That awful hair and makeup and her terrible clothes. I'm not saying every woman in Denver looks as generally bad as she does but seriously, she represents the stereotype big time and the stereotype is not without cause.
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roberta's house was the perfect ex-hippie middle class house that needs to be dusted & smells of patchouli.
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Interesting comment, and I would tend to agree.
I come from a 4th generation Denver family. My Great Grandfather was a telegraph operator at the turn of the 20th century. My grandparents were Denver elite during the 30-s-60s. All of our family has since left. I think my grandparents would roll over in their graves if they saw what has become of Denver.
Denver is a place I avoid like the plaugue. The masses of people that have migrated to Denver in the past 30 years are kind of superficial and trashy. This city has the worst traffic conditions in the Nation. Denver is a toilet in 2012.
Denver elite, huh? Wow, am I impressed. How did your family evolve into one of these "Denver elite"(?) families in one generation unless great-gramps won a Nobel Prize for in his telegraph work or (more likely) something a little nefarious going on the side which propelled your family into super-stardom, as I seriously doubt telegraph operators' progeny would otherwise be invited to fancy soirees.
I've seen Denver go through a myriad of changes throughout the years; for instance, Larimer Square was skid row in the 60s before it was resuscitated in the early 70s to its present state. Lower Downtown (LoDo) began transforming all that warehouse space into fancy, pricey lofts in the 80s. Downtown Denver has and is continuing to receive facelifts and renovations.
Granted, the highway system is a nightmare, and the influx of people is regrettable, to put it mildly. I have no idea regarding your extent of road travel, but I get white knuckles driving in LA, and NYC'S traffic runs at a snail's pace, so in comparison, Denver doesn't hold a candle to the aforementioned examples. To complicate matters in Denver in the 90s, it appeared the entire population of CA arrived en masse due to gangs and natural disasters, hogging the road in SUVs and bringing their problems with them.
How long has it been since you've been here? On the one hand, you say Denver is a toilet in 2012, yet you say you avoid it like the plaugue (sic). My vote is that you stay away - one less pretentious phony to deal with.
As a postscript, do you really think Jeannie pulled her wardrobe out of her closet? C'mon. Although a great amount of people in CO (both sexes) layer their clothing, it's very practical due to the fluctuation in temperature. I'm one of the guilty party; however, I would never dress like Jeannie, or have such a bland hairstyle. Might as well discuss Randall's godawful hair and make a blanket statement that all Denverites with male pattern baldness wear their hair in ponytails. Hey, folks, it's a comedy.
Well, first off, I didn't mean "elite" in a good way. My grandfather did very well financially, and they were members of the DCC and other country clubs, and his wife was a prominent socialite. So, basically they were pretty much snobs. It really broke their hearts when none of their offspring choose to settle in Denver.
I do travel to Denver on business at least a few times a year, and my brother lives in Ft Collins. If there is a place with worse traffic, I'd like to know where. A friend of my brothers was an engineer for CDOT. He says Denver grew so fast in the late-70-90s that it completelely overwhelmed the existing transportation grid. He says Denver still has close to the worst rush hour traffic back-ups of any city in the US. People commuting from the southern suberbs into the city average 45 minutes each way. That's if there not an accident or construction.
Anyhow, Denver is what it is. I guess ther are people who like it there. I hope this thread doesn't come off as an insult to anyone living in Denver. I have some good friends who live there just because of high paying jobs. I guess the incredibly high number of transplants, has really made Denver lose its identity, and its become a very generic big city. I'll never forget when all the original Denverites used to had those Native car plates.
There's just something about Randall's family house, his family and the whole wedding sequence that really nails what Denver has become. Alexander Payne is a phenominal screen writer. To be fair, what's happened to Denver has happened (to a lesser extent) in a lot of western cites.
What's funny is Randall's family house was supposedly on Gaylord, although it was like the 1000 block, my grandparents lived on the 700 block of Gaylord and today, those are multi-million dollar homes. I've never been to the 1000 block of Gaylord, as it dead-ends at 8th street, very near Cheeseman Park.
thx for the rundown rick steves. denver is cool. they have the buckhorn exchange!
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Thankfully you have a choice of using the light rail in Denver if you can't stand the traffic, unlike other cities like, oh, say, Milwaukee.
shareWhat the hell are you talking about? The whole movie seems like it was shot in the early to mid 90's even though it was released in 2002.
People don't dress like that here at all, maybe 15-20 years ago. Going to Denver during the summer now days all you see is mini skirts and style. We like to show off our magnificently fit bodies.
Now maybe if you were talking about her thinness is a prime example of us being the most fit state in the US, then yes you would have made a point, but your statement is way off center and false. I wasn't aware that there was a stereotype of how we dress? Except maybe people believe we wear a lot of cowboy hats or something.
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I think this is a bad thread to begin with. You can't make blank stereotypical remarks about one city. From my perspective, Denver has changed so much in the past 30 years, it has become unrecognizable. I have so many fond memories of the old Denver, its upsetting to me to see how its changed. If you do the math, you realize about 70% of people who live there now have to be transplants. Where you get mass quantities of transplants, a city losses its identity and culture, and you end up with strip malls, tract housing, and a pentecostal church on every corner.
I've seen enough of Denver in recent years to know there are plenty of obese people there, just like anywhere USA. But, I do know what you mean. 25-30 years ago in Colorado, it did seem like everyone was into athletics and outdoor activities, and almost everyone was in good shape.
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"Awful hair and makeup" and "terrible clothes?" Are you kidding me? I thought Jeanie was pretty. Does everyone have to look like some sort of runway model to be attractive? Do they always have to look like they're competing for the Hollywood red carpet fashion contest? I liked her girl-next-door look. She looked like an average pretty girl who was not heading out to the clubs when we saw her. Her hair was pretty in its simplicity and her clothes were average for a normal person on a normal day.
shareshe wore make-up?
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It seems like you're just trying to piss people off, but in the event you actually believe what you wrote, that's pretty ridiculous.
First of all, the clothes/hair/make-up in the movie was clearly based on a late 80s/early 90s time frame. So the portrayal of people in the movie was more indicative of a time period rather than Omaha or Denver.
Second of all - while single out Denver as an example of unattractive and poorly dressed women? I went to college in Boulder and there is some semblance of the stereotype that people dress like North Face/Patagonia catalogues. But that's also true to places like San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland.
Also, how people look and dress is generally defined by socioeconomic standing rather than location. An upper-middle class woman from 20s looks pretty much the same as an upper-middle class woman from Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, New York, or LA. LA girls might dress more bohemian and New Yorkers more "fashion-forward", but I'd have to say almost every girl I have ever known dresses/looks exactly the same no matter where they are from (Gucci glasses, free people/anthropolige wardrobe, Uggs in winter/Tory Birch sandals/mocassins the rest of the year, expensive heels for the night time.
And if I seem like I know too much about what women wear, my fiancee (from Denver) makes me go shopping with her quite often and I'm a good listener.
In terms of just attractiveness - I'd say women from Denver are on the upper-echelon of hotness.
north face vests are great.
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a young jeannie would be like one of these gals in that great michael ritchie movie. she's sorta forced later into the stereotype.
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