Why Wyoming is VASTLY Emptier Than Colorado
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I think it's good that places like Wyoming still exist. Not every place on earth needs to be ridden with civilization.
Technically everywhere is ridden with civilization. American settlers, native american tribes, and more have 'touched' the land. The fact that the only large bison herds exist in Yellowstone should tip you off
Exactly. Keep Wyoming empty!
honestly here in wyoming that is the most appealing this to the people that live here. I hated it my whole life until i got to experience life in slc, Denver, then Houston. I'm back now and may move from the current location, but I doubt I'll leave the state. it's nice being around self sustaining, moral people. and while not all wyomingites are that. it is ridiculously higher then anywhere else I've been.
I wish there were far less people on earth. 1 in only about 7 people I actually like and respect anyway…so I suppose we can get rid of most and get down to say like a billion people? It’d be great, just a thought.
@@jackb8598 tell people to stop pooping out kids like bunny rabbits and maybe that can happen
It's nice to know that everyone in Wyoming already watched this in a day.
LMAOOoo
It is hilarious that this video is now going on three times as many views as there are people living in my state lol.
ChasetheG. From the same laptop
@@microcolonel lol
@@microcolonel The entire state of Colorado has seen this video, now. 😏
I've lived in Wyoming my whole life. We like it this way, empty. Like other comments have said, the vast emptiness and the ability to get lost is kind of amazing. Anyone can go be alone. It's one of the few places on the planet you can actually do that and it lends itself to being amazing.
Sounds a bit like northern Canada, I love the quietness too. Sort of wish I had better internet though.
Agreed 👍🏼
Population growth will be a curse when the fresh water runs out. People who water golf courses in desert environments are morons. Watch how California destroyed their ecosystem with massive population growth - then those same Californians moved in massive numbers to Colorado once they " ruined" California. Once they gave ruined Colorado people will flee to Wyoming Montana and the 2 Dakotas. Stay away from us, Ex- Californians, you guys are not welcome. Fresh water will become the new black gold. And NO , you may NOT pump great lakes water to the West.
The drive between Cheyenne and Casper makes me think I am on a different planet it was so amazing . Would love to experience living there maybe someday.
Nevada has those spots too. Just you and a snowy mountain range
As a Colorado transplant to Wyoming, I can say with absolute certainty no one in Wyoming thinks the differences between the two states are a bad thing.
Amen... Wyoming still feels like Colorado USED to decades ago and that's a good thing. Wyoming also has excellent State leadership.
Nice (sent by a person from Colorado)
@@moberg7400 Colorado gang 🤝 Wyoming gang
I doubt many people in Colorado see the difference as a bad thing either.
Its called copium. Look it up.
Screen blinking at 8:10 is kind of intense
lol gonna give us seizures
True. Thought it was my phone
Glad it's not just me, I was having a hard time and was worried something was wrong with my monitor.
I had to stop watching and just listen. Does it get back to normal?
So I wasn't losing it @RealLifeLore , might need a reupload of this video
i like the idea that the person overlooking this video just blinked at the same time and never saw it mess up
I thought it was just me lol
saw it as i read your comment
Me: Welp, looks like my graphics card is finally dying.
I thought my phone was acting up, but I wasn’t sure.
I actually thought this lmao
The aerial town scene shown at 16:30-16:39 is actually...Pasadena, California. The main street through Pasadena is called "Colorado Boulevard" so maybe that's how you found the stock footage. 😄
Another error I saw was that the closest metro population similar to Denver was El Paso. The Albuquerque population is 562,000 and the Abq metro population is almost a million.
Haha good catch. Good ol old town.
I’d also take issue with the outline of the Rocky Mountains stretching across to California, Oregon, and Washington, which are clearly the Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges.
LOL nice catch.Everyone thinks no one will notice when they say it's Wyoming and it's not because everyone thinks no one lives here. Lots of movies claiming to be based in Wyoming and Montana were actually filmed in New Zealand. I'm very familiar with both and I can't unsee the New Zealand in these films!!!
@@cranetoks3448 So nobody notices the cars driving on the opposite sides of the road? 😄
Glad to see a video talking about my home of Colorado. But please do not say that Wyoming has mild weather. It is somehow much noticeably colder year round and the wind is absolutely insane on the plains of Wyoming. You also forgot to mention the housing crisis in Colorado. Many residents I know cannot even afford to own their own homes. A lot of us rent for ridiculous rates but can't move because we have nowhere else to go.
yeah. notice on the housing thing. i moved from colorado to dc for work and all the people in dc warned me that the rent was going to be super duper crazy high and the cost of living is just untenable in dc at my wage (about 80k/yr, same as it was back home) rent is lower in dc and I'm living more comfortably because of it. gas is twice as much though.
i’ve been in co since i was 11 and it’s gonna break my heart when i move away bc i simply cant afford to buy a house here. houses with less sq footage than my apartment are going for 500k which is absolutely fucking insane.
Same
I used to live in Northern Colorado. Wyoming weather is a whole different animal. Not mild by any means
I used to live in Casper, one of the windiest cities in the country. You get used to the cold and while it does get ridiculously cold, Wyoming weather is very variable and warms up quite a bit in the winter in the major towns.
Good it keeps the banana heads and shitheads out
@@Jasperr9999 As someone that lives in SoCal, we had high 80's w/ sunshine this week and literally low 60's w/ rain the next day....
@@noob.168 I’m amazed that you think that’s extreme weather. Then again, you are Californian.
@@J7Handle LMAO
As a person who has lived in Wyoming their whole life, I can confirm that the weather hates us. One time, when I was fishing with my old man, it started snowing on us in the middle of June. We often joke that their are only 2 real seasons in Wyoming, Winter and Construction.
What's construction?
@@davedave3520 rebuilding things after winter storms
I think that's an American-wide joke. I was raised in Illinois and we've got the same joke. Though generally we are referring to road construction.
@@DrSarcasmable Yes. Clevelanders say it, too.
Well, like we to speak in North Germany, there is no weather at all only bad clothes! ;) Still i love nature and wouldnt change a thing :)
As someone who has visited all U.S states, Wyoming is definitely the most underrated.
I moved to Wyoming when I was 12. I lived there for many years. I got married, then divorced and then moved to Wisconsin. Wyoming is a very large empty state, but it's beauty will call you back. Nothing like seeing a Semi being picked up by the wind and flipped around and landing back on all of it's wheels. The winds are very strong around Douglas and Glenrock. It's just crazy. My favorite story about the weather is when I went on a picnic one afternoon up on Casper Mountain wearing shorts and a tank top, and I am throwing snowballs at my husband!
As someone who has spent a lot of time in both states, wyoming is far colder and windier than colorado is. Wyoming also didn't have the massive gold rush that Colorado had, so there was no population boom like in colorado in the late 1800's and early 1900's. This allowed people to buy a lot of land for cattle ranching.
It also doesn't help that Wyoming's main interstate gets shut down for days at a time like 10 times every winter.
What's it like to live in Wyoming? Do you know what kind of industries it has and what jobs are available? Do you think it's a good place to retire? If you settled in the south of the state, (e.g. near Cheyenne) would you be close enough to visit Colorado, while living more cheaply and quietly in sparsely populated Wyoming?
