Okay guys... now that this truth is out, where should my next move be?? 🤠🚀 Hope you all have a safe night and a safe week, loves!

@jamesw288

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video born and raised in Boulder so different now!!!

@sarahsheets5205

3 жыл бұрын

Loveland

@mrrandom8050

3 жыл бұрын

Washington State ?

@Momonymity

3 жыл бұрын

My best friend has lived in Austin for 20 years (we are from IN, about 90 miles east of Chicago). She talks about how hot it is in summer and how expensive it is, but she LOVES it and doesn't want to live anywhere else except maybe Nashville or Bloomington, IN. They also have tech companies but tons of actual culture, amazing food, and weird property/income tax laws so maybe look into that before moving.

@mrrandom8050

3 жыл бұрын

@@sarahsheets5205 loveland wouldn't even be like moving it's like 1 town over lmao. Same thing

Right on!! I lived in Boulder for 13 years and at one time thought it was the greatest place on earth. I live in Arvada now and can't set foot in Boulder without getting kind of nauseous. It is a menagerie of misfits and sanctimonious elites. It's a beautiful town ruined by its inhabitants and a corrupt city government. Living in Boulder is like dating a gorgeous person with borderline personality disorder. Once you escape, you realize how dysfunctional the whole situation really was.

@sarahbear715

Жыл бұрын

Well said 🏆

@Pangcah88

Ай бұрын

Arvada is suburban monotony so I'd still go with Boulder or Boulder County.

I grew up in Boulder, I moved away in my early 20’s and just got back. It’s changed so much I feel like a complete outsider :(

@jaimhaas5170

3 жыл бұрын

I think most of us don't always like the changes that have happened to places we grew up in. Very normal human reaction.

@MrAsian1

3 жыл бұрын

True Sadge

@krystalMtn

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. I grew up in both Boulder, and Louisville -Laffeyette. When they shared Centaurus High School because both towns were to small to have their own. I would never live any of those places today.

I grew up in a cornfield. It was more ethnically diverse and egalitarian than Boulder.

I live in Austin. It sucks here. It is expensive as hell, the allergies suck and as a mixed chick that is not in the upper echelon of income, I can speak from personal experience, that it is not as diverse as it pretends to be. Yes, I am working on leaving

@SUMMER3396

3 жыл бұрын

We live in Austin, we love it here.

@jaimhaas5170

3 жыл бұрын

@@SUMMER3396 Austin has a lot going for it. How is the issue with water supply now?

@ckgraphics8169

3 жыл бұрын

Lived in Austin for about 15 years. I'm done. Looking to move away early next year. Austin isn't Austin anymore.

@bignook7168

3 жыл бұрын

No where is perfect. Austin is easily one of the best cities to live in due to no natural disasters, nature everywhere, and a general mix of techies, hippies, and cowboys. There is a lot of meth and homelessness in Austin it’s not pretty but it’s better than Dallas or San Antonio. West Austin is a great area. The people are very pretentious for sure. A lot of people are moving here to Grand Rapids, MI. It’s a great place to live if you like craft beer, craft cannabis, great nature, 4 seasons, beaches, skiing, year round fishing, and hipsters or athletes everywhere.

@samuraioodon

2 жыл бұрын

Our realtor told us too many Californians moving in lol we are in Dallas but still so hot and allergies. Plano is quite diverse which is why we decide to move here. Looking to move maybe in the future though.

This video SAVED ME. I did 5 years in the Navy and I am finishing my bachelors a bit older than the typical 18-22 year old. This was very informative and honest. THANK YOU💙✊🏽

Thank you for your honest insights. I grew up in Boulder (K-12) and then moved away. I was raised by a single Mom making $400 per month. Being poor in Boulder was NOT fun. Also, I was a victim of violent crime. Being robbed at gunpoint as a pre-teen was also not fun. The Boulder PD did not believe me and never investigated. Like the Ramsey family, I am not a fan of the Boulder PD. There were a lot of things I enjoyed about Boulder, but I will never live there again.

@akg96

2 жыл бұрын

Btw, the FBI doesn't like Boulder. If you want something better, move to New Zealand! The PD chief said you probably don't think we can do anything for you but we can. He was right! They didn't. They like others they have a garrison mentality and in Boulder they do their 'duty' by 'aiming' at you and giving you 'grief' as in The Matrix. One had it right by saying to me, just don' be a familiar face. For me that was beating in my large van window, as the residents just breaking my tail lights of my 2nd vehicle used for hauling and camping. The 'Wild West'!

@justinhubbs5716

Жыл бұрын

@@akg96 when you say they broke tail lights what do you mean. I seem to be catching attention for owning more than one vehicle

@akg96

Жыл бұрын

@@justinhubbs5716 I mean the rear brake lights on my Grand Caravan, that's the hard plastic covering.

My mom moved out of the mountains and into downtown Boulder after the flood of 2013. She just moved back to the mountains because Boulder felt so dangerous and full of mentally ill and homeless people. She lived in an retirement building in downtown and no one would even go on a walk in broad daylight out of fear of being mugged or attacked. She’s so glad to be out of there

@Alicewoods000

2 ай бұрын

Sadly ...I felt the same ! It's not a safe little town like it was before. I remember the flood in 2013 very well. Things had changed a lot now specially with homeless camping 🤯

Had to laugh during your diversity segment. I lived in Boulder from 1991-95 and during that time, the grand wizard of the KKK visited Boulder to give an outdoor speech. I showed up to witness the spectacle and a large crowd attended, mainly to yell and shout him down. There was a funny moment when the KKK speaker managed to shut everybody up when he yelled out to the crowd, "I need to move to Boulder, I'm looking around at the crowd and all I see are white people!" You could hear a pin drop right after he said that.

@rosecady6821

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 That's brilliant!

@valenciadelavegadelloyd1226

3 жыл бұрын

Boulder is openly racist, full of entitled nasty-mouthed Karens & Kevins. Dispicable place.

@JerzeyBird

3 жыл бұрын

LOL. I was there then, too

@rosecady6821

3 жыл бұрын

I grew up there from 9 to 18, left in 1992 and moved to Eugene. I found Eugene to be more diverse than Boulder and that is a very white city as well in a state with a very racist past. (None of which I new at the time. )

@GameN3rdz

3 жыл бұрын

@@rosecady6821 sucks to be you

Boulder holds alot of closed minded liberals not willing to see another's side of it. I am a Denver liberal for concept.

@swdbamboo

3 жыл бұрын

Denver sucks, everyone is miserable and self righteous, Boulder is a Shitty little city with much of the same, GET OUTTA DENVER BABY !!!

@jaimhaas5170

3 жыл бұрын

Every city in every state...not just Boulder.

@Orson2u

3 жыл бұрын

Lived in B a dozen years ago. It was best in the '80s. Gen is very observant -- she speaks the Truth.

Born and raised in Boulder, totally different now than when I was younger live in Broomfield now!! Like Broomfield a lot more down to earth here!! Love your videos!!!

