Do you really wanna fight all the awful traffic? Have you tried it before? If you're already remote absolutely no reason to move there for skiing. Try Pagosa Springs or Durango or even Northern NM, although those are all probably too liberal/hippie.
@@Wft-bu5zc NM is a pretty run down state, so not super keen on it, especially the schools. Of course, it still has some nice spots. I'll look at the recommended towns but I was really wanting to be somewhat near (90 minutes) a major airport in case I need to travel for work (very rare). I was also told not to bother moving some place just for skiing since that is only a few months out of the year and likely folks will only go 4-5 times each year anyway - which is why I'm not put off by living in Ft Colins or The Springs areas. Someone recommended I look at Utah as well.
@@blackout07blue Closest major ski resort I can tell to Colorado Springs is Breck - but you have to take secondary roads to get there - which might be less likely to be plowed than I70 in the winter.
Why move to Denver Co of where winters are horrible and crime is on increas when you could live in Southern Cali or in Daytona Beach FL near the beach with nice warm climate for same exact cost of living.
Winter isn't that bad there compared to up north. Sun always comes out. But the weather is crazy bipolar being on the plains right next to the end of the mountains. Wind, fires, ice, hail, tornadoes, heat, etc.
Don't forget to mention that Colorado used to be a "Red" state and now has turned into a solid "Blue". This is a direct result from Californians moving in for the past 40 years. So be prepared for politics and policies like California's.
Thanks for watching RMan. Colorado has been a purple state for quite some time and it will be interesting to see what happens in the coming years. We’re getting as many people from Texas as we are California, so I could see us getting back towards purple.
@@destinationdenvercolorado Yeah, but not the the typical conservatives from Texas. Every city in the front range has unfortunately been going much more blue
Totally get that Ben, I moved back in 2008 and the city really started to take off around 2012-2014. There was a sweet spot for awhile where the town had more to do but traffic and crowds weren't bad. I love what Denver has become but I certainly miss the good ole days as well. Thanks for watching man!
I have some close friends that moved from Denver to Knoxville and they rave about it. Madison is a fun town and great area, but that winter would kill me. As for Salt Lake, there is NOTHING to do in that town.😂
I live in Knoxville and I think it's pretty shit here in every way. The only thing going for it is that it's cheap. Lame downtown, Summers are too hot, winters are cold but no snow, good mountain biking, low class people, very poor areas, largely a college town, East Knoxville is a food desert, West Knoxville gets bad traffic, not one good radio station, incredibly monoculture. Healthcare options are a total joke, lots of the population uninsured, I work at UTMCK. I don't like this place.
We had the MENver moniker for a long time. Statistically that’s gotten better but I know stats don’t tell the true story of dating. I hope it gets better for you, and appreciate you watching!
@@destinationdenvercolorado I downsized, and I am now temporarily living in Florida at my parents house. I am in the process of changing careers. I would like to try out living abroad as a digital nomad for about a year or so. I'll bet Denver has gotten tougher for a lot of people since I left a year and 1/2 ago.
Also if you don't like the smell of marijuana don't move there because you cant escape it. You forgot to mention that it's the number one city for porch pirate theft
You can definitely smell marijuana from time to time, but it’s not like it blankets the city. As far as your porch pirate statement - most stat sheets don’t have us in the top 10. That’s not to say package that thieves aren’t an issue, it’s more to point out that it’s an issue all over the country.
Truth. I moved away a few yrs ago & every stop light I smelled pot even w the windows closed. Ridiculous hippie/I'm too cool/stuck up/lazy/wanna be athlete vibe. Men all wore baseball caps & egotistical, traffic horrendous, rents high, couldn't drive in mtns anymore. Even a drive to Boulder could take hrs. Weather crazy/unpredictable. But yeah scenery is nice lol. Used to be nicer until pot became legal.
