People Are Leaving Denver: Here's Why

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  • Опубликовано: 11 янв 2025

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  • @ChrisHarden
    @ChrisHarden  11 месяцев назад +6

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    • @FixItStupid
      @FixItStupid 11 месяцев назад

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  • @cjc411
    @cjc411 11 месяцев назад +67

    I left Denver for Fargo back in August. I have always loved Denver, but after my car was attempted stolen twice in the last year alone, I took it as a sign to leave. North Dakota gets bitter cold in the winter, but life is easier(imo) and much more reasonably priced here.

    • @302Mustang13
      @302Mustang13 11 месяцев назад +4

      Simple life is sounding good these days. Technology was creeped into my life and I hate being dependent on it because it isn't reliable more than my abilities.

    • @jonathanielpringlemaniii
      @jonathanielpringlemaniii 11 месяцев назад +4

      yeah nd is cool, i would live there in a second if they had legal weed

    • @Lee215.
      @Lee215. 8 месяцев назад +2

      I worked in Fargo a few years ago , it's a pretty nice place

    • @retreatfunddoyoutrip
      @retreatfunddoyoutrip 3 месяца назад

      Oh I don't have a car

    • @314brent
      @314brent 3 месяца назад +1

      enjoy Fargo! omg.... it cracks me up how people talk about Denver like it's Gotham City

  • @Kelless629
    @Kelless629 9 месяцев назад +53

    Colorado native of 40yrs.
    My family and I are leaving and moving to South Carolina in a few months. Can not wait to get out of here. I’ll always have the memories of what once was an amazing place to live.

    • @masonkanterbury3007
      @masonkanterbury3007 7 месяцев назад

      How do you SC?

    • @masonkanterbury3007
      @masonkanterbury3007 7 месяцев назад

      Like South Carolina?

    • @Kelless629
      @Kelless629 7 месяцев назад

      @@masonkanterbury3007 hey Mason!!! It’s absolutely beautiful and a slower paced way of living. People genuinely seem more joyful and relaxed and happy. We’re in Summerville. Within an hour of the beach and close enough to amenities we want for shopping etc but it’s also got a rural feel. Best decision. Check it out!

    • @patrickburgess1107
      @patrickburgess1107 4 месяца назад +6

      Yeah. I left Colorado for South Carolina twenty five years ago.
      Biggest mistake of my life.
      Greenville-Spartanburg is a hole.
      My neighborhood is now overrun with illegals, homelessness, ghetto bangers, stray, neglected, and abused pets, and crime.
      Crumbling, congested, trash-strewn roads, soulless, ex-urban, tract home developments in varying stages of decay.
      Tons of slave wage jobs. But hey, we’ve got a downtown ballpark, and Unity Park.
      Yay.

    • @krono5el
      @krono5el 3 месяца назад

      its been full of meth heads forever same with most of the south.

  • @FloridaManChowder
    @FloridaManChowder 11 месяцев назад +34

    I was born in Colorado and spent majority of life in Denver. Moved to Melbourne Florida 4 years ago and here i am watching both your videos! Melbourne is so nice and quiet compared.

    • @brentlee8085
      @brentlee8085 9 месяцев назад

      How is Melbourne? Is it hard to meet people in a "small town"/small metro area like the Space Coast? I've been wanting to move to Melbourne/Space Coast for a while

    • @hotelandelevator1236
      @hotelandelevator1236 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@brentlee8085 I've lived in 3 places, Citrus County, FL, Pompano Beach, FL and now Denver. Best places was Citrus County, friendliest people, but then again I spent the first 10 years there, but I remember making tons of friends was easy there and the minute I moved to South Florida that suddenly became super difficult and SoFlo people are super rude. Denver is kinda inbetween Citrus County and South Florida in terms of people. They aren't great but they aren't horrible.

    • @nutriaoso
      @nutriaoso 2 месяца назад +1

      how'd ya fair thru Helene and Milton?

    • @MichaelVeilleux-g1u
      @MichaelVeilleux-g1u Месяц назад

      @@FloridaManChowder and you got a good governor too

    • @REEDUCATIONCAMPUSA
      @REEDUCATIONCAMPUSA 27 дней назад

      I still love Conifer Colorado. Evergreen Co is lost to the yuppies and they are rude. The traffic getting down from Stone Mountain is a mile long every morning. People who live in Evergreen are either really stupid or they got an inheritance.

  • @SupremeGreatGrandmaster
    @SupremeGreatGrandmaster Месяц назад +21

    I live in Aurora, right next to Denver. All the crime, traffic, high rent, and other problems spill over from Denver. I wish we could build a wall between our city and Denver.

  • @warbirdwf
    @warbirdwf 11 месяцев назад +55

    I lived in Denver in the early 2000's. There were tons of homeless folks living there even then. Mainly they lived in the downtown Denver area. My understanding from friends still living there is it's gotten worse and worse. Denver was a beautiful place and it would be a shame if it turned into San Francisco, Portland, LA and other cities who's politicians do nothing to address and correct the issues. The southern border situation is a shit show and it was during the last administration too. Our politicians in Washington are a joke no matter what side of the isle you're on. They are all self serving, corrupt, useless douche bags. I'm all for immigration if it's done legally. But to let floods of people in because we can't lock the border down is insanity. Cities and governments need to get much tougher on these issues that are ruining so many cities and states...The only way to fix this issue is to vote out these useless politicians.

    • @beboboymann3823
      @beboboymann3823 6 месяцев назад

      Wrong!!!! The southern border was more controlled under the Trump administration and even though the border under Obama was a crap show it was more under control than it is now. The democrats WANT immigration illegal or otherwise Jerry Nadler said so because even though there are seven million working age citizen men in America who are not working, they are NOT looking so Nadler thinks the ten million illegals who swarmed here are a good thing?? Why not require people who sit at home and don’t look for work get their rears out and do a job? But democrats think it better to bring in the dregs of humanity to keep America going? Nah….democrats know that if they give illegals some of your money and my money so they can survive they will be slaves to the democrats and vote for……wait for it….DEMOCRATS!!