Oh my gosh, this video made me laugh so hard! Thank you! I have SO many thoughts swirling through my brain right now, too many to put here. Let me just say, as someone who grew up there, moved away, went back, then finally left (probably) for good, I agree 100%! Curse that Chief Niwot! My fondest memories of Boulder are from long ago. It's definitely not the place it once was. As far as moving to Austin, I've never been there, but it sounds like a place worth trying. If it doesn't work out, cross it off the list and move on. My two cents: having moved around a bit myself, it's always nice to know at least one friend/acquaintance when you move somewhere, or move with someone. We moved to AZ in the early 2000's and I'm still adjusting to the heat and culture. But no shoveling snow! Best wishes for your future! Hugs!

Born and raised since 76. Boulder use to be a great place. As a kid, i loved it. Jimi Hendrix use to vacation here........ but now, ship me to Guam.

@MrJeffreyromain

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, especially with the medical tyranny. Very sad. It's now stuck in a rather odd blend of fascism and communism.

Born and raised Boulder unicorn here. 56 years. Well done video. I was practically finishing your sentences. I’m glad I at least hold memories from long ago when it was so different. It’s not my Boulder anymore.

I just stumbled across your chanel. And i love it!!! Keep going.

I'm so sorry about the tragedy in your community. My heart is heavy and I'm crying for Boulder today. I'm sure many of us are and it must be so much worse when it's close to home. I can't imagine the pain all over Colorado today.

I moved to Boulder in 1970 and was I there through it's evolution. Back in the day, I had a natural foods store in a co-op on Arapahoe and 9th Street. I worked with the founder of Celestial Seasonings when it first started. Over the years, I moved in and out a few times and finally I moved out for good in 2012. It's so elitist that even the Community Gardens got too much to handle with vegans battling everyone else for control over whether or not you could use animal manure. They didn't want any particles from animal manure blowing into their perfectly vegan gardens.

@rexmonarch2

3 жыл бұрын

@@pash9956 I had some interaction with Chogyam Trungpa. He was a nice person (obviously). However, the folks running the early Naropa Institute were some real characters.

@Orson2u

3 жыл бұрын

LOL!

@robertvillarreal7055

3 жыл бұрын

Did you or others at that time consider themselves as hippies? Vegan hippies?

@rexmonarch2

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertvillarreal7055 When I was gardening at the Community Gardens the vegans were a diverse group not limited to just leftover hippies.

@ms.anonymousinformer242

2 жыл бұрын

@@rexmonarch2 Maybe they were not just vegans. But people who did not want the toxic gmo antibiotics , yucky (bad for gardening type of) manure blowing into their gardens , due to chemicals not the fact it was an animal? My daughter is vegan and she has issue using animal manure for gardening. But you need to be careful WHERE it comes from,due to possible contaminates in it, NOT bc its an animal.

God this hits home so hard for me. I'm from Boulder, but have lived in Europe for the past 8 years to pursue theater. I am still so homesick after all these years, it feels like a betrayal that Boulder has such an anemic arts scene that I could never make a life for myself there. Not to mention...calling North Boulder the 'arts district' is the most insulting joke ever. To be an artist in Boulder you have to be a wealthy/retired hobbyist (with some exceptions but I stand by this generalization)! Super side note I live in central London and pay less rent than anyone I know in Boulder xx.

@taliakracauer2933

3 жыл бұрын

oh and Niwot's curse is something like 'people will be drawn to the beauty of this place and their presence will be the undoing of its beauty' or something like that which is so fucking real lol.

@GenevieveClough

3 жыл бұрын

You NAILED IT. 😆👏👏

The first time I visited Boulder, I was 18. I lived in the Springs but I was visiting family up there, and I was so in love with it. I loved how it was walkable, and it was so beautiful, and of course all the college kids made it feel way cooler and lively. I kept visiting over the years, and slowly I started to hate it. I always felt so judged and out of place there. I barely ever had enough money to pay for food there, I always felt like my clothes were cheap and ugly, I would think about how the girls I knew had entire apartments to themselves because their families paid for it, meanwhile I still lived at home with my parents. People there have this weird way of talking where they're quiet and reserved, yet all they do is brag OR complain. One time I was out shopping for Christmas presents, and I bought my parents a Bob's Burgers cook book because they like that show. And the girl who rang me up said "...oh.... Your parents watch cartoons? That's so weird, I've never heard of parents watching cartoons." And that was the final straw that made me give up on Boulder LOL. Maybe I'm just too sensitive, but I much prefer it here in the Springs where people are down to earth and loud and goofy, instead of fake and stuck up. And of course I don't think ALL people in Boulder are like that. It's just I didn't seem to find many people who weren't like that. I still think it's a beautiful place, just so overshadowed by all the negatives.

@emmabhictoriadroll3390

Жыл бұрын

This broke my heart. I grew up in tahoe where I had similar experiences..especially growing up poor. People can be so mean, when you don’t fit a certain mold. Im happy you found your place. Im thinking of moving to denver or collins - both seem a bit more down to earth than boulder.

@FronosElectronics

Жыл бұрын

@@emmabhictoriadroll3390 denver is getting terrible aswell. From what ive heard the springs are very nice.

I live in Vail, CO. The neuroticism holds true here. It's really hard to relate to people that are so out of touch with the rest of the world. They can turn the most mundane issue into an Italian opera of drama. The dating scene you described is 100% on point with my situation as well. Lots of men with Peter Pan syndrome.

@thehotsung-yz8hy

2 жыл бұрын

Vail is so beautiful! You live in one of the most beautiful city in the state.

@shannonmaire

2 жыл бұрын

@@thehotsung-yz8hy Yes, but beautiful scenery doesn't mean it's a great place to live. Just try living there.

@thehotsung-yz8hy

2 жыл бұрын

@@shannonmaire I know what you mean--but it beat living in the desert...FML. I spend 6 months in Colorado and the folks there were not nice, and it ruined the beauty of Colorado for me. Boulder and CO Spring was the worst.

@akg96

2 жыл бұрын

@@thehotsung-yz8hy Aspen is nicer, more beautiful and expensive. The saying is (but it's too late, kind of) is DON"T Aspenize Boulder.

@smouranie1

Жыл бұрын

@@mariecmcleodsterk3402 a big man that don’t want to grow up. Wants to be a teen as long as he can.

Every blue moon the algorithm gifts us all, and today you’re that gift. This video felt like good advice from a true friend and I appreciate your candor!

I love your truthfulness !!! You are so open and honest !! A real breath of fresh air :)

I really liked Boulder, 30+ years ago..

@smileybubbles9894

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe the '70s or mid-80s that's about it I was there an early 90s and it was bad

@dougn2350

3 жыл бұрын

I like Los Angeles in the 1960s.

@dpavlovsky

3 жыл бұрын

Not just Boulder, but all of CO. After the late 90s, everything went down hill.

@stratostatic

3 жыл бұрын

Parts of western Colorado being stuck in the 1980s hasn't worked out so good either..

