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I lived for 11 years in Colorado and had a house near where that massive fire occurred.

For family reasons I had to move back to California. I was sad at the time, but in retrospect I'm kind of glad I left when I did. It's one thing to see a s**t hole like LA become s**tier. It's another thing entirely to see such a wonderful place like Colorado sink to where it is today. Legalizing recreational use of marijuana was just one of many things that has put Colorado on the road to s**t hole status.

I was one of the few Californians who moved to Colorado and voted Republican. My fellow Californians evidently forgot how bad it was in California run by Democrats and helped to turn the state Blue. I hear there was a rush of people coming up from Texas years before, that might have helped keep Colorado Red, but they left after the shale oil boom went bust.

Even back in the 90's there was a significant RINO infiltration into the Republican Party. I was at a Republican Delegate meeting where we were able to successfully keep a RINO carpetbagger off the ticket. The RINOs were furious because the carpetbagger was a nationally known political celebrity of sorts who they thought had a better chance of winning.

What I remember most was that a huge swath of Coloradans were independent and voted for whomever they fixated on that particular cycle. Ben "Nighthorse" Cambell got lots of votes just cuz he rode a motorcycle and opposed helmet laws. As far as Dems go, he was better and more conservative than most, but it was still a vote for the Dems.

Colorado being one of the first states to legalize abortion was a bad sign from the beginning. I think it was always destined to be at best a purple state. It is a very beautiful place, and people will move there just because it is beautiful and has jobs and will bring their stupid political views with them thinking no matter how bad they are they can't ruin paradise.

But they can, and they did.

When I retire, I'll most likely move to somewhere like North Dakota. A place that is scenically bland and where the wind blows most of the time, i.e. somewhere that even the most ardent leftist would not think to move.