I Went To The Worst Place In Colorado

Here is my entire Mountain West Road Trip: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq-_cmf3H6yq836p_Frch75…

I've been all over the US. I've lived in Pueblo for 44 years. I've never had any issues living here. We mind our own business and keep to ourselves. Most people here will help even if they dont know you. Yes, there are drugs, alcohol, homelessness, and crime. I'll wait till you show me a city that has none. Do I keep my doors locked at night? Of course. Do i make sure my car door is locked when driving? Yes, i do as I do in any place I'm in. Mind your business and keep good company. Be a good person, have some respect and I hope you get it back in return. I hope everyone has a wonderful, positive, beautiful safe life. Pueblo or wherever you reside, be aware of your surroundings. God bless.

Thank you for posting this. please let everyone know how bad pueblo is so I have a place I can still afford in my own state.

I have a business in Pueblo on Northern Ave, you came within a couple blocks of filming it in a couple parts of your video :) I'm a Colorado native, and have also lived in Denver, Colorado Springs, and the Breckenridge area. There is certainly crime and homelessness in Pueblo, like almost every American city, unfortunately. However, it is a superstition that Pueblo is more dangerous. I've felt much safer living in Pueblo than I did when I lived in Colorado Springs or Denver. I think that superstition has kept a lot of businesses from moving here. Pueblo is also a hidden gem of opportunity, which is one of the reasons the town is growing. We are also sort of the lifeline for most of the cities of Southern Colorado, as we are the only large city near most of the surrounding Colorado towns. As it becomes painfully obvious the safety of Pueblo vs some of the larger Northern cities, I think we will continue to see more people choose to move to our affordable neighborhoods. We have also seen more small businesses try to come here, but the city can make it more difficult for new business than it should. That's probably similar across most cities, though. We also recently elected a new Mayor that has been doing a lot to address the homeless crisis, drug problems, and business challenges. That is probably part of why you didn't see very many homeless people during your trip. If you can believe it, Colorado Springs and Denver literally bus their homeless populations here on one-way trips. My family and I have seen buses unloading homeless near the hotels you visited/drove near. A huge portion of the population are on government benefits and/or retired, which is a large reason so many of the homes are in disrepair. That will change as time goes on, it's just a slow transformation. Maybe an optimistic perspective, but I also believe much of the crime we do have in Pueblo will go away as more business and industry move to Pueblo. Inspiration and opportunity coming a community goes a long way.

I was born and raised in Pueblo, the crime has gotten worse i was attacked by a man with a metal bar coming out of a dollar store.

I was born and raised in Pueblo and it was a safe place to raise a family. Economy was not good, finding a job was difficult. Worked at the 29th street Safeway until I left for greener pastures in 1990. Just returned from visiting there three months ago and can't believe how it has changed. Too much crime, and closed business that I use to go to made me sad.

I lived there from 4-6th grade. I’m 61 now. My father was stationed at the Navy recruiting center. It was the 70s. The steel mill was starting to layoff dads of my friends. I can tell you it was heaven. We could ride our bikes all over town. To the park to go play in the zoo. The swimming pool. It was a fun place back then. It was as poor. No one was rich. It was great. Nice neighbors. We could make money being near the fair grounds to park cars in an empty lot on our rented property. It was a magical place for a kid💕

I moved to Colorado a few years ago when my brother lived here. He told me the place started to go downhill when the state legalized weed .

Your guest commentator I think is one of the best of all of the city experts you've interviewed in your videos. He was extremely articulate, well-informed, knowledgeable, and insightful about Pueblo, Colorado.

I worked in Pueblo some years ago. As a New Yorker I saw nothing but potential. The people are interesting, fiery and family oriented. The main reasons Pueblo wasn’t thriving was a lack of vision from city and state leaders, small minded corruption from 2 bit mafioso wannabes. (Some of them in law enforcement) If the Denver power brokers took an honest look at Pueblo, focused on casting a vision, the people of Pueblo will make it happen. That’s who they are, they find a way to make it happen.

Love how you got the whole town figured out in a day and a half. Pueblo isn't bad. It's just not rich.