@smileybubbles9894

3 жыл бұрын

@@stratostatic LOL😆🤡‼️

I’m really enjoying your videos and I appreciate all of the information you provide on different areas in Colorado. I’m planning to move in the next few months and as a newbie, I’m really having a hard time deciding which city I want to live in, so I appreciate learning from your perspective 😅

@tonhan2092

2 жыл бұрын

Dont do it

Great video!! Appreciate your honesty and openness to share your thoughts with everyone interested in Boulder :)

Boulder will always have a place in my heart since it’s my hometown, but I feel it’s been on a decline financially since at least 2017 (though I understand it’s been a slow-cooking process for much longer.) A lot of the local businesses like restaurants that made Boulder unique keep leaving in droves. Housing prices keep going higher and higher. CU is way too expensive for me to go to college. A lot of my old friends have left for college and don’t plan to return. So have I. It’s a sad tale. The Boulder that exists now isn’t the same one that existed even just 5, 10 years ago

I live in rural Devon in the UK. We have a similar towns. One place in particular, Totnes, for example, if one collapses with cardiac arrest........a passersby would avoid calling 911 and call an aromatherapist.

@stellaborealis4846

3 жыл бұрын

lol!!!

Good review, thanks for the info. sounds similar to Asheville, NC or Flagstaff, AZ

@akg96

Жыл бұрын

Boulder has its sister cities but is unique.

Thank you Genevieve, your video is really helpful, I LOVE your honesty

I love that we're different than the rest of the world, having also traveled to over 100 countries yet am always grateful to return to my home in Boulder, where I've lived since 1977.

@njejlester1603

Жыл бұрын

I love that you love that you all are different than the rest of the world. You traveled to over 100 countries? My oh my. You certainly are a typical Boulder resident, because in Boulder, if you're not "special" you're just, well, nobody. So so grateful for your comment! Namaste!

I lived out there in Boulder 25 years ago when it was still fun and a $600,000.00 house was the upper limit. I rode My bike to work at Boulder Community Hospital. My Brother moved out of that current mess after living there 30 Years. So sad Boulder had gone that way.

@jaimhaas5170

3 жыл бұрын

Happens in most areas that grow...the middle class gets priced out of the area.

@jamesp.6178

Жыл бұрын

It's really nice when you can ride your bike to work.

@DYNABIKE1

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesp.6178 75 slots in the bike racks Filled everyday for 9 months a year. Super to bike to work -- YES !!!

@DYNABIKE1

Жыл бұрын

@@jaimhaas5170 Reality is sad-- - ->>

@jaimhaas5170

Жыл бұрын

@@DYNABIKE1 I wish more people thought this way....best time of my life was riding to work.

I really appreciate this video! I lived in Boulder for almost 20 yrs... so native like you, and you communicated it so well. Two things that I want to share that really frustrated me. The homeless shelter, strip club and mental health housing being in my old neighborhood, and the rest of the city, saying that could never move it. Also, the amount of bouigieness and sense of entitlement. When I was in girl scouts as a 7 year old just moving there, there was an immediate rejection because I looked darker and more cultural than the other girls.

@livinginbouldercountyco

2 жыл бұрын

So question you complain about homeless shelter, strip club being an intrusion but in the next sentence complain about it being too “stuck up” to translate your term. So which are you? I don’t want to see real life like strip clubs, homeless shelters, mental health in my neighborhood but I can’t stand all of the over privileged people with their noses in the air???? Boulder is only so big so the necessary things like homeless shelters etc will be closer in proximity??!!!!

@WombRootOfferings

2 жыл бұрын

@@livinginbouldercountyco I dont live there anymore because I grew up there in the 90s, when living in Boulder was totally different. I am just sharing my thoughts about how Boulder is very 'not in my backyard' and controversial. For those residents who have a homeless, strip and shelter in their yard, it can feel like everything is pushed into one place in the city. I think for the humanity of the people living and being home-less in Boulder, and also for the residents of where it is, if they could spread out the housing arrangements for all parties. Though I guess the city had big issues with it.

@krystalMtn

Жыл бұрын

@@livinginbouldercountyco My same question too.

@krystalMtn

Жыл бұрын

But you can't have it both ways. You complain about the amenities being offered in your neighborhood yet also make the complaint that you didn't want them in your neighborhood, and they should have been located elsewhere. Isn't that you being elitist too?

@darsdedas

Жыл бұрын

@@livinginbouldercountyco I love Boulder because of the beautiful JonBenet Ramsey 😍 I wish she was my girlfriend !!!

Love your videos! Here to say- Austin is seeing the same things you so perfectly outlined, but on a larger scale. I am looking to relo to a smaller Central TX town such as Llano, Fredericksburg, Kerrville. 🙌🏼

@GenevieveClough

3 жыл бұрын

It’s for this very reason that I’ve held back on Austin! I love hearing about other great places in Texas 🙏

@AnalogBrevity

3 жыл бұрын

@@GenevieveClough I lean most toward Llano bc you can afford to buy a house on a normal single income. The other too are more expensive but also have bigger downtowns and larger populations. Llano has a river right through the city, a haunted jail, small businesses in a cute downtown square, THE best bbq 🤣, lots of events, lakes nearby.

@ActivismOfCare

3 жыл бұрын

@@GenevieveClough I'm a progressive Latino and hated living in Austin, Texas for one year. It was a total nightmare with horrendous traffic, nothing to do, and narcissistic bigots everywhere. San Antonio and El Paso has a lot of diversity regarding people and outdoors activities.

As a military brat, I’ve lived in many places. But, I call Colorado home. I have lived in the Denver Metro area (Lakewood, Aurora, and Denver) longer than anywhere. I love Colorado, even the far right in Colorado Springs and the far left in Boulder.

@ActivismOfCare

3 жыл бұрын

LMAO I doubt Boulder is far-left when you consider that no minorities actually live there.

@jpaxonreyes

3 жыл бұрын

@@wrecktangle - "literal socialist"

@jpaxonreyes

3 жыл бұрын

@@wrecktangle - I admire how confident you are even though you're as wrong as can be.

@jpaxonreyes

3 жыл бұрын

@@wrecktangle - Bernie's a social democrat or you can say democratic socialist (at one time). But neither is a "socialist" unless you deem the united states a socialist country for having a military and roads and public schools.

@stellaborealis4846

3 жыл бұрын

there is a far right in Colorado?? Wow! one never stops learning new things!

Now I stalking the comments for Steven

@pitbullpup7871

3 жыл бұрын

Lol me too...

@GenevieveClough

3 жыл бұрын

Many Stevens will appear but only when they think the coast is clear. 🤓

@katielarsen2630

3 жыл бұрын

I think I found one! Lol

@pitbullpup7871

3 жыл бұрын

@@GenevieveClough lol

I'm going to CU Boulder this fall with my parents who are both 60+ yo. I'm just going for a master's program. Please tell me it's going to be safe in August? I'm already looking for close apartments to a health clinic and the CU Boulder campus. I don't know if this is even a good idea anymore I applied in 2019 and I didn't think of living expenses or crime rate increasing!

@joshuakazhila9567

3 жыл бұрын

...

