Posted on 02/07/2023 4:50:25 AM PST by MtnClimber
Seven years ago, Business Insider published, “14 reasons why Denver is the best place to live in America.” They recommended everyone consider Denver as “your next hometown” citing a strong job market, low unemployment, great restaurants, and practical perks such as a low crime rate and good schools. That was then. How is Denver doing now as “trendy and desirable”?
In answering that question, the Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle published, “Denver becoming America’s crime capital.” That’s quite the turnaround in less than a decade, especially when we think of New York City, Baltimore, or Philadelphia as America’s crime capitals.
In 1963, an unknown singer named Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr was urged to change his name if he wanted to pursue a musical recording career. “He took his stage name from the beautiful capital city of his favorite state, Colorado. Later in life, Denver and his family settled in Aspen, Colorado and his love for the Rocky Mountains inspired many of his songs.”
The rest is history. What would John Denver think of his namesake now? Would he still, “See it rainin’ fire in the sky, the shadow from the starlight softer than a lullaby”? Probably not. Now it’s raining crime, drugs, homelessness, illegal immigrants, and many other big city urban blights.
The Chronicle, noted above reports, “Crime in the Mile High City is now worse than New York City or Chicago, and growing increasingly dangerous as the new year begins.” This includes violent crime, where on a scale of 1 to 100, Denver outranks NYC by 2.5 points, and property crime where Denver surpasses Chicago by 4.5 points. Bet you haven’t heard that on the news.
“Auto theft is now an epidemic in Denver and the second highest in the nation”, according to Denver Police Department data.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
It’s like legalized gambling, when you are the only place that allows it, you thrive, but once everybody else legalized it, you become like Atlantic City. Vegas has the constantly innovate just to stay afloat, but eventually their time will pass, as well.
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Is LoDo still ok?
The creators of the TV show, “South Park” bought it out of bankruptcy and it is reopening in May according to the latest. I was last there in 2017, when I was in Denver for a Guns N Roses concert. Looking forward to going back when they open.
Still the case on the Western Slope of Colorado.
Yay!
I've heard from them several times since. Crime is an issue in their lives now - it wasn't before - and still they refuse to connect it with their cherished proggie politics. It isn't that they don't see it, it's that they won't. Nice people otherwise, but good riddance.
;-) wink wink, nudge nudge...
The trick is going to be...how do you convince them to move to Venezuela. That should be their last chance opportunity to realize that their utopian dreams are backward.
The he story is it had nothing to do with drugs - I don’t buy it
Unfortunately no
Colorado has been Kalifornicated
You don’t have to.
It’s in his own words when he was testifying before Congress.
haveaniceday
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