For the purposes of this thread, we can try by just posting prices. We all know why prices are through the roof, and there are other threads for that.
Canon City CO now $3.69/diesel 4.59.
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Just read book from '05 by Jared Diamond, Collapse. Global discussion of why civilizations fail. Briefly, they don't adapt when their culture and tech are noticeably delpeting their natural resources. Extensive discussion of the economics...
Had set triggers on a few Hawken-style MLs. A deliberate 2 step process to fire those.
My big game rifles are very different from each other. One is a 9# Interarms Mark X Mauser in 7 RM. Another is a 6# Stevens 200 in 270win. Because they both have Timneys adjusted to the same 2.5ish release...
Faux News is an iffy source, but still. . .
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/celebrity/kurt-russell-offers-no-apologies-for-traditional-hunting-lifestyle/ar-AA1YuMvA?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=69b442b2a51a42888e7c3d54961d8a37&cvpid=69b446468e914c58a44d933cae6a25ce&ei=24
Knew a whitewater rafting guide, combat veteran, hard crust, thousand yard stare. His pep talk to nervous greenhorn rafting guests: "Nothing to fear, nobody will be shooting at you."
So far you've seen the feather on the head of the seagull atop the tip of the iceberg. Exponential growth and change from too many people. Watch perspectives and politics change in response to population density and giant increases in $ available to bend politics to it's own vision.
Overall population size belongs in this discussion. I submit it suggests why CO lost some population: density of Front Range population from Ft. Collins to Colorado Springs. Western half of the state typically has geography unsuitable for urban sprawl.
Sad fact:50% of this state's share of...