Thanks for the honesty!

The more white a town and the more upper middle class, the more sanctimonious it becomes. Also the more supportive they are of BLM despite there being no black people around.

@tchaser5858

3 жыл бұрын

Recently I watched a travel vlog on YT of a guy visiting his hometown in Vermont. The funniest parts of his vlog was of him driving through typical well-to-do New England neighborhoods as well as out in the country and seeing BLM signs on some of the front lawns.

@jaimhaas5170

3 жыл бұрын

If you go to most urban areas they don't support BLM either. They support getting anything for free though.

@YoniNadi

3 жыл бұрын

Boise is the same way; I don’t understand why.

@ms.anonymousinformer242

2 жыл бұрын

Because those same people tend to be bootlickers and who is BLM? The gov. Remember when you would do a Google search for some main gov website only to be directed to BLM? I forgot what that main site was.. wish I had done a screen recording of myself doing that search, on my phone,incase they did away with that after people were catching onto it.

@MrSophbeau

2 жыл бұрын

Would it be better if they hated Black people?

Damn. You nailed it! I moved from Summit to this self-adjulating echo chamber. "Likes to think of itself..." Was the operative phrase. In action, it's hard to find tolerant, kind, accepting, free-thinking, loyal, open-minded, or genuine people in Boulder. I saw high school level antics and repressed rage all over the city. The police had no time to help people in need, yet no resource would be spared if they could railroad (stick it to-) a homeless person, political enemy, college student, person-like-the-one who tormented them in highschool, etc. A lot of sad, dysfunctional adult behavior. The city is neat- but not superlative, and CU was personally one of my favorite parts, but hard to counterbalance the negatives you so astutely listed.

@GenevieveClough

3 жыл бұрын

Omg! “Self-adjulating echo chamber” 😂 you nailed Boulder, my friend...

One of my favorite videos of yours! I like the honesty and the humor. And I understand where you're coming from. I'm from St. Louis but spent 28-years on the east coast before returning. And the difference between mid-west and east coast is STAGGERING!!! Believe me, if you order a pizza in the St. Louis metro area, you better ask what cheese they use. I'm not kidding. They are fond of provel cheese - and I'm not. Not after getting a pie in NYC - or even in Northern NJ. So I told you that to tell you this: skip StL, MO. Besides, we get more ice now than the snow I remember back in the 70's. Anyway, thanks for the video!

I remember 40 years ago when Boulder tried to stop growth by creating a boundary. The result at the time was increasing prices within the boundary making it exclusive to live there.

You absolutely nailed this video. I couldn’t have said it better myself. This is why I’ve left... twice! Really so we’ll spoken.

@GenevieveClough

3 жыл бұрын

👏💖💖💖

I grew up there, 60’s and 70יs. My father lived there until he passed away last year. It was fun growing up. I would never go back. Ick.

as a boulder native i lowkey agree, my parents moved here when houses where cheap and they helped make boulder a cool place, but then rich ritzy people come in and make everything expensive and kick good people out by rasing housing and rental prices

Thank you so much for this! A friend and i want to move to CO from the Midwest, and scratching boulder out of our list. Do you have a video about great places to live in CO?

I couldn't agree more with most of your perspective about Boulder I've lived in Boulder off and on since 1978 and I really missed the boulder that was their culturally when I first arrived over the years it seems like it just gets progressively worse

I will be moving to Boulder in December from south florida, and i found it odd when i was constant asked about multicultural experiences both at work and personal aspects. It made me take step back, i had never been asked that questions, since my field is inherently multicultural.. well at least in South Florida.

@ClokworkGremlin

3 жыл бұрын

Most normal people don't really pay attention to someone's race or whether they've had multicultural experiences. It's something exclusive to places like Boulder.

@Catalonia

3 жыл бұрын

I did the same route. Came from sofla in 2015.

Wishing you good luck, high energy and prosperity for the coming new year.

@GenevieveClough

3 жыл бұрын

You as well!! 🙌💕✨

Just moved to Fort Collins from Minnesota about 2 months ago. We did a little day trip to Boulder and it really did have a weird vibe with all the people. It was awkward 😄 Definitely love the vibe better in the North by us! Fun to see other KZreadrs from Colorado! Great video...I thought it was just us that got those feelings!

THANK YOU SO MUCH for your video..... We need to hear this much more. We watched just about every video you created. My partner and I were looking to move and landed on Colorado. Currently, we live in Thornton, but have had the opportunity to travel to some surrounding areas. I will say as a black man, I have felt quiet racism in different locations around Colorado. I was delivering a few packages for my part time Amazon job, and the customer was coming out to help me. When they stared in my car and noticed I was black, she rushed back to the house as if I was a threat. It broke my heart. I walk into whole foods and feel out of place. Every blue moon I get that cool hip person that talks and brightens up my day. For the most part, I feel like a zoo animal. Too black for Denver, and I can't make ANY FRIENDS.... The drugs are outrageous. I could go on and on, and the cost of living is way too much. My partner and I came from Texas. I would urge you to consider another location, but it's not the worst. We are heading to Georgia, where the diversity pocket is more well rounded. I need to be somewhere where all races are welcomed and embraced. I literally had to take my photo down from my college classes here because of the targeted racism I received. When my photo was up, my papers were D, when I removed my photo, my grades were A's. I move very calculated here to try to gain respect and common courtesy. My partner and I are running away, and at the moment I type to you, I am packing my house. I have to say that any friend I spoke to was a minority, I urged them not to move here. I have traveled the world and lived in MANYYYYY states. I too feel like I'm speaking from experience. This, as hard as it is to say, is the worst place I have ever lived. And can I say, being born in Ohio. 25 to 45mph every place you drive is ridiculous. If I'm on a country road, there is no reason we can bump that up to 65mph. It is impossible to drive here. Not because of traffic, I know some think it's bad, but move to another city, and you know it's a walk in the park. But, what should take me 5 minutes? Takes 20 because of how slow we drive...... Lord, kill me slowly lol. When I make my video, I would love to reference you, so those watching can hear from a local. This isn't the place for a black man. And anyone reading this that lives here, please start becoming the change. Many of us black people feel very unwelcome, and we need to work on this! If I could tell you how many times I am fetishized as a black man and treated like a product instead of a human, it's degrading. People make me a sexual object before even getting to know me. Either they don't speak, or solicit me for some "black" fun for the night, and forget I even exist....

Austin, Texas is exactly the way you described Boulder. The people are covertly racist and very narcissistic. Traffic is horrendous and there really isn't much to do there other than to go to bars. The scenery gets really boring compared to all you have in Boulder and Denver. There isn't a major fine art scene or any multi-culturalism.

@wendaltvedt4673

3 жыл бұрын

Austin is very liberal like Boulder but is less white with little scenery. I mean it has the extending hill country but nothing that compares to the rockies. The live music scene is..or was good but we don't get four seasons. The bbq and Mexican food is topnotch though.

