We Them Media logo We Them Media Back the work

A Chicago transplant on Colorado and dorm life.

In this video? Ask for a change or have it taken down.

Keep up with new releases. Get the newsletter, once a week

To quote this piece: Alex the Boy, “A Chicago transplant on Colorado and dorm life,” We Them Media, filmed 2026-03-13, https://wethem.xyz/watch/intro-to-alex-the-boy-fort-collins. Each transcript line links to its second.

Six minutes on a Colorado street with a group of friends who spend the first minute arguing about which of them counts as local. One says “I was born like 50 miles away. I lived here 3 weeks after I was born, okay? I am a Colorado native.” Another pushes back with a claim of his own: “I’m from Highlands Ranch. I’ve been living in Highlands Ranch my whole life, so I’m a Colorado native.” The one the video is named for stays out of it. “No, I’m from Chicago”, he says, and that is the interview.

His route here was a visit that did not end. “I’m from Chicago. I love Colorado. My sister went here and I came here to visit her, and, uh, I really loved it.” The pitch he gives is unfussy: “weed is legal here. If you like Colorado, if you like weed, if you like something to do throughout your day, come to Colorado because you could go on a fucking hike or whatever.”

Asked what is different from Chicago he keeps it structural rather than sentimental. “being from a city and being from like out here is completely different”, he says, “obviously city life is different than like being out in a college town”, and the town’s advantage is who passes through it, since “you’re pretty close to everybody from like Denver and Boulder”. On the social side he is mixed: creeps at the parties, and enough good people to cover it. His friend’s rule is blunter, stay away from Greek life.

The best answer is the simplest. “Best thing about Colorado? The people. Everybody’s nice here. Everybody understands what it’s like to be another human being”, he says, then “Everybody loves everybody, and everybody should see like that.” It is delivered mid street, with a car going past and somebody in it shouting.

The last third is college. “My sister went to CSU. I came, I came and visited her when I was 16”, and that trip was “The best time. I got to stay in her fucking dorm and everything”, which is where the idea of it landed. Dorm life itself he rates both ways at once: “I think everybody should go at least experience the dorm life”, and “that was probably the worst and best year of my life”. The worst part is arithmetic, “you’re living in like a 10-foot by like 15-foot space with another person”, with a roommate he liked, “I love my roommate. We would smoke up all the time”, and a girlfriend over daily, which he says made it “like living with 2 roommates”. He signs off saying he is not good on camera.

Become a supporter →

What is in it?

Jump straight to a moment.

Transcript

Skip the transcript ↓

Spotted a wrong word? Tap its timestamp, then tell us.

Transcribed from the original audio and corrected for names. Search every transcript

These are the speaker’s own words. We have not checked their claims.

0:00A: Are you a Colorado native?

0:01B: No, I’m from Chicago.

0:02A: I’m the only Colorado native here.

Read the full transcript ▸

0:04C: I was born like 50 miles away. I lived here 3 weeks after I was born, okay? I am a Colorado native.

0:11D: He said don’t disrespect me.

0:13A: Give me that. I’m a real Colorado native, guys.

0:17D: You’re from Highlands Ranch.

0:17C: No, you’re not.

0:18A: I’m from Highlands Ranch. I’ve been living in Highlands Ranch my whole life, so I’m a Colorado native.

0:23D: Here, come this way, come this way, because there’s light over here.

0:25A: Oh yeah, this is a lot better lighting.

0:27D: Yeah, look at me, I’m figuring it out. You figured it out.

0:30C: You’re a real videographer.

0:31D: I’m trying. Okay, fuck yeah. And so you’re the real Coloradian?

0:35A: Yeah, I’m a real Coloradian. It’s fun here. I snowboard, I snowboard, and I play ice hockey. Well, I used to play ice hockey, but -- oh, he still needs to hit the joint. But yeah, that’s really it.

0:49D: Yeah, yeah, for sure. Gotcha, bro.

0:51B: Okay, uh, I’m from Chicago. I love Colorado. My sister went here and I came here to visit her, and, uh, I really loved it.

1:01D: It’s great fucking Oh, thank you.

1:05B: Uh, no, dude, for real. I mean, if you -- weed is legal here. If you like Colorado, if you like weed, if you like something to do throughout your day, come to Colorado because you could go on a fucking hike or whatever.

1:21A: Yeah.

1:21D: Compared to Chicago, what do you feel like is the biggest difference?

1:24B: Uh, 100%. Like, I mean, hmm, Chicago -- I mean, being from a city and being from like out here is completely different. Like, it’s like, obviously city life is different than like being out in a college town. Yeah, yeah, for sure.

1:46D: But, um, I mean, like a bigger college town.

