re: I see why people leave Louisiana

Used to see world class athletes out on the trails regularly in Boulder. The last time I visited and hit up some of my old favorite outdoor spots I almost cried.

Boulder started to change about 20 years ago when it really started growing. Seems like the hippy population started gradually being phased by the corporate, trust fund, social justice types.

Would still move back.

I lived in Boulder, Westminster and Indian Peaks in Lafayette for 10 years. A fat person is a rarity. You have to really be committed to the fatness to be that way in Colorado. My assessment of it having lived there for that long is that the quality of life is vastly superior but that it loses a little luster when you factor in the people. It's not that you don't meet interesting people, it's just not culturally cohesive like Louisianians are and it's missing that magic we get from time to time here. TLDR: it's vastly superior in every way but I do love me some South Louisiana peeps.

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don't have grandkids yet, but most of my friends do. I want my children to go and live big, to do absolutely whatever they want to do and live where they want to live. I don't want them feeling stuck to me.

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I have one grandchild now but only 1 of my 4 kids lives here so my grandchildren will be all over. We have to fly to visit now.

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Trying to think of the main differences between the denver and Nola populations

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Your thinking education probably.

I mean, a lot of States/Cities don't match up to CO

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It looks like the median home price is close to 600k.

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Which is ridiculous.

The propensity to inflate real estate prices hurts the middle class more than ever.

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Boulder



I think I checked Zillow one time and you could purchase a nice house for about $350-400k…

A townhouse

1,000 square feet

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If you can find a townhouse in Boulder with 2 br and 1,000 square ft you should jump on it. Many of the condos, townhouses, etc are around the University of Colorado are more expensive than that. I checked listings and couldn't find one 1,000sq ft 2 br condos that was available at that price.

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If I didn't have family and a career in SELA, I'd pack up and move somewhere like this without a second thought.

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Maybe you can transfer to Vail?

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The middle class barely exists in Denver/Boulder proper

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Its happening all over. Most west coast cities are too expensive for the middle class.

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If you have a shittty outlook here, try to be positive in another state or you will just be shitty there.

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Shitty outlook??? Name one thing in my post that’s wrong. I’ll wait………it’s fact LA is last in EVERYTHING when we pay more taxes and could have one of the richest states in the union. Yet it’s an epic failure. Prove that wrong.