I went there for the first time a couple of years ago. Terrifying wind. I would race past any semis on the highway for fear of them tipping over onto my car! I'm an Okie too!!! (Oklahoman, you know, where the wind comes whipping down the plain, and the waving wheat.... O:-)
COLORADO STRONG
@@SlackActionBumble Oh come on. It's only been closed about 50-55 days this winter so far. No biggie...
As a Northern Colorado resident I can confirm that as soon as you drive past the Wyoming border the wind wants to blow your car onto the other side of the highway. Temps are often 15-20 degrees colder in the winter as well. My experience is that two states have vastly different climates, with that of Colorado being much more hospitable.
It's the Carr exit. There's a magical line there where the wind really picks up. That, plus the temp difference (Cheyenne's hottest day on record was 100 degrees) and the 1300' altitude difference between Cheyenne and Fort Collins makes a big difference in livability.
I'll take the weather you can have the liberals lol
@@Paradiselost2802 ??
@@darkithnamgedrf9495 lol the politics
As a cowpoke who went to UW, this made me lol😂. Fort Collins is like Eden compared to nine circles of hell that Laramie becomes in the winter.
Wyomingite here. All Im gonna say is that Wyoming is an extremely spiritual place and very native friendly. I used to live on the reservation and my Elders taught me a lot, and how the spirituality is so great and vast there. The biggest thing im gonna tell people, whatever energy you bring n give to the land, is what your goin to receive there. Keep that in mind.
My memories of Wyoming stem from a mid May cross country road trip. Mid may, snow, and 6.5 hours of barely anything. It was eerie, yet it was beautiful to see.
As a born and raised Wyomingite, we very much welcome visitors to our great state! You are very correct in saying we would like for our state not to become the next boom state like Colorado! The hospitality here is amazing wherever you go but we are a quiet bunch.
As a Coloradoan, I hope you guys don't get ruined either lol. Love to you my northerly neighbor!
This will be the top comment i know it.
“Welcome visitors“
I lived in Cody for a year. It was a fun experience, but I don't want to move back.
As a Kansan, I agree with you that some people, like me, enjoy the emptiness of the central states of the USA.
Most "major" towns in Wyoming (i say major meaning big by Wyoming standards) are roughly about 100 miles apart from each other because that is about how far a steam engine would go before it had to stop to refill on water. It is also why most towns are built on or near a water source.
Really? That is very interesting, how the Steam Engine shaped a state's development.
I used to believe the same thing. It was actually about 25 miles when the railroad first came through. And a lot of ghost towns along the way at those points.
@@freedomunrestricted I believe you’re referring to horse pulled wagon trains. Pending on location and terrain, most wagons traveled roughly 21-25 miles a day, hence the towns located every 25 miles. Steam engines prior to tenders, had a range of about 10 miles. Later on, a steam engine could travel anywhere from 100-150 miles before they where required to stop to refill.
most towns are built on or near water for another reason...but yeah thats cool.
newsflash - 99% of all human settlements are built "on or near" a water source.
I really appreciated that you talked about the definite advantages to an environment like Wyoming. As a native Los Angeleno, city life can most definitely get claustrophobic and ironic lonely at times. The great outdoors is such a cure to both problems.
This video is amazing. So cool! Really high quality and informative. Thank you!
I have lived in both Wyoming and Colorado and have traveled each state extensively. The weather and terrain might seem superficially similar, but they are actually very different. Wyoming's weather and terrain are much harsher than Colorado's. Colorado is like a lush tropical jungle compared to the cold, frozen desert of Wyoming. One trait they share is that both states are incredibly beautiful. *The Tetons are the most beautiful mountain range in the world.*
People living near the Himalayas may take issue with this statement :) Oh, but I forgot! To Americans, the United States IS the world.
@@DieFlabbergast I'd argue that most people with a cool mountain range near them think that one is the best one.
lush tropical jungle?? LOL! I've lived in Denver, Boulder and Colorado Springs and I would hardly ever say the weather in Colorado comes close to a "tropical jungle." In fact, it is a humid day if the humidity hits 40% -- the only time you see that is during storms. Typically the humidity is well below 30%. Now Maryland is another place I've lived and that is far more humid and deserving of that title. The one great thing about living in Denver is that through the airport, you can get to any other airport in around 3.5 hours tops. It's not perfectly central to the US, but the airport really influences and makes Denver much more relevant than anywhere in Wyoming. Having lived all over Colorado, every city has its own unique vibe which is very hard to articulate unless you've lived there for a while. Colorado is truly a "mosiac amalgamation" of so many political views that somehow more or less are able to cohabitate in harmony. Denver is truly an amazingly beautiful city but I've heard it has changed a lot since I left in 2013.
Nothing like presenting a personal opinion whose foundation is even no doubt dubious (doubt you've personally visited all, or most, or even that many of the mountain ranges in the word), as fact... and making it bold text for good measure.
Yellowstone = Wyoming
I live in Cheyenne. This video has more than double the views than the entire population of Wyoming. I love it here because it is one of the only places in the world where nature in clearly still intact. The air is clean and the traffic jams don't exist. I like to watch deer eat my neighbors grass. HIgh populations shouldn't be the metric of a successful society. The people of Wyoming are hardworking, genuine, and kind. Feel free to visit
Don't deserve 2 senators though.
How much is real estate out there? And rent for a 1 bedroom. Asking for a friend.... G - From Denver
@@jaya1000 wrong it needs representation!
@@mylesharvey6488 it needs proper representation. There are 5x as many people living in just my home county. We don't get two senators. Why do the bumble f*cks get to decide the law for me? I'm the one who doesnt get proper representation.
Right on, brother! Cheers from Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Loved this video. I would love videos from you just about every single state in the country.
Northern CO resident here that relocated from the middle of CO about 3yr ago. I'll say, we get a small sample of Wyomings weather, which is enough to keep us from going farther north. There are some amazingly beautiful parts of Wyoming, and the residents who can withstand the weather/wind are stronger than I am.
The presenter failed to mention that 85% of Colorado's population is situated along the front range. This is because the mountains create a break for the incoming storms, resulting in a six or seven mile wide swath from Fort Collins to Pueblo that is insulated from the worst of the storms coming in from the west. Wyoming mountains are not situated thusly, and therefore cannot provide a natural shelter for people living in the shadow of those mountains.
Thank you
Good 👍 point. The huge mountain also reduces daylight hours making parts of Colorado into "small-sky".
Weather weather weather. Colorado has nice warm days in the middle of winter. Wyoming has eight months of winter and the nice days happen to be extremely windy. Aka thank you I couldn't agree with your point more
@@michailbest1122 The red (Colorado) state has bipolar weather. The plains (Wyoming) state has multipolar weather. Fengshui (風水) matters.
Cheyenne, however, is situated on a tilted mesa, which provides a decent amount of protection. It looks flat, but the heavier parts of storms tend to actually be dragged by gravity 25-30 miles east of town towards the Nebraska border where it flattens out. Nebraska and Kansas get more storms overall but are subsequently much wetter in the spring and are easier to farm, the benefits of which outweigh the risks. We also have the COLDEST town in the lower 48, Laramie, due to an unusual accidental windchill factor artificially caused by Interstate 80 having been channeling the winter winds towards them like a river since it was carved through the hills back in the ‘60s.