@dpavlovsky

3 жыл бұрын

Austin at least has some decent Mexican food. :)

@KO-im6sm

2 жыл бұрын

Most people are racist

I lived in Lakewood Colorado and moved to Lubbock Texas because I was sick and tired of the traffic, high prices and SNOW! It’s still cold here but not much snow.

People in boulder should be thankful to the presenter lady she is basically helping people in our society to open up and change in a positive way don't hate her before doing your own observation the truth shall set you free.

Thanks for this video. I work in a company in Boulder but I live in Denver. I could always sense the difference in body language of people when I shop or buy food in Boulder compared to Denver. I moved into Colorado a months ago so I thought it is just me imagining things but looks like a real thing.

@rastaisfuture8630

Жыл бұрын

Its real. I experience same.

@tracyspacey6071

9 ай бұрын

Yes the body language is so stiff and awkward.

Thank you for this video. I went to CU and lived in Boulder for a few years after I graduated. I am from northwest Colorado, and I always felt like an outsider in the beautiful but sheltered bubble that is Boulder. I am back in northwest Colorado and it feels like a breath of fresh air.

@MrJeffreyromain

2 жыл бұрын

Is the Covidiocy, or medical tyranny, rampant in other parts of the state or is the hysteria mostly isolated in the liberal towns, i.e. Denver, Boulder, and Ft. Collins? I lived there for ten years and want to return to a town in CO that hasn't been co-opted by medical extremism and scientific monotheism.

@adlevhashamayim4694

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrJeffreyromain you sound like someone who could offer insight. Which areas are the opposite of what you mentioned, in Colorado? 😀

@MrJeffreyromain

2 жыл бұрын

@@adlevhashamayim4694 Thanks for your comment. Haha, I wish I knew! Surely there are vestiges of freedom still to be found in certain CO counties, where petty tyrants are nonexistent and the medical industrial complex and medical advisory boards do not usurp and hijack our democracy. I'm all ears if anyone has any inside knowledge!

hahahaha, I really like your humor. Hope you enjoy whatever city you end up moving to!

Another Boulder youtuber! (slightly more successful) Haven't seen the whole video but in my experience Boulder has been lonely. I miss living in Capital hill in Denver. It was so full of life and whatnot. It's also more chill in Denver. It's hard to explain but I know I miss living in Denver a lot!

@GenevieveClough

3 жыл бұрын

Lonely is a word I’ve heard a lot to describe living in Boulder. But you’re not alone! We’re all lonely together 🤪

@TritonTv69420

3 жыл бұрын

@@GenevieveClough Ha! I'm 31 and it is different than when I moved to Denver when I was about 25. I started going to swing dance lessons and improv classes when I was in Denver. Meeting a bunch of new people and whatnot. Boulder is smaller and perhaps I haven't tried as much but I have heard a lot of people around my age having a similar experience. I think a lot of it is the strange demographic distribution. You have a ton of college kids, tech millionaires, researchers/scientists, startup owners, some blue collar folks, a ton of "Naropa" people, the homeless, and those in between. If you are older than a college kid you kind of have to fit in to the small cliques as they are. If not, you are kind of on your own. I think like 50k people commute to boulder a day so most people who are here during the day don't even live here. Those who do are either barely making it or really making it. There isn't much of an in between. Boulder isn't a large city but it has the industry of one. So you don't have the space for those folks in the middle. You also don't have the culture of an actual city like Denver. It's this strange mix of high tech college town that isn't the suburbs but isn't the main city. Don't get me wrong Boulder is beautiful and I really love that I don't become part of the hive mind of commuters on i70 or i25 or hwy 36. Your entire day changes when you don't deal with the traffic on those roads every day. I know it was stressing me out in a way that is only visible once you don't deal with it. That is what keeps me here. The nature and fact that being 1 mile from work is unbeatable! So if someone like me can keep their connection to the city and not have to be on the road every day then it's ok.... That's my perspective.

@TritonTv69420

3 жыл бұрын

Also to your point about the crime going up. I had a really nice bike stolen out of our garage when I lived in South Boulder last year. Now my roommate who was an older woodworker guy was very naïve about leaving the garage open. I don't think it registered to him that just because you live in a nice neighborhood doesn't mean you can't have tons of rotating shifts of homeless people and dumb college kids looking for things to steal. I can pretty much guarantee that my bike was stolen by someone who lived in one of the homeless camps! After it got stolen I started doing a lot of reading on different apps of local crime and whatnot. Everything I read pointed to the homeless population! Literally. There were a few serial bike thieves that were a bit more sophisticated than just roaming around and getting lucky with unlocked garages and whatnot. So I went and investigated it. I went to as many of these homeless camps as I could. I literally watched a guy leave with a portable chop saw thing in a backpack and come back with 2 bikes like 10 mins later. They would then take the bikes apart and sell the components. The police are in a weird spot with the homeless especially after the events of last year. On one hand they are damned if they kick the homeless people out of the camps by the people who say they are cruel. On the other people are getting upset about the increase in theft and breakins and petty crimes. Not to mention the waste by the creek and the heroine needles being found more commonly. This issue deserves a deep dive in to it. I really want to go walk the camps and talk with the people there and the police about their side. It's a pretty nasty thing going on. A lot of "woke" college kids and naropa students blame income inequality. However, I can assure you that giving money to someone in those positions will not stop the habits and lifestyles... So that façade that money is the only issue is almost laughable. Sure having money for the bare essentials in life can help keep you out of those positions but it won't just somehow magically pull you out of the situation. So part of the issue is the tolerance for it here. That is where the argument starts with the public. That's it for now but I have a lot to say about this issue in and of itself.

@Orson2u

3 жыл бұрын

Terrific ally observant post, Triton, about the institutionalized dysfunctionality of Boulder. Add in the lack of reality tested grounding of the out of touch young, and you have defined the future there precisely. More of the same dysfunction.

For some reason I knew you were going to say the woman equivalent of the man living in a van was gonna be a yoga teacher 🤣🤣

@jaimhaas5170

3 жыл бұрын

I am not sure what you mean...but gender differences are real! I used to love doing the research on this topic in the 90's.

Thank you for your podcast. Our daughter moved to Boulder after graduating college in Canada about 10 years ago. It was only supposed to be a fun post-graduation visit with a bunch of her also-graduated high school friends for the summer. Well, I guess she, too, was hit by Chief Niwot’s curse! I’m a New Englander myself, but have visited her a number of times for extended recreational visits. I have to say I’ve really enjoyed them (especially the food), but see most of the same issues you note. I’ll add to that my observations that there’s a LOT of pot use out in the open, and a large percentage of people there seem to lack ambition or direction. Guess it didn’t help that I stayed at the Foot of the Mountain motel the first few times! The homeless population has increased, and its impact is far reaching, not only for residents but visitors. But mostly, I’ve been surprised by how poor the infrastructure seems to be - in particular, the public schools and roads. My progressive town here in the Boston area is the same geographic size as Boulder. Boulder has 100k more people. Boulder’s property tax assessments are about a third what my town’s are. For that, we invest (almost too) heavily in our schools and teachers, farsighted renewable energy projects, conservation, and historic preservation. We get things done. But it takes solid management, experts of all kinds, organizational skills, good government, aggressive grant acquisition, and finally, high property taxes to make it possible. It’s beyond sad that Boulder is in the position it is now. It can’t support its popularity, and didn’t act in time. But who could have known. Now there is no way it can resolve its extraordinary housing and commercial property crisis without losing all that once made Boulder great - its authentic eclecticism, quaintness, history, and the generations that ever made it so. Attention bus load - please do not use selfie sticks as we enter the Sistine Chapel …

The dating part is so funny lol

I appreciate the honesty of this "ivory tower complex", and the mention to mostly white population you talk about. It's the exact vibe im looking to avoid.

