<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Real Science]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[stevengoddard]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/author/stevengoddard/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Change Of Climate In Boulder Over The Past 20&nbsp;Years]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>I moved to Boulder during the spring of 1995, at the end of a very warm winter, and the beginning of a very cold, wet spring. This year has been nearly a carbon copy of that year..</p>
<p>The climate hasn&#8217;t changed &#8211; but something else has changed. Twenty years ago, Boulder was a very free, open city. People moved there to be free. I could walk the dogs off the leash up at Chautauqua. The place was great. It is was the most fun place I ever lived.</p>
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<p>But over time, progressives have become more and more protective and afraid. Now they are terrified of everything &#8211; other ideas, dogs off leashes, and even harmless trace gases. People in Boulder have become incredibly annoying and paranoid.</p>
<p>I plan to move back to Boulder this summer. Sad that it has been taken over by mentally ill folk.</p>
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