Survey Didn't Include Colorado City We Like

ClassicRockr

ClassicRockr

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Read an article, with a survey, online last week about Best Cities To Move To and the smaller city we are planning on moving to, didn't make the list. Why? For what the survey states, "lack of diversity". If you look up Loveland, CO and surrounding small towns, including Ft Collins, you'll see why. The people that live there like it, and when we visited in July, we did also. There are cities and towns in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, the Dakota's and the High Plains of Nebraska and Kansas can be the same way.
 

"Diversity" would be one of the lowest priorities I would consider if I were planning to move. I've looked at some of these "surveys", and I think most of them are little more than advertisements for cities/towns that are slowly going downhill. I've got relatives all over Denver and Northern Front Range, and if it weren't for family roots we've set down here, Loveland would be real high on my list of places to live.
 
ClassicRockr said:
Read an article, with a survey, online last week about Best Cities To Move To and the smaller city we are planning on moving to, didn't make the list. Why? For what the survey states, "lack of diversity". If you look up Loveland, CO and surrounding small towns, including Ft Collins, you'll see why. The people that live there like it, and when we visited in July, we did also. There are cities and towns in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, the Dakota's and the High Plains of Nebraska and Kansas can be the same way.
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Too much winter up there for my old bones, but we are all different. Diversity is zero importance to me.
 
Here in northeastern Florida, and Florida in general, diversity is highly accepted. Actually, there are people in the U.S. that absolutely won't move to an area that lacks in diversity.
 
I'm guessing that the "lack of diversity" designation is more to warn people that some of them would not be welcome in that location but would attract people who don't like diversity or at least wouldn't discourage them from living there.
 
When we lived in Parker, CO, from 2004 thru late 2007, there was literally no diversity there then. Now, on the other hand, Denver and areas surrounding Denver, are much more diverse. People who require a diverse area are told to move to Denver or metro.
 
Why do you care what some website comes up with as a list of "Best Cities To Move To" when you've already made up your mind where you want to live? Based on my readings of your previous posts, diversity isn't high on your list of must-haves, so I don't understand what you're complaining about here.

Diversity matters a great deal to many, which is probably why the site uses it as a benchmark. I'm one of those people who wouldn't live in an area that lacked diversity.
 
StarSong said:
Why do you care what some website comes up with as a list of "Best Cities To Move To" when you've already made up your mind where you want to live? Based on my readings of your previous posts, diversity isn't high on your list of must-haves, so I don't understand what you're complaining about here.

Diversity matters a great deal to many, which is probably why the site uses it as a benchmark. I'm one of those people who wouldn't live in an area that lacked diversity.
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Actually, the complaint wasn’t due to “lack of diversity”, it was due to the fact that a city we like didn’t make the list of best places to live (or move to).

We are completely fine with the “lack of diversity” thing.
 
Well, you members who like diversity, definitely wouldn’t like places we like in Colorado and Wyoming. Diversity is definitely not a high priority to many people in those two states, as well as Montana, Idaho and High Plains States. Just the way it is.
 
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ClassicRockr said:
Read an article, with a survey, online last week about Best Cities To Move To and the smaller city we are planning on moving to, didn't make the list. Why? For what the survey states, "lack of diversity". If you look up Loveland, CO and surrounding small towns, including Ft Collins, you'll see why. The people that live there like it, and when we visited in July, we did also. There are cities and towns in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, the Dakota's and the High Plains of Nebraska and Kansas can be the same way.
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If I liked a place, I think not making ‘the list’ would be a good thing.
Nobody flocking to, changing things....after I moved there….
 
ClassicRockr said:
Actually, the complaint wasn’t due to “lack of diversity”, it was due to the fact that a city we like didn’t make the list of best places to live (or move to).

We are completely fine with the “lack of diversity” thing.

Well, you members who like diversity, definitely wouldn’t like places we like in Colorado and Wyoming. Diversity is definitely not a high priority to many people in those two states, as well as Montana, Idaho and High Plains States. Just the way it is.
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My question probably wasn't clear. What I'm wondering is why you care if a website endorses the areas you find compelling. You seem to be way past the shopping stage and are simply waiting for the stars to align so you can pull the trigger on this long-awaited move. Have I interpreted your previous comments incorrectly?

p.s. Rest assured that I wasn't at all fuzzy on where you stand regarding living among a diverse population.
 
Gary O' said:
If I liked a place, I think not making ‘the list’ would be a good thing.
Nobody flocking to, changing things....after I moved there….
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Very true. This is part of the problem that Wyoming, Montana and some other states up there are having...…..people moving there and wanting to change things. Some young folks at the University of Wyoming wanted to change the name of the football team from "Cowboys" to something more diverse, saying the University isn't all "cowboy". Our feelings, Laramie is a "cowboy" type town...…….end of story!
 
