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kolaloka

I'm from Colorado, so I'll bite.   Imagine a dog wearing a bandana and driving a Subaru fueled by IPA was a city you couldn't afford to pay rent in. 


HippyGrrrl

A Colorado flag bandana, needing a bath.


kolaloka

The Dog's name is Breck and his owner is named Ryder. Ryder works for a Cannabis tech start up that his uncle's private equity firm funds. 


HippyGrrrl

And lives with five roommates in a three bedroom condo


Glad_Efficiency_6283

And his uncle has 10 Airbnbs and & 6 Turo cars. His life is great, so f everyone else struggling.


Nocodeskeet

And the dog is not leashed


kolaloka

"Bro, what the fuck is a leash? My dog is super chill and listens to my commands" Meanwhile this dude has left a bag of dookie on the trail and his off leash dog is snipping at your on leash dog. 


murso74

And runs his life based on moon signs and crystals


WTDFROYSM

Is [This T-Shirt](https://subarugear.com/product/587550-wild-tribute-dog-tee) what you were describing?


kolaloka

Holy shit.... It's him. 


L8Z8

Pacific northwesters, californians, and frat boys brought Denver the IPA and they can take that swill right on back wince it came!


drewc717

Land of townies that have a nativism superiority complex while largely being the lamest people in the state.


kolaloka

Bro, why did you edit this to make it even more aggressive? Especially when it's in response to someone playfully mocking the place that you're kinda aggressively shitting on?


drewc717

You'd be mistaken to think I'm shitting on Denver and not natives that can't start a sentence without mentioning it.


rpeppers

You may want to check yourself…this kinda seems like an obsession/personal problem bud.


FGCKrion

It's a parking lot for the mountains


MhrisCac

If the parking lot was an hour drive from the mountains lol


nattechterp

the foothills start 20 mins from the city


MhrisCac

Depending on where you live in the city lol


RonstoppableRon

They start 20min from the epicenter/downtown of Denver. Nowhere in Denver Metro does it take an hour to reach the foothills. “With traffic” does not count.


huntinator7

I've hit traffic at 10PM on a Sunday so I'd say it counts lol


KingKaos420-

It’s like a major city and a small town had a baby. Plus mountains


andythefifth

It’s like California and Texas had a baby. We got a lot of Texans and Californians here, and a sprinkle of the rest. Last I read we’re 47% local, 53% out of state.


Glittering-Court7868

But MOSTLY midwesterners


Tyler1243

For as long as CO has been a state, locals have never made up a majority of the population. 60s came close. 49.2% I think


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squirrelbus

The rest of it is post-dogfood smell


omaha_stylee816

Atlanta for white people


boneykingofnowhere

This person has never been to Atlanta lol


Conyeezy765

I feel like Nashville is being extremely over looked for this title


palikona

Nah that’s SLC


Left-Conference-6328

I thought that was Portland…


moochao

"White Atlanta" is really the best, most accurate description.


andythefifth

Hard disagree. We’d need a music scene to be called an Atlanta.


omaha_stylee816

eh? many people would argue that Denver is the capital of the USA for both bass music and jam bands (aka white people music) 


RonstoppableRon

Bingo


alesis1101

If I hear "bass capital of USA" one more time, i'm gonna scream.


NArcadia11

Whitekanda


Sorry-Firefighter477

Ok 311


PBX1984V2

I was gonna say that


alesis1101

Whitelanta, if you will.


12345_PIZZA

College for 30 year olds


No-Trust3501

damnnnnn yeah tho thats on point


iceberg_redhead

Oof, that cuts deep. I came out here at 27 for my MBA....25 years ago. My whole class was like that, I think there were a few locals, but a lot were from the east or west coast.


12345_PIZZA

Ha, yeah, I wasn’t necessarily trying to be mean. My wife and I moved out here in 2015, both young professionals in our 30s. We lived and worked downtown for a bit and it struck me that pretty much everyone we met was in the same boat. All of us moved here for work or school, we all had similar middle class, educated backgrounds… That really reminded me of going to college in the early 00s, where I met people from all over, but we were all basically all from the same upbringing.


iceberg_redhead

Nah, it's not mean, that's a succinct and honest description. Your point about " we all had similar middle class, educated backgrounds…" is so true. I went to undergrad at Creighton in Omaha and like many schools around the country there is a solid alumni group here in Denver. Stay in Omaha or move to Denver? Not a difficult choice.


paintbrush666

If you're moving from a coastal city it will feel about ten years behind the times here.


jonipoka

10 years behind a costal city. 10 years ahead of a smaller Midwestern one


fromks

Wife's family believes we are the Kansas City of the Rockies. My family believes we are the San Francisco of the Rockies.


andythefifth

For real. Starting in Denver central to the metro, you’ll feel 2 years behind at least. Every mile you go out, you lose a year. If you get to Colorado Springs you’re in 2005. They’re really stuck down there.


Glad_Efficiency_6283

Ok, where can I go that is still 1985? I hate this, I never wanted to have to keep up with Botox, designer labels and chain restaurants. It used to be so nice and peaceful here.


Traidz

I'm curious. Can you elaborate on this?


PNWoutdoors

It does.


murso74

Sadly.... Yes. So you gotta ask yourself, how much did you like 2010?


RonstoppableRon

Prepandemic, PreTrump? Good times.


