Are the people in the Denver metro area friendly?!?!?

Hmmm... many different opinions here.

I lived in clark new jersey for years. I moved out to colorado, and have been living here for 15 years. People are very friendly when compared to NJ. Don't let anyone tell you they aren't. If you make eye contact with somebody, they'll wave or smile, and In my 15 years here, I've never been treated rudely.

I really think it depends on your attitude. If you come out here expecting the worst, you may be pleasently surprised.

Everybody out here seems a bit more easy going, imho. I feel like I'm a bit more easy going too. The traffic in Jersey was bad, the weather was bad, etc. Now that I'm out in colorado, I feel very friendly!!

Enjoy colorado and it's friendly people.

Don't listen to the haters. Denver is a remarkably friendly city. There is just no comparison to the east coast. Most people here will say "hi" to you on the street and invite you to church or whatever. Denver has a major small-town mentality so people are very community-minded.

Some say that Denver is reserved--whatever that means. Denver is pretty conservative so maybe that's what it means. Either way, you're likely to find some good, friendly people here. The best way to find friendly faces is to try to fit in. Denverites are into faith and family and as long as you try to conform a bit, you should have absolutely no problem.

We live in a smaller Colorado town (Longmont) but I was amazed at how friendly people here are, even compared to Texas.

I have seen the opposite actually from what the first poster said. Sometimes too many people are being too nice when opening doors for each other. We kind of got stuck in a funny loop the other day when everyone was trying to hold the door and no one was going through.

I rarely hear anyone blow a car horn.....most people will sit patiently, even let the light change and not do anything when the person in front of them seems to be daydreaming and misses the light.....

I live in NJ and I thought it was unfriendly here till I went out west. I was VERY suprised at how Denver was not as friendly as here. NJ seems like a picnic compared to there. I also found Vegas (where I lived for a while) to be just as shitty and Californians to be very weird. I was very happy to come home. At least in NJ we are rude to your face and not behind your back. If we don't like something we let you know. People out there are indifferent. Flat and indifferent. They dont even thank you if you hold a door for them.

Denver is an unusual case for the west...it used to be very friendly as most all western and mid western towns are...however, several years ago, California began taxing their businesses to death and as a result, many moved to Colorado, taking their Cali-fornicated employees with them.

Most Californians are very "east coast" (in the worst sense of the word...NYC after midnight is what I mean) in their treatment of others and their observance of the minimum social niceties...unless you have something they want.

So you have in effect, a dual culture going on...the California interlopers and their hanger's on...and real Coloradans....

one is rude beyond comprehension and the other would get up at 2am and help you shovel your car out of a snow bank.

For the most part people are very friendly in Colorado, but there's always the exception to the rule.

People are super nice in DEnver. I have lived here for three years and they are friendly, fun casual people. If you are a dog lover it helps. Everyone has dogs here. Lots of parks and open space. People are active so if you are not you may have trouble finding people with similar interests.

In comparision to the people I've met from New Jersey Denver's quite friendly.

I'm friendly!

the people i associate with are friendly...i would consider denver a pretty friendly place.

don't get me wrong, every city has their "bad seed" neighborhood...but for the most part, we are a friendly bunch of ppl!

yea ive lived here my whole life and people are pretty nice :)! I lived in Texas for like 2 years and the people there werent even as nice as the people in Colorado