You don't know what the worst city in Colorado is, until you've lived in Denver and Aurora, after that, Pueblo is like heaven

I Live in Pueblo. I am only one minute in and I am insulted. We love Pueblo and it is a great city and a great place to have grown up in.

My Grandparents lived through the depression. And always told me that hard times will expose the cheaters,thieves, immoral, dishonest people. He said they were always like that, it just took hard times to expose it. This man was honest and wouldn't steal a peanut if he was starving. Different generation. How you respond to situations tells all.

I lived in Manitou Springs from 2000 - 2022 and worked in Colorado Springs, a few miles from Manitou, and Pueblo, 45 miles away. I am a middle-aged white, non-Hispanic female in the healthcare field. So, with jobs plentiful a few miles away, why would I commute 90 miles a day to work in Pueblo? The wonderful residents of Pueblo. I found them much friendlier, more honest, more compassionate and generally much more helpful than residents of Colorado Springs. I had car trouble a few times on the "sketchy" East Side doing home health. Every time I did, I had help within minutes from local East Side residents, and generally by more than 1 set of people. When I had problems in the nicest areas of Colorado Springs, no one offered help - ever. I find their sense of family and community refreshing and welcoming. There are few opportunities for jobs, as there are very few, if any, larger companies paying decent wages in the area. Greedy corporations outsourcing steel mill jobs to China ruined this town. There was nowhere for workers to be employed that paid as well. A lot of families are multi-generational Puebloans who will not give up family to move for better jobs; they put family 1st.