    • @davidroberts168
      @davidroberts168 3 месяца назад +6

      Too late it’s already turned into California

    • @robroskey6515
      @robroskey6515 3 месяца назад +3

      I can tell you the homeless in early 00s was nothing like it is now. There used to be a bum or a tent here and there back then, compared to now it wasnt a lot aside from certain areas, but after legalization it was like a city full of bums, dirty hippies and illegals all came here on a train and got dropped off in what seemed like over night. In regards to the homeless, especailly if you include illegals, Denver is unrecognizable vs the 00's. It's insane how many tent cities with trash everywhere there are now, practically under every bridge down town, that along with panhandlers and people trying to wash your windows or sell you something are on damn near every corner now

    • @vera_bh8091
      @vera_bh8091 2 месяца назад

      @@robroskey65151000% agreed. Federal in 2010 was walkable and you saw a homeless every now and than. Now its thousands of homeless and thousands of scummy import South Americans porque no sirven para nada.

    • @jongallardo8006
      @jongallardo8006 26 дней назад

      Too late. The Venezuelan gangs are here . Heel they’re even in Montana now!!

  • @bobbullethalf
    @bobbullethalf 11 месяцев назад +33

    Having visited Denver in the past, I can attest to the insanity of the city and surrounding areas. It is truly becoming lawless, with open air drug use and migrants flooding the city they are setting themselves up for something terrible this spring and summer, and probably beyond.

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  11 месяцев назад +5

      It's sad. There's still quite a few areas in the Denver Metro that are really nice I feel like... but of course it's all expensive.

    • @FixItStupid
      @FixItStupid 11 месяцев назад

      If Biden Kept The Border Closed.... Would NOT HAVE THIS MUCH PROBLEMS That What I SEE In Ever City Too

  • @masons.4287
    @masons.4287 Месяц назад +16

    The guy juggling off Santa Fe has been there for about 10+ years. I’ve talked to him and he really just does it for fun and tips were appreciated.

    • @RavenBeartheLight
      @RavenBeartheLight Месяц назад +2

      Agreed that was my main comment as well

    • @HiroProtag
      @HiroProtag 26 дней назад

      That’s the huddling guy, there are dancers who are migrants who flood that spot stone mid 2023. Either you haven’t been to that intersection in a couple of years or you’re lying about what’s happening on that corner these days.

  • @kas6583
    @kas6583 11 месяцев назад +40

    I live in denver. Your facts are spot on. Thank you for the video.

  • @nancyoffenhiser4916
    @nancyoffenhiser4916 11 месяцев назад +50

    If Denver is not careful, it's going to end up being the next Portland. I went there in May of last year and all you smell is clouds of dope smoke everywhere you go and if you're sensitive to it and you get migraines, it's a real pain in the ass.

    • @showmestatefinest5412
      @showmestatefinest5412 11 месяцев назад +10

      From the outside looking in it seems like it's already Portland and heading towards being like San Francisco

    • @rainmanjr2007
      @rainmanjr2007 6 месяцев назад +3

      Pot smoke is no worse, IMO, than tobacco and we put up with that everywhere for most of our history. Isn't that why CO decriminalized it?

    • @vectrom1gmailcom
      @vectrom1gmailcom 5 месяцев назад

      Denver used to make me happy, now it makes me angry, so I left, now I’m happy again. If I had to choose between San Francisco, Portland, or Denver? Let’s just say I’m not picking Denver, but hey, one persons paradise is another’s hell.

    • @kevinkirschbaum6058
      @kevinkirschbaum6058 3 месяца назад

      Leave it up to liberals, it’s a broken record anywhere they’re at the wheel for any amount of time

    • @michaelsanger7795
      @michaelsanger7795 27 дней назад

      Don't forget the smell of P and folks having a hot sht in front of busy restaurants and forget the cops showing up I live in University Park ..the substation of the Denver 🐖 pin district 3 isn't even a mile away and never show up to enforce the law...University. students race up and down University ave..and nothing is done to stop it..a few months ago as we walked our pets we found at least 2 handfuls of ammunition on th3 sidewalk ...it's really bad thesedays..

  • @markschumacher4172
    @markschumacher4172 8 дней назад +2

    I have lived in the Denver metro area for over 40 years, as it has grown significantly. It does not surprise me that the city of Denver population has recently declined. The state of Colorado is still growing 1-2% (slower than historic rates, but growing). I suspect that the Denver crime and homeless situation is resulting in most people moving to the suburbs, not leaving the state….

  • @LeeSmith-gh2pc
    @LeeSmith-gh2pc 4 месяца назад +34

    The new policies of our governor have ruined this state.

    • @Paulfrawley-y8x
      @Paulfrawley-y8x 2 месяца назад +3

      FJP

    • @dianneys4887
      @dianneys4887 2 месяца назад

      Fls

    • @namjamlewis1844
      @namjamlewis1844 Месяц назад +1

      Not just him he just continued the failed ways of the past 4 governor's.

    • @philmabarak5421
      @philmabarak5421 20 дней назад

      We have a systemic problem. Your demographic is worse per capita! And you don't understand causality do you?

    • @LeeSmith-gh2pc
      @LeeSmith-gh2pc 9 дней назад

      ​@@jadedlynx the first policy is making this a sanctuary City.
      Which brought crime violence homelessness and so many other atrocities to what was once a beautiful state.
      Also raising property taxes. Now the elderly that have lived here for years can no longer afford to pay the property taxes on their house.
      So they are forced to move out or even live on the street or in their car.

