Why Is Boulder Snobbish, Cliquish, And Racist? (Colorado Springs, Hartman: middle-class, rental)

[POhdNcrzy]

Kat said: "What the H*E* double hockeystick...."


Hah ha. How to cuss and get away with it on CD-F. Yup, it takes some real finagling....

[David Aguilar]

I've been thinking about starting a thread about Boulder, (I was going to title it: "Why are people in Boulder so friggin' nice?") but I think my thoughts will be appropriate here.

I have a strange relationship with Boulder, I have no connections to it, but lately I've been having to go there a few times a week for work.

Every time I go there, it is an experience. I come home from it either hating it a little more or being pleasantly surprised.

I don't think the folks in Boulder are the least bit snobby, they don't act like they are better than you (I'm thinking suburban snobbishness here), they ARE better than you. They just don't need to let you know it, unlike those snobby suburbanites, who have to show you with their possessions, plastic surgery and attitudes.

I go to Boulder for work, I've gotten gas in Boulder, I've banked in Boulder, I've eaten in Boulder, I've gotten my haircut in Boulder, I've been to grocery stores in Boulder. What I've noticed about folks there, is that they are incredibly pleasant. They are helpful. I once needed directions around a hospital, and three nurses took time out of their busy schedule to lead me where I needed to go. That kind of thing is common in Boulder. Here in metro Denver, I'm lucky if I get a valid response if I ask a stranger a question.

I've been to two King Soopers in Boulder on multiple occasions (I love the croissants/donuts), and the atmosphere the grocery store employees provide is exactly what I'd want in my hometown grocery store. They come off as real American working-class folks, happy, pleasant, the kind of folks that would ask you how the wife and kids are, etc. I don't have that here in Aurora.

I haven't spent enough time in Boulder to determine it to be cliquish. However, I have previously said "Everybody there seems as though they are hiding the same secret," and I stand by that statement.

I don't think Boulder is racist, but I do believe it is not diverse, and I might go as far to say that people there wouldn't mind keeping it that way. There are really only a few types of people (of any race), in Boulder and anybody that has been there could tell you what types those are. I think we'd have to hear from a non-white Boulder resident about how it is like living there as a non-white.

Would I ever live in Boulder? No.

Why?

-Too expensive.
-Stupid red-light cameras.
-Stupid raised crosswalks on yielding turns.
-Stupid regular raised crosswalks.
-I don't think I meet the educational requirements (some college).
-That "secret" I mentioned earlier.
-I like more diversity.


What is good about Boulder:

-The flatirons/foothills are BEE-YOU-TI-FUL, especially in winter.
-The town itself is pretty as well, NO SPRAWL, thank god!
-I guess CU.
-People are nice.
-Bright blue sky.
-Girls/women (probably guys too, I'm not really checking them out), are all extremely HOT, I mean sizzling. I better shut up, I am spoken for.
-I'm running out of pros.


In conclusion, Boulder isn't for everybody, but if you are one of those somebodies that it is for, it is for you.

[Bideshi]

Originally Posted by subsound

I have worked in facilities in Colorado and now work in a facility in Oregon, all of which have the same policy of having a quota of the number of each they can see a month. Sorry to say, when private insurers average 65% of charges, Medicare averages 43% and Medicaid 35% (or APC, which is worse)...you have to set a quota or you'll go out of business (cost averages 50% of charges in total). Add into that the new DME (Durable Medical Equipment) bidding rules that came into Colorado this year, and it's even harder to make ends meet.

It's not something exclusive to Boulder, or Colorado...it's something that's happening all over. It sucks.

Thus my assertion that doctors that do not accept new Medicare patients are not worthy of the respect traditionally accorded physicians. They are focusing on their bottom line and not in treating the sick and needy. Respect them as you would a divorce lawyer or the Governor of Illinois.

[POhdNcrzy]

David Aguilar, huhhhh??? What is the "secret". I don't get it. What the H*E*double-hockeysticks are you talking about?

[David Aguilar]

Originally Posted by POhdNcrzy

David Aguilar, huhhhh??? What is the "secret". I don't get it. What the H*E*double-hockeysticks are you talking about?

IMO, some people there seem as though they know something I/we don't.

Like, there is some sort of facade they are wearing that they all take off when no one else is around. Boulder seems just a little Stepford, I'm kind of half-waiting for them all to take off their masks and reveal their true selves. Everybody seems just a little too nice, and a little too perfect, so much so it's a little too good to be true.

But, I'm probably wrong.

[Scott5280]

Originally Posted by David Aguilar

IMO, some people there seem as though they know something I/we don't.

Like, there is some sort of facade they are wearing that they all take off when no one else is around. Boulder seems just a little Stepford, I'm kind of half-waiting for them all to take off their masks and reveal their true selves. Everybody seems just a little too nice, and a little too perfect, so much so it's a little too good to be true.

But, I'm probably wrong.

No, You are thinking of Orange County California...

[David Aguilar]

Originally Posted by Scott5280

No, You are thinking of Orange County California...

That's funny, because I grew up just outside of there, and spent my babyhood there. I also have tons of family within its borders.

I can assure you, the "good" folks of Orange County aren't putting out a front at all, what you see is what you get, their phoniness is indeed real.

[Scott5280]

Originally Posted by David Aguilar

That's funny, because I grew up just outside of there, and spent my babyhood there. I also have tons of family within its borders.

I can assure you, the "good" folks of Orange County aren't putting out a front at all, what you see is what you get, their phoniness is indeed real.

I moved from Boulder to Newport Beach in 99 ; lived there for two years.
you are right the smuggness is as natural there as a summers breeze....Boulder is laid back...except for a select few yahoos.

[Katiana]

Elitists On The Front Range? We Don't Have Them In Seattle.

Uh, I know quite a few examples to the contrary.

Originally Posted by Tom Lane

Hmmm.... Not the case in Seattle or Vegas - everyone there takes medicare, even from new patients. There is something odd about the Southwest Rocky Mountain states, w/ elite liberals, and elite physicians .... If Boulder physicians don't accept Medicare, that is yet another sign that the town isn't necessarily liberal, at least by our west coast standards ....

I don't know how you know that each and every physician in Seattle and Vegas takes Medicare.

[osman]

David wrote: I think we'd have to hear from a non-white Boulder resident about how it is like living there as a non-white.

As a non-white Boulder resident, I'll say it again. I've lived here on and off since 2000 and love living here. It's a great place to call home.