Hi…I wanted to share some of the positive things about Pueblo that got missed. I am a born and raised Puebloan, I had shared part of this list with a lady asking for places for her kids and family…so bare with the info for littles at the beginning….but I want you and other readers to see what an awesome place Pueblo is too….💙 I have also lived in Oklahoma, Denver, and Springs (for short periods in my life) and I honestly love Pueblo. (I love Springs too because I love seeing pikes peak everyday). As for Pueblo, Pueblo has deep roots and it’s really neat because when you move here, people will ask you “what school did you go to”. They are meaning what high school. 💗. There are some huge football game rivalries that the entire town gets involved in and the love for this school or that school is so deep rooted, it goes back generations. It’s really fun during Bell Week or Cannon Week or PigSkin Classic week. Two brand new highs schools, one K-8, I think 3 elementary schools….have all just been rebuilt (so older buildings need to come down. The technology , programs offered for students and beauty of these new schools is amazing. We have fun festivals (my fave is the Chili and Fajoles festival). Mmmmm….smelling that green chili roasting as you’re walking up to the festival…yum! The best chili’s around are our Pueblo green chilis. We have a beautiful Riverwalk with lots of things to do, just around that. I love to go walking around it with my grandchildren and letting them play on the little playground. I love to meet up with friends for lunch a Brues or 1129, or go have lunch after church at Angelo’s Pizza. The Riverwalk has lots of different events, like listening to the symphony play while the fireworks are going off on the 4th of July, or enjoying the beautiful Christmas lights and snow is lightly falling on your eyelashes. Also, near our Riverwalk is our Historic downtown area. It’s awesome to walk up and down Union Avenue and check out the little shops or antique stores and grab a bite to eat at a local restaurant. I haven’t been to the new Fuel & Iron yet, but I have heard lots of positive things about it. A popular picture spot is our old train station called the Union Depot. Pueblo has amazing libraries in lots of the neighborhoods around town. They offer so many programs, I’m sure you would love it! Pueblo has different things for you to do with your family: *there are multiple different dance companies if your children or you want to take dance lessons *there are cheer and gymnastic locations *On Saturdays, Langoni Field is full of families hustling and bustling to go watch their littles play soccer *little ballers playing baseball all over town and at Runyon field *there is a Steel City Theater company where littles practice and perform different plays and musicals all year long. The art center offers a lot of this too. We have an incredible Children chorale. *Pueblo has a Children’s museum and the arts center teaches lots of different classes from art to dance *Pueblo also offers lots of MOPS groups that you can join for your toddler and get that instant support and begin building those friendships ***There are so many things for you and your family to do here that I can’t even think of them (Pueblo West has a ton of stuff too). As for family or adult things to do: *Did you know Pueblo has a Movie Drive-In? It’s so fun to grab the family and meet up with friends for a movie outside. *Pueblo Reservoir you can go boating, fishing, (I think they still have a swim area), it’s so fun to go enjoy the lake. We also have multiple city pools that have water slides and such. *Our YMCA is beautiful and is pretty new, lots to do there. There are multiple gyms all over town to help you with your fitness goals *You can grab your family and head over to the Fire Playce (think it’s spelled correctly) and pick your pottery place and spend time relaxing and creating masterpieces *We have our State Fair for our state right in Pueblo. I love the Fair and seeing all of the crafts, eating the fun fair food, and watching our kiddos play in the fountain. Love going to the Rodeo. *I love going with my family for days at the park. Our City Park has little rides that have been around forever. The tickets are only a quarter. It’s fun to ride the Choo Choo train around and ride the carousel. My grandsons love the roller coaster. The zoo is there too! *Trampoline place at the mall is fun. We even use it as a place to get in shape. They have a monthly membership for only $10 a month (and you can go every day for 3 hours!). That’s a steal. Plus…if you as a parent want to jump with your kiddo, it’s only $2. Fun place for birthday parties, the kiddos love it! *We have some museums like I had mentioned the Children’s one above but we also have El Pueblo Museum, Rosemont Museum, and there are more! *Pueblo has Bingo, Dancing, School Carnivals, church events, a country club and we have bowling alleys, etc *We also have great colleges like Pueblo Community College and CSU-Pueblo. It’s so fun to tailgate for a football game in the parking lot (we miss the games sometimes and just hangout in the parking lot with friends), or take our littles trick or treating for Halloween or to go see Santa at Christmas time. *There are organizations that gives back to women and children in our community and promote volunteerism or groups your family can join or participate in *There are church’s that offer faith based clubs for kiddos like Awanas and Life Groups for adults. *There is a skating roller rink and an ice rink, we have a movie theater that has 10 or 12 theaters in it. *network groups are fun, supportive and an awesome way to meet friends. *our local Chambers have different events and places to meet people. I believe Pueblo has 3 different chambers. (Greater Chamber of Pueblo, Latino Chamber of Pueblo, & Pueblo West Chamber) Oh there is so much more that our beautiful town of Pueblo has to offer, you just have to ask, look, and the friendly people of our community will share with you what they like to do or where they love to go or what organizations they enjoy being apart of. You make any town or city or place you call home the place you want it to be. Get involved in your community and it helps to create that sense of being and belonging and making your home (no matter where you live) your home. Thanks for letting me share a little bit about what Pueblo has to offer. “Remember to do a Random Act of Kindness today, even a smile can brighten someone’s day!”

My two cents: I'm a Colorado Springs native; however, I had the opportunity to work for two different employers in Pueblo over a ten-year period, in some cases involved with the locals and the way of life there. Much of what Nick reports is honest and accurate, especially the poverty. That said, there is a certain charm about the city and the people that is quite nice. It's an Americana feel from the days past; people might talk funny slang and goofy things, yet they are some of the nicest, most sincere people you'll meet anywhere. As mentioned, every city has its problems; Pueblos' is different. :)

No one with California plates will get much love anywhere in Colorado. Cali transplants are a huge reason that house prices skyrocketed, pricing out multi-generational natives, forcing them to leave the state. Conservative communities detest the influx of progressive Californians. Do you see the irony in getting shafted in Utah (huge Mormon population) with your rental and getting help in Pueblo with a Hispanic majority?

What makes me sad is to see abandoned vintage property and homes. Craftsmanship that doesn't exist in homebuilding anymore; a lost art of architecture. Not to mention the wilding of the neighborhoods.

I love Pueblo. Beautiful inner city, river walk area with some great breweries. Love the remnants of the old steel mills. My family settled just out East of there in LaJunta in the 1870s. I'd live in Pueblo in a heart beat.