These roads are beating up my CAR!! AND THE GARBAGE IS EVERYWHERE.

You missed Three Little Griddles

Diversity of people 😂

Thanks for the content

Watched the entire video. Thank you Sam, this is a very valuable analyses. Like you said we've all been thinking a crash is coming, the FED were thinking that too. Yet nothing so far. Save, wait and see.

If you need to read an article to understand how bad affordability is, you're definitely out of touch. Typical real estate agent. There is a crash coming. You can't always look at history to see the future.

St. Elmo is NOT abandoned.

@12:30 ... if we are paying $3,000/mo that would make the numbers way different. slip of the tongue, i know. but still $3000/year is insane. Living in MA i'm at $1,200/yr. so it's insane to think insurance is DOUBLE what i'm paying now is ridiculous. Moving back to CO is looking like more and more of a pipe dream.

we all know thank you

One thing is better than 1980. In 1980 the interest rate on a 30 year mortgage was close to 17%. That doesn't negate your point. Affordability is a serious issue. Prices for everything need to correct and wages need to come up. At least prices have stopped going sharply up. The price gauging has stopped.Hopefully that will make it possible for wages to catch up.

You need to make over 8k monthly after taxes as individual to afford a town home for 400k

Forget me not is shit, not the shit, actually shit

It's destroying all these communities because people under 40 without trust funds can't live here. Denver is already a crappy shell of what it was when I first lived here in the late 00s, and it's getting worse.

Add another $2k or so for child care (if u can get it)

As someone who moved from SC (sold my home) and moved here expecting to be able to buy within my first year, four years later it is still unfeasible to consider buying in Denver. Even with my salary being on the higher end of things, I cannot justify the prices here. Even renting is still egregious with the price gouging. I am fortunate enough that my company will pay me to move to another location and honestly, I may just have to do that in the next few years if things don't improve.

How is the Internet there? I currently live in Nevada and have had issue after issue since there is no fiber optic in the small town.

Frederick is the best suburb of Denver

I like your take on Denver, it's still got a lot of good but we gotta bring it back. Can't believe Denver got a C- on housing. Higher than expected. When the median house costs almost 650K for a pile of hot garbage, and you gotta invest heavily on security systems, cameras, and still have 'van life!' homeless people parked outside your house 24/7, sleeping with one eye open, somethings broken. Niche grades on diversity, but not "unhoused newcomers". Bet they see it as one in the same.

I feel that people that complain about "how bad" it is to live in Denver, have never lived outside of Colorado. Or haven't lived somewhere else for a decade or longer. I've lived all over the midwest. Spent 8 years in Houston. Here's the thing - all big cities are growing and facing those issues. Denver isn't growing as fast as places like big cities in Texas. Friends all around country have the same complaints we face here after moving - high home prices, more traffic, etc. etc. You want to see traffic, homelessness, bad air, dirty city, high property taxes, and awful transportation - go to Houston. Yet somehow a bunch of people seem to think it's a great place to be moving to.

Woo-hoo! LOVE ❤ living in Littleton!!!

Well the state is still 70k homes short on supply. And most of us want no part of Downtown Denver as it is a crap hole now. Schools and quality of life.

all of Colfax is a shithole

lol you consider Parker to be a suburb of Denver and think Northglenn is growing? You have no idea what you're talking about. Literally everything you discussed as a positive of Northglenn is present in Thornton and better. Meanwhile, Northglenn's boundaries are constrained (can't annex more land) yet Thorton can. Meaning a home is a better investment in Thornton than northglenn. Lastly, none of these communities have significant difference in access to the mountains. I like in Thornton and can be to Idaho springs in 45 to 50 minutes. It's nearly the same commute time from many spots in Littleton & Broomfield. You're obviously bias to the Westside where prices are more inflated.

Favs 1. Golden 2. Littleton 3. Lakewood Least Favs 1. Commerce City 2. Brighton 3. Aurora