  • @Lotiermo
    @Lotiermo Месяц назад +7

    I've lived in Denver for 20 years and I really want to leave. Everything is too expensive and meeting people is not easy. As a 29 year old, Denver makes me feel like I'm going to die alone.

  • @davidroberts168
    @davidroberts168 3 месяца назад +13

    So I work in downtown Denver. About two streets away from where I am working we see buses every day. Sometimes four buses, sometimes six buses every day, dropping off illegals at a business and then there are smaller vehicles there to pick them up of course after they get their information for voting, and they drop them off throughout Colorado. The Democrats have destroyed the state of Colorado. This is happening every day.

  • @mum42morrow
    @mum42morrow 6 месяцев назад +30

    It's all over Colorado not just Denver, it is the worst.....but it's everywhere!!!!

    • @CraigBlevins-bx9kh
      @CraigBlevins-bx9kh 5 месяцев назад

      I live in Grand Junction now and it's getting bad here too. Drugs and homeless, low paying jobs, higher than hell costs. Corrupt cops, the list goes on.

    • @pamelawoodall5891
      @pamelawoodall5891 4 месяца назад

      Not in Tennessee !

    • @franssusan
      @franssusan 3 месяца назад

      @@pamelawoodall5891, It is in Georgia and Alabama

    • @theurbanthirdhomestead
      @theurbanthirdhomestead 3 месяца назад +3

      The cities suck, but rural Colorado is fairly safe and sound. A year ago, my family and I left Denver, specifically Aurora, to find safety. We weren't a minute too soon.

    • @thunderbird6777
      @thunderbird6777 3 месяца назад

      ​@@pamelawoodall5891I heard it's here in Tennessee too. Not in my rural area (yet) BUT if we allow this crap to invade our towns and cities- it will be

  • @nancyoffenhiser4916
    @nancyoffenhiser4916 11 месяцев назад +6

    Thanks for your candor!

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  11 месяцев назад

      Thanks for watching and for the support!!

  • @lorimori7777
    @lorimori7777 6 месяцев назад +29

    Good work Polis!

  • @TheLakeJake3
    @TheLakeJake3 11 месяцев назад +23

    Still tons of traffic lol seriously though it looks worse everyday here. The migrants in parking lots is very real sadly and spreading deep to every Walmart near Denver even in Littleton for example

  • @BiologyBabe
    @BiologyBabe 2 месяца назад +7

    That intersection at Santa Fe and Alameda is always overrun with migrants. I’ve lived in Co for nearly 50 years and I love this place. My brother in law died last year of a fentanyl OD, I hear gunshots nearly every time I go downtown, and I’ve seen people attacked for supporting a political candidate. I don’t understand this place anymore. I’m so done with the abandonment of reason in favor of emotion. Give me back logic in politics.

  • @kiholmes4086
    @kiholmes4086 21 день назад +2

    I am a Denver native and everywhere that you just showed on this video from that time in 2023 to now in 2024 it has gotten three or four times worse.

  • @kellischneider3255
    @kellischneider3255 3 месяца назад +6

    He’s showing the worst parts of inner city Denver. Denver and metro suburbs are beautiful!!

    • @choladidit4631
      @choladidit4631 27 дней назад +1

      That doesn’t change how bad it is, is it? Look I’m not trying to deny it’s beautiful but we can’t deny the ugly I invite every local like myself to protest for a change.. instead of protesting for the death of a criminal or woman rights that always been there.. let’s start doing a change towards the stuff that matters

  • @StellaSable4891
    @StellaSable4891 6 месяцев назад +10

    Homeowners and natives are leaving.
    Migrants, Gangs, and homeless moving in mass for a while.

  • @iGame3D
    @iGame3D 13 дней назад +1

    Drug overdose deaths is no way to tell how many people are using drugs, since the deaths are caused by A) stronger (more lethal) drugs being cut into the standard street drugs to sell less product for more money B) arrests and incarceration cause withdrawal intolerance which leads to overdose deaths immediately upon release and going back to the same dose they are used to.

  • @MattRead-ib5vo
    @MattRead-ib5vo 11 месяцев назад +5

    You have an incredibly soothing voice. I look forward to your videos. Thank you for all your hard work:)

  • @Revelationready631
    @Revelationready631 3 месяца назад +5

    Thank you for this video. I live in Denver but confined to a wheelchair I get to see Denver thru your video. Thank you.

  • @dougHowMoneyWorks
    @dougHowMoneyWorks 6 месяцев назад +16

    Denver in decay!

  • @itskyb
    @itskyb 11 месяцев назад +18

    We left the Denver area in 2015. No regrets.

  • @flexjay87
    @flexjay87 19 дней назад +1

    My Son lived in Denver and then Centennial about 12-15 years ago when it was growing crazy fast, and it was a really good place to live , if you had a good job. Real estate was so crazy he sold his Ranch house for cash after a bidding war , and someone bought it out from under buyers who were getting a mortgage.

  • @adamr4963
    @adamr4963 5 месяцев назад +13

    I still live in Denver it sucks, and is disgusting!

    • @Way2caffeinated
      @Way2caffeinated 3 месяца назад

      Then move man! Or change it! Dogging the place does nothing!

  • @mitchellduncklee7182
    @mitchellduncklee7182 3 месяца назад +5

    Alameda & santa fe and many other similar intersections now have 4-5 guys trying to wash your windows for $. Some times when you say "no" they spray your windshield and walk away.

