How to avoid being the "ugly Californian" in Colorado? (Greeley: apartment, new home)

[denverian]

Originally Posted by ryanek9freak

Yeah I don't want Colorado to EVER become blue. I'd rather kill myself.

Oh, come on! A little extreme, no? Obama's had a healthy lead here throughout the election and will highly likely get our 9 electoral votes.

[denverian]

Originally Posted by EscapeCalifornia

True. I'm actually moving to Colorado in part to get away from the nanny state that Prius driving, granola eating liberals are turning California into. I'm not a churchie either so Colorado's general libertarian outlook should suit me pretty well.

Hey now. I drive a Prius and eat granola!
My cholesterol levels are great

[denverian]

Originally Posted by ryanek9freak

They taste like dirt glued together.

Yet ironically they help clean the dirt and glue out of your arteries.

[Mach50]

We just spent a week driving around Denver (50 mile radius) with California Plates...not one bad look ever. We went from Boulder to Denver to Fort Collins to the Springs...not even a glare, actually A LOT of SMILES, waves and friendliness.

I wore my CalTech T-shirt to the Zoo and walking around down town...nothing.

It's greatly over-exaggerated by people on this forum.

[jwiley]

Originally Posted by Mach50

We just spent a week driving around Denver (50 mile radius) with California Plates...not one bad look ever. We went from Boulder to Denver to Fort Collins to the Springs...not even a glare, actually A LOT of SMILES, waves and friendliness.

I wore my CalTech T-shirt to the Zoo and walking around down town...nothing.

It's greatly over-exaggerated by people on this forum.

I must have missed you, we natives spend all of our day worrying about giving dirty looks to Californians. After all everybody knows we have nothing better to do with our time, then harass you damn Californians. Next time could you post the fact you will be in Colorado, where you plan to be, and what you will be wearing and driving, that way I can be sure to take a break from harassing the Californians that have already moved here, to be sure you get the special treatment.













J/k by the way for those of you with no sense of humor.


The thing that many do not understand is that the majority of Coloradans do not have a problem with each person from California, we have a problem with people moving here that want to change the way the state runs, and go out of the way to destroy the areas we love so much. We have too many people moving into the state with this preconceived notion of the mountains, wildlife, and the use of natural resources. While they are busy trying to conserve the mountains, stop drilling, stop hunting, they are also doing what they can to run off the agricultural industries (after all feedlots stink, allergies bug people, and those mean bastards and the processing plants are mean to the animals we eat). They also take up large sections of land they do not even care for, and build new huge houses while they are wasting water (the thing they should truly worry about conserving in this state).

I and most Coloradans do not care if someone moves here, buys an old house in a bad neighborhood and fixes it up, actually builds some kind of company that brings jobs and money into the state, votes to limit the government intervention in our personal lives, does what he can to help with the water problem, and does not spend half of their time complaining about the industries and things that many of our families have been and still are involved in, that have made this state what it is. In fact I would welcome that family here, and even help them move their junk in from the truck. So if that is you and your family let us know when you will be arriving, but if your plan is a new mcmansion and to compalin about the oil industry, how mean hunters are, and that horrible smell, then please stay where you are at.

[sterlinggirl]

Good post. Reps headed your way

[Huckleberry3911948]

get out of the hawaiian shirt
get rid of the SUV
get rid of the shorts
lose 100 lbs.
stop apologizing to people when they are rude to you.
stop going to the front of the line when there is one
stop pulling out your cell phone when somebody is talking to you
conclude a conversation when it is done and say goodbye.
stop backing up on the freeway when you miss your exit
stop drinking a starbucks and yaking on the cell phone in front of walmart
you look like linus sucking his thumb and holding a blanket.

[Katiana]

Originally Posted by Mach50

We just spent a week driving around Denver (50 mile radius) with California Plates...not one bad look ever. We went from Boulder to Denver to Fort Collins to the Springs...not even a glare, actually A LOT of SMILES, waves and friendliness.

I wore my CalTech T-shirt to the Zoo and walking around down town...nothing.

It's greatly over-exaggerated by people on this forum.

Well, here you go:

The thing that many do not understand is that the majority of Coloradans do not have a problem with each person from California, we have a problem with people moving here that want to change the way the state runs, and go out of the way to destroy the areas we love so much. We have too many people moving into the state with this preconceived notion of the mountains, wildlife, and the use of natural resources. While they are busy trying to conserve the mountains, stop drilling, stop hunting, they are also doing what they can to run off the agricultural industries (after all feedlots stink, allergies bug people, and those mean bastards and the processing plants are mean to the animals we eat). They also take up large sections of land they do not even care for, and build new huge houses while they are wasting water (the thing they should truly worry about conserving in this state).

I and most Coloradans do not care if someone moves here, buys an old house in a bad neighborhood and fixes it up, actually builds some kind of company that brings jobs and money into the state, votes to limit the government intervention in our personal lives, does what he can to help with the water problem, and does not spend half of their time complaining about the industries and things that many of our families have been and still are involved in, that have made this state what it is. In fact I would welcome that family here, and even help them move their junk in from the truck. So if that is you and your family let us know when you will be arriving, but if your plan is a new mcmansion and to compalin about the oil industry, how mean hunters are, and that horrible smell, then please stay where you are at.

And of course, someone thought it was worthy of rep.

So it's OK for a Californian to buy some hovel and fix it up, but not to do as many native Coloradans have done and build a new house? But of course, there's the whole issue of the evils of gentrification, too, so maybe they should just stay in Cali, right?

And "deliberately destroying a way of life"? What kind of codswallop is that? I do not know ONE person who has EVER moved ANYWHERE in an attempt to deliberately destroy someone's way of life.

As for Huckleberry's post, I've seen plenty of that behavior, but I never equated it with California.

[sterlinggirl]

Originally Posted by Katiana

And of course, someone thought it was worthy of rep.

Of course it was worthy of rep. It was a well thought out post promoting tolerance of the local way of life as well as sustainability.

Revitalizing old neighborhoods is good for everyone involved. The landowner is more likely to see property appreciation than they would in a suburb, water use stays the same, and neighborhoods/schools are changed for the better.

[Katiana]

Originally Posted by sterlinggirl

Of course it was worthy of rep. It was a well thought out post promoting tolerance of the local way of life as well as sustainability.

Revitalizing old neighborhoods is good for everyone involved. The landowner is more likely to see property appreciation than they would in a suburb, water use stays the same, and neighborhoods/schools are changed for the better.

Somebody sold the house, and unless they moved out of state, the population has still increased. Do people really think that Colorado sprung up fully developed at some point in time, and that everything standing at that time has a "right" to be here, and everything built since then is "sprawl"? I don't get it!