Born in Colorado. Went up to wyoming in 2017 to see the eclipse, and I was definitely impressed by how empty the place was. Glad to see a video explaining why!
Same, it was crazy to see locals faces when their town was overflowing with Coloradans. I-25 was crazy coming back too.
@@williamreynolds6132 That was the worst traffic I've ever seen in my life. Literally sitting still with the engine off on I-25 for 10-20 minutes at a time coming back from Casper. I think it took us 14 hours to get home on a drive that normally takes ~5.
Hey I passed through WY that week on a massive road trip circuit, though I saw the Eclipse in Nebraska.
same, my group went to Cheyenne and it felt like it was literally one street and a few avenues
And we like it that way
Amazing video, informative and well-produced.
Born in Colorado loved the mountains, but was raised from 5yrs old on in Wyoming, I live between two mountain ranges and I enjoy the small population throughout the state, however the Tetons, Yellowstone, Jackson area gets nearly a million visitors each year. It’s very congested and can take a couple hrs to travel two miles. Beautiful state. We like the small population
I travelled from the UK and spent time on a Ranch west of Lovell towards bighorn lake. It was a real eye opener, as I have never experienced such vastness of place and at times being truly alone from other people. It was over 30 years ago and I was very young, but I will never forget it. Here in Europe, even in some isolated and sparse places you are never truly alone, but in Wyoming you can really step back to a time before industrialised population boom times, wonderful!
I play rdr2 too bro
It's so peaceful and beautiful though isn't it :) I fell in love with Wyoming when I visited from NY in 2009.
You should see Lapland. It's an area in the EU the size of the UK with a pooulation of 300 000
@@jmeurman *Greenland and Antarctica have entered the chat*
The American West has such great natural beauty with tremendous variety but so many noteworthy sites like the grand canyon, crater lake, monument valley and so many national parks are so far apart from each other. Still, Wyoming is quite beautiful!
From having lived and worked in both states, I'd say it's as simple as this. The southern half of the Rockies has tolerable winters, the northern half has brutal ones, and I put the line between the two at the state CO/WY border. I spent most of my time between those two states in Colorado, but it was only in Wyoming that I ever couldn't see my bright red gloved hand more than 6 inches from my eyes because of wild whiteout conditions, only in Wyoming did I get my 4x4 work truck stuck in sudden blizzards, only in Wyoming did I have to spend multiple nights under piles of blankets holding my terrified fiance, stuck on the side of I-80 because forecasted tolerable snowy conditions suddenly became whiteout ones. There's 556 miles of difference between Wyoming's northern border and Colorado's southern one, when you compare the weather averages from Sheridan, WY to Trinidad, CO, you have your answer.
I learned real fast you always carry extra food, water clothes, blankets and a rifle with you. I got stuck on I-25 for 9 hours and I had my guns loaded it was crazy.
As someone who’s grown up/lives in the western slope of Colorado, reading this comment makes me feel like I shouldn’t complain about the weather anymore 😂
I have lived around the Rockies for 35 years. Wyoming devours souls in so many ways. Idaho is the Florida of the northwest. Montana is pretty lol
“Idaho is the Florida of the northwest “? Please explain….
@Wayne Noll Welp, they have a KKK chapter in Coeur D'alene (never involved in the Civil War or slavery as they didn't get statehood until 1890). They lifted all restrictions for environmental protection so now they have these immensely toxic and irradiated hotspots. They were founded with Anti-Mormon sentiments to counter the Deseret State's (Utah under Mormon Sharia Law) hilarious attempt at secession from the US only to become a Mormon hive today. It's a joke. God bless the US... except Idaho.
Interesting and informative. Excellent photography /drawings/map comparison job. Enabling viewers to better understand what the orator was describing.
Lived in Cheyenne for 4 years. Only place you can go to lunch and sit next to the governor. Wind is overwhelming, I bought a huge kite and learned to love it. It is easy to be a big fish in a small pond. Cheyenne Frontier Days is a community event wher most of the population are involved in some way.
I am studying at the University of Wyoming. I have met a lot of people born and raised here. Never have I ever heard anyone wanting Wyoming to turn into something like Colorado. They just like things the way it is - wild.
I appreciate that
Small towns foster close-knit communities. People here are very proud of that, and wouldn’t give it up for the world
@@VampireFlutist Seriously I hope you keep in that way. I've live in Reno for 40 years. It was great even 20 years ago..last 10 years it's basically East Sacramento. I'd consider Wyoming but I can't do the winters.
If there's anything that can completely destroy a once beautiful state.....it's an abundance of people. California and Colorado have alot in common there, along with the liberal Dem party.
@@weirdshibainu honestly we don't want you here
As someone who lived in Wyoming, I would not call our climate "mild"
Welllll. . . It's not the north pole lol. . . Not quite.
@@EpicDrew15 that's because you moved from the only state with more wind than wyoming lmao
@@EpicDrew15 lmao same, used to live in anchorage and then moved to cheyenne. Parents were military
I'd just call it "wind" lol
Would "windy as hell" cover part of it?
Another point of note, Denver is on a North/South East/West grid system… except downtown. Which is situated diagonally. This is due to its mining town heritage and miners setting up base camps along the Platte River which runs diagonally through Denver.
I'm a native Texan and I love my state but I also love hiking and camping and the rocky mountain states are my dream hiking scenery!
I lived in Wyoming until I was 10 and then Colorado until age 24. I remember being thrilled when we moved from Laramie to the Denver area, having always wanted to live in a big city. But now I appreciate the vast emptiness of Wyoming. Both states have a lot to offer.
Been in Denver a decade now and I'm about ready to move out to WY, it's too damn crowded, loud, and EXPENSIVE here!
@@SamAndrew27 honestly depends on personality if your more of a loner like I am then Wyoming doesn't sound bad
@@BG-bx4ey Wyoming is RED,,,,,,,,Colorado used to be,,,,,now they are rainbow hair colored doped up Hippi's, Denver airport is one of the most satanic sites in the USA, and they are going to bring back the wolves and wipe out all the Elk and Deer,,,,,and Moose,,,,,,and Sheep,,, and MT Goat
A lot! All WY offers is a great place to hike, great places to fish and hunt and that’s really it.
Laramie is northern Colorado not wyoming. no one in wyoming except those population boosting towing in the south east corner
One part of this you didn't mention is the two states' early transportation histories. Because it's actually easier to cross Wyoming east-west than Colorado, Wyoming was on the main transcontinental route in the 19th century, while Colorado was off of it. Recognizing the importance of this, Denver city leaders paid to build a spur off the Transcontinental Railroad. Then in the 1950s, when the Interstate Highway System was being planned, I-70 was going to dead-end in Denver, but Dwight Eisenhower's wife happened to be from Colorado, so state leaders used her to lobby him for an extension through Colorado toward the West Coast. This was so hard to build (the Colorado Rockies are basically a wall), the last part of the interstate system to be built was in Colorado -- but it was built, and now a major coast-to-coast highway (effectively -- I-70 ends in Utah, but it runs right into I-15, which continues on to Vegas and L.A.) runs right through Denver. DIA is part of this, too -- its predecessor, Stapleton, had all the same locational advantages, but it would regularly get shut down by winter weather, limiting its growth potential. So the state made a major investment, a huge gamble really, in the only new large airport to be built in the US in the late 20th Century -- and it paid off. Bottom line, Denver and Colorado leaders have always just had a ... hustler mentality, I guess you could say? While Wyoming leaders ... I guess they just didn't care as much about money?
