12/4/2023 0 Comments Cafe ardour fort collinsMost of the people we met when we first moved here have moved already, many to Denver as FC is becoming just as overrun and congested but at least the wages in Denver are much higher.Įvery type of recreation costs money! Every beach. The only diversity I've seen is the international students who attend CSU. If you stop at any stoplight when the temp is over 70 (most days from April to November) every single vehicle has their windows up and their air conditioning cranked, with bumper stickers that promote green living and saving the environment! Most people I've met never use public transportation, own 2 or more vehicles (even single people!) crank their home air conditioners 6 months/year and spend hundreds of dollars wasting water to make their grass pretty. Businesses say they recycle and compost but most of the one's I've worked at, don't. The restaurants that say they serve organic, local food, are run by hipsters, are usually lying and overcharging just to make more profit (I worked in the industry). They talk a good game but are mostly faking it. Fort Collins is now full of hipsters, not hippies! The difference-hipsters have a lot of money (inherited it) and are usually judgmental hypocrites. I made the same amount of money at some of my jobs here as I did in the previous state I lived in, however the cost of living was almost 50% less there!!!Īt first we were impressed by the environmental awareness and green living, animal friendly parks and access to the foothills but the fast growth and attitudes of the people have ruined it. Restaurants don't pay for quality workers, because they can hire college students who will work for cheap wages and free food and beer. We no longer go out to eat anymore, after so many bad experiences. Parking is a nightmare, so they put in some new transit options but they are sometimes so full you can't ride! Customer Service is terrible most everywhere you go as it is staffed by spoiled rich CO teenagers, snobby rich CO hipsters or college students with no work experience. Good luck if you forgot to check which roads will be closed for events and you can't get to work or your business appointment on time. There are many festivals and downtown activities, an event nearly every weekend in the summer, but the population increase and weed smoking tourist explosion has made attending any event much more trouble than it's worth. There has been so much new construction the small town feel is gone. We loved it when we first got here a bigger city but with CSU occupying most of downtown it still had a small town sort of feel if you weren't near campus, especially in the summer when the college students are gone. Ors, has made it a nightmare to go to any of our favorite places anymore-there are just too many people, no parking and everything is more expensive! This town has totally changed in the past few years! That combined with the legalization of marijuana, increasing out of state visit. There have been so many news reports calling FC the best place to live-everyone is coming here. Rent rates went up 11% in the past year alone and have nearly doubled since we moved here 5 years ago. This city has declined significantly in the past 5 years-we are moving
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