Denver – Rocky Mountain High to Rocky Mountain Hellhole

Article author: 
Brian C. Joondeph
Article publisher: 
American Thinker
Article date: 
7 February 2023
Article category: 
Colorado News
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Seven years ago, Business Insider published, “14 reasons why Denver is the best place to live in America.”...

How is Denver doing now as “trendy and desirable”?

In answering that question, the Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle published, “Denver becoming America’s crime capital.”...

The Chronicle, noted above reports, “Crime in the Mile High City is now worse than New York City or Chicago, and growing increasingly dangerous as the new year begins.” This includes violent crime, where on a scale of 1 to 100, Denver outranks NYC by 2.5 points, and property crime where Denver surpasses Chicago by 4.5 points. Bet you haven’t heard that on the news.

“Auto theft is now an epidemic in Denver and the second highest in the nation”, according to Denver Police Department data. Nearly 100 vehicles are stolen every day in Denver and rather than “rainin’ fire in the sky”, Colorado is raining car thieves, now leading America in auto thefts per capita...

Other statistics are not flattering. Ranking, “U.S. cities for home and community safety, natural disaster risk, and financial safety”, Denver falls between Little Rock and New Orleans. For home and community safety, Denver sits between Baltimore and Fort Lauderdale....

Start with leadership. Colorado was once a red state. In 2000, Republicans captured 51 percent of presidential votes, but in 2020, that had dropped to 42 percent. In the US House of Representatives, in 2000, Colorado elected 4 Republicans and 2 Democrats. In 2020 it was only 3 Republicans and 5 Democrats....

According to Ballotpedia, “Colorado has a Democratic trifecta and a Democratic triplex. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature.” Colorado’s woes sit exclusively at the feet of the donkey party....

Does Democrat leadership correlate with high crime? Yes, it does. The Daily Signal found, “27 of top 30 crime-ridden cities run by Democrats.”...

The 2022 United Van Lines movers study was released last year, and it looks like more people left Colorado last year than moved into the state....