  • @LeetHaxington
    @LeetHaxington 6 месяцев назад +8

    Yep in order it's crime, cost of living (and dealing with cartel land lords in general), and homeless people aka crime.
    "Homeless isn't crime" weird how there's always a spike in crime around where homeless people are.
    I can't park my car literally anywhere in public without like break ins and stuff. Try to take an uber and they're basically threatening you for tips the entire ride. The police do nothing. They didn't even investigate a live bomb threat at my office building or someone firing a shotgun in a bank parking lot I reported with evidence.
    Landlords basically keep all security features broken and then just auction off your car at every "luxury" apartment. The buildings are secured with plastic electronic locks that default to unlocked when bashed open, and then they just leave them broken for months at a time. Basically anyone can just walk into any apartment or steal a car for free and nobody will ever investigate it.
    You try and go out for a walk and there's homeless people bothering you and then they see where you live and stuff. Go to the park and there's needles on the ground.
    I understand people being down on their luck and it doesn't automatically make them bad, but then one person just starts attracting more people and they generate an insane amount of trash for not having anything. And then they're sitting around bored at night which leads to seeing what they can steal from cars and stuff nearby.
    Really the worst part is you don't know if someone is walking up to you asking for money or they're just going to stab you because they're high. Or they start screaming and get into an angry rage suddenly. Imagine taking a 10% chance of that happening on every single person you see outside and trying to walk with your kids or something.
    The direct Denver area is otherwise kind of cool with a nice layout and walkable things to do, which would be fun if you could actually go in public. The light rail and buses are pretty cool. But they're just hotspots for violent crime.
    Once you get further out it's just very quickly endless seas of asphalt roads and parking lots. Infinitely spreading suburbs with boring copy pasted houses with nothing to do for 10 miles. Any location that ISN'T that is flooded with homeless people being a bother.
    Again even if you're fine with suburbs and will just drive wherever, you can't park anywhere because your car will get stolen.
    BTW pan handling isn't JUST a nuisance. These guys are running up to you at very busy intersections shuffling in their pockets. Don't know if they have a gun or what. Demanding your attention while someone could be sneaking up on the other side of your car. So you rush getting out of there, directly into 4 kids sharing 1 scooter who are going too fast on the sidewalk with obstructed vision . It's like a circus with not only traffic, but pedestrians, bikers, and scooters. It's like they're trying to get hit. Add in pan handlers and it's a miracle I haven't heard of this happening yet on the news as far as I've seen.

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  6 месяцев назад +1

      I’ve been reading more about this stuff recently and I’m amazed that my car wasn’t jacked the few times I parked in downtown. Car theft capital of the U.S.

  • @briangrimes9886
    @briangrimes9886 24 дня назад +1

    To be fair… being one of the first places to make weed readily accessible is why the cost of living has increased so drastically. During that green rush in 2010 , it was estimated that 10k per month were moving here.

  • @robertschlitters5764
    @robertschlitters5764 7 дней назад +2

    I work in the defense industry, locally here in the south Denver suburbs, since 1985. Many of the people that I work with and myself, are looking out of state because of the runaway cost of living. Over half my TH pay goes straight towards rent. And I do work ot every week. Crime continues to rise, and my quality of life goes down. Medical costs are ridiculous, so with the cost of rent, utilities, medical expenses, food, insurance, and all the little things, I can't save anything, and all it takes is one emergency, and I am in trouble. Working in defense used to be a solid upper middle-class gig. Now, working for the lowest bidder, financially sucks. Now, it is not enough to qualify to rent my apartment. I am a master machinist/manufacturing machining/welding Expert, and I am very highly skilled. It isn't my bosses fault. It is the Blue liberal agendas. Bye bye liberals. Im taking my older happy ass and my skills somewhere else.

  • @garypeck4612
    @garypeck4612 10 месяцев назад +10

    This is just the beginning! I never thought it could happen to Detroit - it's just a blue state matter of time. Keep it up liberals.

    • @patronst.ofleeches5107
      @patronst.ofleeches5107 4 месяца назад

      Yep👏👏👏

    • @markmiklebost5717
      @markmiklebost5717 3 месяца назад +1

      Colorado's appeal is it is libertarian society. That seems to have changed over recent the years. Our freedom has faded away but the reputation has not.

    • @namjamlewis1844
      @namjamlewis1844 Месяц назад

      Blue states don't exist it's Blue cities that are the issue.

  • @beboboymann3823
    @beboboymann3823 6 месяцев назад +7

    OK…..taking in the negatives of Denver as reported here, I knew what the answer would be……..Denver has been controlled by Democrats since 1963……61 years……I assume Denver became a sh**thole many years ago. And further research reveals Denver is one of the top places people are moving OUT OF. Let’s hope they change their voting habits when they settle in a more sensible city.

    • @baronj4210
      @baronj4210 Месяц назад

      its all about sanctuary city, the democrats want chaos its all about vote, so vote them out and you will see change.

    • @bconroy328
      @bconroy328 Месяц назад

      Good let them move out. It means I have a possibility of owning a home. I am fortunate to have a family to stay with but danm I can't even afford rent with out living with roomates.

  • @kire115
    @kire115 7 месяцев назад +10

    Had lived in Denver metro since 2007 and city of Denver in newer section on the northeast side since 2015. Denver is an s-hole city and that’s on the city policy makers and leadership. Sold the house and moved back to my sensible Midwest state and city 2 months ago. Much much better.
    The ominous music during the drive bys later in the video 😂 fitting.

    • @lithium25693
      @lithium25693 4 месяца назад

      Midwest is boring

    • @bconroy328
      @bconroy328 Месяц назад

      ​@@lithium25693 bro is speaking facts... what do the fly over states even have?

  • @pressedearth9492
    @pressedearth9492 3 месяца назад +3

    Great journalism Chris!! Just the facts.

  • @cynthiac6110
    @cynthiac6110 20 дней назад +1

    This is the reason I quit carrying cash. I was so tired of getting asked for change. If I had the money I´d be moving from the state my family has been in since 1861.

  • @dvferyance
    @dvferyance 11 месяцев назад +10

    Denver grew in the 2010's because of the redevelopment of the fmr Stapleton airport. There was room to grow now there isn't.