1:49B: Yeah, exactly. I, I have no idea. I mean, you’re pretty close to everybody from like Denver and Boulder, so I don’t know. But other than that, it’s like, I don’t know, more girls out here.

2:02D: Yeah, I was just talking to an Uber driver about that, bro. Go ahead, go ahead.

2:05B: Hand it to him.

2:05C: I was talking Bro, I was in the Uber, this old Mexican guy, he’s just like, hey, the ladies out here very, very, uh, bonita, is what he said. I was like, yeah, man, yeah, sure, whatever you say. It’s fucking weird.

2:18A: I’m scared of those people here.

2:23D: Those people?

2:24A: No, not Mexican people, just people that act like that, you know? Just like, no, I’m not racist, guys.

2:32D: Is that a lot of people? I’m not racist, guys, is crazy.

2:34A: Yeah, there’s -- I’ve been to like a couple frats here and a couple parties here and like There’s some creeps, but like there’s a lot of nice people that make up for it. That’s all that matters is you got the nice people, you got the vibes, but then you go to a fucking frat party and everything’s gone. The vibes are off.

2:52C: Like, yeah, everything’s off. Always, no matter where you’re at, stay away from Greek life.

2:57A: But like, love UCSB.

2:59B: What’s your favorite thing about Colorado?

3:00A: Come here.

3:01C: Mountains.

3:01D: Uh, mountains. Come in, come in, come in, come in.

3:04B: Yeah.

3:05A: Do you like mountains? I love mountains.

3:08B: I love mountains.

3:09D: Guys, there’s a car. We’re gonna die. They fucking suck. The mountains or them?

3:13A: No, those guys. They fucking suck.

3:15D: Now they’re badmouthing you.

3:16A: Do they want to continue the -- okay.

3:18B: Do I like Trump?

3:19A: Yes.

3:20D: Okay.

3:21A: Ew! Small peepee guys? Oh my God. Just kidding. I’m not tripping. They’re just -- I can’t say that word. Take it.

3:34D: All right.

3:36B: Best thing about Colorado? The people. Everybody’s nice here. Everybody understands what it’s like to be another human being. That’s the most that I’ve gotten out of it. What’s up, bro? Everybody loves everybody, and everybody should see like that. I don’t know.

3:53D: Your sister went to -- you went to CSU?

3:54B: My sister went to CSU. I came, I came and visited her when I was 16, and she was --

4:00D: How was that trip for you?

4:01B: The best time. I got to stay in her fucking dorm and everything, and I was like, oh shit, this is what college life is really like, you know?

4:08D: Okay, so what was college life like?

4:10B: Shit, dude, I was playing beer pong at 16 years old, playing like with like all these 20-year-olds, you know what I mean?

4:17D: I don’t know, but, uh, so is CSU what you thought it would be?

4:21B: Yeah, yeah. I mean, I had a good idea of it coming here, but other than that, you know, I, I think everybody should go at least experience the dorm life, you know what I mean? Like, that was probably the worst and best year of my life.

4:38D: Why do you say the worst?

4:39B: Oh dude, I mean, you’re living in like a 10-foot by like 15-foot space with another person. And you know, like, I mean, I love my roommate. We would smoke up all the time, but like me and him had our differences and whatnot, and there’s a lot of shit that happened, you know what I mean? Yeah, yeah.

5:02D: Uh, but sometimes people are ridiculous.

5:04B: I mean, and especially living in that small of a space like throughout The entire year. Like, that fucking sucks. I hear it.

5:13D: You know, you need more space than that.

5:14B: I mean, he brought his girlfriend over every single day, bro. I would wake up, swear on my life, he would --

5:21D: he --

5:21B: his girlfriend -- it was like living with 2 roommates. Sorry, I gotta keep this right here.

5:25D: But it’s not even roommates. They’re just like --

5:27B: yeah, it’s not even roommates. It’s like I’m waiting -- they’re my alarm clock because they’d be fucking at 8 AM every single morning, bro. I’m sorry.

5:34D: That’s insane.

5:36B: Yeah, no, I’m sorry.

5:38D: Anyways, absolutely the fuck not.

5:40B: Move to Colorado. Yeah, you guys are funny.

5:43D: That was awesome.

5:45B: Yeah, I don’t know, I’m not comfortable. I’m not that great in front of a camera, but you’re entertaining for sure. What’s your YouTube channel, bro?

5:55D: Uh, We Them Media.

That was the whole tape.

The We Them Weekly, once a week by email What went up, and what we are asking next.

Filmed the same day.

13 March 2026

More from Denver Unfiltered.

The whole project

Keep going: Everything filmed in Fort Collins.