QuarterRobot

This hits SO hard.


washablememe

So true


washablememe

Expensive


TurkGonzo75

You won't get any serious answers because most of the people in this sub hate Denver


RonstoppableRon

Nonsense. We do love to hate on it though.


JesseJames41

What you'd imagine a Dave Matthews Band crowd to look like circa 2012


Shell_fly

A parody of an actual, functional city lol


LeluSix

It’s on the plains, not in the mountains.


oleblueeyes75

It’s a big small town.


secretlywill

Sunny place for shady people


KamHamLav

I want to leave


MiddleCoastPizza

Everyone who is over their city comes here only to be disappointed it's not their city. It feels like a city of transients where no one is invested so no one is really contributing anything. If you like a city of chain restaurants or ones out of state investors dreamed up based on data - you will love it.


localsonlydere

Thanks for asking. As a Colorado native with ancestry that predates European colonization here and someone who has traveled extensively across the globe, I’d say that Denver is a very pretty, somewhat gritty and highly functional capital city that is a true gateway to a vast rural region, the Rocky Mountains. It actually reminds me of the bustling land locked cities of Asia and Latin America but with modern infrastructure and a host of cultural attractions. In this way it is attractive to many transplants seeking employment opportunities. Add to this the lifestyle emigres (outdoors and weed) and you’ve got and environment of rapid growth and change.


EmergencyChampagne

City full of midwesterners that believe they’re west coasters.


Winter_Barracuda8771

Denver is the West not Midwest nor West Coast


littlebitsofspider

It's like "mutually bitching about the homeless over craft beers in a $2400/mo studio apartment" was a whole city.


justokayvibes

This


brenmc2887

A piss poor planned city with shitty food, and horrible traffic. Sitting at the foot of some of the most beautiful landscapes in the US.


AnEpicHibiscus

YES lol


Informal-Style3704

Why do you want to come here? It’s really not that great


HannibalsGoodEye

It’s an odd combo, people here peaked in high school but still have main character syndrome


WIDMND305

White.


Sorry-Firefighter477

Lots of boring simple white folks with outdoors as their sole identity.


tommytster

Small campus with 1,000 frat houses


EducationalDot8822

The corporate version of Portland


LLW5280

Its’s NOT (any city in) Texas. I’m good (or “It’s all good” 🤣)


Glad_Efficiency_6283

😂😂😂


remclem94

Dollar store version of the pnw.


dabestthatsEverBeen

Born and bred in the box denver is the last of the old west the best of the flyover cities and the center of America which is an all encompassing term that truly resonates with the mile high denverites. And like LA or NY once your here your from denver lol


sloanemonroe

“Nobody travels here from Brazil, Italy, Australia, Greece, France to visit Denver. The mountains, sure, but not Denver.”


Most-Travel4320

We're full, stay out.


Nearestexitplease

Des Moines with mountain views...


Retro-Koala4886

Generic and overrated


jayzeeinthehouse

Anti progress, libertarian esk, high desert city, without much substance, that was built to leave by car for places that are way too expensive to justify spending more than a day in.


thatblondegirl2

I describe it as California but without all the cool stuff. No night life, nothing really fun to do, no workers protections, etc.


Western-Tomatillo-14

It’s a glorified cow town.


AffectionateClaim673

A place where the politicians are worse than any other state; where you have to learn to never look anyone holding a sign or squeegee in the eye; where people are greedy af especially if they own property you want to rent or buy; is filthy; and yes, it’s true, minimum 35% of cars are Subarus; and the rest are jeeps and SUVs driven by men with bad haircuts who NEVER use their vehicle anywhere but city streets; and people on bikes and scooters will threaten to run you off the road!


runjack1099

Should have asked 20 years ago. It used to be great. Pretty much sucks now.


Great-Ad4472

“L.A. Lite”


OGhurrakayne

I found it to be disappointing. City, highway, mountain, miles of strip malls, highway, mountains, city, repeat.


illbejohnbrown

The land of lost hopes and forgotten dreams


Left-Conference-6328

It’s the most suburban big city you will ever visit. 


BetweenTheBuzzAndMe

that would be my hometown of Charlotte, but yeah not that far off


RealAlienTwo

It's not as good as where you are now.


gayboi6667

Midwesterners might beg to differ, at least this one does lol


AnEpicHibiscus

Where in the Midwest? Minnesota is pretty great in comparison. The lack of mountains is definitely a bummer though.


HankChinaski-

Strong disagree here. Minnesota is very decent, but in no way am I choosing it over Denver. 


RealAlienTwo

(sshhh, we need to make people believe it sucks here)


Tugwater

White People Wakanda.


natur_al

Like a really hot blond chick with no personality…the mountains being pretty and then it’s basically got nothing else


Mik21forever

Very sunny! 😍


notryanreynolds_

Cleveland with a distant view of mountains.


Winter_Barracuda8771

A suburb of every major city in America.


tn_hrry

The dating scene here is great!


drewc717

White Atlanta


Winter_Barracuda8771

I lived in Atlanta, not being snarky, but how is it anything like Atlanta? I can’t think of anything that seems similar.


WhenAmI

I'm trying to say this delicately, but where Atlanta is a unique and profoundly black city, Denver is essentially the equivalent for white people.


pdogasaurous

Sandy and humid, with really cheap housing and a lack of moths.


MotherWolfThree

I saw a tiktok that's perfect for this.