Denver: It’s Not for Everyone! - 10/22/2022

During my 25 years in Denver, I’ve witnessed trends found in other metro areas: homeless camps, panhandlers, worsening traffic, increased crime and rapidly appreciating home prices. Four stars, though it’s important to remember those conditions are increasingly true throughout the US. Nonetheless, I still love Denver. The weather is beautiful, outdoor activities abound. The state offers a lot of digital services for its citizens. If you work in Information Technology, the job market here is robust and competitive; ditto for health care and for financial services. With the cost of living here, it’s important to recognize that it will be tough to make ends meet without a solid education, demonstrable experience and a positive or ‘get ‘er done’ attitude.

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Overpriced and extremely overrated. - 10/10/2022

I've lived in the Denver area for about eight years now. Moved here for college planning to get out as soon as I was done with college, and predictably got stuck here. It's not a horrible place to live, but you certainly don't get what you pay for. The cost of living is approaching coastal living, but you feel much more like you're living somewhere in the suburbs of the Midwest. If money is no object and you don't mind/like the cold, it's a fine place to live. But if you're in the working class, finances will always be a struggle, you will never be able to get ahead, and you aren't even going to be able to enjoy the quality of life that Denver DOES offer. The best feature of Denver is the access to the mountains, hands down. The nature that Colorado has to offer is downright incredible, and even from downtown you will be able to get to absolutely stunning vistas in an hour's drive. However, with the busyness of adult life, it's a struggle to ever get out to the mountains very much. My wife and I are young professionals with no kids, and just due to life we maybe get out to the mountains once a month during the warm months, twice if we're lucky. Unless you make getting out to the mountains extremely intentional, you're just not going to go to them very much. And if you move to Denver for the city itself, you're a fool. You can get the same feel of city for much cheaper somewhere in the Midwest or south, or you can get a much better quality of city for the same price on one of the coasts. The metro area itself it is extremely bland. Restaurants are fine and getting better, but nothing compared to the quality or diversity you'd find on the coasts. There's not a ton of culture or much of anything going on downtown. I've never met a single person who just goes downtown for the fun of it; they're going to do something specific like a concert or a sports game. The craft beer scene is spectacular in the metro area, which is wonderful. No real downsides to mention there. The roads are horrid. Potholes are everywhere and will tear up your car. The timing on the traffic signals is awful, and keeps everyone waiting much longer than they should have to, which leads to a culture in which running red lights during the first few seconds of the red is normal. Any amount of any type of precipitation falling from the sky turns the entire area into a complete gridlock. This includes light misting. God help us when it snows any significant amount. And unless you live in the heart of downtown, you WILL need a car. Public transit is a joke and unreliable. For a place that gets winter weather, I will say that Denver has about the most tolerable weather that you can have that isn't warm year-round. Humidity is low, which makes cold air feel warmer than it is. 50-60 degree sunny days in January are not uncommon. However, neither is several inches of snow in October or May. The constant sun also melts any snowstorm away within a couple days of it happening. Summers can get pretty hot, but again, they are dry, not the stifling humid summers of the South or Midwest. The worst part of summer is when there are wildfires raging in the west, and some years a thick cloud of smoke will settle over the city for weeks. In the time I have lived here, years where this have happened are the exception rather than the rule, but it's downright miserable when it happens. Overall, it's not downright awful to live here or anything like that. I would rather live here than many other places in the country, especially if you're not figuring in cost of living. It's just that when you're paying this much for cost of living, you should be getting quite a bit more than what you do living in the Denver area.

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Overrated and getting worse every year. - 6/21/2022

I've lived in the city since I was born (1998) and I just was ready to get out. I'm a Denver native and I am ashamed of my city. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania because of extremely expensive housing, recent wildfires, high property crime, and dirty air. I used to love Denver, and all the things about it, but now I feel that the Mile High City isn't even good anymore. Sure, it's better than a lot of other cities, but it's starting to get better than only a few instead of a lot. The mountains, although very beautiful, are overrated and full of money-hungry ski resorts. I was ready to say goodbye to Denver when 2020 hit. 2020 ruined Denver and a lot of other cities in the US. All the homeless camps in the city, expensive housing, decaying infrastructure in parts of Central West Denver (Pittsburgh has a much worse problem with that, but at least Pittsburgh is safe and clean), boarded up windows in many places throughout the city, and overall Denver is very overhyped. Denver sells themselves as an amazing liberal mountain oasis with happy people and low crime, but in reality, Denver is an overrated city that is okay at most, it takes an hour to get to some areas IN the city because of the outrageous traffic. Personally, I think you should move to Fort Collins or Golden if you can afford it. Ultimately, I'll always love Denver and Colorado, as it is my home, but I just feel that real Denver is gone now. It used to be a happy city full of great people and had low crime and amazing neighborhoods, now Denver is just like Seattle, LA, Portland, and Phoenix. All dirty, ruined, overrated cities in the West. I love you, Denver, but I couldn't stand it there anymore. I have no plans to ever move back to Denver.

