They come here to find a better life, but they refuse to assimilate to our culture. And they are affecting our economy. Now the Californians have "purchased" our mall to engage in terrorist-like activities.
What good is an outdoor mall in Colorado? (Notice that all of the "concept drawings" on the website are summertime. Californians refuse to acknowledge that winter happens in Colorado when it is 75% of the year! Those are the four seasons of Colorado: Already winter, winter, still winter and construction.) I like the name of the website: "Celebrate Southglenn"? How, by tearing it down?
These Californians never understood the concept that, sure, lots of people do their "shopping" at Park Meadows because it is elegant, but when the Colorado Natives went to do their purchasing, they used to go to Southglenn where the prices were reasonable because they didn't have to pay such high taxes and pay as much of the store owner's lease.
The first reason why sales dropped at Southglenn was that with the influx of so many Californians in the last two decades, they had to shop out Southglenn until they were able to build their own mall - then they all when away and left the Colorado natives to themselves - we actually liked that they all went away. The second reason that sales dropped at Southglenn is that Park Meadows was advertising and Southglenn wasn't. It's called economics - they wanted to redevelop Southglenn when they bought it, so they made sure it wasn't successful.
It is weird to see a building that you have known for 30+ years with a hole ripped in the side of it - if the instigators have a permit or not.
I say that we find a way to send them all back....
You and Nathan should start a club: Colorado Citizens with a Mutual Dislike for those who hail from the Bear State of California.
ReplyDeleteHa. Gotta love economics... and immigration and terrorism. I have to say though Roger, I was slightly excited when it appeard this was going to be a political post. Ha. God bless.
Does the same sentiment stand for those from...Texas? Or are we given some measure of grace, since Texas is (as you may well know) God's country?
ReplyDeletehm... Texas is a different irritation. They're here to drive slow and ski poorly. But since I actually drive the speed limit and don't ski, I am not bothered by them as much. And in my experience, they generally go back home on their own.
ReplyDeleteThey haven't brought their pretty malls, legal-marijuana and illegal-mouse-trap laws, on-ramp regulatory stop-lights, and other Californications of our great state.
it's funny to me that everyone wants to be hated. Sorry all - this post is just for the Californians. You'll have to irritate me more than you are presently doing to warrant a blog post.
ReplyDeleteOK...what you are missing, G, is that its the attitude that is the issue. Roger's dad is a California native...but he didn't come here trying to make CO into CA. Its not about individuals who have migrated...its about trying to make Colorado into a mini California (can you say Highlands Ranch?).
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