Why does Boulder, CO attract whack jobs to move here for 2 years and then leave?
Why does Boulder, CO attract whack jobs to move here for 2 years and then leave?
You mean Coaches at The U
You mean private Co’s
You mean what?
Boulder, CO left???
theJeff wrote:
Boulder, CO left???
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The revolving door wrote:
Why does Boulder, CO attract whack jobs to move here for 2 years and then leave?
Libs are itinerant, with little desire to put down roots. They're always sidetracked by the next new shiny "thing" or trend dangled out in front of them. When they get to boulder and discover their cost of living has depleted their savings (hard to get a job in your field when you majored in theater arts or fashion design), they continue to head east...often to Austin or Nashville.
"2 years?"
You mean 4 years, right?
I thought it was the seven-year Boulder curse? You'd live there seven years and leave, or return after seven years, or return every seven years?
Reverse tom joad wrote:
The revolving door wrote:
Why does Boulder, CO attract whack jobs to move here for 2 years and then leave?
Libs are itinerant, with little desire to put down roots. They're always sidetracked by the next new shiny "thing" or trend dangled out in front of them. When they get to boulder and discover their cost of living has depleted their savings (hard to get a job in your field when you majored in theater arts or fashion design), they continue to head east...often to Austin or Nashville.
Austin is expensive too
CU is one of America's top 10 DoD/DoE/NSF research laboratories. So you gotta have a 4.0 and get accepted by CU Boulder Admission before you can think about the Buffs team.
HS Counselor wrote:
CU is one of America's top 10 DoD/DoE/NSF research laboratories. So you gotta have a 4.0 and get accepted by CU Boulder Admission before you can think about the Buffs team.
I'm talking about the whack jobs who come to Boulder for approx 2 years, say they're going to so do this and that, then do basically nothing but name drop, get some temp employment, and then leave but still keep their Facebook profile to say "lives in Boulder, Colorado" for perpetuity even though everyone in Boulder knows they left Boulder back in like 2012...
The revolving door wrote:
Why does Boulder, CO attract whack jobs to move here for 2 years and then leave?
probably same who move to Eugene, Flagstaff and Albuquerque after leaving Boulder!
Lives in Boulder, Colorado on FB wrote:
HS Counselor wrote:
CU is one of America's top 10 DoD/DoE/NSF research laboratories. So you gotta have a 4.0 and get accepted by CU Boulder Admission before you can think about the Buffs team.
I'm talking about the whack jobs who come to Boulder for approx 2 years, say they're going to so do this and that, then do basically nothing but name drop, get some temp employment, and then leave but still keep their Facebook profile to say "lives in Boulder, Colorado" for perpetuity even though everyone in Boulder knows they left Boulder back in like 2012...
I hate that. My classmate got a sponsor and stayed at plush facilities at OTC for a year then claims he helped coach Olympians when all he did was run a few meets at OTC, and open meets at nearby Mesa CC, UCSD, LBCC, Mt Sac, etc.
Bold bould wrote:
Reverse tom joad wrote:
Libs are itinerant, with little desire to put down roots. They're always sidetracked by the next new shiny "thing" or trend dangled out in front of them. When they get to boulder and discover their cost of living has depleted their savings (hard to get a job in your field when you majored in theater arts or fashion design), they continue to head east...often to Austin or Nashville.
Austin is expensive too
It is now, because of the mass migration of east and west coasters that saw it as "cool." They are the "look at me, I want you to think I'm weird" type- distinctly different from "keep Austin weird" type. Old haunts on South Congress are being torn down, and chain restaurants continue to pop up. My brother's neighbor just sold a 1940's 2 bedroom/2 bath house just east of I-35 for $650,000 to a young couple from California that apparently thought they were getting a deal. Instead of ACL or South by SW being something we used to look forward to, it's a time to now leave the city. Marley Fest used to cost a can of whatever from your cupboard- now it's a commercialized Reggae Fest that costs $40. La Zona Rosa is gone. Katz's is gone. It's not even called Town Lake anymore. I suppose all good things change in the name of progress, but what a shame to see what it has become, and continues to degrade into. I was born and raised in Austin as a 3rd generation there, ran for UT, abd took over a family business there. So, it's especially hard.
CU has 87% acceptance rate right ?
Reverse tom joad wrote:
Bold bould wrote:
Austin is expensive too
It is now, because of the mass migration of east and west coasters that saw it as "cool." They are the "look at me, I want you to think I'm weird" type- distinctly different from "keep Austin weird" type. Old haunts on South Congress are being torn down, and chain restaurants continue to pop up. My brother's neighbor just sold a 1940's 2 bedroom/2 bath house just east of I-35 for $650,000 to a young couple from California that apparently thought they were getting a deal. Instead of ACL or South by SW being something we used to look forward to, it's a time to now leave the city. Marley Fest used to cost a can of whatever from your cupboard- now it's a commercialized Reggae Fest that costs $40. La Zona Rosa is gone. Katz's is gone. It's not even called Town Lake anymore. I suppose all good things change in the name of progress, but what a shame to see what it has become, and continues to degrade into. I was born and raised in Austin as a 3rd generation there, ran for UT, abd took over a family business there. So, it's especially hard.
