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Phree44 t1_iuua05z wrote

Well you lucked out on the weather.

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darkrider99 t1_iuuaz0a wrote

Good click. Can you post your camera and settings please ?

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SuumCuique1011 t1_iuue4am wrote

Never been. Colorado is on my bucket list though.

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RazeniaCA t1_iuuj6q3 wrote

Oof, nice photo, but I see a glimpse of a human-made object in the lower left corner of the photo.

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cobuffjensen t1_iuuq7n6 wrote

Yeah, this place is pretty amazing. I still am amazed every morning on my drive looking at the mountains and I have lived here for 20+ years! Great pic

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CO420Tech t1_iuursra wrote

Replying to SuumCuique1011 (#432,143)

No, this pic is New Mexico. It is all a lie, it isn't cool in Colorado, don't let people fool you. The New Mexicans are just trying to keep their population from growing so fast, so they post pictures like this. Stay away, it is really terrible.

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ArrivesWithaBeverage t1_iuuruvk wrote

Colorado is the most photogenic state, seriously. And I say this as a resident of California.

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Flashmax305 t1_iuuv74v wrote

No one loves the 1/3 of Colorado east of Denver

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BentPin t1_iuuxb7w wrote

Now that's a view.

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ttystikk t1_iuv8c8m wrote

That dark blue sky you only see at high altitude.

Gorgeous pic!

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voltistrem t1_iuv8xfy wrote

Sneffels range, with Mt Sneffles on the left. Most likely off of Dallas Divide.

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Jewmangroup9000 t1_iuv96z9 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#433,331)

They are great, but really expensive. Fore somewhere like Boulder I would say go to Manitou or Longmont. And for a mountain town like Aspen I would suggest instead Dillon or Salida.

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ParCorn t1_iuva7lj wrote

Replying to ArrivesWithaBeverage (#432,758)

I just spent a year in LA and I’ve gotta say hiking up some dirt past a bunch of dead brush to see the downtown skyline from a slightly different angle got old REALLY fast.

I like NoCal though.

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[deleted] t1_iuvc0q2 wrote

Sky’s close, ain’t it?

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Run-Fox-Run t1_iuvj0k4 wrote

Living here for 23 years, and it hasn't gotten old.

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pizzabox53 t1_iuvju5p wrote

Wow. I’ve only been to Colorado a few times, and every time the mountains blew me away

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Potential_Storage695 t1_iuvl09q wrote

It looks so beautiful there. I will be making my first visit to Colorado for a mini vacation soon. Can’t wait to go

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Traumasaurusrecks t1_iuvq3bv wrote

Replying to CO420Tech (#432,852)

Seriously. Gentrification ain’t no thing for the outsiders till it comes through your town like a tornado. Rent tripled in a decade. Stanford is doing studies on Colorado because of how fast the people that made this place is getting pushed out. I feel pretty sad seeing Colorado in these forums. I get i - it’s pretty, but it is basically the tragedy of the commons and the system of people (corporate or individual) out pricing locals is sickening.

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jeepedge t1_iuvrl83 wrote

And now you are looking for a job there and talking about moving. Happens to us all.

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LeonJones t1_iuvrvyq wrote

Replying to papaya_papaya (#433,138)

Funny story. I got pulled over on i70 for going 75 in 65 on my to Boulder from the east coast. The sherrif asked me where I was headed and I just said Colorado not realizing I wasn't in Kansas anymore which was met with a completely blank stare.

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lokoston t1_iuvsi61 wrote

Wanted to move there 30 years ago. The wife sent me packing. End of that dream.

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Traumasaurusrecks t1_iuvtn8d wrote

Replying to SuumCuique1011 (#432,778)

Though real talk, it’s a pretty sad thing to witness so many people moving there from the inside. The rent costs tripled/quadrupled even before Covid. Most people of color - particularly Hispanics have been forced from most the front range (a northern part of Colorado where mountains meet the plains). No one talks about it and people moving their wash their hands of it ‘cause it’s systemic’ ironically a system they choose to support because not supporting it would mean not moving and adding to the issue. In addition, people that move there often bring the social issues they are running from with them and want to change everything, often destroying the culture they found inviting and wanted to be a part of.

