The locals will hate you bc you're ruining their city
Traffic sucks balls
Cherry creek is the ritzy area and has good shopping
Cherry Cricket will be the best burger of your life
People smell like weed
Whole Foods doesn't sell alcohol

Say hi to my brother and SIL. They moved back there a month ago

Weed and beer

Austin of the west.

Edibles.

Lots of places are super dog friendly. I like it when I visit and if I were to move from Texas, I wouldn't mind living there.

Sounds great to live in such a beautiful place like Denver. Major League sports, mountains, fishing, sking, good restaurants, breweries. I can't imaging hating on a place just for weed. In case you haven't noticed, it's been around for quite awhile. Other states will legalize it soon enough, because they can make money from it.

The dinosaur sucks!

People don't believe in leash laws and let their dogs get all up in your grill
Traffic on 70 is horrible from weekend warriors
Weather is great
Food isn't as good as major Texas cities
Breweries all over the place
Native coloradoans smoke cigarettes like crazy
The transplants smoke weed like crazy

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Hamburger Dan said:

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Sounds great to live in such a beautiful place like Denver. Major League sports, mountains, fishing, sking, good restaurants, breweries. I can't imaging hating on a place just for weed. In case you haven't noticed, it's been around for quite awhile. Other states will legalize it soon enough, because they can make money from it.

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If you haven't been there, the people are not talking about weed being the problem. It's the trash element it brings out around the dealers. At least right after the law passed, last I was there, the weed shops were like having a Dollar General or off brand 7-11 on every corner. Dirty, trashy, with broke ass clientele hanging around.

It may have thinned out by now, but that's how I saw it a few years back.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Other than that it's a pretty cool city. I'd live there given the chance.

Bunk Moreland said:

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The sunshine state.

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With the bomb ass hemp beat?

I Play With Guns said:

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The locals will hate you bc you're ruining their city
Traffic sucks balls
Cherry creek is the ritzy area and has good shopping
Cherry Cricket will be the best burger of your life
People smell like weed
Whole Foods doesn't sell alcohol

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traffic is a breeze compared to Houston.

Liquor laws have changed, grocery stores have wine/beer now (not 3.2).... well it's being Phased in over the next few years. Costco near me just started selling it.

Oh also, locals is now like 20% of population. Don't worry about them.

Been here 5 years and can't imagine leaving. Well, maybe when I'm old and retired, for 2-3 months during winter we may go south.

It was 70 degrees yesterday. Weather is quite the roller coaster.

Dwide Schrude said:

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Very open "weed culture" that I personally find trashy.

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I have yet to see it in public (it's not legal to smoke in public), and the shops just blend in with everything else.

It's not even legal to sell in the county I live in. It's not sold statewide. Edibles are the big seller, which is way less trashy than cigarette smokers, which isn't allowed inside anywhere in the state.

What exactly is your experience? Sounds like you haven't a clue and are just regurgitating others' uninformed opinions.

62strat said:

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Dwide Schrude said:

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Very open "weed culture" that I personally find trashy.

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I have yet to see it in public (it's not legal to smoke in public), and the shops just blend in with everything else.

It's not even legal to sell in the county I live in. It's not sold statewide. Edibles are the big seller, which is way less trashy than cigarette smokers, which isn't allowed inside anywhere in the state.

What exactly is your experience? Sounds like you haven't a clue and are just regurgitating others' uninformed opinions.

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I definitely saw and smelled people that smoked in public when I was there. It's not the weed, it's the stoner/lazy attitude types places with lax laws seem to attract. I just don't care for it. This coming from someone that smoked some bag in my high school / early college days.

So I think I have at least one clue.

Let me know when you are moved and settled. My cousin, class of 03, lives there. I'll introduce y'all.

Dwide Schrude said:

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smoked some bag in my high school / early college days.

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That explains a lot...

Great place to live, especially for folks who like outdoor activities. I noticed young professionals seem to define themselves by their favorite one; I'm a snow shoer, I'm a mountain biker, i'm a cross country skier, etc.

There are a lot of great places to eat. People generally friendly, just not as much as TX.

Great launch point for travel to mountain towns for skiing, camping, hiking etc., and seeing interesting stuff.

Out fricking standing museum of natural history. We love that place.

Very active artsy fartsy scene.

I hear folks say the MJ laws have brought out a dirtbag element, but that isn't that visible on a daily basis if you live in a nice area.

One thing we really liked is there are lots of hot springs in the mountains. We really miss that here. Great to experience if you have never tried that.

State income tax

Buy lots of chapstick.

We just got back from a weekend trip. I'd move there tomorrow if it wasn't for the astronomical cost of living. I was told that a studio apartment to rent in an okay part of town cost $1,500/month...can't imagine the cost to buy.

Outside of that, I don't think you can make a great case against the city. It's got everything you'd want.

I spent a good chunk of March and April in Denver this year. There was a good solid week of my time there where it smelled like I was living in a Dave Matthews concert.

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Hamburger Dan said:

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Sounds great to live in such a beautiful place like Denver. Major League sports, mountains, fishing, sking, good restaurants, breweries. I can't imaging hating on a place just for weed. In case you haven't noticed, it's been around for quite awhile. Other states will legalize it soon enough, because they can make money from it.

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If you haven't been there, the people are not talking about weed being the problem. It's the trash element it brings out around the dealers. At least right after the law passed, last I was there, the weed shops were like having a Dollar General or off brand 7-11 on every corner. Dirty, trashy, with broke ass clientele hanging around.

It may have thinned out by now, but that's how I saw it a few years back.

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last time I was there the shuttle driver said the number of homeless increased dramaticallly.