You lived near me currently in Cap Hill. That gas station off Colfax and High St. has turned into a tweaker community From the block of Colfax to 16th, homeless now line the entire sidewalk. Be happy you left
@Destination: Denver Colorado well too crowed in LoDo and expensive ...I'm by 58th and Ward so kinda lacking in Shopping but 4 blocks from Von Bibber Park
@@jm-xg7lm Just this last month several laws have been passed that are tenant-friendly, like you can't evict someone for non-payment, or other lease incompliance without first finding them a place to live. Lots of restrictions on landlords. If you are a tenant I guess it's a good development but if you are a landlord,it's getting hard. I'm not a multifamily landloard, I just own one place that I rent out, and it's getting harder and harder every year.
Denver died during the George Floyd riots. Our mayor created the demise of Denver and continues to push it. The new Downtown area is in the southern edge of the city in Littleton and Centennial. Of course, it will cost you!
2020-2021 has been a rough stretch for Denver for several reasons - Covid being a major factor. They’re making progress to get it back where it needs to be - but there’s still a lot of work to do.
@@destinationdenvercolorado it was more than COVID. It was the violence during the riots, tearing down historic statues, the black spray painted obscenities, and the tents on the lawn of what was the State Capitol. There is still a janitor who has to wash the feces of the homeless from the courthouse steps. Downtown Denver is home to Fentanyl not tourism. No matter how many free nights at the museum and discounted tickets to plays, no one wants to visit after dark.
I’m going to have to disagree on that one. It’s not the city that NY, Chicago, Houston, Miami or LA are - but it compares to just about any other in the US.
If you watch documentary Colorado in decay reasons why ill never move back you guys will understand better when you guys visit Colorado in hawaii living with ocean access is were I live and closer to asia were im from to visit every year through asia and from hawaii, let Colorado rot lmao
@@destinationdenvercolorado I'm just referring to all the wildfires. A lot of large newer homes being built in dry areas, and higher electrical usage can be a bad combo. I hope it doesn't happen.
@@ralphschannel6650 ah, I understand. Yeah, we definitely need water. Hopefully this winter has helped, but it seems like every summer gets a little worse.
I try not to get heavy into the politics in my videos - you are certainly not the first to being this up and it is worth watching to see how things change as we move forward.
Denver and the state roll in waves and has been purple for the most part, but the city is definitely more blue at the moment. We’ll see how the next few years change things.
This state has turned into yet another blue ran state that has been ruined. Way Overpopulated and expensive cost of living. Everything is expensive and steadily increasing, our property tax alone this year increased $650. Traffic is an absolute shitshow, roads and highways constantly being worked on due to the great increase of population. You will spend two hours waiting trying to go into a decent restaurant, you have to reserve six months out to go visit RMNP, or any place in the state to go camping. Hunting and fishing sucks ass because of the overpopulation and lack of planning/management by CPW over the past several years. You can no longer enjoy what the state has to offer anymore. Homelessness is ridiculous not only in Denver but is now being pushed out the suburbs. And now the new crisis is the 5k plus illegal immigrants that have been sent here over the past year. We intend on moving ASAP!
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As a transplant from Michigan, I can’t tell the difference between a native Coloradan and a Californian.
I appreciate you watching! I think locals would say it’s by their driving, but I think native Coloradans can just be dramatic! Haha
@@destinationdenvercolorado Do the Californians drive better?
Went through there in 2012 and it was one of the cleanest places I have ever seen. My daughter moved out there about 6 years ago and I went out there a year ago to move her to Ft. Collins because the crime and homeless people were so bad. It's really ruined.
No question, Denver went through an extremely rough patch during 2020-2021, especially downtown. It is steadily improving and there’s a lot of work left to be done - but I like the progress they e made.
Ft Collins is so dictatorial. I wouldn’t want to live there either. Colorado is an inland California.
@@v.m.8472 Fort Collins is super safe and clean. I really liked it there. The dictator part is something I will take your word for. Still way better than Denver
@@destinationdenvercolorado what caused that rough patch? What do you consider to be rough patches there?
New mayor about to cleanup
I moved to Denver thirty two years ago as a young man in search of his destiny. There's an argument for not living in Denver (I have since moved to an adjacent city), but I don't think I will ever leave the state at this point.