StarSong said:
My question probably wasn't clear. What I'm wondering is why you care if a website endorses the areas you find compelling. You seem to be way past the shopping stage and are simply waiting for the stars to align so you can pull the trigger on this long-awaited move. Have I interpreted your previous comments incorrectly?

p.s. Rest assured that I wasn't at all fuzzy on where you stand regarding living among a diverse population.
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I know how highly diverse it is in LA, but there are parts of So California that aren't diverse, such as Big Bear and Lake Arrowhead...…..been to both.

Anyway, just happen to see the article, survey results and why certain cities weren't chosen to be on the list. Gary O' is totally correct and made wife and I realize how much we are glad that it's not on the list.


There are folks that grow up around total diversity, but neither wife or I did. I was raised in a farming area and wife was raised in a small city.
 
We're thinking of moving to my old college town. We checked out houses, there, online, and were shocked: A house that sells for $180K, there, would go for around $900K here in Austin, a town that always makes those lists you cite. Everything is relative, though. Californians think Austin is a great deal for its housing market. I like diversity, and that's why I am looking at my old college town, which, here, will remain nameless, for reasons mentioned above. The student body contains folks from all over the world.
 
treeguy64 said:
We're thinking of moving to my old college town. We checked out houses, there, online, and were shocked: A house that sells for $180K, there, would go for around $900K here in Austin, a town that always makes those lists you cite. Everything is relative, though. Californians think Austin is a great deal for its housing market. I like diversity, and that's why I am looking at my old college town, which, here, will remain nameless, for reasons mentioned above. The student body contains folks from all over the world.
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Just like I've already stated about no diversity in our farming area, as well as my high school graduation class or the Jr College I went to. The only time I was ever around a lot of diversity was when I worked in emergency medical in Los Angeles.

I know how hard it is for some to believe that there are cities and towns in the U.S. that aren't, or very little of, diversity...…….but there sure is.
 
Just like, not everyone is open-minded to different things, there are those that don't care for diversity. Take a look at these non-diverse areas: Little Saigon (Garden Grove, CA), East L.A., Compton, Watts, South Central, China Town among many other areas that are primarily-to-only one race.
 
ClassicRockr said:
I know how highly diverse it is in LA, but there are parts of So California that aren't diverse, such as Big Bear and Lake Arrowhead...…..been to both.

Anyway, just happen to see the article, survey results and why certain cities weren't chosen to be on the list. Gary O' is totally correct and made wife and I realize how much we are glad that it's not on the list.


There are folks that grow up around total diversity, but neither wife or I did. I was raised in a farming area and wife was raised in a small city.
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Don't know the last time you were in Big Bear but I spend several days there every summer and it is highly diverse. Even Orange County is no longer the bastion of WASPs that it once was. Times change, especially in California.
 
StarSong said:
Don't know the last time you were in Big Bear but I spend several days there every summer and it is highly diverse. Even Orange County is no longer the bastion of WASPs that it once was. Times change, especially in California.
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That's very true. But, what about the diversity in those areas of my last post? You didn't say a thing about them areas, again.....Compton, Watts, South Central, East L.A., Little Saigon, China Town and so on. I REALLY want to hear your feelings about these non-diverse places.

There are people from India that plan on moving here, go into a Relocation Forum and ask if there is Indian community. That sure isn't being diverse. Why can they ask about their race, but Whites can't ask or want the same???? Very good question, hugh?
 
ClassicRockr said:
Actually, the complaint wasn’t due to “lack of diversity”, it was due to the fact that a city we like didn’t make the list of best places to live (or move to).

We are completely fine with the “lack of diversity” thing.
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You should be glad about that; there won't be droves of people trying to move there and crowding you out.

By the way, when are you actually going to move and finally stop obsessing about this? Just curious.
 
C'est Moi said:
You should be glad about that; there won't be droves of people trying to move there and crowding you out.

By the way, when are you actually going to move and finally stop obsessing about this? Just curious.
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Well, let's see, "obsessing"...….not a word in my dictionary. LOL

The plan now is, by this time next year, hopefully already gone. My wife's company is saying that everyone, where she works, will have the option of moving to Tennessee to laid-off by this time next summer. We sure won't move to Tennessee. We have medical procedures coming up, like this eye surgery, so have to stay for those. We wouldn't move until late May anyway. We know when the first and last snowfall can hit the area.

As far as "groves of people", Loveland use to have a population of 15,000, but now is around 75,000. The traffic is great, plenty of farm land to see as we are driving around. Three very nice lakes. And, what makes it very nice is...…...the Seniors there are very welcoming to other Seniors.
 
Wondering why nobody is answering my question about people from India who look for a community of people from India, yet White people can't do the same. And, about those communities of people that have only one race living in them?

Guess nobody wants to "go out on a limb" and answer the questions.
 
RadishRose said:
Nobody here cares.
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Cares about what? Those races that create their own communities, but the Whites are called racists when they do?
If a person lives in a city that is 90% White, which means very little diversity, they are bad people?

If “nobody cares”, there wouldn’t be the few negative replies that are on here.
 

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