You can have all four seasons in a single day.

I’m a Colorado native and grew up in Denver and lived in the Springs most of my life. I recently moved to rural New Mexico due to the the negative points mentioned in this video and life is better. I love what it used to be and miss it, but it’s not the same anymore.

I moved to Colorado 15 years ago. I remember one of the 1st times driving to my job 20 miles away I was doing the standard 5 over on the speed Limit, so I was going 80 MPH. People bunched up behind me like I was driving an ice cream truck thorough a neighborhood. To drive with the flow of traffic I had to drive 95 MPH. I was from California and was used to commutes poking along in bumper to bumper traffic. It was a new experience to have a commute going 95 MPH.

Who wouldn't be salty if their home state suddenly became as expensive as California in less than a decade? Modest homes pretty much start at $500,000 anywhere in the Denver metro area, and will likely keep going up. Screw this place

Locals know that the only days to go skiing are on weekdays Monday -Thursday. People love to camp in the left lane on the highway. Seems like the right lane is now the fast lane. People do not know what turn signals are; they don't stop for right turns on red or stop signs. Love late spring here, thunderstorm season. Love the 90 degree weather with a gentle breeze. Love the mountains. I'm a native.

I’m a multi generation Coloradoan and any US citizen can move here and I’m ok with that. Yes you can have a true wilderness experience here if you don’t follow the crowd. One of the best things here is almost no bugs or mosquitoes. I live in a small mountain town and yes we do have festivals almost every spring,summer and fall weekends. You know it’s expensive here when the Walmart in the next town is paying $23/hr night shift. I’ve lived in other parts of the country but I will never leave again (I hope). Come for a visit! Stay if you wish.

People don't just drive 90-100 mph on the open roads in CO. They do that on the I-25 between Denver and the Springs. Very scary.

As a front range resident I can say one thing for sure, if you don’t frequently go to the mountains then it’s like living in any other big city with all the big city problems. If I add to the positives we have the “solar snow shovel” and we don’t have to deal with snow and ice all winter long. If I add to the negatives it doesn’t rain enough, and when it rarely does rain people mope around like it’s the end of the world. Seriously, people here have instant sunshine withdrawal symptoms.

Born and raised here in the springs and I Will never move absolutely love it

The best way too describe Colorado in short terms is, everyone is always wanting to do something weather it be food, activities, or sports. It's always lively.

Thanks for these videos. They're informative, in that they're a good starting point for people who want to know more about a particular state. Looking forward to more.

After running an insurance business for 38 years in Fort Collins Colorado I have left there. I had lived in the state for over 65 years. I had had enough and decided a little over a year and a 1/2 ago to go up and live just outside of thermoplus Wyoming. Couldn't be happier now never wanna come back.

The rate of pay does not match rents here in Colorado for a lot of people. Housing is out of control. Frozen Dead Guy day in Nederland!

I really like the pros and cons video. Please keep them coming.

loved it! It’s fun hearing about my state and you were right on about everything… as usual!

Aloha from Maui! I used to live in Colorado and I miss it VERY MUCH !

This is definitely going to be a great series

I lived in Colorado for about 3 years. I never had anyone show me animosity because I moved there. And I also thought the food wasn’t great. Except for Mexican food.

You pretty much hit Colorado right on. Jonathan,Lakewood, Co, semi-native, moved here in1981 from Iowa. I really enjoy your videos.

Great video as usual! We are looking to move so I pay a lot of attention to your videos Briggs! Thanks again

Moved to CO from the Midwest over 4 years ago. Love it here. Thought about moving to PNW or SoCal last year but ultimately we stayed here and bought a house south of Denver.

I was stationed in Colorado Springs at Fort Carson and trust me it’s a beautiful state. I love the amount of things to do there.

Love the pros and cons keep this series going!!