Resident here for 10 years. I'd give it 3 stars, where when I first moved here I'd give it 4.5. It's all the same stuff most people are saying. We've gotten a lot more people over this time. We've struggled to keep up with the demand for housing, but are making improvements that may help offset the rising costs. I'm seeing lots of development for housing in once empty lots on just about every corner. Remember the corridor along I25 and Speer exist at the highlands when there weren't so many buildings hugging the highway, or 10th/Sheridan along the gulch? So that's good that we are building to support the inflow. Fentanyl use is rampant. Petty crime is dependent on the neighborhood. I've had had a car stolen, a catalytic converter sawn off, neighbors garages broken into, and fentanyl use outside my door in the interior hallways of my condo. It was a condo I could afford to buy in 2020 when mortgage rates were rock bottom, so I think it's just a balance between affordability and neighborhood woes. But that said, we're still close to the mountains, summers are great, winters aren't too bad. There are plenty of activities to do, sports, nightlife, Red Rocks concerts, restaurants, and all the parks and open space are just great to get out and quickly get some solace amidst the city without leaving it. We may need to implement mental institutions again for those on the streets. We are a society. We have productive citizens that are adding value and those that aren't contributing to it at all. We are mixing the two on the streets, and that's causing complaints. Take the good with the bad. It's not like it was 10 years ago, not like it was pre-covid, and the last few years have been particularly tough for the city. Surround yourself with the good people that you enjoy being around, think similarly, and you'll have a good time. Focus on the good things. Really appreciate your channel, I just discovered it. Cheers! Edit: Some other things I'll add re: outdoors stuff. Yes, it's changed in 10 years. We all would rather not deal with many people when being outdoors in the mountains with our activities. I don't know the numbers, but I make the assumption that in the additional inflow of residents, many like to do outdoor things. Thus, traffic on I70 any weekend will be hellish. Trailhead parking lots will fill up earlier. There are more people on the trails. etc. More infrastructure has gone in from Vail Resorts to capitalize on this, i.e. ticket prices are much much higher. Local passes are now swallowed up by big corps, leaving less options. It used to be that we could leave around 7am on a Saturday and get decent parking in the lots (even first chair), maybe only hit mild traffic at certain cruxes of I70. But now, you've got to plan at least an additional hour or more to account for these changes and hope you get decent parking. Even small resorts are now experiencing the issues since more people are overflowing out of the bigger ones to avoid these issues and going to smaller resorts instead. You used to be able to hit up a trailhead close on the front range on a weekend morning and not have overflow lots and people every few minutes on the trail. Weekdays have always been less busy, but you can notice these changes then as well. Nothing against people wanting to be outside! That's what's great about living on the front range, access to this beautiful nature so closely! However, I have to bring this up, as it's certainly a side effect of what has changed over the last 10 years. Some objective food for thought, I think any of us that live here and spend time outdoors here could agree with this sentiment. This contributes to my d

I share your view on the cherry thing, but if you call people out for upping their game, at least pronounce it correctly. say it with me, Mare-ah-skee-no… not, mare-ah-she-no. pro tip!

I've lived in castle rock for 20 years. It's not a bad drive. For most tech workers in the tech center ... a bigger base of jobs than in downtown ... and it's a much shorter drive from castle rock than the drive you will have from most of highlands ranch or parker. I've lived in both highlands ranch and castle rock. My wife works in parker. Parker is much more congested and crowded. There is more selection, but wayyy more people and traffic also. If you want everything that castle rock has, except more crowded and a broadway like stoplight riddled drive north and south to get anywhere ... live in Parker. Castle Rock is still a gem by comparison and as you said, has its own feel ... a very nice vibe that you get in a town with identity. People dont' realize that for most of castle rock, your on the highway in 5 minutes ... try that in parker, where its more like 10-15 minutes of parker rd, then a toll road, then I25. no thanks.

I really appreciate this analysis. Giving me a lot of information before visiting and what to expect.

I found out AFTER MOVING IN that my HOA (as annoying as they can be) owns over 50 miles of private singletrack in Ken Caryl Ranch. That itself is the biggest benefit of living in KCR for me. There are not many neighborhoods that can offer that alongside 2 grocery stores and a dozen restaurants all within short cycling distance with decent walking/biking infrastructure.

<waves at you from Golden>

New to the channel - was just binge watching all the food videos. Would love to see some new ones! Some possible categories could be cheap eats, best happy hour for food and drinks, best pastry/dessert place, etc. so many possibilities…

When they say there is good diversity that only means there are lots of liberals/leftists...as a conservative I find Denver has zero diversity. I've been living here for 8 yrs and have had it with the aggressive leftism here. Majority of women are radical feminists with massive tattoos as the norm. There are no conservative women and few conservative men...I've got my condo up for sale largely because I am sick and tired of having to hide my political views and whisper my opinions to the few conservatives that I can interact with. 2025 is going to be even worse when Trump wins. I saw this when he was first President, god forbid you say anything out loud with a conservative leaning to it. Than the population seemed to be more "inclusive" when they won the election, laughing when they hear my slightly conservative points of view...2025 will be a disaster from a social point of view as soon as Trump takes over again. Also, the illegals are aggressively begging for money with their squeegees at major intersection. I'm planning for a move to Colorado Springs where there is some diversity with a 50/50% political population. Can't wait to get out of here!!!

Sam, I love your channel! Keep it up!

As a New Mexican, Chipotle can stay in Colorado. Real burritos put them to shame.