I'm glad you brought this up! The relative flatness of Wyoming's Great Divide Basin makes it by far the easier of the two states to traverse east-west, so you'd think Wyoming should have easily bested Colorado on transportation. I really agree with you that Colorado has been very focused on building up infrastructure to make up for that geographic disadvantage.
Not just people. But industry needs to get in and out of the city. Its a forethought that leaders. The easier it is to get to a mountains town. The more likely people will come back.
Yes I agree! My family are Mormon pioneers and they came through Wyoming. My grandmother was a Marsh born in Wyoming. They lived in Evanston and the trains are a big thing. There is more of a Utah, Wyoming and Idaho connection than Colorado to my mind
Yeah, that Hustler mentality and money has completely ruined the state now though. Be careful what you ask for…
Good theory, but I -80 runs from Coast to Coast and goes the entire length Wyoming including Cheyenne. Also, I-90 in Northern WY, runs to the West Coast.
I want to share that I watched this video right after you posted it last spring, all while hoping to make a move to Colorado from a different, southern state I’d prefer not to name. I moved here (to Denver) in August with my family! I work for one of the public colleges you mentioned. Thank you for this video. I feel like it slightly helped me better decide where to relocate to.
your channel is dope man good work
Been noticing a lot of render issues in your videos, feel like you’re rushing through these and giving yourself a tight schedule. Just know that your fans are willing to wait for good content ❤
The algorithm will crush them if they don’t maintain their upload schedule.
If you're a fan of poorly-researched dreck like this, you going to get more of the same. It got so bad with his alternative "facts" that other, better KZheadrs like Emperor Tigerstar had to call him out for blatantly lying. He's always been making trash videos that are fun to watch but dangerous to believe.
There has also been a few audio issues in the last few videos
Doesn’t even watch his own video before uploading 💀
No.. we need to learn about Wyoming right now.
I drove through Wyoming and went for the Tetons and stuff. It’s genuinely one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been. The emptiness is eerie but powerful in a way.
Meh... it seems like a buzzing metropolis compared to the vast majority of area up here in Canada ;)
Now that you've experienced the isolation, please discourage others from giving me shit when I say I disliked living in Alaska. It doesn't matter how beautiful it is if you're fking lonely and nature is trying to kill you most the year.
@@Jamespetersenwa Lol 😂 And they claim people are moving out of big cities for small towns in Wyoming, Alaska, and Texas.
@@Jamespetersenwa Tell me more about alaska please. Everyone here from Wyoming, I can't help but wonder if they do desire that isolation, unspoiled land and wilderness then wouldn't Alaska be the best place of all? I'm truly trying to understand and your post helped. But why not move there instead of Wyoming? That's the question I guess. It'd be infinitely easier to visit family and the lower states in Wyoming so there's that.. Also is it people _thinking_ they want that isolation but once getting there discover it's not as pleasing to them as they'd perceived or been told by realtors and internet reviews they studied for maybe years?
@@blackcherry6877 if isolation is what you want. Just be sure if you are dragging kids up there they're not going to hold it against you down the line for isolating them far away from kids their own age.
Excellent review! Thanks.
Very good and well put together, thanks :)
Drove through Wyoming on a road trip once: white-out blizzard with black ice road conditions in early May, weather cleared to a pleasant spring drizzle and fields of flowers as soon as we crossed border into Montana. I no longer have questions about why nobody lives in Wyoming 😂
This guy will probably go 6 lifetimes studying citiy dynamics never begin2 grasp what not evn1 person of all u putting yr heads 2gether will remotely fathom in comments. Soil. All cities as a rule are founded on good soil. Food. East rockes is farmland. West is brutality. I-70 is thgateway from east 2west. Hence u have tourism & massive teucking thru Denver. Constant over abundance of food. Just like any other city, Denver hence inadvertantly also hinge on soil. All the wealthiest old homesteads sit atop most fertile soil. Kansas city, St. Loius, even Poteau SE Oklahoma, tiny cities middle of nowhere, the soil suddenly becomes richer from rain tumbling over a mountain. Denver is paradise for those migrating west 2east. Vice versa, u dont wanna go any further west then Denver. " He who lands on good soil will inherit everlasting life." All thworlds problems can be solved in thGARDEN. Man was created in EDEN. A fenced garden. ( Lucifer had created hostile souless neanderthals 2promote evolution, which thflood had 2wipe out. )
@@TOPMOSTPOP Did you take your meds?
@@TOPMOSTPOP you need to get your GED bro, some English classes would work wonders
I live in Montana Where the hell are all those flowers I read about? We'll match Wyoming's weather any time!
@@dennissullivan2954 I90 south border...seven years ago. south dakota's weather was better than wyoming's too, it was like...weirdly almost pointedly just wyoming
I'm a meteorologist in Cheyenne and I'll be real with you, mild isn't the right word for our weather. I like to call it Triple W. Wild, Wyoming, Weather. From winds that regularly gust over 40 MPH (I grew up in STL and never saw a High Wind Warning before. Now I'm in one every other day), temperatures that will get over 70 for a few days and then back down to freezing, we hit -36 and a wind chill of -60 this winter alone. Meanwhile Fort Collins is always nice comparatively. Sometimes I wish the station was down there so I could be warm
I grew up in Laramie, and always took the constant wind for granted. Recently, I've been spending time in Cheyenne. I was shocked at how much windier it seems to be there! Who knew? What's your take on that?
I live in Fort Collins and 100% agree with you.
I believe they said mild in comparison to Lapland.
Good report. Thanks.
So your weather forecasts are even more inaccurate than most forecast prognosticators.
My son graduated from USAFA last year and still lives and works in Colorado Springs. We are from Louisville Ky. It’s absolutely beautiful there but super expensive and crowded!
I like driving through Wyoming (when it's not during the winter lol) because the scenery is so nice and there's minimal traffic. I-25 from Cheyenne to the Montana border is one of the most quiet and peaceful drives you can have. I remember driving down from Cody en route to Colorado one day and I stopped @ a rest area where not a single soul was present. I hadn't seen a single car for probably an hour on the roads and being @ that rest area was the closest I've ever felt to feeling like I was the only person on this planet.
I was born in Colorado and I live in Wyoming with my grandparents (to help them out, mainly) for half the year in the Medicine Bow mountain range. It’s honestly my favorite part of the year. I love how away from it all it is and I spend way more time outside and appreciating the world around me. Even if I am just collecting/stacking wood or building/repairing fences for them 😂. I love both Wyoming and Colorado and I’m thankful to experience and enjoy all that they offer me.
That’s awesome
sounds like a wonderful life
@@bijoulille8816 thank you! It really is!