    • @ChrisHarden
      @ChrisHarden  11 месяцев назад +1

      115,000 people live where the old Stapleton Airport was? Doubt it. That’s how much Denver grew in the 2010’s.

    • @dvferyance
      @dvferyance 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@ChrisHarden i doubt that many as well but Denver was unique in a way that they had all this vacant land land to develop. Also keep in mind you also have the strip of land to the east towards dia that was annexed when the airport was built that has also been developed.

    • @CORED5150
      @CORED5150 10 месяцев назад

      Denver became overpopulated when we legalized marijuana, everybody and their mama came from across the country for it. Not to mention Denver and its surrounding cities have had illegals coming here for decades and now it's dirty, over populated, pothole riddled, traffic nightmares with homeless people everywhere.

    • @maryanna8066
      @maryanna8066 6 месяцев назад +2

      Since marijuana was legalized

  • @tomindenver1331
    @tomindenver1331 11 месяцев назад +14

    Colorado is 26th in overdose deaths nationwide, so, yeah, legal weed isn't making things worse. It's probably making things better. Where weed isn't legal, overdose deaths are higher-West Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana and Kentucky have four of the top 5 overdose death rates, along with D.C. As for a Detroit-like future of abandoned homes, don't count on it. Denver long ago wisely diversified it's boom-and-bust economy, taking advantage of its location as the largest city in the inland west. It's a money-printing hub of research, airline travel, hospitals, tech, media, finance and federal government. Those houses you drove by in Baker (8:25) are all $1 million-plus. It's also interesting to note that Denver's highest percentage of growth was between 1990 and 2000, long before marijuana was legalized. I enjoy your drives and am looking forward to #18, when you hit my neighborhood (Wash Park).

    • @WeSaveWe
      @WeSaveWe 11 месяцев назад +6

      Agreed. Trying to connect the legalization of cannabis and the current state of SOME parts of Denver is a bit of a stretch. Also, pretty convenient of your argument to completely overlook the 1.6 billion dollars brought into the state from tax revenue and fees from the cannabis industry alone from 2015 up to 2021. A good portion of which went to funds for construction of new buildings, education, etc. Denver isn't suffering from liberal politics brought on by California transplants. It's suffering what every other major city is suffering from and that's the effects of unchecked Capitalism: real estate bubble, opioid epidemic (pharma), people fleeing to cheaper states etc.

  • @annoythedonkey
    @annoythedonkey 11 месяцев назад +12

    The juggler has been at that intersection for a long time.

    • @CORED5150
      @CORED5150 10 месяцев назад +1

      Now the illegals have taken over there and when the light turns red they are all over the cars trying to wash people's windows for money, it's also affecting the traffic there.

  • @SIR.scufington
    @SIR.scufington 2 месяца назад +3

    I moved to Colorado to get away from California. Apparently a bunch of people from my state had the same idea. Unfortunately for all of us, unlike me they brought the politics with them.

  • @pascalfriedmann1479
    @pascalfriedmann1479 11 месяцев назад +15

    Colorado has an interesting future and I don't know if Fort Collins and Colorado Springs can save it

    • @rainmanjr2007
      @rainmanjr2007 6 месяцев назад

      Mass climate change migration will likely bring people to CO.

    • @bconroy328
      @bconroy328 Месяц назад

      How could FOCO, save it?

  • @Thearmedcitizen89
    @Thearmedcitizen89 2 месяца назад +3

    Spot on. I don’t recognize the city I grew up in. It’s sad.

  • @theodorejay1046
    @theodorejay1046 3 месяца назад +12

    Very generalized & misleading. Yes Denver has issues like any other large city. Realestate prices are increasing for a reason & no Denver does not have negative growth. There's are a few neighborhoods that should be avoided but genearally Denver as a big city has lots to offer.

    • @krisb675
      @krisb675 2 месяца назад +3

      Agreed. Seems like this is a biased video based on the political views of the creator.

  • @amyludwig8685
    @amyludwig8685 3 месяца назад +9

    With all due respect, Denver Native here, what you report is true.. though, to keep this video honest, it should be known that most of the footage you're showing is in areas that have always been predominately poor and industrial from waaaay back..
    Colorado for Trump! 🇺🇸❤️💯

  • @RexxGarvin
    @RexxGarvin 20 дней назад +1

    As A Black Person From Mt. Vernon New York/ Raised Partly In Atlanta. Im 62. Been Here Since 1998. For Me, Colorado Has Always Been Different. Very. Colorado Is It's Own Place. It's Not A State,Its Another Planet. Life Before COVID Was Beautiful. Colorado Was A Great Place To Start Over. It Was Fresh, Clean And Affordable. Folks Of All Colors Moving And Groovin' Living Life. (Fast Foward) 2022 To Now, The Flip. The Illegal Migrants, Fentanyl Aluminum Foil, Mental Illness, Cost Of Living, High Rents, The Culture Bandits, The Money Grab, Drugs, Homelessness And Again, This Migrant Thing Has Destroyed Colorado. The Greed And The Game From Other Countries Had Brought Negative Energies Here. Denver Has Turned Into A Toilet Bowl. It Has Become The Hellified. Its Nasty. People Are Mindblown. People Looking Like Zombies. Folks Walking Backwards On Colfax. Colorado Is Slowly Turning Into A 3rd World Country. It's Done Here. Im Leaving. Everywhere Is Bad Now. Im Choosing My Bad. Denver Sucks Now. Its Depressing. I Will Live "My Bad" Elsewhere....

  • @sjh60633
    @sjh60633 7 месяцев назад +13

    Such an overpriced DUMP

  • @staceylynn7749
    @staceylynn7749 27 дней назад +1

    I saw a dude fake playing a violin for tips(he had music playing, but you could tell he wasn't playing it) in the parking lot at arapahoe crossing yesterday. The lady he was with was harassing passing cars for tips

  • @bas1010
    @bas1010 11 месяцев назад +8

    Chris, you have nothing to apologize for.

