Gentrification Has Taken Over Denver's Most Poverty Stricken Neighborhood

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We're going to be checking out the West Colfax, Villa Park and Sun Valley neighborhoods for this video. This is my 5th video on Denver within a longer series, so make sure to check out my Denver playlist to see more of what the city is currently going through. It's no secret anymore that Denver has one of the highest rates of homelessness out of all major cities in the United States. That being said, the poverty is heavily concentrated in this trio of west side neighborhoods. Sure, you can find poverty elsewhere in the city, but these three neighborhoods have the highest rate of poverty throughout the Mile High City. Despite the fact that over one quarter of the residents live under the poverty line in these neighborhoods, luxury condos have been getting developed in West Colfax at a rapid rate.
0:00 - 1:30 Intro
1:30 - 8:40 Sun Valley/Empower Field at Mile High
8:40 - 13:24 Villa Park (History, Nice Neighborhood Actually)
13:24 - 24:34 West Colfax (History, Gentrification)
24:34 - 29:06 Chris's Livability Score/Final Thoughts
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@ChrisHarden 5 ай бұрын

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@I_LOVE_THE_SUNCOAST 5 ай бұрын

It is tragic how much the cost of housing has quadrupled over the last 20 years. And it will never go back to what it once was. Lack of affordability of housing has to be at least one reason for the homelessness.

@jossangeles4011 2 ай бұрын

These neighborhoods were very rough in the mid-2000's (2006 to 2009). It was scary after dark. It's amazing how much they have changed over the past 18 odd years.

@zubairrazzaq6271 5 ай бұрын

Always enjoy your video great videos amazing information keep up 👍👌👍👍

@302Mustang13 5 ай бұрын

Thanks again Chris for another great video. Can't wait to see more.

@kas6583 5 ай бұрын

Excellent research! I live in Denver.

@ChrisHarden 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! What neighborhood?

@kas6583 5 ай бұрын

@@ChrisHarden Hampden South

@douglasmacrae8947 5 ай бұрын

Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Very informative. Keep up the good work. Support from Scotland, UK!

@ChrisHarden 5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Louisa705 4 ай бұрын

I grew up in five points. It’s so sad to see how bad it’s gotten since gentrification took over. My parents lost our first home in 1999 they originally got for $98k someone bought it in 2019 for $1.6M 😢

@kimberlygabaldon3260 4 ай бұрын

I lived in Five Points, for a few months, in the 70's. Then i moved to Globeville, and lived there for almost 40 years. I hope your parents did okay.

@GeeEm1313 5 ай бұрын

A friend of mine moved to "the bricks" back in the 70s. He said he had never seen real projects before, coming from Portland, Oregon.

@joannunemaker6332 5 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this video!😊❤

@siphomogale779 5 ай бұрын

Great video 👍👍

@ChrisHarden 5 ай бұрын

🙏🏻

@deadinside128 4 ай бұрын

I've lived in Villa Park my whole life and dont plan on leaving. The Decatur/Federal station qnd that area of the park are rampant with drugs but it seems to stay along the intersection. I'm not afraid to walk to 711 at night by myself or to let my daughter ride her bike around a couple blocks by herself. I feel safer here than anywhere else in the metro area.

@kimberlygabaldon3260 4 ай бұрын

@Chris Harden i hope that you will cover the Globeville and Elyria/Swansea neighborhoods. I lived in Globeville for almost 40 years, after moving from Five Points. The city of Denver is always doing those neighborhoods dirty. I finally gave up on Denver and moved out of the area in 2016.

@gregorycyr9272 5 ай бұрын

Nice video as always.Denver looks to be a expensive city for housing.I am sure some of the natives do not like all the Gentrification going on.I see it here in Raleigh-Durham,NC.

@kas6583 5 ай бұрын

You are correct. It is a very sad situation for us. We didn't realize the mountains were for sale. 😔

@gregorycyr9272 5 ай бұрын

@@kas6583The average 2br here in Raleigh is $1600.

@jamesnevsimal 4 ай бұрын

The natives don’t like gentrification? They hate getting their local economy stabilized and getting their community safer? Too bad don’t fiend off of government assistance 😢

@Akashablackstar 4 ай бұрын

We don’t

@koryerickson1208 5 ай бұрын

Sheridan and Colfax has always been a bad spot.

@Louisa705 4 ай бұрын

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@jgoetz123 4 ай бұрын

If gentrification wasn’t allowed to run, rampant through the city, going unchecked and lining the pockets of certain politicians I’ve lived here my entire life, born here raised your seventh generation we always had unhoused people, but not nearly to the scale, until all of the transplants are flooding in here gentrifying everything and displacing people if you read an article, the Colorado Sun put out several weeks a month ago 90% of the house people are Colorado born and raised as well as many have full-time jobs, but can’t afford what all of these basically supremacists have done to the city and you can argue with me about that but it’s true they only care about themselves and only care about having their stupid condo and they don’t care how many people they displace how many families they harm or how many more unhoused people but then they whining cry because they have to see the unhoused people that they caused it has nothing to do with marijuana has nothing to do with politics because Denver has always been blue. Colorado has been purple. It may be blue now, but has nothing to do with any of that. It has purely simply has to do with the disgusting display and gentrification that has been allowed to take over. So if anyone wants to say anything about politics, the only thing that I would even close to agree is that they allowed this to go on golden was smart they didn’t allow any of this to go on they still won’t. They still only build a certain number of houses for people that are living there there they won’t go above that so people can move there. That’s what Denver should’ve done and they didn’t and They’ve just destroyed families and people that have lived here for generations, so that these yup millennial transplants can have their stupid little condo and work from home. It’s just gross.

@jimmyleon2983 5 ай бұрын

Did The Beatles ever play Mile High Stadium with The Rolling Stones as their opening act? Is John Denver from Denver, CO., was he born there? How about Denver Pyle, was he a home boy too?

@GeeEm1313 5 ай бұрын

No, no, no, and no.

@Keepkamala_OUT 5 ай бұрын

So F*** liberalism

@jetsons101 5 ай бұрын

To help Americas cities, decouple from china and let's make stuff here, it was manufacturing that built the Middle Class -- not importing crap from china. Thanks to Chris for his time, work and posting.....

@timr31908 5 ай бұрын

Like Willy Wonka says who do you blame the mother and the father and the Democratic party

@cottonj9 5 ай бұрын

If Denver was run by responsible people with any integrity and discipline these people would have a much better life.

@Louisa705 4 ай бұрын

If gentrification didn’t happen it would not be this bad today coming from someone who grew up in five points and parents grew up in the sun valley projects.