There is a trend of transplants havjng the insular self centered nature that wealth brings and little to no knowledge of things like cleaning up a camp site, general etiquette of just being decent, or sadly often, lack much respect for nature, at all etc. there has been a striking increase in the amount of trash I pack out from trails and camp sites this past decade. I can list (vent about, lol) a few pages of other stuff (like how increasingly overdrawn the water resources are year after year), but gentrification is so freaking lame whether it’s individuals or companies. Imagine you just want was to stay where you’re from and ride the changing world with your community, but just like a South Park banking meme, ‘-aaand it’s gone’. And what I hear most is ‘deal with it’aka, you’re not rich enough. Your community was forced out cause you’re the wrong class. Guess you should have invested more when you were a child with all that imaginary money, lol.

There are/were a lot of people there of a variety of ethnicities that have been forced out that spent generations making it a wonderful and inviting place and culture.

All that too say, defo visit. Maybe even move there, but please keep in mind the situation is complicated, the other people are human too, and supporting those systems is definitely ethically grey.

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Chase2Chase t1_iuvuvgf wrote

Used this as my wallpaper on my work phone because work stresses me out and this shot puts me at ease. Great photo!

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burlywurst t1_iuvv47c wrote

Hey that's the San Juan mountain range. I live there!

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BabaORileyAutoParts t1_iuvv9rl wrote

Isn’t it amazing? I was blown away the first time I went to Colorado and saw the Rockies. John Denver was not full of shit after all.

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CO420Tech t1_iuvy1on wrote

Replying to Traumasaurusrecks (#433,944)

I'm a native and my family's been here since the 1850's so I feel ya. And you're not lying about the rent - the apartment that I rented in Denver across the street from Rose Medical just 20 years ago was $500 then, and is $1700 today. I used to have a dream of buying a little cabin in Marble, CO where it is beautiful but out of the way enough that a 2-3 bedroom cabin on 2-3 acres of land maxed out around $45-60k, but now they cost more than the 4 bedroom house we live in down in Denver and the land has been parceled down to 1/2 acre lots like the place is a real town instead of a glorified mining camp. Ludicrous. There isn't such a thing as an inexpensive mountain property now, even in towns where the median income is maybe $20k, unless it is a 1970's single-wide trailer. There are still some affordable properties in CO, but they're either scattered over a network of county roads across the Great Plains, or in hellish, isolated shitholes like Cortez. The only place along an interstate that is still affordable by any definition is Pueblo (because... gross. Pueblo is nasty), but even they're feeling it. You know things are bad when people have to move to fucking Pueblo to own a house (seriously, fuck that place with a cactus. God I hate it so much. Seriously, Cortez's motto should be "Cortez - At Least We're Not Pueblo").

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Joe_1911 t1_iuvygi4 wrote

Careful, first time I visited I got stuck for 5 beautiful years.

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taleofbenji t1_iuvyvs0 wrote

That John Denver was NOT full of shit!

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Rotterdam4119 t1_iuw1j2z wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#434,371)

East coast driving is the Wild West. I grew up in a western state and 10 over will get you busted. I’ve been driving a lot on the east coast lately and everyone consistently drives 10-15 over the speed limit. Why not just raise the speed limit? I have found the same road out west will have a higher speed limit compared to the east but everyone tends to drive the same speed no matter what.

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LeonJones t1_iuw1s2q wrote

Replying to SilverLumos (#434,425)

It must have been 85 in a 75 then. I came over a ridge going 90 as I passed someone then got trapped in the left lane with like 5 cars in the right lane going 75 exactly with the sherrif at the lead. Felt like I'd look too guilty if I hit the brakes and got back in line just because I saw the sherrif. I just crept along at like 76 and slowly passed them and immediately got lit up. He was like I got you going 85 but we both know it was faster than that. Obviously really stupid in retrospect. Not really the point anyway, I was speeding however way you look at it. The point was that I told a sherrif in rural Colorado that I was on my way to go to Colorado.

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jbhoward1397 t1_iuw2g5h wrote

Replying to Traumasaurusrecks (#434,097)

I think this comment is a gross generalization and slightly prejudiced. I moved here not long ago, meaning that I am not “#NATIVE”. Myself and many people like myself do our absolute best to positively impact the natural beauty of this state and to push back on the stuffiness of the native attitude.

The real reason that housing costs have skyrocketed is a lot more nuanced and not directly linked to the number of people moving to the front range.