I’m the same way, I’ve done plenty of exploring and I can’t see ever moving away from Colorado at this point. Thank you for watching!!
I grew up there and its a shame that some parks had to move to a lottery system for camping permits and timed entry. You are right about the crowded trails. But if you choose to do a difficult trail outside of 14ers, then you can still find privacy. People flock to basic trails.
Agreed 100% - there has been such a change in how we go about planning our hikes now when a decade ago you could hit any trail at anytime. What you say about the harder trails makes sense - I actually had a good friend make that suggestion the other day and I am going to start leaning towards those this summer. I appreciate you!
Yeah, I remember when I first visited the Denver area about 22 years ago - the road up Mt Evans didn't require advanced notice. I simply drove up without a care in the world. That was also the trip I discovered altitude sickness.
As a denver born and raised man all I can say is when I was 16 11 years ago my parents bought a 6 bedroom house for 250,000. Now I can't find a 2 bedroom house less than 500,000.
You hit on the biggest challenge in Denver - affordability, especially on home purchases, is out of control. The market has priced a lot of people out, no question.
Instead of creating more low income housing, why not bring back stable employment which makes home ownership possible? Denver used to have many federal government agencies and two bases that provided stable careers: Lowry and Stapleton. Let’s get rid of the real estate politicians and bring back real prosperity to Denver.
Yeah, but that's the same everywhere. I bought my current house in Orlando just over 8 years ago for 270k (2900sf, 5/3 and waterfront) - today I can sell it for over 520k. I think families would need to bring in $150k/year to just barely afford that. Last I checked, there aren't too many jobs pay that - even double income families is hard.
I watched loads of these videos and kudos to you my man.. you were authentic.. Not hiding much about the negatives.. and yes house price is now appears to be same as Seattle in Comparision.. I am pre sure that bonkers.. coz in 5 year these house have gone up 3 to 4 times .. Damn
Thank you so much for that, it means a lot when people enjoy these, and I hope they help! The market is Seattle looks like it’s been even more out of control - it’s pretty crazy!
Awesome, thank you. Very helpful in making a decision.
You are so very welcome!
I love your videos, I really do. They are well said and very informative when it comes to Colorado and Denver. However, as someone who has lived in Denver for a decade plus, this may be the worst reasons not to move to a place that I have ever seen. If this was me contemplating moving to Colorado, it would make me want to move there more! The most accurate thing I heard was the air quality being for sometimes.
Haha, you’re on to me! The purpose of this channel is to help people find reasons to want to move to Denver and want to move to Colorado. If we’re really thinking about drawbacks of the city, those aren’t going to be very entertaining, they are going to be primarily cost of living issues - and I can’t make a 10 minute video on the negatives of that, people would fall asleep. I do appreciate you watching!
I was offered a job in Denver. After looking at the cost of living, calculators Denver VS Las Vegas. It turned out to be too expensive for me to make the move. Housing alone would have been 30% more. Due to this, I ended up turning the job down.
That is a great example of a very large issue Denver is facing - wages have to increase in different sectors in order for people to be able to succeed here. The cost of living is to me the #1 problem here and in other growing cities.
You aren’t alone. Denver use to be a very easy place to recruit workers for, but the cost of living is so expensive now and crime is through the roof, it is very hard to get people to move here now.
The pay doesn’t add up and no one wants to move some place with higher crime than where they currently live, and when you are number one in the nation for certain crimes, like car theft, it is a tough sale.
I lived there for 23 years and left during Coivid and went back to DC. I make 3 times as much at my job here and my rent is not that much more - maybe $300 more. That city has gone down hill and it's totally overrated. Also if you're a woman and wondering about the dating scene - it sucks. All the men there have peter pan complex
I hear the Peter Pan thing a lot, so I can see that being a real thing here. I’m glad you found a good spot in DC that you enjoy!