  • @ColonelSanders17
    @ColonelSanders17 Месяц назад +2

    Even in smaller towns 30ish minutes away are seeing a rise in crime. In my town, in my neighborhood; there has been a spike in car theft. My dad was walking around and spooked a guy scouting out cars. I blame the California exodus, this all started when they came over. They Californiaed our mile-high state.

  • @jdam1986
    @jdam1986 Месяц назад +1

    The politicians destroyed this once beautiful state. I hope this is my last year in Colorado

  • @ericaschemeyer827
    @ericaschemeyer827 Месяц назад +2

    600,000 dollars will get you a 100 year old 800 square foot house with a basement.
    That you repair daily.

  • @GranMastaDee
    @GranMastaDee 4 месяца назад +3

    "Vote BLUE - No Matter Who!" - said the signs downtown. I left Canada in the nick of time. IUt was Feb.3 1984 for Dallas, TX, then left that smelly frying pan for Denver (suburb) on Jan. 1, 2000 (Y2K Day), and downtown was still OK if one didn't wander far from 16th Street Mall. Now, 24 years later, I'm back in Canada-Lite, Colorado. Seriously though, bad as it's gotten here, go to Toronto for a couple weeks every 2 years, and you'll come back here with at least hope that it's not too late. Might even kiss the ground.

  • @HankPanky
    @HankPanky 11 месяцев назад +22

    Sanctuary city.

  • @AdamSmith-gs2dv
    @AdamSmith-gs2dv 11 месяцев назад +25

    Never really understood the fascination with Denver, its a boring midwest plains city with a mountain backdrop

    • @mrjim1973
      @mrjim1973 11 месяцев назад

      Mork and Mindy? nanu nanu!

    • @dvferyance
      @dvferyance 11 месяцев назад +14

      Denver is not midwest.

    • @jag92949
      @jag92949 11 месяцев назад +5

      @@dvferyanceBefore the Californication, Denver was closer to a Midwest city. It has lots of similarities to them.

    • @dvferyance
      @dvferyance 11 месяцев назад

      @@jag92949 my first visit to Denver was in 1997 I never got to impression it was Midwestern even then

    • @AdamSmith-gs2dv
      @AdamSmith-gs2dv 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@dvferyance If it wasn't for the M
      mountain backdrop Denver would be almost identical to Kansas City

  • @jseden
    @jseden Месяц назад +1

    I live in the baker neighborhood and very familiar with the area you drive around.. the zone between broadway and santa fe isnt too bad but I live right off broadway, work a few blocks away and usually get asked for money at least once going either direction. You rolled right by my apartment and job, Illuzion Glass between 2nd & 3rd. Business had been down for years and I have far more drug addicts coming in looking harder paraphernalia, Which I specifically don't carry.
    I don't think the pots a problem, its more that we don't prosecute for hard drugs. People use needles in the open around here without a second thought. Combine it with the uptick in homelessness.. Laced weed isn't really a thing though. No one does that. The biggest problem with black market cannabis is sketchy extracts and carts.

  • @robertgibson926
    @robertgibson926 Месяц назад +1

    I moved to Denver metro in 1988 for a job. I now live about 35 miles east of Denver on the high plains, moved here in 2006. I avoid going into town unless I absolutely have to. It isn't the same area it was 30+ years ago. Looking to leave the state now that I'm retired.

  • @chriszamora574
    @chriszamora574 8 месяцев назад +4

    Sad. Every city profits off the homeless denver is in its low times i was born hear and wont spend my money in a city that has lost it way.

  • @joemcschooler4036
    @joemcschooler4036 Месяц назад +2

    The juggling man on Santa Fe has been there for years, I love that dude

  • @chrisschepper9312
    @chrisschepper9312 10 месяцев назад +9

    I’m leaving next week. Rent is too damn high.

    • @Lee215.
      @Lee215. 8 месяцев назад +2

      I'm planning on leaving soon too

    • @ivearies4187
      @ivearies4187 5 месяцев назад +2

      I am moving out this week, heading to the Midwest Pure Michigan. Where did you move?

  • @lorilannholm6224
    @lorilannholm6224 26 дней назад +1

    I moved to Denver back in 1981, there was some homeless back then, too. Too many liberals in Denver which brought down our quality of life. 😢

  • @jag92949
    @jag92949 11 месяцев назад +8

    For the past month of January, I’ve seen Denver become more tame during my Lyft drives. There are far less homeless people and migrants on the streets as far as I can see. I think the cold weather drove them out. I never welcomed cold winter so much.

    • @maryanna8066
      @maryanna8066 6 месяцев назад +1

      Where? There are homeless camping in Cherry Creek so I disagree with you.

    • @maryanna8066
      @maryanna8066 6 месяцев назад +2

      Buses and trains filled with druggies smoking. Assaults.

    • @jag92949
      @jag92949 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@maryanna8066 Downtown Denver and Cap Hill

    • @maryanna8066
      @maryanna8066 6 месяцев назад

      @@jag92949 high crime. Moved out of there last year.

    • @maryanna8066
      @maryanna8066 6 месяцев назад

      @@jag92949 they are further south on the boarder of Denver/ Englewood.

  • @AlexanderWaylon
    @AlexanderWaylon 11 месяцев назад +7

    Looks good but yes, I agree rediculously overpriced. Not much different than New England. Overpriced for very little good reason.

  • @RandyLeonard-t1x
    @RandyLeonard-t1x 23 дня назад +1

    The guy that does the "circus show" does that everyday at that corner.he's kinda considersed a staple of that intersection.

