The more I think about moving back to the Front Range, the more I've realized that there are many, many little oddities that make Durango (and Southern Colorado) seem like another world to those who visit...some I'll miss, some I won't!
You know you live in Southern Colorado if....
....you think nothing of having to go to New Mexico to go to Target, Sam's Club, or a "real" mall.
....you think it's actually fun to make these random New Mexico trips, and consider them a great excuse to "get out of town".
....the closest (and coolest, newest, and nicest smelling) bowling alley around is in the new Ute tribe casino.
....your town has it's own weather patterns that have nothing to do with the rest of the state, since you live in a valley far far away.
....you actually know people who have never been to Denver.
....the closest "big city" is Alburquerque, NM and you like to go there for the Old Navy store.
....you have ever been to Boulder, then come home and had an odd sense of Deja Vu.
....you have ever considered moving to the Front Range simply so you could afford to buy a house...but then realized you wouldn't have the view.
....you know how to pronounce Florida.
....you see people running around in single-digit weather in very few clothes, often dressed as Egyptians, superheros, medieval cortesans, cavemen...
....you like to play "what country are they from?" on Main Street in the summer as you people-watch.
....at "rush hour" it takes you 20 minutes to get across town.
....you're not suprised when male church attendance goes down dramatically each fall...you just know hunting season has started.
....to you, "the Fort" means something compleatly different than it does to the rest of the state.
....you can confidently debate the merits of 285 vs. I-70 as routes to the front range.
You get the idea. There are so many more I could add...feel free to join in!!
6 comments:
Too funny! As a native, I forget that everyone else finds these things weird!
Hmmm...your completely comfortable and used to "four wheeling" to and from your house - no matter what kind of car you are driving. You develop a strange aversion to California and Texas license plates when you are looking for a parking spot in City Market and they are taking up all the spots. You see a 14-er and your contemplate taking it on.
Good one Kristin! Love it! -jen
Okay let me try to type this again. I would have to agree with Tiffany on this one. I find all of this normal. It is fun to read.
The first two incredibly describe Mikey and I! Ahh Farm-town.
Meant to comment the other day...better now then never!
I laughed because as I read the one about Florida I read it right. I think it's so crazy how when I see that word in Durango it's always pronounced in my head Floor-e-duh. But when I look at a map and see the state it's always Floor-i-duh.
And how about the fact that our seasons are...Hot, fall (for like 3 weeks), Cold (with mixes of warm in there just to tease you) and Mud?
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