@@andrewroberts7428 thank you, it really is! I really love being able to experience the “wild frontier” while I still can.
@@Kenzthekid645 Do your grandparents have a small ranch?
It's a little weird that El Paso is selected as the nearest city of comparable size when it looks like, in terms of (distance, population), you have Denver (0, 2.9M) and El Paso (600mi, 868k), but then there's Albuquerque (400mi, 915k), Phoenix (700mi, 4.9M), Kansas City (600mi, 2.4M), and Salt Lake City (500mi, 1.2M). Really just seems like a lack of research, given that I identified these other metropolitan areas inside of 30 minutes.
I think he only looked at city proper populations, because I thought the same. I grew up in Salt Lake and it's definitely an area where if you just looked at that, you'd see Salt Lake as actually very small (only about 200,000 people) because most people in the area live in the suburban towns and cities around Salt Lake. Additionally the 1.2 million is just the population of people within the valley, but there are suburban communities of the city in the smaller valleys to the north of Salt Lake, which with those counted in, the Wasatch Front population is closer to 2.7 million people.
@@anthonydelfino6171 I would agree, except that he said 'metropolitan area'. So I think you should check how many folks live in Denver proper. Metropolitan areas are a way to inflate city sizes, and that's what I used in my comment, because that's what RLL used.
@@QuietlyExplained I immediately looked for this comment, because I thought it was a bizarre and incorrect choice as well. I would also say the Metro Area population, or maybe even Urban Agglomeration population, is a better way to compare cities than the size of the city proper. However, that makes his choice of El Paso even more bizarre.
@@anthonydelfino6171 Even by city proper definition, ABQ has over 560,000 people and is only 330 miles away from Denver (roughly the distance from London to Edinburgh, which also has a population of about 560,000 coincidentally). Edit: And Colorado Springs has nearly half a million people and is only 60 miles away from Denver.
At first I thought he was saying compared to cities on the east end of the rocky mountains in which case El Paso makes sense. But I agree, big oversight to forget about other close mountain cities like SLC, Albuquerque & Phoenix
At 5:10 when talking about Denver, the pic is from Colorado Springs. I live there and recognize the mountains and formations like the old strip mine on the far right. Still great video. Fun to learn so much about the differences. I have wondered all these years.
I think Wyoming could see more population growth in the future. Now that a lot of people can work remotely full time, I would not be surprised if people start moving to Wyoming who previously would not have been willing to. Remote work seems to be the great equalizer these days and a lot of people are relocating because of it. This has been happening to a huge extent in Montana and Idaho. I think the same will happen in Wyoming on a smaller scale. A lot of people love the idea of living somewhere with a low population and tons of natural beauty, but most of these sorts of places have sucky job markets. Remote work removes this barrier.
Wyoming doesn't want these tech employees moving in
100% -- tech gentrification as well as billionaires buying out second / third homes and ranches and increasing cost of living in small cities and towns in the state.
@@TheGrimoireMovementWhose gonna stop em? Free country bro.
@@WokeandProud eat more soy
@@TheGrimoireMovement So nobody then gotcha keep crying chud.
As someone originally from Wyoming, I can attest. The winters are very long and harsh with the constant wind. It is a very inhospitable place to homestead which is most likely why it is the least populous state. Very nice in the summer months though!
Now try living in Alaska :) Wyoming is 4.5 more dense than Alaska. And if you took out Cheyenne and Anchorage (each state's most populous cities), it would be 6.8 times more dense.
Wyoming has a lot of residents who aren't interested in urbanizing their state. While they do welcome visitors, they kind of want to keep their state the way it is naturally and discourage any big change for their area. They want to cherish their environment and keep it isolated and quiet, and have nature take its course.
That is interesting because urban development like apartment towers, condos, and other medium-rise buildings are what allow more cherishing of the environment. Because when everyone wants a single-family home with a front yard and driveway in a suburb.. it greatly increases the physical size of cities and entrenches on natural area.
@@Ryan-093 More cherishing of the environment? More people doesn't mean more cherishing. Keep people away and nature will take its inevitable course. There doesn't have to be a person there to cherish it.
If there aren't cities you don't have suburbs. You have small towns and farmland where people are actually connected to the nature around them instead of the entirely artificial reality of crowded, dirty, crime ridden urban centers. Wyoming has the right idea.
That's the nicest way to say that they're racist 😂😂😂 ..af
Good
I grew up in Casper WY. I loved it. I would move back in a heartbeat if I could! ❤
I am looking to move to Wyoming in the near future. I live in Georgia right now, I have been to Wyoming on many occassions. I love the idea that there is land with very few people around you. A few friends of mine are also interested in moving to Wyoming. We are looking at the south west corner of the state near the Utah and Idaho state lines.
Great video! As a native Coloradan, the comment about how we’ve literally never had a time where the majority of the population has been born in Colorado made me both laugh and cry. I love our state, but I do often envy the un-crowdedness of Wyoming. Great job!
Why cry?
Thank you for specifying "Native Coloradan" instead of just "NATIVE". It's kind of annoying seeing European Americans with the condescending "NATIVE" stickers when they're not Native Americans.
@@xX1234512345xX What about mixed?
I’m one of the rare native Coloradans, and most likely when I retire I’ll be relocating to Wyoming. The metro area of Denver has simply exploded over my lifetime and nothing like the charming city it once was.
@@Halcon_Sierreno rising prices 😢
I remember when I was a kid watching the Garfield and Friends cartoon. Garfield stated "There is no such place as Wyoming". Others were rightfully skeptical about this until he stated "Think about it, have you ever met anyone from Wyoming?" It later went to a story of a mapmaker in Italy piecing together the United States, when completed, there was a space left, they put in the word Wyoming, which they explained was an old Italian word for "No state here".
I remember watching that cartoon, in the living room of my childhood home in Wyoming. Fortunately, I was old enough to laugh about it rather than spiral into an existential crisis.
This was the first thing I thought of about Wyoming. Oddly enough, my college roommate was from there.
As an Italian I can contribute to the debunking of this theory: "Wyoming" doesn't remotely mean anything in both Italian and any of the other languages we speak.
I also watched that episode and found it so funny. It was so long ago...
This is the ONLY thing I think about when someone mentions Wyoming. That one little cartoon scene has had way too much of an impact on my life
Thanks for pointing out the settlers' skin color. It was extremely relevant in the presentation.
4:30 I'm literally planning to move to Fort Collins with my Aunt and Uncle while heavily speculating to move to Wyoming from there and was wondering where to start. This video was basically made for me, thank you!
I moved to Wyoming four years ago. Thanks for this comparison. I will disagree with a mild winter. I haven't wore shorts in 8 months. It snowed today and its mid April. However, when the summer comes it is a paradise.
