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The BLM protests were very close to me last summer. Like marching right outside on a street I loved on. Bothered my parents and sister in Boulder more than it bothered me. Which was none at all, really.

The big thing in the city is the rapidly expanding homeless situation and the uptick in crime. Even with a camping ban (upheld in an 80-20 vote a couple of years ago), numerous sidewalks are blocked by tents and the mayor can't/won't get it figured out. It's downtown, near the Capitol, on busy streets, in parks. Will be interesting to see what they do when the All-Star Game comes here in two months.

It was just announced they're going to try to put an authorized camp in Park Hill, and, well, lawsuit.

And the crime in the area I was in (a mile east of the Capitol) has just gotten worse. Shootings. Stabbings. Robberies. Assaults. Even during the pandemic. Hell, just this weekend, there were at least five shootings in Denver alone, one of which ended up with a cop shot in the leg.

So combined with that and that I had had the place for nearly 17 years and wanted something different and just out of the city, it was time to mix it up. It's beyond crowded, as mentioned the homeless/crime situation didn't make it unlivable, but it was time for a change.

Highland is a nice area, but also busting at the seams. I looked in Littleton but couldn't find anything I liked. And obviously, Steamboat is great. My late sister and her family had a second home there. My other sister got it as part of the inheritance and rents it out long-term. Then they bought another rental because that's where they go and ski and it's next to the lift lines.

Steamboat isn't for everyone, but I love it up there. Going to be curious what employers do, if they demand employees come back into the office when a lot of places have shown WFH works just great. It's why mountain town home sales are through the roof, including Steamboat. My sister's realtor asked her if they wanted to sell the long-term rental. They could sell it in a day and get $200,000 over what it was worth at the time of the inheritance. She's keeping it because there's no mortgage on it and the long-term renters are great and it's easily managed from Boulder.