What do you hate the most about Denver? (rental, house)

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by JrzDefector

I hate how hard it is to garden here. It's f**king brutal. Last year I even failed at growing zucchini! NO ONE fails to grow zucchini. How is that even possible?

Last year was a terrible year for gardens for us, and we've been at it 30some years in this climate. Worst ever.

[denverian]

Originally Posted by FallsAngel

Last year was a terrible year for gardens for us, and we've been at it 30some years in this climate. Worst ever.

Some of my things survived the Mother's Day snow only to be stomped into the ground by baseball sized hail a week later Hopefully this spring is less harsh.

[JrzDefector]

Originally Posted by FallsAngel

Last year was a terrible year for gardens for us, and we've been at it 30some years in this climate. Worst ever.

I feel better then

I really hope this year is better.

[himain]

Snow and the retards who drive like idiots in it

[Pincho-toot]

Originally Posted by SkyDog77

Wow. I think you need to seek professional help.

Why? I'm Cuban born, and I see his point. I think the Hispanicisation in this country gets a little ridiculous. No other immigrant group has as much back patting, butt kissing and nut licking as them. Meanwhile, so many Hispanic immigrants badtalk Americans and refuse to learn English. I know, cuz I am related to many, and they are in droves in Miami.

[DougStark]

Originally Posted by Zapruder

I lived in the Denver metro area for approx twenty years.

The biggest turn off was the brown, dirty, dusty landscape occasionally punctuated with one or two trees as you look east.

The next one was rock trucks on I-25 inadvertently dropping small rocks and pebbles out of the trailers causing drivers windshields to crack.

The third is a total and complete lack of any tradition when it comes to food. No identity there whatsoever.

And there ya go.

I agree with regarding brown, dusty landscape. But in Denver's defense, the city only gets 15 inches of prec. per year- it's hard to get trees and grass to grow on that sparse amount of water.

At least Phoenix is green year round (because it doesn't have the cold winters Denver does and irrigation is plentiful.)

I think I'm finally learning to accept nature for what it is and isn't.

[kool hand luke]

The Broncos. I's so sick of the national media overblowing Peyton and the Broncos every season!

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by kool hand luke

The Broncos. I's so sick of the national media overblowing Peyton and the Broncos every season!

You've obviously never lived in a really football-crazed city. Go to Pittsburgh for a visit in football season.

[kool hand luke]

I live in Georgia- a college football crazed state. I go against any team or player that are "media darlings"- like Duke b'ball, the Yankees, etc.

[Pacifico]

Originally Posted by David Aguilar

I really can't think of one thing OP. Just a lot of little things that balance my optimism for the place with a healthy dose of pessimism.

The traffic isn't that bad. Try LA, Seattle, or Portland.

I love the climate, but the sun does get too bright sometimes. Slightly more humidity would be nice. More snow too. Less melting.

No complaints about the food, but service generally sucks. I'm in the top 25% of pickiest eaters in the world, so what little I eat in quality I make up for in quantity.

Good employees are painfully hard to find.

As you've alluded to before OP, it probably is that I'm not too fun to be around. I'm also a giant, imposing and scary and such. Of ambiguous origin. Introverted in many situations too. And from CA too, so there's already two strikes against me before I even step into the batters box.

Staff at my kids' schools are awesome. Parents at my kids' schools are jerks, cold and non-conversational at best (even at birthday parties). Same for my neighbors. Any advice OP? Should I just try and talk Broncos all the time? Put NATIVE stickers on my cars (one of my sons is)? Would those things work?

People that play free poker in bars here are the absolute coolest/most fun people you'll ever meet, but the faux pros up the hill are cold, surly, and boring; except for the Vietnamese guys, they know how to have a good time. Mostly no complaints about the folks in my baseball league, the same players' hierarchy found anywhere.

Someone else once said about people in Denver, "they seem to be in their own little world", and I completely agree. The inconsistency of it all is most frustrating. I never felt this way in my previous states of residence. I halfway want to move to another place to prove my theory that it isn't me.

So I found my answer. Interpersonal relations.

As to why it seems as if denverites are "in their own little world", here's my theory.

1) geography: there's not another major city close by for want, 500 miles? Denver practically in the middle of the country with not another major metro area anywhere nearby. To add to its feeling of isolation is when you look west you face the towering rocky mts and it makes one feel even further isolated from the rest of the west. Now, look to the east and it's vast, flat prairie land as far as the eye can see.

2) altitude: the high altitude, lower oxygen levels, has got to be some sort of factor in thx general aloofness of some Denverites. I hope it's not true, but look up suicides rates in high elevation mountain states. One can even extrapolate this a step further and realize that in Denver you are a Mile high into the atmosphere and all around you somewhere many many miles away are all the other big cities.

3) popularity: one can't dispute the image of Denver and Colorado in general as outdoorsy, green, Eco movement, 'green', hip/trendy, health conscious, physically fit, alternative etc. I think this may add to native denverites' sometimes stand off-ish persona. Case in point: "NATIVE" bumper stickers. By the way I've never even heard or seen of this previously.