DC has even more crime. Lol
😂 DC men = Peter Pan complex
Excellent summary of what we are seeing in Denver. Colorado is a beautiful state, but I no longer encourage my friends and family to move here. I highly recommend that anyone considering a move to Denver visit first to experience all the trash along the highways and in the creeks, the traffic, crime, the cost of living, and all the homelessness. Make sure that's really what you're looking for.
That's any major city.
Margo - I always encourage people to spend sometime in a place they want to live and try to experience it from a living perspective more so than a vacation one. It is really easy to miss drawbacks when you don't have any responsibilities during a trip. I still think Denver and Colorado had a lot going for it and will continue to grow, but there is work to do, no doubt about that. Thank you for watching!
Yeah, don’t come here. You’re not wanted. Move away too. Better if less people.
@@destinationdenvercolorado Exactly. I live in Orlando and you would be surprised how many folks move here because they think it will be Disney World every day. Nope. I4 is a complete mess and it is nearly impossible to get anywhere without paying a toll. The weather is oppressively hot 9 months out of the year. I run my A/C nearly 24/7 year round - and we aren't even far enough south to swim year round without heating. Tourists are drive the economy but they also cause all the headaches (their brains are on vacation too). I've been in rush-hour level traffic at midnight in Kissimmee (parks let out at 11pm). And, of course, we have loads of crime just like everywhere else. Ah, an now most of the property insurance companies are leaving the state (roofing fraud, hurricanes). Florida is a great place to live if you are wealthy, don't mind hot and humid, love the beaches and frequent the theme parks. No state income tax is nice but other things offset those savings.
Yup my sister lives in upscale suburb of Denver and just had the catalytic converter removed from their truck - I'm a CO native but not living there at the moment I don't want to go back - live in LA now get my share of trash and homeless and crime here Would have loved to have my plan to move back but now that just seems sad
I grew up snowboarding most of my life, was into "getting my pass" (epic or ikon) every season, but began going less and less and less every year. I don't think people understand HOW HORENDOUS I-70 gets in the winter, since everyone and their mother hops on I-70 to go to the majority of the ski slopes. You HAVE TO leave (for me anyway) Denver by 5:00 AM or else you will be sitting in a parking lot on I-70, and god forbid there's an inevitable crash, icy conditions, or it happens to snow in the mountains, or the Eisenhower tunnel ends up closing It's fairly common for it to take 3 hours to get to say Keystone or A-Basin (normally would take hour and a half) and if you don't leave by 2:00pm to head back to the front range? It's taken me 4 hours just to get home...It is absolutely draining after a hard day of snowboarding. If you're stuck on the Silverthorne side of the Eisenhower tunnel on that 7% grade uphill in a stop and go standstill while driving manual? There's a chance you can burn your clutch.
The best solution is to have a condo/friend/family member that already has a place out in Frisco/Silverthorne etc., but if you don't have half a million or more, you're SOL. With the absolute shear number of people on the slopes, on I-70, the ever-increasing cost of the passes, gas money and time of commuting, and the stress of it all, it simply is becoming not worth it to me. Find other hobbies in the winter to avoid the flock of people. Going to the public shooting ranges in the winter is so much more tranquil and relaxing. Going snow-shoeing, back-country skiing/boarding, ice skating/pond hockey are other good alternatives.
100%, you aren't lying, the drive east after a weekend in the mountains down I-70 can be brutal! You make some great points, and I am a huge fan of Frisco, my wife and I spend a weekend there every winter.
Hiking is wide open if you stay away from the 14ers, and expect crowds and heavy traffic on any weekend. Skiing? You can plan around the terrible traffic on I-70 but it's gonna mean a significant change in your timing. I go up every weekend during the winter, but I never stay till the lifts close, and you've got to be comfortable driving in heavy traffic, in the mountains (curvy/steep), in the dark, and in inclement weather. If those things freak you out. Or cause you to ride your brakes, please don't go to the mountains on I-70 in the winter.😎
That’s pretty on point, and I can’t deal with people riding their brakes either! Haha. Thanks for watching!
I hear you about the family not always wanting to listen, ha ha, good one! 😄
Mine has mastered the ability to not listen! Haha. Thanks for watching!
