Denver for non-outdoorsy person? Also, weather (Branson: home, tenants, theater)

[SkyDog77]

Originally Posted by confused-again11

Haha right? Don't bother. He's just trolling all my posts. He followed me to this thread..

[bluescreen73]

Originally Posted by confused-again11

Haha right? Don't bother. He's just trolling all my posts. He followed me to this thread..

It's actually an inside joke about another user on here who likes to embellish a wee bit by telling people he "lives in Denver." Doesn't. Never has. I personally have lived where he lives, and it's nothing like Denver.

[N610DL]

Originally Posted by confused-again11

Moving to Denver has been a shock to say the least. We're coming from NE (VT), NYC, then Seattle and wow. Denver is not the same lol.

Crime: Biggest issue I've found. There's crime everywhere, not just one area, or two neighborhoods downtown, its the entire metro area.

Weather: Sun is extremely strong, but I've enjoyed it so far. Not looking forward to August though. It's also rained almost everyday this past week so keep that in mind. Loud rumbling thunderstorms.

People: Overly, and outwardly, friendly, yet kind of self-absorbed. I've noticed a lot of people need attention here, not saying that's a bad thing I just think its a Midwest/Southern type culture. You just talk to anyone even if they don't want to respond. Example: We were shopping at a glass shop and let a couple go ahead of us, big mistake. The guy was telling a story to the cashier and KEPT LOOKING BACK AT US? As if we were happily waiting in line behind them, as if we wanted to hear that he had "So much glass he has to rotate 6 pieces a week". We were creeped out, and as he left he turned to us and was like have fun guys with a wink. The girlfriend looked mortified, we ignored him and stayed confused. I've never had interactions like this on the coasts.


Were looking to move again, Denver is fun for college kids but as adults its not the exciting place I thought it would be.

I've had interactions like this as well - Denver just sucks at customer service and speed at restaurants and shops. There were two interactions that drove me nuts when I lived there. One was when a local dry cleaners tried to charge me $12 for washing a shirt because I said "dry cleaned" instead of "washed." Which, mind you these are white people that own a cleaners but I could drop off a shirt in Koreatown in L.A. who barely speak english and get the job done right.

Another was when some guy at the car wash tried to charge me $50 because he thought he discovered a crack in my windshield and claimed they could buff it out. I said "No thanks" once and he kept going. Finally I said "don't even go near it, I know my car and it's fine." And he looked at me like I had 10 eyes.

The more I think about it, Denver is highly passive aggressive and more Midwest than the coasts. If you love Minneapolis you sure as hell are going to love Denver.

[Chloe333]

Originally Posted by N610DL

The more I think about it, Denver is highly passive aggressive and more Midwest than the coasts. If you love Minneapolis you sure as hell are going to love Denver.

What do people mean by this when they say the Denverites or Midwesterners are passive aggressive? I've read this before but don't understand how this could be a pattern of behavior within an entire locale in a city or state or region of the country. I had a very passive aggressive MIL once who would play her tambourines outside family members' bedroom doors at 3 am because she was upset that they went to bed instead of staying awake all night with her. What do Denverites do that is passive aggressive?

[SkyDog77]

Originally Posted by N610DL

The more I think about it, Denver is highly passive aggressive and more Midwest than the coasts. If you love Minneapolis you sure as hell are going to love Denver.

Seems odd to state this as if it’s a new revelation for you since you have quite literally said this multiple times over the course of many months.

[20yrsinBranson]

Originally Posted by Radical347

My partner and I are looking at moving to Denver (along with some other places) from San Jose. We're just feeling things out right now and may not end up moving anywhere. There is a lot we like about Denver but we have a few concerns and I'm hoping some people can help us figure out if these will be manageable.

The main concerns that I have are the overwhelming outdoorsiness of the area and the weather. We're not outdoorsy at all, and I realize that not everyone is going to have the same interests so that's fine. But Denver seems like a very outdoorsy place, everyone I know from there is outdoorsy, and when we visited everyone we ran into was outdoorsy like almost no other place I've visited. Nothing wrong with that but the concern I have is that...will I be excluded from social circles simply because I'm not outdoorsy? I ask because I've lived somewhere (NH) where everyone was outdoorsy and I was excluded from social circles -- not just from doing outdoorsy stuff, but from doing any stuff at all, just because it seems that the outdoorsy people there were very cliquish. I'm always happy to be friends with people who don't have the same interest but up there, it was not reciprocated. How does this play out in CO?

Also, what is the weather really like? I'll be the first to admit that I'm a weather wimp...that said, I've lived in places that have 4 seasons (NE & NH) and have looked up the average in Denver, but I know that temperatures alone can be misleading. For reference, I found the weather in NE to not be too bad but NH completely miserable, even though the average temperatures weren't too much different. Not completely sure why but maybe it could have been that NE was sunnier, and got at least 1-2 days of reprieve per week (whereas NH often had none).

Have you considered Las Vegas?

[davebarnes]

I am not passive aggressive.
I am in your f—-king face aggressive.
But, I have mellowed after living here for 38 years.

[Hschlick84]

When you say passive aggressive, do you mean it literally or the other type as in, nice to your face and talk trash behind your back?

[N610DL]

Originally Posted by Chloe333

What do people mean by this when they say the Denverites or Midwesterners are passive aggressive? I've read this before but don't understand how this could be a pattern of behavior within an entire locale in a city or state or region of the country. I had a very passive aggressive MIL once who would play her tambourines outside family members' bedroom doors at 3 am because she was upset that they went to bed instead of staying awake all night with her. What do Denverites do that is passive aggressive?

Ever hear of “Minnesota Nice?” There’s a Wikipedia page on it, FYI.

DEN is just not far enough removed to escape those values, IMHO. That and many transplants from the Midwest carry that behavior with them.

I should say that it’s really the upper Midwest not the rust belt that carry those values. Big differences between ppl from Ohio and South Dakota with regards to values.

[Chloe333]

Originally Posted by N610DL

Ever hear of “Minnesota Nice?” There’s a Wikipedia page on it, FYI.

DEN is just not far enough removed to escape those values, IMHO. That and many transplants from the Midwest carry that behavior with them.

I should say that it’s really the upper Midwest not the rust belt that carry those values. Big differences between ppl from Ohio and South Dakota with regards to values.

I've never experienced this "Minnesota Nice." I'm going to read up on it. What a strange regional tendency.