Some Factors to Consider:

  1. As far as I am aware, in 2021-2022 more people left Colorado, than moved here—creating a slowing demand
  2. The loss of a large number of homes due to fire (Marshall) creates supply issues that drive prices up
  3. Rec. Marijuana companies are buying up homes as a way to “clean” money which further drives up prices due to the demand and reducing residential supply
  4. Construction companies over the last few years have been dealing with record high raw material costs and low labor retention which reduced productivity (supply) and increased costs

Costs in effectively all major cities globally have continued to skyrocket in the post-pandemic world, so this issue is not unique to Denver/Colorado. The real issue is not with general population gentrification or ignorance (these ideas divide people), it’s with rampant corporate greed spearheaded by politicians who’s personal wealth somehow inflate to exorbitant levels during terms of “public service”.

We all need to stick together, build each other up, and educate.

Edit: Grammar

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barista-chan t1_iuw2xg1 wrote

I lived in Boulder this past summer and have fallen in love with Colorado despite not getting to see as much of it as I wanted. Just got back from a Halloween trip out to Denver to visit friends and it’s just as gorgeous in the fall (and the mountains have much more snow on top now which I love). Thank you for this picture that shows me a part of Colorado I haven’t seen (yet)!

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EGG_CREAM t1_iuw6rzg wrote

Replying to Traumasaurusrecks (#434,097)

The problem is not people moving here, we have plenty of land. Nobody is developing enough apartments and houses, we're not on an island it's just plain greed. Stop blaming the wrong people here.

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mrclang t1_iuw85a1 wrote

Great place to hide bodies

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thehappyheathen t1_iuw96pf wrote

Replying to Traumasaurusrecks (#434,097)

This is actually an issue in startup culture. Weird segue, I know. There is a problem with growth when it outstrips the ability of the prevailing culture to integrate new people. I think that's what you're describing. Colorado is a small state, the population is only about 5 million or so. It's smaller, as a state, than some cities. It sounds like you're saying that for a long time, the small population of Colorado had a shared culture, including concepts like "leave no trace" in most of the backcountry. When people moved in too quickly, they outnumbered the locals and didn't have to integrate, so the environmental ethics have been lost. When I moved to Colorado, I feel like I was surrounded by a lot of people who grew up on the Front Range. They took me hiking, taught me to ski and shared their values. I feel like that's happening less now because there's too many people moving for them to get absorbed into a circle that is mostly people who have been in Colorado for years, if not their whole life.

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ColoradoCyclist t1_iuw9cuu wrote

Replying to SuumCuique1011 (#432,778)

Colorado isn’t just terrible. It’s also filled to the brim with poop. There is poop everywhere. Doorstep? Poop. Street? Poop. Mountains? Poop. Underpants? Poop. You’ll hate it here unless you’re into…

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Traumasaurusrecks t1_iuwa5r9 wrote

Replying to EGG_CREAM (#434,766)

Sort of agree to disagree a bit. Another big part of the growth is water availability. We have been overdrawing the groundwater like crazy. Farmers get pushed out for housing developments in large part to get their water rights. But the groundwater is way way overdrawn. If you stopped 100% of human consumption in CO, it'd be 200 years of precipitation and aquifer recharge to return the water levels to the previous "normal" - it aint infinite and consumption volumes are increasing. But at the root of that is greed, and a water law system that is messsssyyyyyyy at best. So, how to address it is without just collapsing the system is difficult at best

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sweetplantveal t1_iuwagh7 wrote

Replying to FTMorando (#434,341)

Tbh I’m at the point where I want everyone who is traveling based on earth porn and insta to be concentrated in Aspen and not tell anyone where anything else is. So hard to have a pleasant time free from jerks and crowds.

I’m not at the point of asking people to take shit down but I’ve had the thought.

Related - I would love to move to Ridgway but don’t think I could afford it without some lucrative tech job I do remotely.

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DirtyBojanglez t1_iuwdkdv wrote

As a floridian that now lives in Colorado, I always heard people say pictures don't do it justice.

And they're right. But the pictures never get old either.

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braywarshawsky t1_iuwel6e wrote

Replying to HeavyLogix (#434,443)

Denver is the namesake of the first territorial governor of Kansas, FYI.

Each time I load up the fam & drive to Colorado from KC, I am amazed on how flat some of Eastern Colorado looks... and seems to have more Sunflowers than the "Sunflower State".

