Crestone vs Westcliffe
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Re: Crestone vs Westcliffe
Can I pick neither? I love almost every mountain town but Westcliffe and Crestone don't do it for me, for different reasons. Still love the Sangres though.
Re: Crestone vs Westcliffe
If I was decades younger, I would probably go with crestone.
Every time I have been there I found it quite friendly and a place I would have enjoyed in my late teens and 20ies. I know a couple of people who live there.
At my current advanced age I would vote for westcliffe.
Every time I have been there I found it quite friendly and a place I would have enjoyed in my late teens and 20ies. I know a couple of people who live there.
At my current advanced age I would vote for westcliffe.
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Re: Crestone vs Westcliffe
Live just north of Westcliffe. God's country and full Sangre view. Crestone's an old hippy town but has cannabis.
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Re: Crestone vs Westcliffe
I love them both, great people both places who arent really all that different.
Re: Crestone vs Westcliffe
The details surrounding the disappearance of Kristal Reisinger (from the Podcast Up & Vanished) just made Crestone seem creepy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappear ... _Reisinger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappear ... _Reisinger
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Re: Crestone vs Westcliffe
That's messed up. WTF is going on in Crestone?Wentzl wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 8:39 am Is this the woman who found the crystal skull?
https://www.rawstory.com/mother-god-amy-carlson/
https://www.denverpost.com/2021/05/03/l ... ader-dead/
Nope, nope, no stopping when I drive through Crestone...
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Re: Crestone vs Westcliffe
One of the 7 cult members arrested worked for my company in Salida. I've never spoken to her, but no one who knew her had any idea she was in the cultBillMiddlebrook wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 10:48 pmThat's messed up. WTF is going on in Crestone?Wentzl wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 8:39 am Is this the woman who found the crystal skull?
https://www.rawstory.com/mother-god-amy-carlson/
https://www.denverpost.com/2021/05/03/l ... ader-dead/
Nope, nope, no stopping when I drive through Crestone...
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Re: Crestone vs Westcliffe
There are always throngs around willing to drink the Kool-Aide. All you gotta do is tell them what they want to hear and they'll drink up and clamor for more.
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Re: Crestone vs Westcliffe
Is the wave a universal sign for "Hey come and join my cult!". I noticed your avatar and Kool-Aid guy are eerily similar.highpilgrim wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 9:22 am There are always throngs around willing to drink the Kool-Aide. All you gotta do is tell them what they want to hear and they'll drink up and clamor for more.
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Re: Crestone vs Westcliffe
BillMiddlebrook wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 10:48 pmThat's messed up. WTF is going on in Crestone?Wentzl wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 8:39 am Is this the woman who found the crystal skull?
https://www.rawstory.com/mother-god-amy-carlson/
https://www.denverpost.com/2021/05/03/l ... ader-dead/
Nope, nope, no stopping when I drive through Crestone...