Your mind is warped in just the right way to make the most of the social media space you do so well in. I love it. As we were driving to church in downtown Denver, I believe we were on Colfax Avenue, this Sunday it was sad to see some homeless but it's nothing like the propaganda you see on many KZfaq channels. Denver is not overrun with homeless or immigrants. That's a complete myth. I have seen homeless everywhere I have lived or visited. I saw them in Atlanta growing up, I saw them walking to work from the parking garage in downtown Jacksonville. I have seen them in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. You think Denver is over priced, try Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida or South Florida. Homeless people gravitate to places with nice weather and money where they can comfortably live on the streets, find things to eat.... By the way, it's not just a city thing either. Take state roads and in South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Appalachia and you will see conditions that make city encampments look posh. Everyone focuses on the things that support the story they want to tell. I have never seen homeless encampments in Denver like the ones I have seen in Seattle. That homelessness is all driven by highly paid tech workers pricing people out of the housing market. The same is true for San Francisco. It if was true that no one wanted to live in those cities, there wouldn't be a homelessness problem there. Remember capitalism? High demand items have high prices. Traffic on I-25 and I-70 isn't great. I am glad I don't have to commute to work but it's nothing compared to Atlanta, Dallas, Orlando, Miami, Northern Virginia. It's comparable to Jacksonville Florida and Jacksonville Florida traffic isn't that bad. Most of the drivers here are chill. I think that's the default but there are a few maniacs sprinkled in. Impatience with people in the right lane has surprised me. However, that happens in Atlanta too. The great part is there are options to avoid all that. For example I take the 6 out past Golden and use 470 to avoid I-25 and I-70. I take 121 to avoid Santa Fe/85. I won't share my favorite route to the mountains. :-) Despite the overpriced tolls 470 is a great way to get to the airport. As for cost of living, sales tax where we live now is around half of what we paid in Florida. It's like everything on Amazon went on sale by 4%. My whole family is midwestern, Ohio and Michigan. People are great here. Way better than especially South Florida. Night and day compared to LA. Our cousins moved from LA and they love how much nicer people are here. They love that people are less work obsessed here. We do too. You should take that "critique" of Denver as a compliment. The food scene here is awesome! Boston and New York are better but Denver is easily top 10% in the country. There's also a ton of diversity in sexual orientation, politics, ethnicity.... There's an especially large and diverse Asian population (Japanese, Vietnamese, Filipino, Chinese, Burmese...). Tons of Latin Americans with wonderful culture and food. Mexican Americans with roots back to the time when the whole Southwest was part of Mexico. There are not a ton of African Americans but I grew in Atlanta. Very few cities compare to the vibrant African American culture you can find in Atlanta. We have never had any problems with car break-ins or heard of anyone who has. We have parked at hotels by the airport and downtown. Of course, we have learned from experiences in other cities to not leave anything in sight that might tempt someone. Parking hasn't been an issue either. We only paid once in Denver when we went to a museum. Paying for parking is more common in Boulder, Breckenridge... but it's usually easily handled by an app. For those who claim things are better in the south, wait until they survive a summer and they figure out what people really mean when they bless your heart. Seriously, I am 100% with you that no where is right for everyone. Florida isn't bad but we didn't value the things people go there for. We do value what Denver offers. We were happy to sell our house to someone who would appreciate it more. I love the adventure of trying new places. After we have made the most of what Denver has to offer we may be up for a new adventure some where else. A pro that I haven't heard mentioned often is Denver's location. You are a 3 hour flight from anywhere in the continental US and it's easy to get a direct flight. That's huge. You can reasonably have a weekend getaway anywhere you want. Our kids regularly fly on weekends. I forgot to mention trails, trails and more trails. My friends in other areas drool when they see our trail network. As an aside, I totally got the Tokyo reference. It still has that place in my mind too but things have changed. Houses are inexpensive in Tokyo now. Mortgage rates there are 2% or less. I tried to sell my wife on going there but she wasn't having it. 🙂

I admire your positivity but I think you’re living on another planet. One third of Denver downtown is vacant. Homeless, illegal immigrants, crime, drugs, traffic, and cost of living are out of control. If you are an extreme liberal move to Denver. You’ll be quite happy enjoying all that “wokeness” has to offer.

Cool video, wanna try one of those

Highlands ranch is very kid and family focused. More so than any other area in Colorado. It’s also pretty expensive but the best place to raise a kid in the Denver metro area.

Lived in se aurora when we moved from texas. Aurora is the 2nd largest city in CO by area but it doesnt really have its own identity, a downtown of its own. Just a giant town vs a small city. We loved our time in SE aurora but we hardly went to north aurora. I wish there was a transit option from the SE. But it was close to the airport and less than 20mins from park meadows area. It was nice being 5min from 470. Plus the schools were great. We now live in the country and love it.

I peaced out after a decade. Thanks for the memories but see ya

Homes and townhouses cheapest ones are 415k for 2br 1ba fixer upper houses in Aurora and Townhouses 2ba 2ba with 450$ monthly HOA also 400k and those are the cheapest ones too. It's still way overpriced

I have several friends bought in Denver but now know it was the biggest mistake. The roads need to be exspanded, car insurance has increase by 60 percent and house insurance has increased by 30 percent. The transportation at the airport a nightmare it’s got way too much transit. Too many safety issues. Quality of life for elderly and disabled not good. Money spent can be spent elsewhere where.

Denver is a liberal shithole

WTH is in Golden? It’s one of the most boring places in Colorado. I only pass by Golden when I need to go to Boulder or Estes Park

DU/Wash Park is the best area of Denver. There’s a reason the prices are higher.

Hola Sam, my question is what neighborhood were you and your pup walking in at the beginning of your video? Loved that scenery.

Lol, uncharted for you! Noobs have no idea how great this change is for everyone.

I think you’re incredibly charming and I like your approach…but I’m opposed to 75% of this list. You lost me at Sam’s #3.

Just a heads up. It’s Annette not Ante.