@swdbamboo

3 жыл бұрын

Go be black lol

@moonlightandstaryeyesbestr6061

3 жыл бұрын

@@swdbamboo we are and we are proud as you are white i assume lol. nothing wrond in wanting to live around or close to your own and feeling safer and better when you are around people who look like you. its human nature.

I left my home in Victor Co. to help a friend in Boulder move. Spent a lot of time there in the late eighties, early nineties. It was a nice place. After 30 years, wow, it was such a bummer. I hit the road, and starting at Evergreen, started to get really stressed out by the insane driving habits. After getting lost three times on the way, I finally arrived at his place, helped him get moved in, and after three days got so stressed out, it was time to leave. I couldn't stand it! High tech...just like San Francisco. Snobbery, low key, but prevalent. Where I grew up, Madison Wi., same thing.Austin will also be the same. I've been corresponding with a friend who lives in Lyons, and he remarked "I can't handle Boulder anymore either, I just want to shop in a normal grocery store!, I prefer Longmont. I avoid Boulder at all costs". If you still dig the mountains, check out Montrose and Delta. Forget Durango. Cedar Edge is nice too. Everyone in Victor hates going to Colorado Springs and Woodland Park. Although politically diametrically opposed, they're basically the same: nutty. We prefer Canon City. Best wishes and good luck finding a new place.

Starts at 2:20 min. Good video, Genevieve, thank you. Idea for your next video, or maybe you could edit-it onto the back of this one: Living anywhere, it would greatly help to make one personally happier if one were to: 1) have lots of really good, close friends or family; 2) have a great job; 3) be involved in a personal-growth endevour, to include all three important components: spiritual + physical + intellectual; and 4) participate in some sort of selfless charitable work, local or global in one’s spare time, ie helping others. Boulder CO keeps coming near the top of the charts of the best places to live in the USA. But it’s a big world out there, with lots of places to enjoy exploring and to try living in. There are plenty places worse.

You nailed it. My credentials: Colorado native, CU graduate, lived in Boulder County since 1972. My adult daughter lives in Boulder. Thank you for explaining why she kept meeting guys who live in vans. Weird. Boulder-speak (“I’ve had therapy and I’m handling you”) is so annoying!!

@krystalMtn

Жыл бұрын

It was like that even before 72. I too am CO native with over 120yrs of family in Boulder, and 135yrs of CO native born. During the late 60's all the CA hippies, flower children, and drug enthusiasts moved to and lived in their own community in the mountains west of Boulder. They became enmeshed with the local population and that helped become the origins of today with one other addition. The Rainbow children of the late 70's also moved to the mountains west of Boulder, and also became incorporated with the cities population during the 70's and 80's. They and the CA hippies were some of the original Pearl Street Mall performers among others when the mall was still in it's concept and construction stages. From there it became the "earth muffins" and "tree huggers" home base. To the all natural, organic, research and technology place of today.

I lived there ten years ago, it was incredible and amazing. Now it’s turned into a dump filled with crazy people wandering.

I JUST moved here from Austin, Texas and I can say personally this rings pretty true so far, I don’t know if maybe covid has something to do with my outlook on the people of boulder because of course I haven’t met as many new people in general but just going off of what I’ve experienced so far the community of boulder is very “ivory tower” feeling.

@GenevieveClough

3 жыл бұрын

As someone who is considering leaving Boulder for Austin (😜) what was it you were hoping to leave behind there?

@daltg2705

3 жыл бұрын

@@GenevieveClough Honestly I love everything Austin has to offer and will always consider ATX my home. For me it was just time for a change of pace and I’d always loved Colorado so when I saw an opportunity I jumped on it but if I had to cite anything in particular that I began to not appreciate about Austin it would be the almost constant party atmosphere. Obviously that’s dependent on the crowd you run with also but one things for sure, Austin parties hard.

@daltg2705

3 жыл бұрын

Idk where else you’re considering but if you enjoy stunning hill country, spring fed creeks, river tubing, hiking, rad dive bars and some of the coolest locals anywhere in the world Austin is a place for you

You were right, several similarities! Great video 🙌

@GenevieveClough

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, Adam!

Thank you for this video - very insightful suggestions. I have been visiting Boulder back and forth during my grad school time before the pandemic and I was enjoying Boulder because of the outdoor activities - I am a runner and hiker style. I will get my next job in 2023 Jan and I am right now looking for a place to live in. My friends would recommend I stay in Broomfield or Westminster and commute to Boulder for work, so that can enjoy the Boulder vibe and save some money from living expenses.

I lived in Boulder and a couple other Colorado places for several years. I think, as can be seen in the comments, these issues are related to "progressive" people in general and it builds up a lot in places like Boulder. I hung out with people who talked about these issues all the time (again, a symptom of being in the bubble, issues are very specific to Boulder). I find these same issues in progressive groups outside of the progressive cities too. They think they're so open-minded but they are uncomfortable around black people. They have all kinds of ideas about stuff and they only want to be around people who share those ideas. Not much diversity of thought..... yet they think they are the most accepting people.

Genevieve, I have lived in Colorado for 24 years. Daughter has attended CU and I have worked there on and off for 4 years! I have never heard such an accurate assessment of Boulder EVER!!! I’m now a subscriber of yours. You back up your assessment with statistics and facts, thank you 😊! You are so spot on it prompted a thought a good friend of mine said to me a long time ago that sums it all up!! Boulder is the town the sun revolves around! Thank you for your honest, open and quite accurate opinion! Cheers to you Dave😉

@jaimhaas5170

3 жыл бұрын

The way you describe this city is probably accurate of how many people act in general. The lack of being sensitive to how others feel is not a city wide problem it is a fact of USA culture. When many Americans travel they are branded with the "ugly American" based on this ignorance. The world tends to be our oyster because we are spoiled in so many ways.

You seem like a really cool person with a great sense of humor. Austin welcomes you!

@jaimhaas5170

3 жыл бұрын

Be sure to use plenty of sunblock if you ever go outside in the heat.

What are some of these similar less expensive communities you speak of?

I've been gone a week now and I don't miss it at all!

@jaimhaas5170

3 жыл бұрын

Share with us what lucky area you have moved to..???

@nunyafawkingbiz

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaimhaas5170 who tf is us? And why would I share so y'all can come and ruin it!

