Denver is in contention for GOAT US city...

[dora_da_destroyer]

Dumb question but are sororities & frats big in Cali?

Most of the Cali folks that were at bama state wasn’t messing with the Greek life

Hmm, it definitely ain’t as big out here as it is down south, but I know enough Cali people, including myself, who pledged so it’s not like no one does.

 

[desjardins]

Have only heard good things about Denver
But the thing I wonder is how do you know that visiting a place will translate into enjoying living there
I live in Philly and I know if I was a tourist who made 6 figures I'd think Philly was one of the best cities in the country, where as a ton of natives can't wait to gtfoh. I was in just LA, San Diego and CDMX recently and I loved all those places but I'm there as a visitor going to all the hip places that are new to me. Every day is an adventure when you travel vs actually living there and being exposed to the day to day nuances that may make a place annoying

 

[Jayou Ayen]

I've been coming here on/off since October. My lease is up in April and I'm 75% sure I'm moving, its either here or back home to Sacramento...

I don't have any family here, so my only connections here are the associations I've met. I can make more money here than I can in Sac or in Raleigh, at a lower cost of living in Sac, and only slightly more than in Rgh...

I have better career connections here than I have in Sac...

The only things that may limit or rule out a move, are my daughters are all in NC. My youngest daughter's mom is currently battling Stage 3 cervical cancer, and I'll be back in Rgh in 10 days to help support her again, she starts her treatments next week. There are scenarios that both could support me moving or staying, but for her part, working out how I see my daughter will be easy (we're speaking that she beats it entirely)...

Me and my two oldest kids' mother are currently in custody negotiations, we have another session on the 17th, and if we don't reach an agreement then, we go to court in late September. But conversations are progressing and its possible we have an agreement that allows for me to see my girls if I move out if state...

Ultimately I'm lured out of state by the prospects of making more money, and how I can provide for me and mine, and the allure if living back at home after years in NC. The more money I make will allow me the flexibility to get back fairly often, in seasons I don't have my girls with me...

Still a chance I stay put but I'm closer and closer to leaving NC than I've been in awhile...

Over in the eastern neighborhoods; 55% of black people in Denver live in Northeast Denver, and like another 25% live in Southeast. Basically if you stay on the East Side you'll see larger concentrations of us and where we at, we really out here. I'm in NE Denver and if I move here this the part of the city I'm moving to...

You tripping you from Delaware saying that when you been in and around Philly, I'd assume, which has plenty of drawbacks...

I can’t believe this shyt.

You have spent years being a one man PR team for Sacramento, trying to build it into a Mecca for Coli folks. Except now you’re not even going to be a part of it.




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[Gil Scott-Heroin]

The same black culture that any city with black culture has. And Five Points is gentrified but over here in Northeast you got Park Hill, Green Valley Ranch, Montbello, East Colfax, Far Northeast, all neighborhoods between 20-50% black...

Is it really?

I've stayed in a Denver a couple of times, and I didn't experience/witness anything that would resemble Black culture beyond historical sites. I'm not claiming there isn't any existence of it, but it would be near-damn-minimal that it wouldn't even be worth bringing up as a talking point.

 

[Arcavian]

…from who?

I couldn't find black people

And I was sad

 

[beenz]

Been to Denver once, might be my favorite state to buy weed in but nothing stood out.

never been to denver, but michigan is by far the best place I've ever bought weed from, and it's only like an hour drive away.

I would never move somewhere because of the ease of buying weed tho.

 

[DatBoiHawk]

Way too many white folks in Denver. If it were more black people I would move there

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Do Denver even have hoes like that?

Is it beating Atlanta or Houston?

 

[murksiderock]

I can’t believe this shyt.

You have spent years being a one man PR team for Sacramento, trying to build it into a Mecca for Coli folks. Except now you’re not even going to be a part of it.




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Who said I'm not, its a coin flip between Denver and Sac right now. Denver is kinda in the lead because of the money aspect and I love making new experiences, but there is no replacement for home and family, and Sacramento is a more culturally black city. And its California, which if everything were equal (it isn't, because I can make more money in Denver than in Sac); but if everything were equal, nowhere is fukking with California...

