Two Colorado Cities Named the Ugliest, But is it True?

In today's world, it is so easy to share your opinion with a vast amount of people that you have to be careful about what you believe on the internet. Websites such as Yelp, Reddit, and countless others serve as a platform for people to voice their thoughts regardless if they're based on fact or not.

Recently, two separate opinion pieces were published that named two different cities in Colorado as the 'ugliest,' but exactly how accurate are these statements?

Is Lochbuie One of the Ugliest Cities in Colorado?

In case you're not familiar, Lochbuie, Colorado is a small town northeast of Denver near Brighton.

Originally nicknamed Space City, Lochbuie began as a trailer park and was eventually named after a town of the same name in Scotland.

With its lack of vegetation and mobile home roots, Lochbuie was named one of the ugliest cities in America by alot.com.

Is Cañon City One of the Ugliest Cities in Colorado?

Another Colorado city that recently made a list of the ugliest in the country is Cañon City, Colorado.

Known for being a town in which a large number of its residents work in prisons due to its proximity to SuperMax and many other correctional facilities, Cañon City gets a bad rap for its geographical location, as well as its lack of ethnic diversity.

The city was named as one of the ugliest in the country by an article on Buzzfeed which cited the nearby prisons and described the town itself as "bleak."

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Of course, deciding what is and what isn't ugly is subjective and while neither of these two cities land on the list of Colorado's most dangerous cities or the state's poorest cities, they have been subjects of some pretty harsh words.