Nice to see and hear what's life looks like in this part of US. Best wishes from Serbia/Europe
Congratulations on win NBA finals.
Thank you so much, and congratulations to you as well!!! Go Nuggets!!!
I’m a Native and it’s Expensive!!! The rents have went up Tremendously!!! But my Family is all here !!!
The city has definitely gotten more and more expensive, and your comment is a common one I hear. My family being here is what brought me back!
Cool Video
I applaud you. This is the first TH-cam channel I came across to admit, that Denver natives are weird! I use to visit Denver in the early 2000s and lived in Denver from 2014-2019. Most natives were closed minded, rarely traveled outside of Colorado, and genuinely hated transplants.
Let’s call a spade a spade: Denver currently operates like a typical major blue state. High crime, high population of homeless people, low wages, and high cost of living. Denver is the new LA, San Fran, Portland, and Seattle. Denver use to be what Boise is now!
The state of Colorado is beautiful, however the city of Denver is highly overrated and not worth the high cost of living. Denver is suffering a major case of identity crisis lol. The city does not know if it wants to be a college, hippie, skid row, upscale or gangster city. There’s no middle in Denver! There’s no balance, it’s either a boring or trashy party type of lifestyle.
The dry is extremely dry, unfortunately many look 5yrs older than their actual age and have terrible skin.
I believe most that move here does not take geographic location into consideration. It’s a long drive to other major cities like Salt Lake, Vegas, Austin Texas, etc.
I've lived in Denver metro since 1962 when I-225 didn't exist yet. Lot of change has happened since then. I remember when Denver metro went through the oil bust of the late 80's and you could get a home for dirt cheap and when the first home in Cherry HIlls Village sold for $100k (not sure what year that was exactly but I remember watching it on 9News). Your video is pretty accurate. Colorado has become a very expensive state in which to live and is crowded. Most of the influx has been from CA and WA because their RE prices are considerably higher than ours which drove up our prices. As much as I love Colorado, going into the mountains for any pleasure is now a weekday venture because of all the weekend traffic. I'm fortunate that I now live in very nice slightly outside of the metro area town which in of itself has seen major growth in the past 8 years.
Having said all of that, Colorado needs to get crime and the issue of homeless people seriously under control before things start getting better around here.
Denver's 2 biggest problems : 1. Drug addicted vagrants- beggars on every street corner, cars being stolen or burglarized. 2. Government corruption.
The city certainly has its work cut out for it! I appreciate you watching!
Washington state is way more expensive than Denver Colorado. I live on the outskirts of Seattle two bedrooms. $1865 to $2200 and up that’s not even including your water, sewer and electric bill people from California keep coming here so they will raise the prices again soon
I’ve heard out of control it is there. Had one viewer try to tell me it was cheaper and there wasn’t one single stat they could rely on. How long have you been there?
@@destinationdenvercolorado if they said it’s cheaper, they looking at the places that are undesirable to live in i’ve been here going on for years and the prices just keep going up people that’s born and raise in Washington are leave Washington it’s just too expensive rent and just my bills along I spent close to 4200 a month
@@destinationdenvercolorado just renting a nice three bedroom four bedroom home starting out at 3800 and up that’s just for rent
I don’t care what nobody say but LOUISIANA is the worst state in the country. It’s literally survival of the fittest here.
I'm sorry to hear that, admittedly I haven't spent very much time in Louisiana so my knowledge of the state is pretty limited.
Well Colorado is not the worst state. Only the I-25 corridor in CO sucks horribly. The rest of the state is pretty nice. But barely anyone lives in the rest of the state soooo that's probably why it's nicer 😂
@@Wft-bu5zc yeah, because i-70 during ski season is just peaches and rainbows 😆
I am moving to Denver this month. I will make $100 K myself. My wife will add $50 K to that. We will get 30% off housing. Will we have a good lifestyle?
Tough to say without knowing your other debt - but I think that’s pretty solid, all else being equal!