@miamay7688

Жыл бұрын

@@nunyafawkingbiz wow! Aggressive much? I think boulder got nicer since you left!

@nunyafawkingbiz

Жыл бұрын

@@miamay7688 how am I aggressive? Because I refuse to give a stranger my location ? That Liberal Draconian hell hole is going down hill and you know it lmao! And yall get no rain either !

I find it odd that you didn't have any data for the Latino population. I'm a Medium size employer in Boulder & 99% of my employees are Latino. I'm not positive but Id say almost all of them live in Longmont or some of the other towns around us .That might be the explanation for lack of data. I've also noticed that 90% of all of Boulders Service industry's Jobs are staffed by Latinos.

@JM-ig4ed

3 жыл бұрын

That's probably because Census Data does not consider Latino / Hispanic to be a "Race" - so it is usually classified in along with White - sometimes there is another classification under white for them.

@navyav8r653

3 жыл бұрын

@@JM-ig4ed Very Good point

@Orson2u

3 жыл бұрын

Longmont is indeed the low cost housing cap of Boulder, CO. Ergo....!

I lease an apartment in Lakewood right now (a suburb of Denver). I still think it’s probably one of the most affordable places in the area, while maintaining a good quality of life. I’ve looked at other areas around Denver and Aurora, and I just can’t find a place that offers more affordability while staying at the same quality of life. Looking outside of Colorado, I really like the Ft Lauderdale and south Florida quality of life but I can’t really justify the cost increase as the cost of living has exploded in that area. The place that looks the most attractive right now is the Nashville, TN area.

I just moved to boulder and I couldn’t agree more with EVERYTHING you said. I’m originally from New Jersey and let me tell ya...it’s a culture shock. I thought people were intense out there but people here are most definitely neurotic. Safe to say I probably won’t be here for long

@GenevieveClough

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll take a loud New Englander over a neurotic Boulderite any day. 😆👏

@amykane1981

3 жыл бұрын

Genevieve Clough yess!!😂

It used to be fun, the 80's were fun, The Stones helicoptered into Folsom Field.

What other places in CO would you recommend? In your video you say there are better places if you just want great access to the outdoors.

@GenevieveClough

3 жыл бұрын

Hi William! I just put out a new video on this very topic! Here’s the link if you want to check it out: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lp9928OcXbrfg9Y.html

@KatyaPaden

3 жыл бұрын

Golden

@goodtimesrkillinme1

3 жыл бұрын

Colorado Springs, Durango, Grand Junction, Steamboat, Pagosa Springs, South Fork... Literally anywhere other than Boulder.

great vid. God bless you.

I think the thing that changed a lot since I was younger and in high school is the profound transfer of wealth into the area. There's no doubt It was always nice and upper-middle-class with some gorgeous homes by Chautauqua, but now it's basically become Aspen's sister city. On top of that, CU is one of the largest magnet schools for children of the 1% because of Boulder's appeal as a photogenic/instagrammable place to party through your undergrad before your parents hook you up with a job in finance. It's a playground for the rich. A place that used to be home to some of the best poets of the 20th century would probably price them out today. But above all else, Colorado has suffered from its success. During the summer, cities like boulder are gridlocked by RVs from Texas and swamped year-round by thousands of new super-commuters living in the new suburbs along the front range periphery. Sometimes I wonder if the whole area will resemble LA or Houston in 50 years, swollen and paved over by endless development. Cue that old Joni Mitchell song.

@jaimhaas5170

3 жыл бұрын

Great comment. I see this happen in most affluent areas. They like to be amongst other wealthy people where they can flaunt it for attention.

@tracyspacey6071

9 ай бұрын

It’s nothing like LA and Houston. It’s way too uptight here.

I lived in boulder for 3 years. These are spot on lol

Where did you move?

i loved this video. i lived in boulder 18 years a while back, well…mostly boulder but also seven years up near Nederland. honestly, i never fell in love with boulder, but i loved it’s closeness to the mountains and nature. like you said, people aren’t very grounded, down to earth there, they’re mostly really into themselves. someone told me once that because of the altitude and climate there, that it’s very Vata , and so people are not grounded. going from boulder to the midwest was a sigh of relief, people there ARE grounded, and not so selfish and self centered,. i’m up in the northwest now, and like it a lot. have you checked out Portland oregon?

@DenverPicker

2 жыл бұрын

The Northwest is very self centered. I’m actually doing the opposite and moving to Colorado from Seattle.

My experience in Boulder was the lack of a middle class. People who tried to live a middle class life had to work 3 jobs to pull it down because the cost of living was so high and jobs were minimum wage. Then everybody else was rich. I had never heard the term "trust fund baby" before moving to Boulder, where way too many of them were my students. I lived in North Boulder in a small garden apt complex where everyone else was in the same boat as me and that was great and still have many of those friends. I came to Boulder from the east coast to go to grad school, and moved to Denver before I finished school so I could be around some diversity and hear black music. Omg, Boulder is the whitest place I've ever been. I couldn't even believe it. I had no problem leaving Boulder. That whole Boulder vibe is so fake. I did love living right up against the front range trails, and I could smell the vanilla scent of the Ponderosa pines from my terrace, but it wasn't enough to balance out the rest of it. I moved to the Washington Park neighborhood of Denver and loved it, got a job after school, and stayed a few years, but I missed the ocean too much and moved back east where I've happily stayed.

@jaimhaas5170

3 жыл бұрын

I think what you write happens in most places that grow and thrive. The elite will always control the majority of it and profit the most from the growth. I use the term "old money" since I see the same people that need to flaunt their wealth in my city. They always need a plaque or carved in stone display that honors them for making an sort of cash donation to a public project too. In the local YMCA they need full length pictures of themselves in the form of flag banners that line the hallway. Pathetic people with most of their wealth inherited.

@swdbamboo

3 жыл бұрын

Pussies is a better term.

@bren-b5095

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaimhaas5170 as a Colorado native Boulder has ALWAYS been like this! Growing up in Boulder I always felt looked down on by my peers because my parents didn't work for IBM. I was often left out of things because my peers thought I couldn't afford it. This was all as a child! Boulder has always been referred to as the Republic of Boulder. I absolutely despise that City and what it is today. I would never recommend anyone move there unless they have the same attitude as those that live there!

@jaimhaas5170

2 жыл бұрын

@@bren-b5095 that is EVERYWHERE not just Boulder. I live in the most affluent region of WI and I can tell you that is happening in all areas of many different parts of the USA. Imagine how many there are in CA!

@bren-b5095

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaimhaas5170 as a native Boulder has a completely different vibe than other affluent communities in CO. You can just feel it. Just getting to Foothills Prkwy you feel it. I guess living all over CO and in Boulder all your life unless you have done that you don't really get it

wow i enjoyed your personality and your attitude, so glad i watched this. I may be offered a job there with Allstate but had no idea about the lack of diversity and the high cost of living. Very disappointing to be honest I thought it would be much better all around. Thank you for being so honest and real with the video.

I really appreciate your honesty and willingness to speak the unvarnished truth as you see it.

