That Lake Erie Shithole State May Lagalize Weed

[Nitro Express]

Which - again, no disrespect to Colorado (not sure about Denver, but The Rockies seem like they would be cool to see once) - but after about 30 years of freezing 6-month long winters in New England I'm more than 20 years past living in traditional winter climate: if I never see snow again, I'm good with it. Granted, Colorado isn't freezing year-round, but you know what I mean.

Winter isn’t bad if you live in the right situation. If you can play in it. if you don’t have to commute every morning in city traffic in it. If you live in a place that is built for winter.

I like a white Christmas and New Years. We usually will hit a tropical area for Valentine’s Day.

Denver was a great place but it’s gone downhill just like Seattle has. Colorado has some nice areas. Looked at living there but get a better tax break in Wyoming.

[Nitro Express]

We rode to Sturgis from Jackson Hole and then back through Montana and over the continental divide into Idaho which has miles of great mountain riding. Did some rock climbing at the City of Rocks and headed home.

[Kristy]

Which - again, no disrespect to Colorado (not sure about Denver, but The Rockies seem like they would be cool to see once) - but after about 30 years of freezing 6-month long winters in New England I'm more than 20 years past living in traditional winter climate: if I never see snow again, I'm good with it. Granted, Colorado isn't freezing year-round, but you know what I mean.

Colorado is now a festering shithole. Way, way, waaaaaaaaaaaay too many people here now and it's not just the usual Californians and Texan F A T fucks. A lot of New Yorkers, and Midwest morons are now coming here. You can't breathe here anymore, the traffic is atrocious, the over development with ticky takcy eyesore housing that no one can afford, environmental destruction with fracking and strip mining of the mountains. Colorado's beauty is rapidly disappearing. I would say yeah, come visit but you'll find nothing special but a lot of greedy gentrification and a plasticized landscape. Fuck Colorado.

[Nitro Express]

So Colorado is like everywhere else.

[Terry]

We rode to Sturgis from Jackson Hole and then back through Montana and over the continental divide into Idaho which has miles of great mountain riding. Did some rock climbing at the City of Rocks and headed home.

I'd quite like to visit Wyoming. And Montana.

[Terry]

Colorado is now a festering shithole. Way, way, waaaaaaaaaaaay too many people here now and it's not just the usual Californians and Texan F A T fucks. A lot of New Yorkers, and Midwest morons are now coming here. You can't breathe here anymore, the traffic is atrocious, the over development with ticky takcy eyesore housing that no one can afford, environmental destruction with fracking and strip mining of the mountains. Colorado's beauty is rapidly disappearing. I would say yeah, come visit but you'll find nothing special but a lot of greedy gentrification and a plasticized landscape. Fuck Colorado.

I had that sort of John Denveresque, granola-munching, ski vest adorned/Colorado Hiking Boots wearing picture of the state that has lingered as an image in my imagination left over from the late 1970's.

I suppose from what you had to say, Colorado isn't quite that anymore.

[Nitro Express]

I'd quite like to visit Wyoming. And Montana.

Most of Yellowstone Park is in Wyoming. Below that is Grand Teton Park. Lot’s of tourists and it’s gotten busier since we moved here. You need to book your reservations at least a year in advance. A nice trip is to visit Yellowstone and then go into Utah and visit the national parks there and end with the Grand Canyon in Arizona. You will see a lot of cool geography you won’t see anywhere else. September is the perfect time. More wild life is out. Less tourists and the desert isn’t so hot.

[Kristy]

I had that sort of John Denveresque, granola-munching, ski vest adorned/Colorado Hiking Boots wearing picture of the state that has lingered as an image in my imagination left over from the late 1970's.

I suppose from what you had to say, Colorado isn't quite that anymore.

Nope. Colorado is a gentrificated shithole. Even where I live where it was much more how can I say, "industrial" is now a strip mall hellscape of fucking sushi restaurants, really shitty uppity yuppiefied overpriced bars, Soulless coffee shops, F A T wobbly Texans wearing Stetsons, entitled Californians wearing Vans in the dead of winter and New Yorkers who bitch about everything. If I had the money I get the fuck out of this place. I'm not kidding when I say you can't breathe here anymore

[FORD]

[ZahZoo]

I had that sort of John Denveresque, granola-munching, ski vest adorned/Colorado Hiking Boots wearing picture of the state that has lingered as an image in my imagination left over from the late 1970's.

I suppose from what you had to say, Colorado isn't quite that anymore.

I would put much value in Kristy's assessment... go to any state and hang out in the largest metropolitan cities and you'll find them dirty and overrun with low-life's from all over. Visit little cities in the high country, front range or even the eastern prairie areas of Colorado and there's lots of beautiful places to visit/explore.

[Kristy]

The Front Range is a mess as well as the Western Slope. The amount of people that moved here is insane. When you have that much of a sudden influx of population they have to have somewhere to live and the ugly tract housing especially in places around Boulder, Evergreen, Littleton are an abomination and here's the real kicker no one can afford them. Rent is out of control, food prices are insane, traffic is like playing Russian roulette and they keep on building shit. As for the Eastern Plains, are you kidding? Drive 15 minutes out of Denver and it's MAGA weed country full of red neck small towns where family inbreeding and molestation run rampant. Ever since climate change much of the eastern part of the state is the new tornado alley. When I was much younger the Eastern Plains scared me like you come upon these small towns where lights were on and yet nobody was ever to be found. Did see one kid once in Holly, Colorado who looks like a special needs kid locked inside of a building with nothing but broken toys. Eastern Colorado is too weird.

So with the high population of assholes from all over and the strip mining of the mountains and - particularity the front Range mountains - the beautiful places you talk about are becoming scarce.



Stay away

[Terry]

I think that's what attracts me to the notion of places like Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, the Dakotas...even Nebraska, as places to visit, in that I'd quite like to see some vast expanses of land that haven't yet been strip-mined (or strip-malled) and/or overdeveloped...before they're all gone.

I don't need to go somewhere else if all I'm gonna see are the same big box retail stores and fast-food joints as I can where I'm already at.

Were it not for the brutal winters, I could easily see settling in rural Maine.

[Nitro Express]

I think that's what attracts me to the notion of places like Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, the Dakotas...even Nebraska, as places to visit, in that I'd quite like to see some vast expanses of land that haven't yet been strip-mined (or strip-malled) and/or overdeveloped...before they're all gone.

I don't need to go somewhere else if all I'm gonna see are the same big box retail stores and fast-food joints as I can where I'm already at.

Were it not for the brutal winters, I could easily see settling in rural Maine.

Central Idaho is all wilderness area. No motorized vehicles allowed. If you want to see untouched landscape that’s very rugged in the lower 48 that’s the place. My dad flew bush planes. We used to land in some very remote areas to fish and camp.

[Nitro Express]

Well there is a current boom of people seeking an escape in beautiful remote places. What this really means is bear attacks are up because there are more bears and dipshits in the woods. Don’t try to pet a bison or elk. You will get the sharp ends of the horns and elk love to stomp on assholes. People seeking solitude especially in rugged mountains keeps our search and rescue constantly busy.

I’m a big believer nature takes care of itself. There’s no participation medal in nature. Idiots don’t last long in nature.

[Kristy]

Idaho is full of Trump Nazis. So, no.