I moved to Boulder during the spring of 1995, at the end of a very warm winter, and the beginning of a very cold, wet spring. This year has been nearly a carbon copy of that year..
The climate hasn’t changed – but something else has changed. Twenty years ago, Boulder was a very free, open city. People moved there to be free. I could walk the dogs off the leash up at Chautauqua. The place was great. It is was the most fun place I ever lived.
But over time, progressives have become more and more protective and afraid. Now they are terrified of everything – other ideas, dogs off leashes, and even harmless trace gases. People in Boulder have become incredibly annoying and paranoid.
I plan to move back to Boulder this summer. Sad that it has been taken over by mentally ill folk.
Depends?
I don’t need those yet, thanks. I’m not that old.
On perspective.
Two boys were playing hockey at an outdoor arena when one is attacked by a Pitbull. Thinking quickly, the other boy rips a board off the nearby fence, wedges it down the dog’s collar and twists, breaking the dog’s neck.
A reporter who was walking by saw the incident, and rushed over to interview the boy!
“Calgary Flames fan saves friend from vicious animal,” he starts writing in his notebook.
“But I’m not a Flames fan,”the boy replied.
“Edmonton Oilers fan rescues friend from horrific attack,” the reporter starts again.
“I’m not a Oilers fan either,” the boy said.
“Then what are you?” the reporter asked.
“I’m a Maple Leafs fan.”
The reporter turns to a new sheet in his notebook and writes, “Redneck idiot kills family pet.”
People in Boulder have the opinion that they are the only ones blessed enough to live in Boulder. As each person moves to Boulder they try to close the doors behind them because no one else is as deserving as they are to live in this blessed city.
It was in the 70’s that Boulder adopted the slow growth measure. Sure helped those who owned existing houses but the poor students ended up paying higher rent.
One of the weather events I remember while attending school at CU were the spring snow storms that would drop 14″ of wet heavy snow onto the city. Trees and roofs would come crashing down. And in two days the snow would be gone and the girls would be out in their bikinis getting a sun tan.
Daniel Ellsberg showed up one day and, along with a couple dozen students, set up a camp on the RR tracks into Rocky Flats to block access. This protest was something that happened almost every spring when the students got restless. Then we got one of those spring 14″ heavy wet snowfalls. Most of the participants were fair weather protestors and quit.
So Tony, is life in Boulder that much different now?
It is very different now People there are are nuts.
I know what your saying, they fuck up everything where they lived and now hate it there so much that they move to make the same mistakes.
It seems different. Maybe because we have changed. Or because everything did.
This Marine felt unwelcome in Boulder and just wrote into the “local” newspaper about his experience. http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_28076568/graham-dean-selective-tolerance-boulder
Nice letter.
I love this comment because he nails it!
http://intensedebate.com/people/ernie_oertle
Ernie is a conservative skeptic that frequently posts replies to the typical propaganda section of the Boulder paper. Lately, every Sunday there are two or three “guest” opinions on the dire nature of climate change and the drastic actions that need to be taken immediately. I’m looking forward to what is said tomorrow because of the 1-3″ of snow that is expected.
Maybe you should chose a different spot in CO.
Here’s an old favorite of mine.
https://flic.kr/p/nJNcbQ
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5553/14267797744_a33fd2b89e_b.jpg
Ouray County?
If you click on the top photo, the link goes to an explanation of the photo which I took in May 1977. This is Lookout Peak near Platoro. When I posted the comment, I thought the first photo would show up only as a link, but it actually brought in the photo and made a link. I never know what to expect with Word Press. Now I know that I can post a Flickr photo link in a WP comment and get both a photo and a click-able link.
I bet that one release a bunch of CO2.
Back in the old days the Bounderites cared so much about the homeless that they made sure they had a bus ticket to Denver.
“…over time, progressives have become more and more protective and afraid. Now they are terrified of everything – other ideas, dogs off leashes, and even harmless trace gases. People in Boulder have become incredibly annoying and paranoid.” I blame the progressives’ control of the mainstream media. It influences peoples opinions, and therefore, votes.
My Uncle taught philosophy in Boulder. His writing on Marx had succeeded in getting him banned from traveling to East Germany, most specifically “The Mythopoetic Origins of Marxism.” I visited him in about 1972 or 73 when I was in high school. He would regularly invite these “progressive” leftists to his home for dinner, and debate them. (Thoroughly trounce them was more like it)
why are you moving back there if the people are nuts?
There are a lot fewer nuts there than where he now lives would be my guess. Also, there are a lot more armed citizens which means there is less violent crime than in Maryland.