Also it will show in other stats. People in other states tell me there is an exodus there from California or New England, and their reasoning is based on differences in truck rental prices going either direction, which international immigrants don't need but domestic migrants do.

What this actually means is that people are watching too much TV.

American media isn't even particularly bad in this respect, it looks generally fair and reasonable compared to eg, the British media.

(in general, the legal requirement for TV to be impartial and cover both sides is a much bigger contributory factor).

There is a good reason why international comparison of crime tends to concentrate on murder. Crimes are neither reported not recorded the same way. Murder sorta-kinda comes closest in this regard: it is pretty hard to ignore violent deaths.

Things like endemic petty theft have the potential to make people move to another city, while their official record is pretty low.

Denver sucks now. Kindly find somewhere else to go, y'all have been sending my rent through the damned roof, and companies insist on paying pre-boom salaries.

I left Denver last summer after 7 years; honestly don’t miss it as much as I thought I would. Best of luck!