I stand on Sacramento as one of America's most underrated cities, if it was anywhere but California it would have a larger public perception and profile. You from The Bay though, so of course you find reasons to downplay how great Sac is

Is it really?

I've stayed in a Denver a couple of times, and I didn't experience/witness anything that would resemble Black culture beyond historical sites. I'm not claiming there isn't any existence of it, but it would be near-damn-minimal that it wouldn't even be worth bringing up as a talking point.

But where were you in Denver? Because my own experience in my first trip last year, was that I barely saw any black people, and certainly didnt see any black culture...

This most recent trip was a 2-month stay, and currently I'm on a 10-day, after being here for 2 months and becoming more familiar with the city. It isn't a culturally black city, but in the city neighborhoods I ran off in my previous post, these are absolutely areas you will see plenty of black people, and the black culture that follows a large community of black people...

Montbello is the least black neighborhood of the ones I named, at 20.3% black, and remember, you are in a city that overall is just 8.1% non-Hispanic black, so any neighborhood that is 2½ times as black as the overall city, is a huge representation of black people, relative to the city. Montbello, Green Valley Ranch, and Far Northeast are contiguous neighborhoods that collectively, are around ~27% black; Park Hill and East Colfax are contiguous neighborhoods that collectively, are ~22% black...

In these areas, you find black businesses, black churches and mosques, black events and kickbacks, black kids are large demos at public schools, you see black faces with regularity at parks, restaurants, retailers, grocers, etc...

Note, because it seems to need to be said here, most of Denver isn't reflective of eastern city neighborhoods. When I was first in Denver I wasn't in these areas because I didn't know to come here, and googling "black areas in Denver" turnef up Five Points, the historic black hood of the city, which is still as black as the neighborhoods I named in Northeast, but unlike those hoods, is mostly surrounded by neighborhoods of typical Denver demographics....

I've also been educated by several native Black Denverites in their late 30s, to mid 40s, about the gentrified areas of Denver (not just Five Points, multiple people told me Central Park and Northfield were much blacker before gentrification), and black history in Denver, and these people pointed me in the direction of where we are in Denver...

I believe your experience was what it was, because that was my first experience in Denver too, in 2024. My 2025 experience was altogether different from my first one...

There's absolutely black culture in Denver, but because its not a black city by any stretch, you have to know black people here, or know where to go, to experience black community and culture...

This shyt ain't like Salt Lake, or Cheyenne, or Boise, though. I promise you that in the areas I named to you, there are not simply "a few" black folk in those areas, there is an active and visible community in these areas!

Do Denver even have hoes like that?

Is it heating Atlanta or Houston?

Atlanta women are overrated. Denver has bad chicks out the ass, and they definitely show mad love to newcomers

 

[murksiderock]

shyt sounds like a prettier Austin… which means nothing

What the people like?

The people are awesome...

I have never been, but I want to visit Colorado for the mountains and views.

I don't think that I could live in Denver or Colorado in general, though.

One of the only drawbacks to me, is how far this mf is from everywhere...

Have only heard good things about Denver
But the thing I wonder is how do you know that visiting a place will translate into enjoying living there
I live in Philly and I know if I was a tourist who made 6 figures I'd think Philly was one of the best cities in the country, where as a ton of natives can't wait to gtfoh. I was in just LA, San Diego and CDMX recently and I loved all those places but I'm there as a visitor going to all the hip places that are new to me. Every day is an adventure when you travel vs actually living there and being exposed to the day to day nuances that may make a place annoying

I agree with this. Its not the same as living 24/7 in a place...

I will say first time I was out here was 3 weeks; second time 2 months; now 10 days. I'm becoming acquainted in more than just a, "I took a visit there" way!

 

[RAX 010]

I got some good p*ssy and smoked good Za in Denver and that airport is top tier

 

[draday]

Denver is cool as hell, spend tons of time there, but Portland is better to me. I spend equal amounts of time in both and if ever leave Houston i think Portland is the place to be. The city is improving every year