I think its kind of a thing where you have to look in the mirror. no one would have moved out there in droves if the born and raised "i was there before it sold out" group didn't spend their entire life telling the rest of the country how cool they were. your need to tell the world how special you were is what brought everyone.
Hayduke wrote:
Reverse tom joad wrote:
It is now, because of the mass migration of east and west coasters that saw it as "cool." They are the "look at me, I want you to think I'm weird" type- distinctly different from "keep Austin weird" type. Old haunts on South Congress are being torn down, and chain restaurants continue to pop up. My brother's neighbor just sold a 1940's 2 bedroom/2 bath house just east of I-35 for $650,000 to a young couple from California that apparently thought they were getting a deal. Instead of ACL or South by SW being something we used to look forward to, it's a time to now leave the city. Marley Fest used to cost a can of whatever from your cupboard- now it's a commercialized Reggae Fest that costs $40. La Zona Rosa is gone. Katz's is gone. It's not even called Town Lake anymore. I suppose all good things change in the name of progress, but what a shame to see what it has become, and continues to degrade into. I was born and raised in Austin as a 3rd generation there, ran for UT, abd took over a family business there. So, it's especially hard.
I think its kind of a thing where you have to look in the mirror. no one would have moved out there in droves if the born and raised "i was there before it sold out" group didn't spend their entire life telling the rest of the country how cool they were. your need to tell the world how special you were is what brought everyone.
We see this a ton in Denver. They all claim they're "natives" and blame transplants
F the natives wrote:
Hayduke wrote:
I think its kind of a thing where you have to look in the mirror. no one would have moved out there in droves if the born and raised "i was there before it sold out" group didn't spend their entire life telling the rest of the country how cool they were. your need to tell the world how special you were is what brought everyone.
We see this a ton in Denver. They all claim they're "natives" and blame transplants
It's not about when you moved here. It's about what you bring and what you take. If you buy a house in a so-so neighborhood, fix it up gradually, get to know your neighbors, work at a brick and mortar job that actually does business in Colorado, root for the Broncos and the Rockies, send your kids to a public school then you contribute and belong to the community.
If you buy a house in a "hot" neighborhood, hire a contractor to turn it into modern rustic bs, telecommute to a tech job 3 days a week, fly out to California the other 2, send your kids to a bs private/charter school, and invade Coors field once a year in Cubs gear then you are nothing but a carpetbagger inflating real estate prices and clogging up the freeway.
There's little I can do to stop the carpetbaggers but I don't have to like them.
Lives in Boulder, Colorado on FB wrote:
I'm talking about the whack jobs who come to Boulder for approx 2 years, say they're going to so do this and that, then do basically nothing but name drop, get some temp employment, and then leave but still keep their Facebook profile to say "lives in Boulder, Colorado" for perpetuity even though everyone in Boulder knows they left Boulder back in like 2012...
Is the perfect crash pad for liberal [I'm liberal, so judging my own ilk], well-off, drifting post-college types, divorcees, or funded adults. It's a drain hole for the Wandering West: everyone has a friend there, there's always jobs there, and most everyone outside the state of CO will approve/admire you for moving there.
It sounds "cool" to say you live there, has "cool" things to do, has "cool" people there and is big enough that you don't have to fight hard to stay above water around town. For Californians it's a "slower pace," "less crowded" place that isn't where they came from. For Mid-westerners, it's "everything where I grew up is not." For East Coasters, it's what their dad/uncle/neighbor dreams about, reminiscing of their coming-of-age summer/ski trips to "COLORADO." Those smart and ahead of the curve drop into Colorado College at 18, those who don't care specifically go to CU and become Buffs fans 4 lyfe, those who are listless show up post-college and exist there in some state of pre-paid adolescence.
Everyone's welcome in Boulder, right? It's open minded, right? It's still super cool and progressive right? It's a small town, right? You're living IN the mountains, right? You're so close to skiing, right?
Anyways, I live Aspen and got the hell out of the Front Range, so what do I really know?
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Hayduke wrote:
Reverse tom joad wrote:
It is now, because of the mass migration of east and west coasters that saw it as "cool." They are the "look at me, I want you to think I'm weird" type- distinctly different from "keep Austin weird" type. Old haunts on South Congress are being torn down, and chain restaurants continue to pop up. My brother's neighbor just sold a 1940's 2 bedroom/2 bath house just east of I-35 for $650,000 to a young couple from California that apparently thought they were getting a deal. Instead of ACL or South by SW being something we used to look forward to, it's a time to now leave the city. Marley Fest used to cost a can of whatever from your cupboard- now it's a commercialized Reggae Fest that costs $40. La Zona Rosa is gone. Katz's is gone. It's not even called Town Lake anymore. I suppose all good things change in the name of progress, but what a shame to see what it has become, and continues to degrade into. I was born and raised in Austin as a 3rd generation there, ran for UT, abd took over a family business there. So, it's especially hard.
I think its kind of a thing where you have to look in the mirror. no one would have moved out there in droves if the born and raised "i was there before it sold out" group didn't spend their entire life telling the rest of the country how cool they were. your need to tell the world how special you were is what brought everyone.
I can see how that would apply in many cases, and it's a point well taken. Though, it certainly doesn't describe me or my buddies. Growing up in East Austin as a Mexican American in a working class family is not something I've ever thought was cool. Sure, I'm proud of my heritage and background; but it's sure not anything that's going to get me laid!