Another great series of videos Briggs! ♥️♥️♥️

Briggs seriously understated the wildfire problem and its attendant air quality problems in this video. Our local wildfire season in Boulder County started on 12/30/21 with the Marshall Fire (1084 homes burned). It wasn’t even in the mountains and forest like west coast fires. It started during a 110 mile per hour windstorm. We have had 2 additional fires in Boulder County since then with a brief gap when we finally got our “winter” (note the global warming here and the 26 year drought) with snow on 12/31/21 which extended to about 3/23/22. Because of the1/2 of Louisville which was destroyed the population has actually decreased which is unheard of for a Colorado City. Before the fire, Louisville was listed as one of the best cities to live in the United States. Then there’s the fire season where Colorado gets the smoke from west coast fires where it’s unhealthy to breathe when you’re outside which can run from May-November. Since the Marshall and other Boulder fires, my wife and I have spent everyday thinking about evacuation plans. I may try to move a lot of important stuff to a storage unit to the east that doesn’t have trees around it. If I get one too far to the east on the plains, it gets into tornado territory. Colorado has mass shootings like many other states. Forbes magazine rated Boulder the Happiest City in the United States in 2017 which is probably true if you’re a blind millionaire and can’t see the 1,000 or so unfortunate homeless people in the city. There were 10 people murdered in the shooting in King Soopers on 3/20/21. There was also the previous Columbine School shooting in Littleton in 1998 which was the first school shooting to receive national attention and caused a wave if imitators which continues to this day. The traffic problems were also understated. The Diagonal between Boulder and Longmont used to be a nice scenic leisurely drive. Now with congestion, it’s 75-80 miles an hour bumper to bumper traffic during rush hours with one death a week. I’m not against people moving here. I genuinely enjoy meeting the people who come to Boulder from all over the world. I wish I was somewhere else safer and will move out of the state after my sick wife who has leukemia dies.

I lived in Glenwood Springs which is an hour from Vail but I loved it so much!

YOU ARE THE BEST! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!

NIce video on Colorado. All true. Except that last line about the weather getting warmer every year.

When I was in junior highschool way, back in the day, I spent two summers and one winter break in Denver visiting my Dad. I absolutely loved Denver! Beautiful scenery. So much natural beauty. I went to see Othello at The Red Rocks theater. I saw the minor league baseball team The Denver Bears at the old Mile High Stadium. I went for a drive to mountains. And went sailboating on a lake. The only downside, was me, being from San Diego, trying to acclamate to the high altitude. I'd have altitude sickness for several days.

Enjoyed this one a lot. Seems like for CO, the pros are very strong pros and the cons are very strong cons. Being pretty much a recluse this place for me would be like going on a cruise. The locals will appreciate me even though they will never know it. I was stationed at Ft Carson for a year in 1975. It was a great place then.

Great video, I enjoyed it Mr Briggs.

Great video Briggs. Not moving to Colorado, but I hope to visit!

I really like these pros and cons videos. I have to say, this may be the first time I've heard anything about western Colorado. I already knew about the boring eastern plains, but the description of the west is intriguing.

An event not to miss: The Emma Crawford Coffin Races every fall in Manitou Springs. Also, if you’re a walker/runner, check out the Bolder Boulder 10K and the Waldo Waldo 5K, two of the funnest races I have ever done.

I really like these pros and cons videos!

Love your videos I have a friend who moved to Colorado recently

bro, we need much more videos with cons about colorado, ppl should became afraid moving to that state.

I’m a Oregonian whose lived in South Denver and let me say this when I told any local I "just moved here from Oregon" I got good feedback. Most Coloradans rather have Oregon / WA transplants than let’s say Californians or Texans. Oregon geographically is pretty similar to Colorado and both state residents know that.

these pros and cons are much better than the mystery's of Mississippi video, I think the most popular states should have videos with pros and cons. Thank you Briggs for another relaxing and informative video.

Didn’t expect to see a video abt my state today, well worth the watch tho!

I have lived in the Estes Park area for 45+ years and boy has this area changed. It was quiet at first and there was so much freedon in hiking and camping. Now there are so many restrictions. Trailheads are always full with cars and the trails themselves are busy with hikers. Hard to get away from it all. Of course having RMNP next door doesn't help. I'm thinking of moving to Vermont

I like visiting Colorado. I like visiting California, too. Living there is a different story.

Native Coloradoan. Grew up inLeadville. Now live in Denver Loved the vid. So true about everything!

As someone who has been a coloradan for a while I love this state but it breaks my heart that the fires, smoke and water rights are concerning enough to leave. For the last few summers it's been so bad you can't go outside for almost the entire summer and with this year's light snow fall I only imagine this pattern will continue and get worse

I have to agree with these. I don't mind people moving to the state. We, moved here when I was 13 years old, so trying to slam the door shut on other people just seems stupid and childish. However, it is a widespread attitude, and your other comments were spot-on.

I live in AZ and like CO, I think the wildfire problem is ramping up dramatically over the last 10 years at least. We actively start watching in May/June through August at local wildfire conditions. Many have been uncomfortably close to our town....even without a lot of trees, we have non-native grasses that fuel fires.

These are awesome Briggs. Thanks.

Been thinking of hoping in my Tesla and taking a road trip. I think your channel is making want to do this. But it's also your channel that makes it hard to decide where to go. lol

Briggs - you did a superlative job on this - thanks!