@@destinationdenvercolorado no debt. No credit cards, no loans, no car payment. Boat payed for. No kids at home or in the pockets
@@JeepisJunk my humble opinion then - the two of you will be JUST fine out here!
Please, everyone listen to him. Stay away, and if your from somewhere else, stay there.
Haha, I appreciate you watching!
I'm currently in Orlando, Fl and looking for a change. I really want to be near good skiing in the winters. I'm looking at Colorado Front-Range cities - specifically the Denver area and Colorado Springs. I'm politically center-right so I figured Springs might be a better fit, but that would be a longer trip to the ski resorts. Either way is fine since plan to stay overnight instead of trying to make it a day trip. I'm 100% remote IT worker - so I'm not worried about a commute - but I just need good, strong Internet - preferred 1Gb fiber and I'd prefer enough land my golden retriever can run around.
Thank you for watching! Affordability tends to be a bit higher in Colorado Springs, but Denver and the Springs are two very different cities so checking both out to see which you like better is important. I have a couple good friends in Colorado Springs that love to ski and the distance does not throw them off - they said they get around to the resorts pretty easy.
You will not be conveniently close to ski resorts ANYWHERE around Denver. Do you really wanna fight all the awful traffic? Have you tried it before? If you're already remote absolutely no reason to move there for skiing. Try Pagosa Springs or Durango or even Northern NM, although those are all probably too liberal/hippie.
@@Wft-bu5zc NM is a pretty run down state, so not super keen on it, especially the schools. Of course, it still has some nice spots. I'll look at the recommended towns but I was really wanting to be somewhat near (90 minutes) a major airport in case I need to travel for work (very rare). I was also told not to bother moving some place just for skiing since that is only a few months out of the year and likely folks will only go 4-5 times each year anyway - which is why I'm not put off by living in Ft Colins or The Springs areas. Someone recommended I look at Utah as well.
I think Colorado Springs is as close to resorts as Denver. Just not the same resorts.
@@blackout07blue Closest major ski resort I can tell to Colorado Springs is Breck - but you have to take secondary roads to get there - which might be less likely to be plowed than I70 in the winter.
Why move to Denver Co of where winters are horrible and crime is on increas when you could live in Southern Cali or in Daytona Beach FL near the beach with nice warm climate for same exact cost of living.
Maybe folks like the mountains more than oceans 🤷🏻♂️ - and the cost of Southern California is definitely higher than Denver.
Winter isn't that bad there compared to up north. Sun always comes out. But the weather is crazy bipolar being on the plains right next to the end of the mountains. Wind, fires, ice, hail, tornadoes, heat, etc.
My house and car have heaters. And the beach is boring.
Don't forget to mention that Colorado used to be a "Red" state and now has turned into a solid "Blue". This is a direct result from Californians moving in for the past 40 years. So be prepared for politics and policies like California's.
Republicans have become 100x more crazy over the last decade or two, if we’re being honest. It’s like a loony cult.
Thanks for watching RMan. Colorado has been a purple state for quite some time and it will be interesting to see what happens in the coming years. We’re getting as many people from Texas as we are California, so I could see us getting back towards purple.
@@destinationdenvercolorado Yeah, but not the the typical conservatives from Texas. Every city in the front range has unfortunately been going much more blue
When I moved back to Colorado from WA in 2010 it had a lot less traffic and crime than it does now
Totally get that Ben, I moved back in 2008 and the city really started to take off around 2012-2014. There was a sweet spot for awhile where the town had more to do but traffic and crowds weren't bad. I love what Denver has become but I certainly miss the good ole days as well. Thanks for watching man!
@@destinationdenvercolorado Sorry, just now seeing this comment. I feel like it took off around 10 years ago, in the beginning of 2013.
Trying to decide on Knoxville tn,Madison WI, Colorado Springs/denver. Or salt lake city
I have some close friends that moved from Denver to Knoxville and they rave about it. Madison is a fun town and great area, but that winter would kill me. As for Salt Lake, there is NOTHING to do in that town.😂
@@destinationdenvercolorado right now Knoxville is number one due to cost of living to nature ratio.