As a Wisconsinite we just had snowfall yesterday! I can relate to the needing to wear pants for 6+ months straight haha
It snowed here in Colorado too
they just don't understand. crazy how your the closest comment I've seen from a " person from wyoming" yet everyone is so quick to say it's the same here. uh hell no just cuz pants are more comfortable in rf Temps of 40 doesn't mean u relate to the rf Temps of -60
I was born in Denver, grew up in Cheyenne, lived in Fort Collins for several years, and now live Denver again. From my perspective, geographically and culturally, they might as well be different countries. Some thoughts for those that have never been to either: Fort Collins, being the closest major city to Cheyenne (30-45 minute drive), is tucked right against the mountain and is arguably one of the most beautiful modern towns in the world. Cheyenne on the other hand, sits in the middle of grass plains (not even remotely comparable to the geographic positioning of Fort Collins). The vibe of Cheyenne feels like a cross between an old western film and “Breaking Bad”, set in a conservative military town in the 70’s (albeit it still has a lot of charm and one of the best skateparks anywhere👀). Because of the geographic location, Cheyenne is brutally windy all year and often 10+ degrees colder than its closest neighbor Fort Collins. Everywhere from Fort Collins to Denver can get windy as well, but you can feel how starkly the geographic landscape/vibe changes when you cross that border into Wyoming (it baffles me how early settlers ever survived in Cheyenne). Cheyenne is positioned very close to a quasi-mountain area called “Vedauwoo”(a hidden treasure centrally(ish) located between Cheyenne, Laramie, and Fort Collins). However, you have to go at least an hour and a half west through Laramie to reach mountain landscapes (in Wyoming) that compare to what the entire front range of Colorado is built into. Once you get into the northern part of Wyoming, you’ll see some of the most gorgeous landscapes in the U.S. (some of which drastically differ from what you’ll see in Colorado, albeit similar). There’s also a rare abundance of wildlife due to the lack of population centers and even classic cowboys that live in those northern areas, who roam the plains/mountains all day on horses, drinking Budweiesser like water, and who barley use modern technology (straight out of old western films and these are some of the most badass people alive). However, much of what’s between Cheyenne and those northern areas is a vast dessert of arid nothingness with mountain views far into the horizon. Colorado on the otherhand, has a whole different world of stunning geographic attractions, and the major population centers are conveniently packed alongside everything. The cost of that though, is you usually have to venture a couple hours into the Colorado mountains to truly get away from people (unlike Wyoming). The farther south and/or west you venture into Colorado, you start to get into open nothingness territory as well (when driving between the major population areas and the small destination mountain towns), but it doesn’t have the same arid/dreary vibe as when you’re driving through Wyoming (north of Cheyenne). If you’ve never been to either state, the experience is really quite stark in contrast between the two states geographically and culturally (even/especially along the boarder towns/areas). Both states are beautiful and interesting in their own ways and so they’re equally worth exploring if you ever get the chance!
I love this comment. Thanks for sharing your perspective!
Wow. So interested comment.
Great description of both states, making the case for a mega road trip to see both! 💜🏞️✌️😎🍀
Thank you for explaining this, it's great to know about these states
I was born in Denver and live in Colorado Springs now… I go to Wyoming often for camping trips and to get away from humans and all the bullcrap. However, if you want to see true breathtaking beauty and empty calm…. New Mexico is a TRUE hidden gem. It’s the land of enchantment and of you ever drive through that state and explore you will understand why. It calls to me always and I find myself going to New Mexico more than Wyoming these days.
Great video !!!
great video!
VERY interesting video with lots of information. El Paso, however, is not the closest large population center to Denver at 560 miles away (actually 557 “as the crow flies”). Albuquerque, NM, is just 334 miles from Denver and boasts an urban area population over 900,0000, which is about 50,000 more people than El Paso, according to Wikipedia. Also, Salt Lake City is closer to Denver than El Paso at just 370 miles as the crow flies, and has a metro population of 1.3 million, nearly 400,000 people more than El Paso. Finally, at the same exact 557 miles from Denver is Kansas City, MO, with a metro population of 2.4 million! So, yes, Denver is isolated by distance from other population centers, but not to the degree that this video suggests.
You forgot Omaha at 1 million and I believe around 450 miles
@@joelbittner8791 Indeed I did. Thank you!
justice for kansas city
Was thinking the same thing watching this. SLC is the obvious choice for that example, as someone who lives in Denver. I’ve never thought about El Paso as being close or similar.
Agreed; I think RealLifeLore was just looking at city populations instead of metro populations. That's why the Salt Lake City area was completely forgotten about since it consists of many suburbs.
Seems a lot of people have already said what I was going to say. The weather in Wyoming isn't close to the same it is here in Colorado. My parents live in Wyoming, and when I tell them "It is has been snowing the last couple days," they'll send my a picture of their driveway which has a car in it that you can't see because it is buried under the snow. Edit: Last time I went to visit my parents, I saw three semi-trailers blown over on the side of the road. I haven't experienced wind remotely close to that in Colorado.
Depends where youre at as far as snow goes. In laramie we got a good snow about once a year whereas like dillon/frisco always get dumped on. As for the wind its true. I only weigh 170 and have to put bricks in my pockets so i dont blow away
I've lived in Sheridan, Wyoming most of my life (I'm getting dangerously close to 33) but I have also lived in Denver, Colorado Springs and Laramie. When in Laramie for school, a friend of mine explained to his parents, "You can tell which way the wind is blowing by which way the people are leaning."
The climate in Wyoming is considered subtropical and in Colorado it’s considered Sub-saharan. Very different in some ways, and very similar in others.
It's all relative. Your body acclimates to wherever you are living. If a person who has lived in Wyoming their entire lives suddenly packed up their bags and moved to Hawaii, in 3-months, they'll calling 65-degree Hawaii nights "cold", and you can be 100% certain they'll be using jackets to keep warm.
Every time the wind blows the trucks lay down for a nap.
I'm not from Colorado or Wyoming, but I have been to both states during a trip to Yellowstone National Park when I was younger. We still have pictures from that trip, and it was beautiful. I would love to live there since I am not a fan of big cities and crowds of people, but I hate winter and the harsh climate that it brings, so I'll be content to simply visit.
i live in sheridan am we have days in the summer where it’s gets to 105 degrees, but in the winter we get down to -60 windchill factor.
Good 4 u. They don't like you anyway. Shalom
Good 4 u. They don't like you anyway. Shalom
VERY INFORMATIVE !!!!!
Once went on a (around) 24 hour road trip from Southern Illinois to Boise Idaho. I drove most of the way and Wyoming was the hardest part. We passed through the southern part and I can tell you it is the most alien place I've ever seen. No desert, just kinda vast openness and brown grass, zero trees and light hills. Just vacant nothingness and I was fighting to stay awake because it felt like I was driving forever in the same spot. The entire time through Wyoming, we saw I think two populated spots, one was a packed Walmart halfway through Wyoming and it was weird because there were zero houses for people to live in for as far as the eye can see (remember, mostly flat land and zero trees, so lots of miles). And the other was a town with lots of gas stations and old farm equipment rusted everywhere i think it was Rawlins. 10/10 would recommend getting sleep before passing through
You, like many people that drive through Wyoming on I-80 miss some of the most spectacular scenery in the United States, possibly in the world simply by not leaving that highway. The locals see comments like yours and laugh knowing that the secret they keep of living amongst incredible beauty is kept relatively safe thanks to the location of the busiest road in the state.
Try KS, MT, ND, SD or TX. In those with hills it is real apparent when you crest a hill and the road is straight to the next hill maybe 20 miles away. Then drive it on a weekly basis, that's when you feel like you are not hardly moving.