You hit the nail on the head with this video!! So happy i got to experience Colorado before it got overpopulated, overpriced, polluted air, crazy drivers, bumper to bumper driving to the once pristine Rocky Mountains of 1970’s, 80’s, 90’s! I will stay here till I die, pay the greedy piper, but it will never be the way it was! Sadly

I lived in Colorado for 7 years and havent been there in 7 years and im moving back in a couple months so this was good to know

Great video,as always Briggs! I love Colorado!👍🤗✌️

I was born and raised in Colorado and yes it used to be amazing! Not so much anymore unfortunately too many people moving there and changing everything for the worst. I just moved out of Colorado for the first time in my life and I am happy to have grown up there and lived there while it was at it's best! I don't miss the traffic and extremely high prices, I used to be able to hike and camp anywhere, now everything comes at a high cost and is private property that used to be enjoyed by the public. Litter and violence hasn't been as bad as it is now.

I moved to Colorado about three months ago and was the best decision ive ever made. Defiantly such a gorgeous state.

Although I lived there (Avon) for a very short time, I agree with you. As for wildfires, we are getting hit in Western Nevada as well...couldn't remember if you mentioned the Silver State. Our current snowpack in South Lake Tahoe is 38% of what it should be. Great video!

Amazing video! You should do the pros and cons of Oregon or Washington

It's weird that a lot of states like Colorado or Texas tend to hate newcomers but California doesn't seem to have that. Maybe CA has always been the place for ppl to start over again or something and we just don't hate anyone new because we too were once newcomers at one point.

On the Western Slope. Lots of folks from Cali and Texas moving in, raising housing prices to ridiculous highs. Plus they drive like crap.

I've had some great times, camping all around Colorado. It's such a beautiful state!

Greetings from the PPRC GOOD video love the format. You left out the Leadville 100, try it you'll like it.

The statement about the cost of beer and booze in the ski towns is true :)

i live in small city about an hour and a half from colorado springs up in the mountains called buena vista and it has the nicest people here i have ever known and we have deer that walk down the street and sleep in your yard

Spot on description

As a Colorado native the fires are insane and recently my and my friend lived incredibly close to the plumtaw fire in north of pagosa springs and were very close to evacuating

Yup - we are being 'loved to death'. Real estate IS out of control but the REAL reason we are tired of new folks here is everyone who comes here wants it to be just like the best parts of "back home". They want to change the state to their own likes. Sure, I am a transplant, too, but making it a point to adopt the Colorado way of life and leaving my old state behind has made all the difference! [Been here for 48 years] If you come here, become a Coloradoan, OK?

Born and raised Coloradan here... it's a beautiful state and I'm actually ok with people moving here. Its the house pricing that's kicking me out slowly. I'm only jealous of people moving here because they can afford it lol. But my husband, kids and I are planning to move out of state next year so we can actually buy a home. For me personally your cons were the reasons and sadly out weighed the pros. (I'm also using your videos to help us determine which state to move to next to call home :P ) Great research as always and keep it up!

Thanks, Briggs!

The weather here in Colorado springs is weird having snowstorms in May and sunny days in December

Been in CO since 86. I pretty much agree with your list. I think the air quality is pretty good overall however. I am tempted to move out due to the crowds/traffic. But where?! It’s tough to beat our weather.

Spring doesn't exist here. It frequently snows in May, and then it's summer. The weather really is fantastic, though.

I live in Colorado springs 70 miles south of Denver. Not too bad pretty laid back for the most part. It snows but it melts off fast. Beautiful winters especially around the holidays. It gets -3 in winter and 103 in summer. Best time to visit or move to Colorado is fall or spring 👍✨✨✨✨

Grew up in Fort Collins. Love it.

Only ten years ago, Illinois home prices we’re above the national average, and we’re about the same as Colorado was. Today, it’s a different story!

People have been moving to CO like crazy ever since they legalized MJ in 2014. This state used to be chill.. 😒

Huge fan of your content, can you do a 5pros/5cons on Montana.

Colorado is amazing. Lived on the Wyoming/Colorado state line for 6 years.