I live in Knoxville and I think it's pretty shit here in every way. The only thing going for it is that it's cheap. Lame downtown, Summers are too hot, winters are cold but no snow, good mountain biking, low class people, very poor areas, largely a college town, East Knoxville is a food desert, West Knoxville gets bad traffic, not one good radio station, incredibly monoculture. Healthcare options are a total joke, lots of the population uninsured, I work at UTMCK. I don't like this place.
Follow the money. That said, Denver won't be your choice.
😅Seattle got expensive by migration from more expensive cities/states: California for example ...
I believe it, very similar to what we have seen here! Do you live in Seattle currently?
The ratio of a lot more men to women makes it difficult for heterosexual males
We had the MENver moniker for a long time. Statistically that’s gotten better but I know stats don’t tell the true story of dating. I hope it gets better for you, and appreciate you watching!
I move to Colorado in 2008, and left at the end of 2021.
So you saw the growth first hand! Where did you decide to move to?
@@destinationdenvercolorado I downsized, and I am now temporarily living in Florida at my parents house. I am in the process of changing careers. I would like to try out living abroad as a digital nomad for about a year or so. I'll bet Denver has gotten tougher for a lot of people since I left a year and 1/2 ago.
WOW..... Love the way you make this videos?
I appreciate that so much, thank you for watching!!
Also if you don't like the smell of marijuana don't move there because you cant escape it. You forgot to mention that it's the number one city for porch pirate theft
You can definitely smell marijuana from time to time, but it’s not like it blankets the city. As far as your porch pirate statement - most stat sheets don’t have us in the top 10. That’s not to say package that thieves aren’t an issue, it’s more to point out that it’s an issue all over the country.
Truth. I moved away a few yrs ago & every stop light I smelled pot even w the windows closed. Ridiculous hippie/I'm too cool/stuck up/lazy/wanna be athlete vibe. Men all wore baseball caps & egotistical, traffic horrendous, rents high, couldn't drive in mtns anymore. Even a drive to Boulder could take hrs. Weather crazy/unpredictable. But yeah scenery is nice lol. Used to be nicer until pot became legal.
I lived on 17th and Race for 20 years. It got so bad I left in 2014 for Monaco and love it.
I lived not far from 17th and Race myself for quite awhile. Glad to hear you found a place that you enjoy though, that’s what it’s all about!
You lived near me currently in Cap Hill. That gas station off Colfax and High St. has turned into a tweaker community From the block of Colfax to 16th, homeless now line the entire sidewalk. Be happy you left
I lived on 21st and market until my neighbors started spying on me.now I'm preparing to delete them from society
Denver was Californicated.
They’ve been saying that for 4+ decades and it is certainly undeniable in a lot of ways.
Lol. Republicans looking for excuses to blame anyone but their goofy selves.
I agree with you. It’s more than a mistake.
It’s definitely has its draw backs, some love it and some hate it!
Denver = San Francisco 2.0 😢
It’s not quite there, but the similarities between the two are growing! Appreciate you watching!
Too expensive and yuppified downtown especially by Ballpark....Western suburbs way better
Good to see you back DenverOutdoorMan! I live in the western suburbs myself, so I won't argue with your taste of locations there!
@Destination: Denver Colorado well too crowed in LoDo and expensive ...I'm by 58th and Ward so kinda lacking in Shopping but 4 blocks from Von Bibber Park
Colorado is also becoming a landlord unfriendly state.
How so?
@@jm-xg7lm Just this last month several laws have been passed that are tenant-friendly, like you can't evict someone for non-payment, or other lease incompliance without first finding them a place to live. Lots of restrictions on landlords. If you are a tenant I guess it's a good development but if you are a landlord,it's getting hard. I'm not a multifamily landloard, I just own one place that I rent out, and it's getting harder and harder every year.
@@masha1414k hard finding decent tenants, in your case?
@@jm-xg7lm No, I have pretty good ones for now) are you a landlord yourself?
@@masha1414k I am not actually. However, I am looking into that area and would be a tenant for several years.