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FTMorando t1_iuwg6gd wrote

Replying to sweetplantveal (#434,951)

I mean this isn’t exactly a secretive location. Where this photo was taken is on the way to one of the top listed trails in Ridgway. There was probably a dozen or more photographers set up in the exact same spot when OP took this pic.

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sweetplantveal t1_iuwgv60 wrote

Replying to FTMorando (#435,264)

Ridgway, Utah you say? 😉

I feel you, it’s not like you did something crazy. But maybe the sentiment is relatable, dealing with places you love getting internet famous?

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atyppo t1_iuwi7j6 wrote

Replying to Rotterdam4119 (#434,514)

Completely depends what state you're in. In Wyoming 5 over is risky but in CA you can do 20 over with little risk of getting pulled over. Same deal on East Coast. In CT, 10 over is the max you can do whereas in NH you can do 15 over just fine.

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midgitsuu t1_iuwijia wrote

I'm not stoned, but now I'm wondering if Colorado got it's name because it's so colorful.

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mbhatter t1_iuwk6eu wrote

I am looking to visit soon, what would you or anyone else recommend visiting? Love nature and hiking.

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Traumasaurusrecks t1_iuwkd31 wrote

Replying to thehappyheathen (#434,890)

Yes, you are nailing a chunk of the social parts. You write it out really well. I think the economic part adds a really insidious element to what you have above. Mostly newcomer influx can be dealt with though 'locals' by sticking together culturally while either including the new people or not (not always healthy, but eh). The other half of this is the economic/livelihood shift that literally forces poorer people to move, live beyond their resources, or become homeless (I'm ignoring the idea that everyone just gets better jobs as that is largely not a community option in my experience). Now, it is a huge systemic thing to look at, and mostly can be blamed on companies/international greed at horrifying scales. In these posts, I'm pointing out the individual contribution of people with wealth moving there, but it isn't the root, and I get it - it's a nice place. It just sucks to be not wealthy and be on the receiving end.

The increase of rent and property taxes (I know much more about the rent elements) from the early 2000s and onward basically got untenable for lower classes and moves up in wealth brackets varying from community to community. Some places priced out even the middle/upper class - like Boulder with 1,000,000$ homes on the low end. Or mountain towns where the ma and pa places must close cause they can't afford to pay help a livable wage.

In theory, the new money in the area would help everyone, but economic and government spending impacts from it are not equal across the board. Our lower income communities which were already underserved basically get no change or token amounts of service. Even in areas that receive lots of new people, often not even the schools improve as they are often sent to different highschools. Or in our school district funding was focused on already well off schools - although they did finally address the asbestos, lol. Then with gentrification comes an erasure of history of poor/minority areas (especially in this case) by renaming the place- like Five Points is now RiNo in Denver. And all this economics stuff hits minorities harder - when gentrification came to my hometown, it was the hispanic families I grew up with that had a harder time landing better jobs/paying the bills, and it's not like it was a perfect system before, but it actually got harder for many. All this to say that for lower income communities, to stay, you needed income increases or upward mobility far in excess of general income increases.

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Traumasaurusrecks t1_iuwlcod wrote

Replying to EGG_CREAM (#435,145)

Thanks, and know that I definitely hear you though. Technically, there is tons of space. And housing costs are primarily a housing volume issue (and an investment issue). I work in water in other areas of the world, and we overlap into urban planning and such, and, oof - it does a doozy on planning and growth capacity

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vettewiz t1_iuwoj1z wrote

Replying to Rotterdam4119 (#434,514)

I’m an east coast resident. 30+ over is extremely normal. The speed limits are ungodly slow on highways. Go elsewhere and people think you’re a maniac because they aren’t used to it.

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Matten1294 t1_iuwqll0 wrote

I'm gonna download this and use this as a Wallpaper on my phone... As an urban resident I can just say: Holy that's an amazing image

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remyron OP t1_iuwsedr wrote

Replying to mbhatter (#435,453)

I stayed in Telluride which is already worth visiting on its own. It’s a small, walkable town with a free gondola that will take you to Mountain Village. While I was there we went on the following hikes and recommend them both: Blue Lakes Trail and Bear Creek Trail

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qevoh t1_iuwsksu wrote

That's so so beautiful

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RockieDude t1_iuwuvix wrote

Was this taken from Last Dollar Road? I recognize Mt. Sneffels.

