Why is Colorado the "weed state" and not Washington?

Anonus · 2016-08-17 04:20:04

See title

eriophora zia · 2016-08-17 04:30:25

Colorado had weed stores first.

eriophora zia · 2016-08-17 04:31:07

And Washington was already kinda the liberal hippie state anyway, whereas Colorado was, like, skiing.

Anonus · 2016-08-17 04:32:47

And a liberal hippie state, at least in the Denver/Boulder area

Anonus · 2016-08-17 04:33:20

outside of that area it does seem to be kind of a redneck state though, much as the Denver area was once upon a time

eriophora zia · 2016-08-17 04:38:17

I feel like only people in Colorado really think of it as being liberal, honestly. It doesn't seem to have that general stereotype in a more broad sense. We all know it's a blue state, but it doesn't have the same reputation that Seattle or Portland do.

With Washington, it was just like, "yeah that's not shocking at all."

Anonus · 2016-08-17 04:38:35

Colorado being a progressive hippie state only seems to have started in the last 20 years or so

The same seems to be the case with Oregon

Anonus · 2016-08-17 04:41:04

eriophora zia said:
I feel like only people in Colorado really think of it as being liberal, honestly. It doesn't seem to have that general stereotype in a more broad sense. We all know it's a blue state, but it doesn't have the same reputation that Seattle or Portland do.

With Washington, it was just like, "yeah that's not shocking at all."

Colorado really doesn't seem to have much of a national profile at all

Crystal · 2016-08-17 04:42:38

What prompted this?

Bee · 2016-08-17 04:44:58

Oregon was solid Republican until the 60s, then it moved blue as the parties both did a 180 and Portland got huge.

Eastern Oregon is SCARY red though.

Anonus · 2016-08-17 04:46:31

Crystal said:
What prompted this?

"lol weed" "lol Chipotle"

Bee said:
Oregon was solid Republican until the 60s, then it moved blue as the parties both did a 180 and Portland got huge.

Eastern Oregon is SCARY red though.

it sounds like a lot of the Intermountain West that's not the "cool" cities (Seattle, Portland, Denver) is SCARY red, especially Wyoming and Montana

glennmagusharvey · 2016-08-17 04:54:02

Chipotle is pretty awesome.

Bee · 2016-08-17 04:56:16

except the whole e. coli bit

Anonus · 2016-08-17 04:59:01

as fast casual Mexican goes I prefer Qdoba

Crystal · 2016-08-17 05:05:32

I've had bad to mediocre experiences with practically all of the fast casual Mexican I've had. :/

glennmagusharvey · 2016-08-17 05:05:44

now I want some Pollo Tropical now

Obā-san · 2016-08-17 05:06:47

Bee said:
except the whole e. coli bit

what's it like to be a massive coward

Obā-san · 2016-08-17 05:07:32

A LITTLE GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA NEVER HURT ANYONE, FUCKMUNCH

Anonus · 2016-08-17 05:22:26

I want to visit Houston and eat their Mexican food

Klinotaxis · 2016-08-17 05:33:10

i thought washington was the weed state, or at least more of one than colorado

Anonus · 2016-08-17 05:35:20

nah man Colorado is known for the following: legal weed, mountains, Chipotle (though Qdoba and Noodles & Company started here too), South Park, and John Elway

legal weed seems to define our image more than it does Washington's

Klinotaxis · 2016-08-17 05:36:06

Today is Tomorrow said:
A LITTLE GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA NEVER HURT ANYONE, FUCKMUNCH

fun fact we had one of the only successful bioterror attacks ever up here (the dalles is right across the river, so it's good enough)

salmonella rather than escherichia, but hey, it's still gram negative

Klinotaxis · 2016-08-17 05:38:07

Anonus said:
nah man Colorado is known for the following: legal weed, mountains, Chipotle (though Qdoba and Noodles & Company started here too), South Park, and John Elway

legal weed seems to define our image more than it does Washington's

maybe colorado is just less stereotyped so people think of weed before they can think of other things

i mean, seriously, washington has seattle and junk, you can be like oh the space needle! microsoft! coffee! colorado's like, yeah, not much national profile, so you have to fill in with some bullshit and hey why not weed

Obā-san · 2016-08-17 05:38:22

A leading group of followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (later known as Osho) had hoped to incapacitate the voting population of the city so that their own candidates would win the 1984 Wasco County elections.

a lot of effort for such minor dividends

Anonus · 2016-08-17 05:41:34

there's very few people who are actually from colorado, and from what i can tell they don't tend to relocate anywhere influential like new york or la in later life

i wonder why that is

Anonus · 2016-08-17 05:42:32

if City-Data is any indication, a lot of people born and raised in the West don't seem to want to live anywhere east of, like, Texas

Anonus · 2016-08-17 05:45:06

makes me feel anomalous for wanting to live in an Eastern metro like Chicago or Philadelphia (please tell me Pennsylvania's shitty roads aren't in Philadelphia at least)

Obā-san · 2016-08-17 05:47:03

why do you think about states so much

they're like

areas where things happen in

Anonus · 2016-08-17 05:50:28

They form the basis for at least part of many people's identities, or at least it seems that way to me.