Austin, TX has something special that I havent found anywhere else.

@rickyticky3350

3 жыл бұрын

its the same as boulder

@SUMMER3396

3 жыл бұрын

Agree, we live in the North Austin, we absolutely ❤ it here. I love the fact that you can be YOU and no one cares, the ACCEPTANCE✌

I wasted a full decade of my life living in Boulder (as a long-term, part-time student, mostly). When I finally moved away, to a normal town also in Colorado, I felt what it must have felt like to East Berliners escaping to the West. "Neurotic" is a great description of Boulderites, as you say. The dominant, overwhelming culture is extremely conservative, in the sense that the leftist establishment in the city has long been entrenched in this one-party town and is not to be questioned. To deviate from this culture, and especially to poke fun at it, is a sin for which you will never be forgiven.

@amasuba1

2 жыл бұрын

Which town in Colorado do you live now ? (We are planning to relocate to Colorado but not yet sure where )

@explorepikespeak

2 жыл бұрын

@@amasuba1 West of Colorado Springs about 35 miles in the mountains. But the Springs metro area is growing so much that we''re thinking of fleeing here in the next year or so. Traffic is horrendous. Maybe to Montrose, where I lived a few months 30 years ago. Don't know. Maybe to another state.

I grew up in Boulder and you nailed it. However, it's still a special place and you kind of have to bite the bullet, because unfortunately other places have many problems as well. I miss home.

As a Hispanic, and wanting to be in a town where their is some color where would you recommend in Colorado ??

I live in nearby Longmont, and I can't stand Longmont OR Boulder. Boulder is an elitist town, very snobbish (and a laughable New Age/Goat yoga town), but having lived in Europe, Boulder is a joke. The Pearl Street Mall is laughable (every Boulderite should visit the Nurnberg Kristkindle Market, and Octoberfest). There's NOTHING here. I'm moving out of state in a few months, and will never look back at this toxic area.

OK, this was hilarious. Poor Stephen. I was born and raised in Texas but LOVE Colorado and come to see you guys as much as I can. My oldest son lives in the Vail area (Edwards) and will never move back to Texas. Not because he doesn't love Texas but because he loves Colorado. I happen to live in Austin and can tell you Austin is not the Austin I moved to 37 years ago. It has been good to us but all of our kids are grown and gone and now we turn our attention to perhaps leaving. Just saying that brigs a bit of sadness but it's really not a place we would move to in our current life stage. If you are young (and you are) it will be a very exciting place to move. You mentioned cost of housing...better check that one out before you come. Apple is currently building and expanding its presence here to the tune of $1,000,000,000.00. Yep, that's billion. Tesla is in the process of building their own quadrillion dollar plant here as well. The names keep coming (Joe Rogan, Elon Musk) and so do the tech companies. Houses are selling for over asking price by crazy numbers. Inventory is short and demand is high. You don't have to have a degree in economics to guess where that leads. Fortunately our house is less than a mile from the new Apple plant. We have agents calling all the time to see if we want to sell. Boulder was on our list of places to move but after my wife visited there and was shamed for getting a paper receipt instead of a piece of chocolate (that really happened), she said NO! I didn't argue. That's what prompted me to listen to your video and you pretty much nailed it. Thanks for the video and best of luck on your move and with Stephen!

@stellaborealis4846

3 жыл бұрын

wow! That is absolutely crazy.

@jaimhaas5170

3 жыл бұрын

I had a good chuckle about your comment...I tried living in Austin back in the mid 90's...I love seasons (from WI) so after just one brutal summer I did not return to Austin. I did notice the trend that short time I stayed in Austin. Real estate was as hot as the pavement and I could tell this area was going to continue to boom. How is the water situation? I always thought that would be a constant issue.

Jeez. I was hoping to move there after graduate school. Is the whole state/surrounding cities like that, too, or just Boulder itself?

@marissachicanagodesssss5641

2 жыл бұрын

Just boulder I currently live here and it’s very boring and not diverse at all , Denver might be a very dangerous place but people keep it cool and crazy !! But idk everyone has a different vibe and way of living

The first 5 minutes where you explain the personality of Boulder is 100% correct lol. You put into words what Ive been thinking.

Great job. Truth will hurt. Where ever you move stay safe and good vibes ❤️ Take care of yourself! 💞

Yoga instructor who did too much coke in college about tore me in half 😂😂😂. I must say though, kinda makes me not excited about attending grad school in Boulder next year.

@colors6692

3 жыл бұрын

Loser!

@Orson2u

3 жыл бұрын

No worries. You'll get over yourself -- eventually.

This settled it for me. Was thinking of moving there, for a few reasons, but you gave great insight and I think there are other places in CO where my fam would be better off.

Lol, your videos are so entertaining, I laughed so hard at some of your comments, and we like your videos. You should make more, like a video about the typical people you meet in CO, or boulder.

Great video. I was born in New York, later lived in Florida and Texas and then came to Colorado in 2008. I moved to Boulder in 2019. When weed was legalized in 2012 the whole state changed. People moved in from other states on a massive scale to get high, housing went way up and crime increased. Genevieve, I agree with almost everything you shared. There are many great people in Boulder but also a lot of flakey people here who are either neurotic, on drugs, in therapy or self-absorbed or all of the above - the Boulder Bubble. I think there are a lot of unhealed people which creates a psychic fog in the area of funkiness. I mean, how can you account for the 3 out of 10 people here with green/red/pink hair, multiple face piercings... :) Dating here has been challenging. I often assume if someone is intelligent and spiritual it will be easy to connect with them but I have been proved wrong. It's like an endless therapy session :) The nature is beautiful but it is overcrowded. Homeless are everywhere. I was almost assaulted at a park that is lined with tents. Everyone here wants to lecture you about making our world a utopia but without looking at themselves deeply. They live in a Marxist fantasy. I live in an apt complex with Section 8 housing which means many people are only paying a fraction of the Market Rate that I and my roommate pay. There are drugs, graffiti, people blaring their car stereos, mentally ill people on welfare - a person a set a garage on fire - fights and riff raff. I never thought I would see this here when I moved in.... It IS overpriced on housing but that is in short supply. As for diversity it is about culture - not race. You have a weird mix of: panhandlers, super rich, ultra woke activists, college kids, metaphysicians and working class people here. You can't please everyone. Their is strong victim culture here of wounded people who want to project their issues onto others. Boulder is what it is. It is perfect and does not need to change. Would you demand that farmers to have more Silicon Valley programmers live in the Midwest or Mexican people move into a Hasidic neighborhood for balance???? Some people want diverse populations and others want to live with people who are from the same group. We have to drop all this identity politics.

I completely agree with your point of view. We lived in Boulder for 20 years and I never liked it. We moved to Louisville and I am 100% happier. Here’s one example of not salt of the earth, not in touch-- I was in the Superior Super Target and saw two people I knew from Boulder IMO into each other. Their reaction was priceless-‘can you believe we are here? In a super target? Who could ever believe?’ Hello, going to target is something 99% of people do all the time and it’s not some kind of anthropological exploration.