I lived in a ski town for 30 years and had to leave 4 years ago. 1: people coming in and buying up all the property and turning them into VRBOs, which depletes the long-term rental market (depletion of affordable housing for locals) 2: greedy developers buying up land for high-end development (that's what happened to the teeny trailer park I lived in for 20 years) 3: so now the "vibe" of that small community is changed by all the transplants (one reason they don't favor New folk). 4: the whole shift in society that has caused a surge in rudeness and sense of entitlement in the customer/tourist base that made working in the service industries a nightmare... So I moved to the Western Slope where I could afford to buy a house, and where there is a significant homeless/substance abuse population. Sigh... I am up for retirement soon and have been eyeing some of those small towns in your other videos 😉

You're def right on the money I've been in aurora since october and you do get that feel that they dont like outsiders particularly people from California this often comes to play in the winter months with snow season. If you're not used to driving in the snow ur more likely to have ur car parked stranded on the highway that's how they know ur an outsider. Outside of that the people are very welcoming the food and beer is great here and it's just a great vibe. I wish it was more affordable and I'm in Rhode island where cost of living is also terrible as well

We lived in Colorado from 1993 to 2022. We left as it became California, Denver and Boulder control the state. Miss the weather and the mountains but not the traffic.

I’m thinking of moving to new Jersey this summer, pros and cons list would be much appreciated. Take care.

Been here for 6 years. The pros, climate, mountains, outdoor recreation, low taxes. That's where the pros end. Everything else is subpar.

This may be the first video Briggs has done on Colorado that didn’t mention Blucifer. 😆

Solid video.

Born, raised, and now adult here, 100% agree with everything you said. However, the pollution/fire smog isn’t that bothersome. Maybe I’m just used to it.

Arizona next please.

Last May (2021) I moved to Westminster, CO, from 35 yrs in PA (the Dutch backbone there kept me at arms length). I used your insights to help make my decision. From watching this today, I wanted to say that I find the people I’ve met here, both bornNbred & newbies, to be extremely open, happy & friendly. I think it has a LOT to do w/ all the time people here get to spend outside. There’s actual research that Mr. Stanley (of the famed Stanley Hotel in Estes Park) had done in the late 1800’s here, when he was surprisingly cured of TB, died instead in his 80’s, when once given a TB death sentence… He had spent a lot of time outside, so used his vast resources to get to understand his new health. Note: there are rude people anywhere you hv humans, but I feel people in CO are way more welcoming than those of PA ever were.

Just moved to Arapahoe County, Colorado from Galveston County, Texas. So far everyone is very friendly and welcoming!

Thank you!

I grew up in Colorado Springs. I missed what the state used to be and not what it is now. I have a several friends who moved away like I did and we will not move back unless we absolutely had to.

Colorado is nice, I lived out there near Denver in the 80's. I was there 7 months. Had to go. Wasn't my thing. Dry, not green enough and smog. Expensive and really expensive now. I'm sure many people love it. 💕

grew up in So Cal my whole life. But man this looks incredible.

9:20 I can confirm, we drive fast. Driving to Glenwood Springs pretty much every day I average about 90mph. There's very few cops out here too so it's quite easy to get away with driving quick.

Western Colorado is very under rated and grand junction keeps growing every year and as a native to Colorado I recommend GJ. Like if you like outdoors fresh air and want to live in a city but don't the craziness of denver then I think GJ is worth a shot like we have good shopping food and activities we also aren't to far from the mountains and it's kinda like a mini Utah out here.

Loving the street map of Toronto at around 6’43”. This Colorado or Ontario? 😜😜😜

On a visit to see family they mentioned how price's jumped after the Cannibas law. During the early 2000's it was easy to live there. I noticed new townhouses and apts being built everywhere.

Moved away, expensive to live in, I will be a visitor from now on.

Fort Collins here 👋 Middle class being priced out, can't pay rent. Even homeshares and room rentals have gone up 50% in the last 5yrs. Seriously.....stay out!

I’ll watch the video in a few minutes, but as a transplant who has lived in Colorado for about three years now, one of the big downsides of this place is food. You just don’t get truly blow your mind great food anywhere in Colorado.

He was being honest for the most part. My buddies who drive up to me in summit on a weekend can get stuck in 4-6 hours of traffic instead of hour to hour and half. It’s the same driving back on a Sunday. I70 is a mess.

I was born and raised in the Northwest corner of Colorado. Skiing was part of our gym class, rodeos and tailgate parties were great. Visiting Denver and Colorado to see extended family while going to Casa Bonita and chilling at Waterworld then shopping at Cherry Creek Mall back in the 80's and early 90's. The air seemed cleaner and better. Now I visit my Parents who moved to Grand Junction ( another place we would visit for weekend shopping) and this town has become overrun, over populated and over priced for the area. The mountain formations are beautiful though. The traffic is almost just as bad as Denver and the cost of living is astronomical!!!. I have long moved away from there but people who have transplanted there have made it a much ruder, over populated and dirtier state then it once was. People in Colorado used to be genuine and great. Now the state has changed. I'm saddened by this.