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Northeastern Colorado cities that aren't far right in political sentiment. (self.colorado)
submitted 18 hours ago by CAWright to c/colorado@lemmy.world
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My wife and I are looking to relocate back to Colorado but with the Denver metro being so expensive we are looking elsewhere. We have flexibility in our jobs to live practically anywhere but we want to be a bit choosy about the location. We found a beautiful house in the far Eastern Colorado city of Holyoke but after some further investigation we found the location too far disconnected from our own beliefs to buy there. The biggest negative was their city code against any marijuana businesses within city limits. That tells me that we won't align well. My wife has her medical card here and it helps her immensely in controlling anxiety and allowing her to have a reasonable sleep schedule.

The house in Holyoke really caught our eye, though. It wasn't the typical bland houses we find in the Denver metro that all look like cookie-cutter 70s and 80s houses. The house was built in 1912 and the yard had room for gardening. We have been finding other houses that are similarly desirable further west in Sterling and Fort Morgan.

My biggest question is: are those towns going to be as right leaning and anti-marijuana as Holyoke or somewhere closer to moderate and accepting. I don't need a city to be on par with Boulder but I don't want to be bugged about where I go to church every 5 minutes.

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[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Liberalism follows money, not the other way around. The poorer, and therefore cheaper, a place is, the more right-leaning it will be in general. If you want a decent split of small town charm, affordability, and liberalism, the first place that comes to my mind is Laramie. Maybe Greeley? But it smells like cow poop.

Also, side note, don't get suckered into buying a pretty house in a bad location. Buy the location, then make the house your own. Like gardening? Even tiny back yards can have very productive gardens. Want a unique house? Learn how to nail 2x4s and file permits, and make it unique yourself. But no matter how hard you work, you can't make your house closer to useful and enjoyable amenities and people. That's why things are cheap in Kansarado - because there is nothing there that makes life appealing, other than inertia, owning a farm, or being a hardcore conservative.

[–] CAWright 1 points 10 minutes ago

That's the struggle. It's hard to make a mayonnaise house into something charming and unique. It will always be mayonnaise at its bones. I'd have to tear down and rebuild and I do not have the money for that. I'm with you on the gardening, though. That was just one example of using that space. I have a travel trailer that I'd like to park as well. And we'd like to have or build some nice outdoor seating and living areas.

I've purposefully ignored Greeley because of the smell. I've never experienced it but heard about it the whole time I was in Colorado the first time. I've always equated it to the paper mill south of where I grew up. If the wind shifted, you smelled it and it wasn't pleasant. I've always heard Greeley is much worse, though.

I'm still looking at Denver metro just for job purposes but I'm free to be as remote as I want and was looking for other options. I'm also pretty set on Colorado just because the general path of the state politically. It's not perfect but it's better than the bible belt.

Have you lived in places like Fort Morgan, Sterling, or others in that general vicinity? Is there a sliding scale based on how far East you are from Denver? My previous experience was Colorado Springs which was pretty nutty "f-you got mine" libertarian and bible thumping religious at the time. I don't necessarily need it to be a liberal mecca but I do want it to be a place where everyone isn't trying hard to out-jesus or out-trump everyone else.