Denver died during the George Floyd riots. Our mayor created the demise of Denver and continues to push it. The new Downtown area is in the southern edge of the city in Littleton and Centennial. Of course, it will cost you!
2020-2021 has been a rough stretch for Denver for several reasons - Covid being a major factor. They’re making progress to get it back where it needs to be - but there’s still a lot of work to do.
@@destinationdenvercolorado it won’t be back. The riots finished it. COVID hadn’t anything to do with it.
That was the final punch. It died when weed was legalized. And I smoke.
@@destinationdenvercolorado it was more than COVID. It was the violence during the riots, tearing down historic statues, the black spray painted obscenities, and the tents on the lawn of what was the State Capitol. There is still a janitor who has to wash the feces of the homeless from the courthouse steps. Downtown Denver is home to Fentanyl not tourism. No matter how many free nights at the museum and discounted tickets to plays, no one wants to visit after dark.
@@yodaddy82daddy70 lol. Move elsewhere, you goofball.
Denver is a town disguised as a city.
I’m going to have to disagree on that one. It’s not the city that NY, Chicago, Houston, Miami or LA are - but it compares to just about any other in the US.
Because...progresssives #1
If you watch documentary Colorado in decay reasons why ill never move back you guys will understand better when you guys visit Colorado in hawaii living with ocean access is were I live and closer to asia were im from to visit every year through asia and from hawaii, let Colorado rot lmao
YUPPYVILLE LODO
Haha, it definitely has a taste of that!
People driving are Always in a hurry !!!!!
I’m guilty as charged here, I’m always in a rush. Haha
@@destinationdenvercolorado I guess I’ve noticed more now that have been retired for the last 8 years ?
Laughs in Seattllite oookay.
Thank you for watching!
Go away we have too many people here!!
I can’t say you’re the first person to make that comment! Thank you for watching!
the whole state is going to burn down once everything goes electric.
I'm not sure what you mean here?
@@destinationdenvercolorado I'm just referring to all the wildfires. A lot of large newer homes being built in dry areas, and higher electrical usage can be a bad combo. I hope it doesn't happen.
@@ralphschannel6650 ah, I understand. Yeah, we definitely need water. Hopefully this winter has helped, but it seems like every summer gets a little worse.
@@destinationdenvercolorado Love your videos by the way!
@@ralphschannel6650 thank you so much, that makes my day!!
The super majority Democrats in the state government are destroying Colorado as a whole, but even more so in Denver…
I try not to get heavy into the politics in my videos - you are certainly not the first to being this up and it is worth watching to see how things change as we move forward.
Republicans consider themselves victims on everything.
Im moving to denver in about 2 months :)
You have plenty of shitty red states you can move to. The world is your oyster.
Colorado use to be a red state until around 2008.
Reason number one is Colorado is woke
Denver and the state roll in waves and has been purple for the most part, but the city is definitely more blue at the moment. We’ll see how the next few years change things.
No. The state is red. Fenver Boulder and Fort Collins are blue and ruin things for everyone else
@@WN_Byers all 10 other people
That's the right attitude, go move to Florida or something lame like that instead because we don't want you around
@@dolphinforever try 4.6 million
This state has turned into yet another blue ran state that has been ruined. Way Overpopulated and expensive cost of living. Everything is expensive and steadily increasing, our property tax alone this year increased $650. Traffic is an absolute shitshow, roads and highways constantly being worked on due to the great increase of population. You will spend two hours waiting trying to go into a decent restaurant, you have to reserve six months out to go visit RMNP, or any place in the state to go camping. Hunting and fishing sucks ass because of the overpopulation and lack of planning/management by CPW over the past several years. You can no longer enjoy what the state has to offer anymore. Homelessness is ridiculous not only in Denver but is now being pushed out the suburbs. And now the new crisis is the 5k plus illegal immigrants that have been sent here over the past year. We intend on moving ASAP!
Democrat Governor and Democrat Mayor here another recipe for disaster! What a Shame
haha get rekt idiot