  • @gingercheyene
    @gingercheyene 11 месяцев назад +25

    Welcome to Colorful Colorado, NOW GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM!!!

  • @SarahSmith-vt3oc
    @SarahSmith-vt3oc Месяц назад +1

    I see the attacking window washers like Times Square all over denver, my car window was smashed in a SE DTC suburban neighborhood, there was nothing in the car, were they hoping for garage door opener?

  • @AssignedHuntHelper
    @AssignedHuntHelper Месяц назад +1

    i left denver being just going outside and looking around made me want to die

  • @605pilot
    @605pilot 20 дней назад +1

    You can thank Polis for the deterioration of Denver.

  • @brandybatesglenn8600
    @brandybatesglenn8600 11 месяцев назад +12

    I live in Baker, unless your venuzualen, there is no opportunity here.

  • @tilee2511
    @tilee2511 Месяц назад +1

    Nobody's selling fentynal laced weed especially without telling the buyer. Fent is way more expensive per dose and isn't even very active if you dust your flower with it.

  • @DanielL-ee7fe
    @DanielL-ee7fe 2 месяца назад +2

    I got so many political ads of weird election measures and proposals in Colorado. Denver must be turning into a land of lunatics.

  • @brandybatesglenn8600
    @brandybatesglenn8600 11 месяцев назад +14

    In denver, the media tells us that Colorado has always been a blue state through history. Ive been here 50 years, most of what is heard is a lie. Theybeven call us Coloradans, how hick is thst? Im a Coloradoan and not proud of my lame duck state. The most igorant ppl live in sanctuary city.

  • @Evan-w7h
    @Evan-w7h Месяц назад +1

    They dont ask for change they ask for a dollar or a few bucks nowadays.

  • @daninthedome
    @daninthedome 9 дней назад +1

    not as bad as you say, in 2025 you don't even know how to pronounce Alameda silly, homeless is hurting some biz where they stay around the entrances. Homeless camps have been out in housing if they want it, i give 400 gallons of water to bums a year, camps are harder to find, still an issue thou

  • @whitetrash8730
    @whitetrash8730 3 месяца назад +1

    It truly 100% sucks here in Colorado not just Denver but northern Colorado also it's too damn expensive and jobs don't pay enough and the attitude of the people here SUCKS don't move here

  • @wildmustangart1577
    @wildmustangart1577 2 месяца назад +1

    Alameda "Ala-Mee-Dah" .... and that intersection is often filled with aggressive Venezuelan Attack Window Washers....Denver is a Sanctuary City.... it's problematic. The Denver Leadership is far far left... we are paying for it. One thing you fail to mention is "Denver" the city ...is 713K population. The Denver Metro (including Denver, Aurora, Lakewood, Littleton, Golden, Commerce City ...and a few others ... the Population of the Denver Metro area is almost 3 Million (so 713K is a bit deceptive). Yes, a lot of people are fleeing, but there is still a housing shortage.... one thing you did nail is what legalized pot has done to Colorado. It started all the garbage that has murdered the way of life here.

  • @jujumaestas
    @jujumaestas 3 месяца назад +2

    I can totally tell you’re not even from Denver. You can’t even pronounce Alameda correctly and it’s not like you get hit up multiple times from people asking you for money you’re making it seem like it’s like that everywhere in Denver when it’s not

  • @10forthebigguy753
    @10forthebigguy753 11 месяцев назад +34

    I just moved out of California. I wouldn’t go to a state with two Democratic senators like Colorado.

    • @nancyoffenhiser4916
      @nancyoffenhiser4916 11 месяцев назад +16

      No kidding. I never thought I would ever be grateful to live in a fully Republican state, but boy I tell you I am thrilled. I've always been a centrist and voted for the person no matter what the party is, but you can't do that anymore. I don't know what the hell has happened to the democrats, but they have a fat lot of nerve pointing to the Republicans as being evil when they open our border to let everybody in.

    • @chrisschepper9312
      @chrisschepper9312 10 месяцев назад +4

      Ah…identity politics.

    • @ASAManifesto
      @ASAManifesto 7 месяцев назад

      ​@nancyoffenhiser4916 lol what "open borders?" There is an asylum exploit that people are using and time and time again democrats have put bills to speed up the process from 5 years to 6 months and Republicans shoot it down to keep it an issue. Maybe you should understand the causes and why people are rejecting the hypocrite Republican platform.

    • @elizabethfrownfelter2531
      @elizabethfrownfelter2531 4 месяца назад +3

      Vote ALL Red

    • @kevinkirschbaum6058
      @kevinkirschbaum6058 3 месяца назад +1

      Plus Governor

  • @dmbentertaintment
    @dmbentertaintment 28 дней назад +1

    Stop coming to Omaha please we have the same problem the whole country is moving here it cost 250k to live in the hood now

  • @mikesimon699
    @mikesimon699 Месяц назад +2

    Obviously, never lived in Denver
    The jugglers on Alameda and Santa Fe are great!

  • @jumboshrimp5193
    @jumboshrimp5193 8 месяцев назад +2

    Been wanting to leave for years. Gonna make that happen as soon as I find the right place.

  • @jamesstrickland517
    @jamesstrickland517 9 месяцев назад +3

    Lol, I actually used to work at the Buckhorn Exchange and its history is an adventure and a place that has to be experienced.

  • @314brent
    @314brent 3 месяца назад +1

    You said 3,000 people left Denver? Well with the 2023 population of 716,577, that's 0.004% lol that's not really a significant or bad thing. Anywhere you park your car you're vulnerable of getting panhandled? If you're trying to get people not to move here, that's fine, but this is one of the best cities in America to live in. Maybe you should just go to better neighborhoods. Get out of Brighton or where ever you are. (your key point, "I'VE NEVER LIVED IN DENVER") Sure I've experienced theft and seen homeless. It's better than humidity, boring people, depressed "low cost of living", and despair. You have to pay to play to live in a cool area, no matter what you like/don't like. There's no easy solution, but comparing Detroit to Denver makes it clear you're just spewing garbage.