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Overpriced and overrated, for now at least - 6/21/2022

I've lived in Colorado for about 12 years now and Denver for one and a half. This review will focus on the reasons you should NOT move to Denver. Pros: -Close to mountains (geographically) -Climate is okay -Humidity is low, good for allergies Cons: -Far from mountains (time/drive-wise) -Traffic and roads suck -Drivers are bad and aggressive, especially around bikes -Pollution and wildfire smoke are high, bad for allergies People think they'll move here to be close to outdoor recreation, but between the increasingly hot and polluted summers, worsening traffic, and crowds, getting to those recreation areas and then enjoying them are becoming more and more difficult. A 3+ hour drive from Denver to Breckenridge (the closest big ski area) is common on the weekends during ski season, and that's in good weather. Bicycling infrastructure in and around the city is not great but it is getting better. Public transportation is poor. Crime is going up, rapidly. We are among the top cities in the nation for catalytic converter, vehicle, and bike thefts. Homeless people are everywhere, and with the skyrocketing costs of living here, there are more of them every day. The former "crown jewel" as some call it, Union Station, is a place to be avoided. This desolation is spreading into the suburbs as more and more people simply can't afford to live here, and the enforcement of vagrancy laws is practically nonexistent. The city was not designed nor built for its current population. Those cracks are really showing as more and more people flock here. The housing market is among the tightest in the country. Roads and bridges built in the 50s-70s are not up to the task of transporting all these people. There is not enough water. And the boomer NIMBY/we've-always-done-it-this-way mentality prevents meaningful change. Trying to tell people they shouldn't dump hundreds of gallons of water on their turf grass every day will be met with a look of incomprehension like if you just said the Broncos are your favorite ballet troupe. Basically, if you move here and pay the current exhorbitant prices to do so, you will probably be disappointed. This city needs a break to get itself in order and figure out how to grow. It can be a good place to live again if the infrastructure catches up and some of the dinosaurs who are still living in the 70s loosen their hold on the policies, but right now it's just an overpriced pit of angry people who suddenly can't afford to live here. You can have a much higher quality of life for your money than Denver. I predict the next big thing here will be when the officials who have been promoting the explosive growth do a reality check and realize they need to seriously limit that growth before we all run out of water. I don't know what that will look like. Maybe it will get even more expensive, and be even more overpriced.

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Overrated, mediocre, dry (not just climate) - 3/13/2022

Obviously, there are exceptions, and this is just my subjective personal feel of the city. Climate: dry, semi desert environment, almost year-round drought. The entire Metro Area looks brownish to yellow, barren, lackluster for 6-8 months out of year. Spring is nice, but then by August everything is burnt and dry. Whatever tiny Zeroscape backyards people have here look dead most of the time. Year-round dust, boogers and nose bleeds are a norm. You can’t take a humidifier with you outside. Contrary to the popular belief, Denver is not very outdoorsy, meaning you won’t spend the majority of time outside walking, gardening, sitting on porch with drink. There are no beautiful outdoor patios or beer gardens. Food: since not much grows in CO, most produce and everything else needs to be transported here. As a result, food is overpriced and not fresh. There are good restaurants to fill your belly, but it’s almost impossible to find great yummy places. Food just tastes bland and slightly off, not sure if it’s altitude, lack of fresh ingredients, or just general lack of cooking culture. There are some good craft beers, but so what. Other cities have good beer too. Housing: overpriced and incredibly dull unless you buy 1 million+ property in older neighborhoods. Cheap looking tract communities surround Denver with mind numbing design, cheap vinyl siding, no trees, or flowers. Prices have doubled in the last 4 years, yet no major company moved its HQ to Denver. Coors Beer actually left CO. There is a great dissonance between housing costs and job opportunities. Get used to Zeroscape as water becomes an issue in many municipalities. Infrastructure: a ton of potholes/cracks on the roads due to constantly changing temperatures. Traffic is getting worse. Tons of trash along the roads. People: generally nice but in some strange, fake way, not genuinely nice. A lot of passive aggressive folks. Recreation: Denver has the Highline Canal - a nice bike system connecting most metro area, but it is getting taken over by homeless who set up tents along Cherry Creek. Parks on the other hand are dull, have few trees and are usually covered with goose poop all the time. For any decent hiking prepare to spend time in traffic and again it’s good for only a portion of the year. Vibe: Denver always felt “dry” as a city as far culture, people interactions. It feels like a cult when everyone keeps saying how amazing it is and if you criticize it, they get offended. Overall: OK but lacks vibrancy and “flavor.” It has potential though.

