It's that fresh mountain water (or, why do Colorado bloggers rant?)
I just happened to notice this a minute ago.
If you scroll down and look at the left side of my blog, you'll see after after a variety of advertisements, personal links, and other stuff, you start to see a list of other blogs, mostly sorted by state. (This is followed by non-blog links, sorted by category.) As of today, I link to three Colorado-associated blogs (one of which moved from the state of Washington.) The names of these three blogs are:
I swear that I just noticed that all three Colorado blogs include the word "rant" in their title. So why are the bloggers in Colorado ranting so much? Or am I just pre-disposed to link to Colorado bloggers who rant?
And who can help these poor bloggers? I don't think their conditions warrant intervention by Colorado's Division of Mental Health. They don't appear to be ranting at delusions; they're really really ranting.
Perhaps a dedication to community service would help. Global Denver diplomats are needed:
GLOBAL DENVER® Diplomats "prospect" for non-Colorado based businesses and investors to relocate to the State of Colorado. During conversations and transactions with non-Colorado friends, clients and suppliers, Global Denver® Diplomats may gather valuable information regarding non-Colorado companies' and individuals' business plans, expansion and growth....
GLOBAL DENVER® Diplomat Responsibilities
1. Represent, unofficially, the State of Colorado and City of Denver and personally contact non-Colorado business leaders in order to interest them in establishing or expanding their business into the State of Colorado.
2. Make oneself available to act as a host to commercial prospects and special visitors when they visit the state, then assist to make their visit to Colorado happy and productive.
3. Make oneself available to undertake special assignments in economic development promotion for Colorado, at one's personal expense.
4. Assume the responsibility of making a minimum of six personal calls to non-Colorado business leaders and entrepreneurs during each year of appointment.
5. Agree that appointment as a Global Denver® Diplomat shall be for a period of five years and also agree that re-appointment for five additional years shall be automatic, unless the Global Denver® Diplomat Board of Directors recommends otherwise.
6. Accept the commitment to pay annual dues established by the Global Denver® Diplomats Board of Directors.
So, let me get this straight. You don't get paid - in fact, you have to pay your own expenses - and you have to commit to a certain level of work and a shiny happy people attitude. Then you can listen to people rant about their home states, while you're saying "Colorado is WONDERFUL!" like a demented Moonie.
Incidentally, I personally know two co-workers (plus some family members) who relocated from Southern California to Colorado within the last few years. Of the co-workers, one came back to California, and the other is now working in New Jersey.
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