Colorado, a truly beautiful place, a place where Robert A. Heinlein decided to build a house (and since house numbers weren't a thing at the time numbered it 1776,) has become a bit of a mess.
I lived in the Springs for a short couple years. Many people from New Orleans were relocated there after Katrina. They were all placed in apartment complexes and things got so out of hand the police literally called them "no-go" zones. They called those places Somalia Springs or New Somalia.
Mind you, these were people from New Orleans, not migrants.
It does not surprise me in the least that "migrants" are pulling this. They got away with it in their home countries, so why wouldn't they get away with it here?
Colorado flipped blue way before the current governor was a thing. Like 30 years ago, at least, is when it flipped. My dad' friend had a "Don't Californicate Colorado" bumper sticker in the 1970s, ffs.
The Californication of Colorado also screwed up the housing market there. Houses used to cost sub $100k before all the Californians moved there. But, since the Californian housing market has been way over priced, the Californians would sell their houses for hundreds of thousands, move to Colorado, and could over bid the locals, which jacked up the house prices, which quickly made houses shoot to well over $100k, and then over $200k, in just 10-20 years. This happened in the 90s and 00s.
Now, with inflation and the housing bubble, it's even worse, and it's everywhere.
Colorado, a truly beautiful place, a place where Robert A. Heinlein decided to build a house (and since house numbers weren't a thing at the time numbered it 1776,) has become a bit of a mess.
I lived in the Springs for a short couple years. Many people from New Orleans were relocated there after Katrina. They were all placed in apartment complexes and things got so out of hand the police literally called them "no-go" zones. They called those places Somalia Springs or New Somalia.
Mind you, these were people from New Orleans, not migrants.
It does not surprise me in the least that "migrants" are pulling this. They got away with it in their home countries, so why wouldn't they get away with it here?
Colorado used to be a reliably red state right?
Used to be, but the gay millionaire governor seems to be changing things up a bit
Colorado flipped blue way before the current governor was a thing. Like 30 years ago, at least, is when it flipped. My dad' friend had a "Don't Californicate Colorado" bumper sticker in the 1970s, ffs.
The Californication of Colorado also screwed up the housing market there. Houses used to cost sub $100k before all the Californians moved there. But, since the Californian housing market has been way over priced, the Californians would sell their houses for hundreds of thousands, move to Colorado, and could over bid the locals, which jacked up the house prices, which quickly made houses shoot to well over $100k, and then over $200k, in just 10-20 years. This happened in the 90s and 00s.
Now, with inflation and the housing bubble, it's even worse, and it's everywhere.