The whole front range area was pretty incredible pre-marijuana legalization. Definitely changed since then. Your friends are right, Californians have been flooding in for a decade plus in greater and greater numbers, and unsurprisingly they bring the same issues they tried to leave behind. Before, that was mostly contained to the Boulder bubble. (homeless issues, loud yet empty activism, blue-no-matter-who, nimby policies, you know the drill).
Sure, Denver has more of a night life now and fancier restaurants I guess?
Sure, Denver has more of a night life now and fancier restaurants I guess?
So it goes.