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Colorado and Wyoming the two square
states that border each other in these
United States and sure they are next to
each other but Wow
are they dramatically different but
first let's look at what they have in
common both are about the same size and
area and two of the largest states by
area Colorado is a bit bigger both have
more men than women which is rare you
know only two states North Dakota and
Alaska have a lower percentage of women
than Wyoming both have the Rocky
Mountains but expected the Rocky
Mountains to be a little rockier than
this I was thinking the same thing at
John Denver's foolish no but seriously
both are known for their beautiful
mountains that said folks forget that
the eastern portion of both states does
look like that as it's part of the Great
Plains
so yeah both have lots of
because of those gigantic mountains
causing a rain shadow for the eastern
portions of both and because of other
mountains further west much of both
states is fairly dry with the
precipitation mostly coming at those
higher elevations Colorado is the
seventh driest state overall in the
country while Wyoming is the 5th driest
Wyoming also has the black hills which
creep into the eastern portion of the
state in that area
the Magnificent Devils Tower
dramatically Rises you know the Butte
where aliens landed in that movie Teddy
Roosevelt's designated it the first
National Monument back in 1906 both have
the highest elevation overall on average
Colorado has the highest incorporated
city in all of North America
Alma although don't tell the folks in
Leadville that tourism is big in both
Colorado has four national parks Wyoming
just two but it's two parks are two the
most popular in the country Yellowstone
the country's very first national park
and Grand Teton here's one of the most
overused calendar pictures in the world
of that park okay so Rocky Mountain
National Park in Colorado is pretty darn
popular too in addition to tourism major
industries in both include healthcare
retail and education although oil and
gas is also big in Wyoming and
professional services is also big in
Colorado
both have climates that are some what's
continental and semi-arid but are really
all over the place
generally of course the higher up you
are the cooler it is but the orientation
of mountain ranges and valleys in
connection with general air movements
can cause lots of variation even within
short distances there are also deserts
in both sense Wyoming's
further north it does get colder than
Colorado and while both get
thunderstorms in the spring and summer
Colorado gets more tornadoes the
Continental Divide goes straight through
both states and a lot of rivers start on
both
residents of both states are mostly
Christian and within that population
most identify as Evangelical Protestant
both have a sizable minority that don't
identify with any religion at all
residents have both pay about the same
amount in taxes
although Wyoming residents pay a little
less residents of both are healthier on
average compared to most other states ok
so what about all those differences I
was talking about well it all goes back
to the history of both states both at
least started with a similar history
when Europeans arrived in the areas that
would become both states they
encountered various American Indian
tribes who had lived there for thousands
of years in the future Colorado the
Apache Arapaho Cheyenne webelo Shoshone
and Butte people's in the future Wyoming
also the Arapaho and Shoshone and
additionally the Lakota in crow hearts
of both were claimed by both the Spanish
and the French but neither really
settled the area as much after the
United States bought Louisiana from
France a former member of the Lewis and
Clark expedition
named John Colter was the first American
to check out Wyoming he spent months
alone exploring there and today is
generally considered to be the first
mountain man
lots of mountain men would flock to
modern-day Wyoming in the following
decades meanwhile after Mexico had
declared its independence from the
Spanish Empire fur traders and trappers
set up trading posts along the Arkansas
River and on the South Platte River in
modern-day Colorado after the
mexican-american war all of modern-day
Wyoming and Colorado were now part of
the United States and more and more
American settlers made their way there
mostly to strike it rich through mining
or through various trades modern-day
Colorado was once part of both the
territory of New Mexico and territory of
Utah while modern-day Wyoming was also
part of the territory of Utah and Oregon
Territory speaking of Oregon the Oregon
Trail went right through future Wyoming
as well as the Mormon trail and
California trail the same
if a trail went through modern-day
Colorado on April 9th 1851 Hispanic
settlers from Taos headed north and
established Colorado's first permanent
European settlements San Luis
three years later portions of modern-day
Colorado and Wyoming were part of Kansas
Territory and Nebraska territory yeah a
big chunk of Colorado used to be part of
Kansas in Nebraska and a big chunk of
Wyoming was part of Nebraska throughout
the 1850s both areas had gold rushes but
future Colorado had much more success
the Pikes Peak Gold Rush brought around
100,000 prospectors there so even though
the trails went through future Wyoming
thanks to the south pass it was the gold
and later better access to fresh water
that brought more settlers to future
Colorado in 1861 the United States
government established Colorado
Territory the name Colorado by the way
comes from the Colorado River
aka Rio Colorado named by the Spanish
Rio Colorado means Red River in Spanish
both areas had their share of American
Indian wars throughout the 1860s there
was the Colorado war between the United
States government and an alliance of
Kiowa Comanche Arapaho and Cheyenne in
modern-day Wyoming there was Red Cloud's
war between the United States and an
alliance of Lakota Northern Cheyenne and
Northern Arapaho in many other
skirmishes and battles after being part
of both Dakota Territory and Idaho
Territory for a bit the United States