Also, Michigan has shit roads and Ohio doesn't because Michigan's government cries poor and won't fix them. Michigan and Ohio have much in common, but that's not one of those things.

Obā-san · 2016-08-17 05:51:15

part yeah but like

Crystal · 2016-08-17 05:54:11

Part, sure, I'm just not sure why you'd - seemingly - value that over the individualized experiences that make up that sum total. Sure there be a lot of rip-roarin' true-american patriots around these here parts, but they're kinda, like, not all of them.

Klinotaxis · 2016-08-17 05:56:15

maybe it's because i've lived in new england and then on a state border, but insofar as i have a location-based identity it's more the vaguely defined region than the state.

Anonus · 2016-08-17 06:02:03

Colorado as a state is almost like a brand. There's people around here (who aren't from here usually) who go around wearing T-shirts with the state flag on them and have bumper stickers with the state flag. The notion of this place as heaven on earth has been packaged and sold for a long time

Obā-san · 2016-08-17 06:03:53

well, ive never seen it portrayed that way afaik

Anonus · 2016-08-17 06:07:20

Today is Tomorrow said:
well, ive never seen it portrayed that way afaik

you haven't?

Anonus · 2016-08-17 06:07:49

i don't know a lot of people seem to come here and they're very enthusiastic about the mountains and outdoor activities and such

Bee · 2016-08-17 06:09:49

Fucking Rajneesh.

Today is Tomorrow said:
A leading group of followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (later known as Osho) had hoped to incapacitate the voting population of the city so that their own candidates would win the 1984 Wasco County elections.

a lot of effort for such minor dividends

Like, all those times you hear racists saying all those immigrants are going to take over? The crazies in Eastern Oregon feel completely justified in that fear because it actually happened in Antelope, and The Dalles was their second target.

They tend to forget that Antelope had like 60 residents at the time, but still.

Klinotaxis · 2016-08-17 06:09:52

Today is Tomorrow said:
well, ive never seen it portrayed that way afaik

yeah nah, ditto, what. i don't even know what the flag looks like

Anonus · 2016-08-17 06:16:49

Klinotaxis said:

Today is Tomorrow said:
well, ive never seen it portrayed that way afaik
yeah nah, ditto, what. i don't even know what the flag looks like

Anonus · 2016-08-17 06:17:35

Bee said:
Fucking Rajneesh.
Today is Tomorrow said:
A leading group of followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (later known as Osho) had hoped to incapacitate the voting population of the city so that their own candidates would win the 1984 Wasco County elections.

a lot of effort for such minor dividends
Like, all those times you hear racists saying all those immigrants are going to take over? The crazies in Eastern Oregon feel completely justified in that fear because it actually happened in Antelope, and The Dalles was their second target.

They tend to forget that Antelope had like 60 residents at the time, but still.

there seem to be many stories about small Oregon towns being overrun by newcomers and going bankrupt for lack of preparation or whatever

Klinotaxis · 2016-08-17 06:21:49

i thought that was a megacorp. or maybe connecticut.

Anonus · 2016-08-17 06:23:08

it does look like a logo

Anonus · 2016-08-17 06:34:44

also, on the subject of cachet, there are people who drive around with bumper stickers that look like this

but maybe that's an echo chamber thing? the state in general seems like kind of an echo chamber

Klinotaxis · 2016-08-17 06:42:44

you get such great acoustics off the mountains, why not take advantage

Anonus · 2016-08-17 06:49:45

it just seems like not much about colorado is heard/known by most of the rest of the nation

Anonus · 2016-08-17 07:08:46

and yeah, a lot of the people who move here seem to think this place is paradise

this bumper sticker also exists

Boney · 2016-08-17 07:13:08

When i think of colorado i think religious fundamentalism

Anonus · 2016-08-17 07:14:59

that's the Springs

Bee · 2016-08-17 07:35:22

Anonus said:

Bee said:
Fucking Rajneesh.
Today is Tomorrow said:
A leading group of followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (later known as Osho) had hoped to incapacitate the voting population of the city so that their own candidates would win the 1984 Wasco County elections.

a lot of effort for such minor dividends
Like, all those times you hear racists saying all those immigrants are going to take over? The crazies in Eastern Oregon feel completely justified in that fear because it actually happened in Antelope, and The Dalles was their second target.

They tend to forget that Antelope had like 60 residents at the time, but still.
there seem to be many stories about small Oregon towns being overrun by newcomers and going bankrupt for lack of preparation or whatever

Yeah but they're usually elderly Californians, not mystic cults from India launching bioterrorism attacks.

Anonus · 2016-08-17 07:47:03

right

Anonus · 2016-08-17 07:48:46

somehow the intermountain west just seems like a magnet for the insane in general

Why is Colorado the "weed state" and not Washington?

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