Weather:
Wintertime is cold as shyt. Nebraska is actually colder though so it evens out. Summertime gets hot, roughly around the same temps as Florida but dry like Phoenix. Denver also has an ozone pollution problem that flares up during the summer.
Safety:
7. Denver is much safer than Omaha & South Florida. There is a gang problem though. nikkas got big ass guns out here. It's easy to avoid honestly though if you just mind your damn business & don't be in places you know damn well you have no business being in.
Culture/black community:
Every black person I've met out here falls into one of 4 groups:
- Gentrified Cali nikkas
- Africans
- Black people who have been here since Great Migration times with roots in Mississippi/Arkansas/Louisiana & were gentrified out of Five Points/East Denver
- nikkas & bytches from random parts of the country who moved here just to get high everyday
It's cool though. It isn't an overarching sense of community but we show each other love for the most part. Like I said, there is a Blood/Crip element out here that will keep you on your toes. The majority of the black population is in Park Hill, Northeast, Montbello, Green Valley Ranch & Aurora.
White people cool. They tend to be on some snarky Pacific Northwest shyt though. Denver is the kind of place where you'll go into a 100% white neighborhood & see a bunch of Black Lives Matter signs & white people who adopt black kids lol.
Nightlife:
This ties into the black community. There's only so many clubs, bars and lounges that play rap, R&B, reggae, dancehall & Afrobeats so if you go out every weekend you'll eventually wind up seeing all the same people
It's cool though. I'm not really a big club guy, I don't drink or smoke but I vibe to the music & talk to the women when I go out.
Things to do:
THIS THE BEST PART
Hiking, biking, kayaking, rafting, skiing, snowboarding, tubing. You will get your ass outside & have so much fun out here!!!!!! I live seconds away from Cherry Creek & I literally could go hiking everyday if I wanted. I'm outside every chance I get. You won't find too many fat people here, everyone is outside being active.
Economy/cost of living:
The cost of living ain't Omaha, but it isn't NYC/LA either. This is offset by the job market. There is an OVERFLOW of well paying jobs here. The minimum wage here is $17. I stay in a 2/1 with my cousin & the rent was recently raised to $1750. The complex I stay in is ratchet though but I'm cool.
One thing you'll notice though? The homeless epidemic. They are EVERYWHERE, living in tent cities, getting high on heroin, meth, fentanyl, anything they can get their hands on.
Women/dating:
Before I moved here, I seen a thing where people called Denver "Menver" because of the overload of single men. That's probably true if you're a nerdy smarmy white dude with horn rimmed glasses & a flannel shirt who feel like God's gift. If I see a girl in public that I'm attracted to, I spit game. They either like your vibe or they don't. I've been successful & I'm not Handsome Gang, I just open my mouth & say things to make them smile lol.
Denver is an extremely active city so you'll be hard to find overweight girls. I got a thing for thick girls/BBWs tho
The sistas are pretty but there's a lot of Stacey Dash from Clueless types as well as pothead dopefiend baser types. The white women are fit as hell & have amazing bodies. I wasn't into white girls like that before I moved out here but these women will turn you into an SEC football player. There's a good amount of biracial girls out here & they cool too, they either act like white girls or caricatures of what they think black girls are lol. Hispanic women cool but they got a tendency to be shaped like boxes. There's a good amount of Asian/Pacific Islander broads out here too & they have an addiction to brothers
If you a black man, you gone eat regardless.
Food:
Good. I'm not a foodie per se but I have a range of tastes. The only thing irking me is how hard it is to find good oxtails out here & the one place that had it decent was charging damn near $30 a plate. shyt pissed me off but besides that the food is cool. I eat a lot of Asian, Mexican, Italian, Hawaiian & Caribbean food.
Weed:
Ubiquitous. Omnipotent. Cheap. You can't go anywhere without getting some weed or being offered some weed. I don't smoke weed at all though, it makes me paranoid. I take CBD gummies & it literally zapped my anxiety & depression.
Shopping:
We have all the other options every other city has lol. I'm not no Gunna ass nikka tho, my "drip" is a black tee, gold chain, earrings, watch, Levi 501s & some Air Maxes. Throw on the North Face bubble when it's cold.
Traffic/transportation:
There is always construction & Denver is spread out as hell. Traffic during rush hour is no joke. However, it honestly ain't that bad in my opinion. Denver has a lot of side streets & shortcuts to get around hopping on I-70/I-25/Colfax. What helps Denver as well? The public transportation out here is great, top 5 in the country. The airport is Illuminati HQ but has destinations to everywhere, literally.
That's all I got to say.
The constant smell of burnt plastic in public places one of the things I hate about here