government established Wyoming territory
in 1868 the name Wyoming comes from a
contraction of the Delaware Indian word
mesh swimming when translated to quotes
at the big plains first used to describe
a green valley in northeastern
Pennsylvania back in the 1600s in 1869
Wyoming territory became the first part
of the country to let women vote later
Wyoming would continue to lead the
country for women's rights it was the
first place where women served on a jury
and home to the first female court
bailiff Justice of the Peace and
governor said
it's known as the Equality state thanks
to that legacy also in 1869 Wyoming got
the first transcontinental railroad
through the territory Colorado did not
the 1870s continued to be chaotic in
Wyoming with more American Indian Wars
of note the Great Sioux war of 1876
against an alliance of Lakota Sioux and
Northern Cheyenne over the Black Hills
region Colorado became a state on August
1st 1876
but Wyoming didn't join the Union until
July 10 1893 at the 1800s coal mining
became a major industry in Colorado and
ranching became huge in Wyoming where
most of the land was in the public
domain and thus led to conflict between
homesteaders and ranchers during the
Johnson County War however smaller
ranchers and homesteaders teamed up to
fight the huge cattle operators over
land up to 38 people were killed in the
conflict between 1889 and 1893 some of
the most dangerous working conditions in
American history were in those Colorado
coal mines in response to these
dangerous working conditions workers
organized into labor unions the Colorado
coal fields war erupted in 1913 as a
labor uprising between the United States
Mine Workers of America and the Colorado
fuel and iron company yeah it was like a
freakin war at its peak was the Ludlow
massacre in which the Colorado National
Guard and militia killed a bunch of
strikers and even some of their wives
and children in 1927 there was the
Columbine Mine massacre after that
things calmed down in Colorado steadily
grew in population at a much faster rate
than Wyoming at the end of World War two
Colorado had five times as many people
today it has more than ten times as many
people yep Wyoming only has around five
hundred and seventy eight thousand
people making it the least populated
state in the country there are more than
two cows for every person in Wyoming for
crying out loud not only that but
Wyoming's population growth has been
pretty stagnant in recent years
Colorado's population has skyrocketed
Colorado remains one of the fastest
growing states Colorado is much more
urban two-thirds of the state either
lives in the Denver metro or Colorado
Springs Metro Wyoming has a higher GDP
per capita
however Colorado has a higher median
household income and the poverty rate is
higher in Wyoming Colorado has a higher
minimum wage okay okay but let's look at
the cost of living now Wyoming has a
much lower cost of living than Colorado
while the cost of living varies within
each state obviously Jackson Hole
Wyoming and Boulder Colorado both have a
ridiculous cost of living
let's compare Cheyenne the largest city
in Wyoming with Denver the largest city
in Colorado the two cities are just an
hour-and-a-half Drive apart and yet
Cheyenne is almost 23 percent cheaper
than Denver oh and teachers there are
paid not much less than teachers in
Denver I might add and yeah both are the
largest cities in each state but the
metropolitan area of Cheyenne is less
than 100,000 people while the metro
population of Denver is 30 times that
and Colorado has 14 cities with at least
100,000 people Colorado has a more
diverse population overall for example
nearly 22 percent in Colorado identify
as either Hispanic or Latino in addition
more Colorado residents were born in a
foreign country
Wyoming spends way more money on
education that said more Colorado
residents have college degrees in fact
the only state with more college
graduates is Massachusetts more Colorado
residents are members of a union Wyoming
residents are older Colorado has more
property and violent crime while both
states do have a lot of public lands
Wyoming has quite a bit more Wyoming
residents are more conservative and have
reliably voted for Republican Party
candidates for decades the last time
Wyoming residents voted for a Democrat
for president 1964 Colorado was more
known as a swing state in presidential
elections
in recent decades although I'd argue
it's safely a Democratic Party State now
Rocky Mountain High um yeah certainly in
Colorado at least marijuana is
completely legal there
in fact Colorado was the first states in
the country to legalize it
recreationally meanwhile you can't even
get medical marijuana in Wyoming and it
will likely be one of the last states to
legalize it Wyoming has a giant
supervolcano sitting underneath it and
if it ever explodes it could end life as
we know it on a lighter note Colorado is
known for its breweries only Washington
states in California have more Wyoming
is known for its rodeos including one of
the largest in the world
Cheyenne Frontier Days which draws more
than two hundred thousand people a year
Wyoming has only four escalators in the
entire state I'm serious
and the tallest building in the state a
dormitory at the University of Wyoming
is just 12 stories Hale and is so cheap
and available in Wyoming that you don't
really need to build up much Colorado is
known for its many ghost towns and while
Wyoming has some Colorado has had more
than 1500 throughout its history yep it
has more ghost towns than towns there's
a place called no-name in Colorado Kanye
West is trying to build a Yeezy campus
in Wyoming he loves it there in
conclusion why don't other love it as
much as Kanye why aren't there more
people in Wyoming hey that sounds like a
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video so which is better Colorado or
Wyoming which two states should I
compare next and if you're from Colorado
or Wyoming I especially want to hear
from you tell me all about it I've been
to both states several times and I can't
wait to go back and a special shout out
to my mom for always blaring John Denver
in the living room growing up John
Denver is the goat