I made the same trip, but it was covered with snow. Through the whole drive. It was just snow with the occasional jagged rock sticking out. It felt like something from oblivion. It didn’t seem real.
You drove there from Illinois, and Wyoming was the boring part? I-80 through Wyoming certainly isn't the best for scenery, but it's better than the flat copy/paste of the same farm from horizon to horizon of the Great Plains states. Nebraska is like being stuck in a simulation.
@@Arbidarb frfr
my dad was military, we was spent 3 years in cheyenne, wyoming. Some of the best 3 years of my childhood some of the nicest people ive ever had the pleasure to meet. really got into 4 wheelers and fishing while i lived there. Many people used to mail letters to my family even years after we left. Frontier Days is awesome too.
Be real bro we are know Wyoming is a government cover up... It's where you hid the moon landing.
Nice people don't vote for Trump. Wyoming did.
Ah Frontier Days, good memories there. Sitting in a side by side on a hill outside South Pass watching the fireworks, drinking beers. Wouldn't give that up for anything.
Yeah, the Cheyenne Rodeo is something else.
Living in Colorado has been great! This place has wild weather, but the summers cannot be beat. I have yet to get to visit Cheyenne.
One of the Denver stock clips you used is of my apartment building. I don't think I've ever been so genuinely surprised and shocked at a video that is so low-stakes, lol.
As a Wyoming resident, I'm disappointed you didn't mention that there are exactly TWO escaladers in this state.
Or that the tallest building is 11 stories 😂. I love Wyoming and my town of 214.
Two Canadians? Read the reply and try again you Hosier
@D S what can I say. One of 5 in the state 😂 I’m unique!
@D S yessir! A town of less than 250 people. Closest neighbor is 5 miles away 😂
I use to do a fair amount of backpacking in the Wind River range and would like to go back to some of those lakes I use to fish. But alas I would need an escalader to get to them at this point in my life!
Years ago, I would travel to Gillette for work for 2 weeks at a time and I did that 3 or 4 times over a couple of years. When one of the older engineers heard I was going he said "You're going to love it Alex! There's a beautiful woman behind every tree in Wyoming!" When I got there, I quickly noticed that there were very few trees... :D As the saying going, nice place to visit. After about 3 days, the awe of the truly "Big Sky" wears off and you quickly realize there's not much to do there. I went to that 1 theater in Gillette several times. And the weather was wild. 40's in the morning, 72 by lunch, a crazy, end of the world hail store moved in around 4 and temps dropped 40 degrees. Crazy. But Wyoming is definitely where the deer and the antelope play.
I can't wait to visit that hail store that just moved in town.
Look out…we got the word police here.
@@pooyanmanoochehry2629 Really? This is what you do on the internet? That's a pretty cool hobby you got there.
ima look at how much a house there is
You ever stop by that shitty dive bar on the way to Gillette? Hanks I think is what it's called
great video..
Interesting explanation thanks.
Sorry as a geographer I have to correct you on a few things. The closest other major metro area to Denver is salt lake city which by highway miles is 521 miles and much shorter as a the crow flies. It is definitely still and island city I think that's why Denver Airport has some of the most connecting flight stops in the nation, but I just wanted to let you know that. Salt Lake has a low city pop, but a large metro pop if you were just going of city sizes.
Exactly. SLC stat area is about 2.7 mm peeps, ELP 1 mm peeps, Denver, 3.7mm peeps. Very glaring error in this guys video, makes me question the whole thing.
As a central Wyoming resident let me tell you about the blizzards of 2023. Yes blizzards. Casper set an all time low temperature of -42 right before Christmas. We broke the record of seasonal snowfall and took 2nd place for snowfall in a single storm. And that storm happened in the first week of April. I had 3 consecutive snow days and a half day for my highschool in the FIRST WEEK OF APRIL and as of writing this it is gonna snow again before April ends. I love the snow :)
You guys got shit on this year with the snow along with rawlins. In green river we got a lot of snow and a -37° day but nothing like what you guys got.
we got 40 something inches of snow in Cheyenne a couple years ago
This year was not as bad as the 80's, but much worse than the last twenty years.
Laramie resident here, I remember getting -55 a couple years ago but thankfully there wasn’t even a breeze and it wasn’t snowing that night
Wyoming seems so interesting. I am not even from US but have been intrigued by Tornado Valley and few regions which are underrated.
Nice video - I learned some things!
Love Wyoming ❤ Spent there 4 months as a student on Work & Travel in Yellowstone National Park. That was almost 20 years ago, great experience. Keep it rural and woke free! 👍
My favourite fact about Wyoming, when trying to explain just how unpopulated we are, is our escalators. There's only 2 in the entire state, both in Casper. Both in banks. Casper also has the largest mall in the entire state, that being the Eastridge Mall. We don't have a lot but its sure fun shocking people with those fun facts
That's funny. Here we like it when two escalators are working to access the platform level in one BART station!!
Thats amazing, since americans are so fat they need escalators!
Used to get so excited to drive 2 hours to casper to go to the mall. Dont forget the tallest building in Wyoming is the Dorm at UW.
Well, don't build any more escalators, they just attract more people.
when i moved to casper from rock springs i was so excited to see the famous escalator and it was all i hoped it to be and more
As a proud Wyomingite, I could never imagine living anywhere else. Open spaces and uninterrupted outdoor opportunities are a requirement for me.
I feel the same about Chicago :)
@@jps0117what?
United States is an alliance with a face of a country.
@@anjanakundu2782 I guess I meant that as a kind of joke.
Wyomingite? I thought they are called Wyomingian.
The civ resource icons are much appreciated
I've lived in Louisiana all my life, only visited Colorado once and it was strangely fascinating. I still find living in such a dry place off putting, but if i had to get used to it, i could. Not sure about the cold though. I hate being cold so much.😅
See I totally relate. Been to Mobile, Houston, but lived my whole life in CO, and ppl always complain about humidity, but I think it's so awesome 😂 not in everything, but if you spill water getting out of the shower here, it'll be dry in an hour. Food doesn't really spoil. Essentially, I can't breathe lolol. Clogged nose, dry skin, etc. And hate our long, long winters, often Halloween thru mid May. Tons of nice sunny days pushing 60s, but plenty also in the negative teens with a foot or two of snow.
I have a friend from LA who feels the same. He’s a native from there, I was originally a CO native born & raised but still live in the mountain states. I can’t stand humidity, flat land & all that, and he is the opposite. All depends on where one is born & grew up with.
When we went on a vacation in the west we were in Wyoming for a bit, and it was absolutely beautiful. Jackson Hole still had snow, even in August, and white water rafting on the snake river was one of the top 3 experiences of my life. The raft guide told us that “in Wyoming we have 9 months of good skiing, and 3 months of bad skiing” 😂
I live here. The 2 months of summer are beautiful
You saw only the most beautiful parts of Wyoming.
Jackson is really not representative of Wyoming. It's like Boulder CO - 8 sq m of coastal elite mentality surrounded by reality. There are so many better places and people in WY.
We are looking to move up there from Colorado. I was told they have 3 seasons. July, August and winter. My southern Cali man is trying to act like a tough guy but I tried to tell him. I lived in upstate NY near the Canadian border, so I can't wait to see him freeze his knickers off.