  • @MrBobochow
    @MrBobochow 9 месяцев назад +6

    Denver needs 50,000 more migrants !

    • @jamesrecknor6752
      @jamesrecknor6752 4 месяца назад +2

      The Party needs their glorious, revolutionary votes.

  • @stanleytolle416
    @stanleytolle416 2 месяца назад +1

    The legal marijuana is not the problem. Meth and fentanyl is the problem. There are allot of places with no legal marijuana and much worse meth and fentanyl. Even so Meth and fentanyl is so addictive that people hooked on this stuff start stealing and become homeless.

  • @skypixie6223
    @skypixie6223 16 дней назад +1

    Because of the Dominion v o t I n g machines drugs etc. It’s all over ! Ugh

  • @StreetSweep
    @StreetSweep 2 месяца назад +2

    It was a great place to live for a long while. I used to always say I would never live anywhere else. I think a lot of these issues are a growing problem that will continue to get worse everywhere in the country. There are a number of reasons. I remember a time when people would leave their garage open all night and their front door unlocked while they slept, in the Denver metro area too.
    Also, one thing needs to be said. The people in charge of rules, laws, housing, the forceforce, all of that, they know bad things are getting, and it's not that they are oblivious to what is going on, they know exactly what is going on, everything is going exactly how they want it to go. It is not Democrat VS Republican, it is people who have taken over control a few decades ago and they have an agenda to push towards. They've done it slow enough that people just get used to the change and submit to them, and then the new generation comes along and it is all they know, so they have even less of a problem with the changes, they'll slowly ease us into a life that is going to be terribly difficult for all of us in the US.

  • @Matt-vk3mg
    @Matt-vk3mg 8 месяцев назад +2

    I moved to Denver in 2012. When i got here the first place I ended up was the triangle by the Denver rescue mission. Rhey were smoking drugs in the wide open not even hiding it. I came from Chicago i never seen something like that in my life. Long story short ive been in Denver now for 12 years i love Denver its way better than Chicago i don't have to worry about walking down the street and get sho at😂😂😂😂. Civic center park is on Broadway and Colfax back in 2012 you couldn't walk 2 feet over there without people asking you if you want drugs i was like wtf is that....

    • @Way2caffeinated
      @Way2caffeinated 3 месяца назад

      Thank you for gentrifying the area and making them move to mine

  • @stevedawson6601
    @stevedawson6601 14 дней назад +1

    Quality of life has deterated thanks to liberal government

  • @w4dester
    @w4dester 2 месяца назад +1

    What's up with the dashcam man? I really like the whole overlay.

  • @petemorton8403
    @petemorton8403 Месяц назад +1

    Denver isnt that bad. Every scene from other places rarely have and real Blue in them. Sun is a big part of here. It also has Interstate rebuilt s, a fairly good transit system now. An Airplane system that rivals. Hills that talk the talk. Its not to shabby.

    • @kevindowell6003
      @kevindowell6003 24 дня назад

      Denver has seriously declined since the 80’s, our roads are terrible, transit system is a joke, cost of living is outrageous, crime has significantly increased, air quality is terrible. Only good thing about Denver is the exists out of it to much nicer parts of the state

  • @bthomasharman
    @bthomasharman Месяц назад +1

    The leadership is to blame. Go woke go broke!

  • @femalephobia
    @femalephobia Месяц назад +1

    Apparently this is exactly how the powers that be, want it…the voters fault.

  • @thinkaboutwhy
    @thinkaboutwhy 2 месяца назад +3

    Moving here last yer has been the best experience ever. Most people forget the first thing they pack...themselves. Denver won't make you happy or sad.... that is up to you.

    • @conceptobject
      @conceptobject 2 месяца назад +2

      If you saw Denver 10 years ago you would understand. Denver will see the same fate as Detroit.

  • @jamesmcknight6440
    @jamesmcknight6440 13 дней назад +1

    Colorado Springs is the same, there's people on alot of corners everywhere you go,homeless everywhere, thanks dumbacrat governor polis

  • @mikenuyen4441
    @mikenuyen4441 11 месяцев назад +20

    Miles and miles of bike lanes, but not one single bike rider.

    • @patronst.ofleeches5107
      @patronst.ofleeches5107 4 месяца назад +2

      🤣🤣🤣 Brilliant point!

    • @drufg891
      @drufg891 Месяц назад

      I noticed the same thing. Social engineering.

  • @NaveDelAmor
    @NaveDelAmor 3 месяца назад

    The formula we used to use to qualify buyers in Cleve metro was 2.5x annual income ($100k buys $250k house)

  • @MichaelVeilleux-g1u
    @MichaelVeilleux-g1u 3 месяца назад +5

    I know every street this guy is on I live in Denver and he is exactly right it's bad here Colorado used to be beautiful

    • @Astiffany0782
      @Astiffany0782 2 месяца назад +2

      Colorado native here and I agree

    • @baronj4210
      @baronj4210 Месяц назад

      I use to own 261 so Santa Fe, in 1972 Kellog was making soup back of my house, Universal Plumbing Supply cross the street, I got broken in to my home three times in two years. I sold my home to Kallog for 10K now is parking lot for the factory. Alameda and Santa Fe is not "Denver" try Cherry Creek, Cherry Hills Village try south east Denver, every city has a dump that you can live in.

  • @OvertheGarage-wv1wn
    @OvertheGarage-wv1wn 10 месяцев назад +3

    The gentrification of inner city neighborhoods really took off in Atlanta. That process still continues. Downtown, midtown, the warehouse district on and on. Housing prices skyrocket as with Denver. I would say that also put a cork into Denver's growth as well.