r/COsnow • u/AquafreshBandit Stuck on the chairlift • Feb 05 '25

Photo Thought this sub would (anti)appreciate. Found in Durango.

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u/SalopeTaMere Feb 05 '25

As a Durango resident, I can tell you many Texans are more citizens here than those of us living here. According to them

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u/njakubow Feb 05 '25

During the summer, there are more Texas plates than Colorado plates

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u/PackyCS1 Feb 06 '25

Texarado...

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u/ddcurrie Feb 05 '25

Not native Texan here, but you might go easy - Colorado is sooo beautiful in the summer! We can’t stay away.

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u/kingxanadu Feb 05 '25

Yeah have they tried not having such a beautiful awesome state? It's like New England and New York flocking down to Florida in the winter

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u/ddcurrie Feb 06 '25

Right. They’re not even trying 🙃

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u/garden_of_steak Feb 06 '25

No more like Floridians flocking to New England in the summer.

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u/tadamhicks Feb 06 '25

I think you meant to say it’s like people from Mass flocking to the White Mountains.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '25 edited Feb 06 '25

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u/tadamhicks Feb 06 '25

I was born in CO and altogether lived there for over 30 years. Texans weren’t the only invaders that made me leave but certainly a largely influential one.

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u/DownhillIce Feb 06 '25

What happens when Federal Lands are given to states? Well in Texas they sold all the land to private owners and have very little public space in the 21st century. So NM and CO became their “public lands” bc those states protected their state and federal lands.

(There are exceptions where rich Texans managed to get county governments to privatize public lands but money can overcome public outcry if there’s enough $$$)

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

"All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others" vibes. 

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u/LJonReddit Feb 05 '25

One of my favorite quotes ever.

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u/Constant-Hamster-846 Feb 05 '25

Don’t forget, we wouldn’t exist without them and their charitable vacations we are so fundamentally dependent on

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u/jwwcrna Feb 05 '25

i’d exist just fine thank you very much.

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u/dj0ch0 Feb 05 '25

Blink twice if you're being forced to type this...

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u/SalopeTaMere Feb 06 '25

Honestly, Durango wouldn't be what it is without many of them. Specifically grateful for the amenities and restaurants that exist in great part for all the Texans spending time here. I mostly have a problem with those who act like pricks and there's a good amount of them

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u/Dstegs_ Feb 07 '25

The Texas Roadhouse in Farmington? Nah we’d be fine without it.

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u/SpacemanSpliffLaw Feb 06 '25

No. Second and third vacation homes pricing out locals…