What is the general vibe of Denver? (Aspen, Center: neighborhood, friendly)

[HatchChile]

Originally Posted by TinyDancer2020

I just want to avoid place where there are a lot of bros..frat boys etc.
Also depends on how "bro-ey" they are. Like little bit is okay, but like total New England frat boy style isn't really my thing.

You should check this out. Obviously it's one person's opinion, but, yes, there is truth in how they describe the bro culture in Denver: https://303magazine.com/2019/11/denv...rst-city-love/

I lived in Denver for about a decade, I would agree lately it was getting really bro-ey. But, it's a different kind of bro culture. Not so much New England frat boy - it is more of tech bro culture, if you know what I mean. Some people I ran into thought just because they worked for a software company and (now!) lived in Colorado somehow made them the coolest kids around. It's the weird arrogance that I can't really explain. There is also general aloofness that comes with it. But, again, that might be just weird tech bro culture period. I am in tech myself by the way, and it's prevalent in this industry, but the Denver/Boulder tech bros really take it to the next level (it's not even "PataGucci" of San Fran... it's like more arrogant and but also more slobby version of it). Again, it's all stereotypes of course.

[TinyDancer2020]

Originally Posted by HatchChile

You should check this out. Obviously it's one person's opinion, but, yes, there is truth in how they describe the bro culture in Denver: https://303magazine.com/2019/11/denv...rst-city-love/

I lived in Denver for about a decade, I would agree lately it was getting really bro-ey. But, it's a different kind of bro culture. Not so much New England frat boy - it is more of tech bro culture, if you know what I mean. Some people I ran into thought just because they worked for a software company and (now!) lived in Colorado somehow made them the coolest kids around. It's the weird arrogance that I can't really explain. There is also general aloofness that comes with it. But, again, that might be just weird tech bro culture period. I am in tech myself by the way, and it's prevalent in this industry, but the Denver/Boulder tech bros really take it to the next level (it's not even "PataGucci" of San Fran... it's like more arrogant and but also more slobby version of it). Again, it's all stereotypes of course.

So not the southern old-money, boat shoes polo shirt kind of bro?

[SkyDog77]

Originally Posted by TinyDancer2020

So not the southern old-money, boat shoes polo shirt kind of bro?

No. It’s more Patagonia vest bro.

[Phil P]

Sometimes pictures do the most justice. Here's my impressions:

[davebarnes]

Originally Posted by Phil P

Sometimes pictures do the most justice. Here's my impressions:

Or, not here are my impressions.

[Westerner92]

Denver is big enough and central enough to the whole country to have a pretty decent cross-section of the "youth subcultures". I personally find it to be a bit bro-y, but my main points of reference are Austin and Melbourne, two very stereotypically "hipster" cities. There are plenty of preppy frat bro types, but they tend to be of the more chilled out Midwest variety, pickups and football as opposed to the coiffed hair and $80 Vineyard Vines T-shirts types. Avoid LoDo and RiNo, and you'll be fine.

A large portion of the people who have the hipster-y/bohemian style actually tend to be pretty yuppie and sporty and into all the mountain activities. Boulder is basically the capital of white-people-style Buddhism, which spills over into Denver. There are a lot of people who I call "cardio junkies" because they run, cycle, and climb to a point where it actually starts breaking their body down because they're addicted to the dopamine rush. Strangely enough, there's a bit of a crossover in the bar/music venue scene with the punk and metal scenes on South Broadway and East Colfax. But then there's the whole "bluegrass 'n' brews" scene that blends in with the hipsters but none of the punk/metal types.

And yeah, I realize I'm stereotyping out the wazoo.

[Phil P]

Originally Posted by davebarnes

Or, not here are my impressions.

Darn C-D can be stupid with pictures at times! Looks like you can only get one per post, so I'll settle with just this...

[Timmyy]

Originally Posted by TinyDancer2020

So not the southern old-money, boat shoes polo shirt kind of bro?

I am more jeans and t-shirt type of tech guy. Definitely not bro material, thank God. Most of the people I work around are about the same but we are all on the older side of techies.

[jweb29]

we call them brogrammers. mostly harmless. (i'm a programmer at an office in lodo so maybe i'm biased). Do people even like the broncos here? i guess they do kinda......

[N610DL]

Denver a hub for Bro’s - lots of dudes there. It’s easy to make friends if you’re a guy, but expect a lot of flakiness as well. The best friends I met when I lived out there were all from other parts of CO or TX.

It’s also for the most part not in a Jersey Shore vibe way at all. The pace is a lot slower out there by comparison which doesn’t mesh at all with NJ.

God, just thinking about it I really don’t miss the Jersey Shore at all. I think I puked a bit in my mouth.