How dare you say that to me?

Haha. Kidding.

I'm not sure which parts of my comment sound bitter, but I'll try to answer your question.

I went to school in Boulder because I wanted in-state tuition. DU was too expensive, and CSU isn't as good a school as either of the other two. Boulder is a great school. It has a solid law-program, a pretty good medical program, and...I mean it has professors and buildings, which is what I'm looking for when I'm going to a school. What I'm saying is it didn't really matter to me where I go, as long as I learn, because this is an undergraduate degree.

What I underestimated was how annoying Boulder's community would be.

I thought my brother was exaggerating when he talked about how much he disliked the people here, until I spent time here. Never have I experienced a greater dosage of culture clash than when I went to Boulder.

I knew the rate of minorities would be low, but not nearly as low as it is, for one. It really is disheartening to be the only person of color in an 8 [10(30?)] mile radius, especially having lived in an area that was multi-cultured. I didn't realize that coming to school here would mean getting tailed by police-cars when walking home in the middle of the night, or people burning holes into me when I answer a question, or being asked if I got into the school because of my skin-color, and not my academic merit. I have to work twice as hard for an equal amount of respect as people who don't really deserve it.

Beyond that, I get to be either the token black friend, or the black guy trying to be white. Even my own roommate try to pin me with a label.

Another point: I went to school in Saudi Arabia for a semester, a long time ago. It was a private school. I couldn't relate to those kids because I was literally sitting in Spanish class with the King of Saudi Arabia's sons (one, by the way, was a huge douchecanoe, the other was very nice). The kids that went to school there were on a level of wealth that I couldn't even comprehend, going on trips to Japan over the weekend.

But at least I knew where I stood when it came to them. With the students in Boulder, I'm in a weird twilight zone, dodging longboards and Californians. Weed, you guys, is super expensive! I didn't know this until I came here.

The thing, to me, about Boulder, is that it claims to be a Democratic, Liberal type of town. But it swings so far to the left in its extremities, that it whips right back around to being conservative. It claims liberalism, but just because you helped make weed illegal, doesn't mean that you're liberal. It's still a town dealing with racism, sexism, classism...

Long and short of it is that it's very hard to relate to the town. Which is fine, I'm here to get schooled, (yo), but I don't have to particularly like it, haha. I've made friends and whatnot, but there are two things about that: it's like saying that you can catch Shiny Pokemon. Yeah, they're there, but there's a 1 in 4,096 chance in catching a Shiny. And an overbearing culture that you can't relate to can negate the effects of a Shiny pokemon.

I should probably stop talking before this gets any longer!