Sure, I can find exactly the place I want to live - as long as I'm willing to pony up the cash.
>drinking, something objectively FAR more harmful than smoking ... weed
This is a weird argument to me. I'm making statements about how other people using affects me, and this is talking about how my using affects me.
So—it's not really Denver, it's cheap housing complexes in Denver. Furthermore, I know for a fact that there's plenty of affordable housing over in e.g. Lowry with family living (read: no centralized air, outside entrances, reliable utility costs), so I can't imagine this is your only option.
> This is a weird argument to me. I'm making statements about how other people using affects me, and this is talking about how my using affects me.
I'm not trying to address your needs, I'm simply pointing out that on the list of all the unhealthy things about denver, weed smoke has got to be behind social attitudes toward drinking, smoking, the high altitude, the high density of cars/people, and high rent on the public transit lines. Realistically, you could easily avoid weed smoke if you wanted to, and I frankly don't buy that it would be more expensive. There's a reason the non-smoking clauses are in all the leases—it's a liability and depreciates your property.
>I'm not trying to address your needs Changing the frame of the debate doesn't change the points made. In the case of alcohol, an individual is in control of how it affects them. In the case of smoke (pot or cigarette), the individual is at the mercy of the general populace.
I should have been clearer and said "leave the metro area".