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beaukneaus t1_iuwx9if wrote

I remember my first trip to Colorado, September of 2011; I fell completely in love with it and have been back 8 times since then, taking my dad on one trip, mom and dad on another and my wife on all of the trips and on the last two, took a couple that we are good friends with - they love it like we do! Our kids have been with us 3 of the trips and consistently ask us when we will go again.

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jeeps23 t1_iux0t7h wrote

Dear sir may save this Pic to my phone to use as a Screensaver due to sensorhip

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Invisi-cat t1_iux6ghl wrote

I spent my summers growing up in western Colorado, I love it

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TeutonicTwit t1_iux6m5j wrote

We spent the last 12 years living on the Western Slope of Colorado and every day had fantastic views of the San Juan Mtns, the West Elk Mtns, the Grand Mesa and the Uncompaghre Plateau.

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Ari_Kalahari_Safari t1_iux6nrv wrote

god I love glacier-carved valleys that remind me of the crazy fact that this land was once under kilometres of ice

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NickMalo t1_iux9j4s wrote

Wonderful earth, hopefully you were able to ingest some too

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CAM1998 t1_iux9vlg wrote

One of my favorite roads in the fall!

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SafeHayven t1_iuxa63z wrote

So beautiful! Colorado in the fall is beyond stunning.

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catbadass t1_iuxc6u3 wrote

Greeley is beautiful this time of year

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Wolfie359 t1_iuxc7c1 wrote

Taco del gnar is the best restaurant for miles!! Come get some tacos!!

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VonMillersExpress t1_iuxdezf wrote

Replying to thehappyheathen (#434,890)

Lifelong northern Front Range native. There aren’t that many of us that I run into. No idea what impact that has or has had in what you’re discussing, but whatever is happening now is different than what was happening before. But that’s not a bad thing! The old joke motto we had for Fort Collins was “Wide streets, narrow minds”. Doesn’t really apply anymore, and that’s a good thing to my mind.

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Lilly_flyy t1_iuxnp1p wrote

Wow, that's really cool. By the way, what should I take with me for a hike in the wilderness? I mean, what do you need to take in order to use it and at the same time not take a lot of stupid things with you.

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obaterista93 t1_iuxocrh wrote

Replying to jeepedge (#434,001)

My wife and I eloped to Colorado, and while we were there we discussed the feasibility of having our dogs flown out and staying.

Didn't end up doing it, but man do I wanna go back.

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Ohms_feel t1_iuxpzf4 wrote

Just want everyone to know this is south west Colorado. Not Denver or any city along i25. Great views from montrose and ridgway!

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WildbeardEJB t1_iuxz73e wrote

Wow, stunning! Way to capture the beauty of the place! 🌲😍

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Hirsute_Sophist t1_iuy54n1 wrote

It only looks like this one day a year, I SWEAR! Otherwise it's terrible, and it rains acid all the time!! STAY THE HELL OUT OF COLORADO!!!

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ramblejambler t1_iuy6fhc wrote

Replying to Front_Beach_9904 (#434,755)

I keep wondering...where are we supposed to go? As we're getting priced out of locations. I've lived all across America by this point. I want to find my forever home. Yet coast to coast the rent is just insanity incarnate. What you get for the price is someone's chewed up slipper. Not sure what to do.

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ercussio t1_iuyjx7m wrote

Yea last time I went through Colorado the beauty started to get overwhelming. It's like, 24/7 earth porn

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ramblejambler t1_iuykhb9 wrote

Replying to Front_Beach_9904 (#438,490)

Plus side, big/small and anywhere in between if you're not in the upper class you seem to be eating shit right now. So you're not alone.

We scraped everything we could out of our lives, and pretty much live like monks now. Had to move to a lower cost of living place, but we're getting priced out of that too. So I'm thinking Midwest next, but damn I'll miss land features (unless we move to an area with those).

p.s. - Good luck and keep your head above water!

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burlywurst t1_iuyoybi wrote

Replying to NoodlesInMyAss (#438,224)

I live about 10 miles from these mountains. Colorado is the most dense mountainous region in the lower 48 states. Many many houses have beautiful views like this even in larger cities (20,000+ population).

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Lilly_flyy t1_iva9ay7 wrote

Replying to remyron (#438,278)

>I packed pretty light for this hike. Just some water and snacks. Although I do recommend bear spray just in case

Thank you! BUT what do I need if I'm going to go to the forest for a few days? I was always worried about how to survive a night in a cold forest with wild animals.

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