@@lizardhierophant8293 please stay in Colorado, we're all full up here. It's awful here you won't like it.
Despite its reputation, Denver has relatively warm winter highs that average near the 50 degree mark. There are cold days, but it’s warm enough to support large scale population growth. There is a big shift in winters from Colorado to Wyoming.
Jesus Christ, dude. You are not going to convince anyone that Denver, Colorado has mild winters. Next tell us that water is dry, you clown.
Sounds like I should go to Cheyenne and not Denver in that case.
Yes, very different. I'd never personally go into Denver b/c its nasty! but in general terms YES lol I stay down South in Castle Rock unless I'm going to see fam in Estes Park. That's liberal ENOUGH for us lol
Nobody cares, internet Karen. I’m so sorry that the culture and the country are passing you by. You can keep clinging to your outdated lifestyle while the rest of us continue marching into the 21st century. Wait, quick…who won the 2020 election?
I lived in aurora colorado…..not once did I see 50 degrees during winter. Not once
Being a native Coloradan, I do enjoy the weather, the mountains, and the history. Whereas, I feel bad for Wyoming being harsher by weather and lower by population, but I enjoy the landscapes it provides. I got the chance to enjoy Yellowstone one time, because of its wildlife, geysers, and vast spaces. Nowadays, it's difficult to explain everything I feel about the population growth and the economy in my home. There's a lot I feel about, though I still enjoy living in Colorado very much.
As a born-and-raised Coloradan, I can safely say Chief Niwot was right on the money: “People seeing the beauty of this valley will want to stay, and their staying will be the undoing of the beauty.”
John Denver knew this would happen. He spent so much time and money trying to protect Colorado from development. Once he died I swear it developed twice as fast and went downhill. I’m glad he died in a plane accident and didn’t live to see what this state has become. Millionaire own every inch and build giant ugly mansions on every mountain. Then fence off and kill the land and wildlife. Goodbye Colorado…
I'm from NZ and Wyoming is my favorite state of The US. Amazing, isolated rural locations. If you're into these, Wyoming is the place for you. Amazing railroad history Wyoming has too, the home of the biggest, baddest Locos the world has seen. Then, there's the tourist spots of Wyoming, Yellowstone etc. And another great thing about Wyoming- no Vegas like BS.
ask Mathew Shepard about wyoming
Honestly, it's a good comparison to NZ's South Island. It's relatively sparsely populated compared to the North Island.
Please don't be so positive, we all want to keep it that way. LOL Thank you, I have to agree, I've lived in several states and will always look at Wyoming as home.
@@hahashibe locomotives
what do you know about Mathew shepherd? one the media care about his sexual orientation. he was killed over a methamphetamine addiction in which he owed the murder lots of money. never-mind keep spreading falsehoods it will keep more people like you away
I am Colorado native. I was born here, I’ve lived here my whole life and I don’t plan on moving anytime soon. That being said, I do envy the quiet Wyoming. I’ve seen a big population boom in my state within the past few years and it’s definitely noticeable. The population boom combined with post pandemic supply chain issues, has made things are more expensive now than ever before!! Not just housing but everyday things like groceries and gas! Please stop moving here, out of state people 😫
You need to leave
@@tomdalton4293 not gonna happen
I really want to go to Wyoming (in the summer!) to do a horse riding course. Obviously I had my own horse when I was young, but, sadly, that was the 70’s and 80s. But I grew up on a ranch in New Zealand, but, it seems like forever ago, but being in a country environment is a dream. Hoping I can get there soon.
I have lived in Colorado my whole life. The amount of building going on here is insane. When I was born my home town had less then 5,000 people. Almost 30 years later it has close to 100,000 people
What town. I’m in Northern Colorado also?
Fountain?
@@finnleyripberger699 I lived in Briargate for a year. You are correct. Up in Greeley it was 45k when I was a kid. Now 120k crazy
Refugees from California most likely.
Man that's how I feel about my little shitty town Milliken
Born and raised in CO--you summed it all up nicely. Growing up in CO we usually forgot about Wyoming simply because there's not a whole lot you can do up there that you can't already do in CO. However, I am a little jealous at how WY is growing at a slower rate because of how quickly things tend to change in the Denver area and how that leads to some pretty strong growing pains
meh, we used to drive up north to buy illegal fireworks. Other than Yellowstone and the Tetons, can't think if another reason we ever went.
@@thegirlabides6851 Lol definitely the fireworks
Fire works, Guernsey, Glendo, Yellowstone, Cheyenne Frontier Days, to get to Washington from Denver.
You can go camping in Wyoming and never see another camper. You ski some of the best snow in the world without waiting in a lift lol me for an hour or drive on an interstate for hours 5at 30mph to get the the ski lift. You can’t escape the people in Colorado
@@dandockham3793, you can if you know where to go, but I'm not telling, lol ;P
I lost it when he used Civilization icons for the resources on the map! Brilliant 👍
Most awesome place to live, I've lived in Wyoming most of my life been in plenty of other states but I will never leave Wyoming ever!!!
Living in the great state of Wyoming, for nearly 50 years, I can tell you it was a joy to watch this video. I too, had noticed a huge disparity in population between Wyoming and Colorado and it’s actually only gotten bigger as the decades go by.
That's because Colorado has an economy. Wyoming is largely for resource extraction and cattle, which is critical for the nation so I'm not dissing it.
I'm 44 and I've lived my entire life in Grand Jct, Colorado. When I was a kid, I can remember the population of the whole town was around 70k. Today it's about 150k. And it sucks here now.
@@davidfetherston2083 Why in the world would you spend your whole life in Grand Junction? Weed isn't even legal there! I was stationed in Colorado while in the military and went back to school there. I'm still in Denver but leaving for the PNW soon and can't wait!
Nobody has ever called Wyoming a great state lol
@@dddripz well we do
I was born and raised in Wyoming. And you said the thoughts of us Wyomingites perfectly! And an interesting fact, Laramie (the city that has the only 4 year university in the state) almost doubles in population every time school is in session. The actual population is about 20,000. But it is around 30,000 when all of the college students come.
Bro that’s a couple blocks in nyc ..
@@mealtime167 And I thank god I am not living there haha. Wyoming is perfect
@@mealtime167 thats fine by us, there isnt 30k people in a 200 mile radius where im at
how many gay men did you all beat to death?
@@building-gno-seas Why didn't you wear wranglers and a cowboy hat, and line dance? Do you hate us? Setting that aside, I think the locals are just disappointed that they pay for a public college that imports ten thousand people a year to the state to teach them to hate the other 580,000 people there, over politics. All the secondary signals that you mentioned are things that, at a glance, help you figure out if somebody is part of the problem or not.
hey i’m so glad they featured a photo of green river wyoming!! that’s my hometown
As an Alaskan it makes me slightly uncomfortable when he says Wyoming is the least dense US state BY FAR. We are around 0.62 people/sqkm, although it's understandable that it would be left out of the comparison.
As someone who used to live in Wyoming. I'm so glad I moved away. I don't ever want to go back and don't plan to. The only time I'll go back is to visit friends their.