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It’s alright - 12/15/2021

Been in Colorado for 4 years, Denver 1. My biggest hesitation for moving here was the dry, sunny, high desert climate. I shrugged it off and tried to downplay it, but it really has become one of my least favorite things about the front range. I live east of 1-25 so getting to a forested trailhead is a pain in the ass. Hiking here in general is a pain. I started going later in the afternoon to avoid crowds. I feel like there should be more trailheads in the foothills than there are. Probably because so much of it is private residential land. Being into the outdoors requires too much driving. I really miss being 15 minutes from a forested trailhead like I had in the Midwest and South. It’s easy to find decent food, extremely tough to find great food. My wife and I never trust the reviews here - a lot of stuff that gets hyped up just isn’t that good. It’s fun at times, the wild weather can keep things interesting, but I don’t think it will ever feel like home to me. There’s an energy here that just always feels uneasy. Maybe it’s the altitude, maybe it’s because we’re so isolated from other big cities, I can’t really put my finger on it, but I don’t like it. I’ll leave on a positive note. Denver really does feel urban and I’ve enjoyed that aspect of living here. I live in a neighborhood where I can walk to a grocery store, CVS, several restaurants (a couple of them are good). That’s been my favorite thing

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Decent under 40 playground if you can afford it - 11/10/2021

I find it both disturbing and humorous that any city small or large listed here that has a reasonable number of reviews, say 20+, everyone is complaining of the same thing. “Outsiders” moving in, traffic, crime, homeless, drugs, skyrocketing costs. Let’s face it folks, America is filling up. And places like CA are emptying, with millions more people that will likely relocate. You are not going to escape that anywhere, unless you buy acreage in a remote locale. As for Denver, I’ll offer my honest review, take it or leave it, hate it or not. I moved here when I was 20, just before Denver began to take off mid-90’s. Back then it was the hidden gem, albeit a bit of a cow town, that boomers and older X’ers like me now reminisce about. Downtown was dead after 5pm. For fun you either partied or climbed/skied mountains. The economy was boom or bust. But you could drive to places like Castle Rock or Loveland/FoCo and see lots of open land. We had an airport and a football team. Politically, it was much more purple than today, and people had their civil arguments but generally got along rather than threatening to harm each other just because of political differences. It was a good place to be a moderate independent. I’ve had a great career and education here, met many friends, and have been proud to call Denver home. Until the last 5-10 years. Denver is plagued by all the problems that any other big city has. And part of the problem is that it went from a small big city to a big big city. I would still take it any day over places like Chicago or Portland. But the mentality of people that want to trash a great place I don’t get. From the trails and campgrounds to downtown. Shootings and road rage literally daily in my neighborhood. And for $600K you too can have all this LOL. On the plus side, there are lots of amenities to enjoy, even more career opportunities now, better shopping, restaurants, live music and cultural options. And there are still a lot of great people here amongst the angry, paranoid, neurotic, clueless, stoned, aggressive, irrational, entitled ones. It’s time for me to move smaller, but for anyone moving here, if you accept that you are moving to a big city with big city problems, Denver is still one of the better ones. No where is perfect. Southern CA came close mid-century, then 20 million people moved there. Denver is on track to become that one day soon.

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Denver has so much to offer! - 8/9/2021

I've lived in Denver for 30 years and can't imagine calling any other place home. Yeah, the traffic stinks. You'll hate your life driving on I-25 during rush hour or coming back from the mountains on I-70 on Sundays but, it's worth it! Denver has so much to offer! I've never run out of fun and exciting things to do here. If you want to live in a big city but, love the outdoors, there's no better place. I will warn, however, that the cost of living is pretty high. So be prepared for that.

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Hometown Denver girl disgusted - 7/29/2021

I was born in Denver. I live only 2.1 miles away from where I was born 50 years ago. I have always loved Denver

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Beautiful Denver has been ruined by liberals. - 7/18/2021

Moved to Denver for retirement in 2016. Can't take it any longer, so moving out next month. City management is atrocious. The liberals have made it a haven for homeless & drugs, then they complain. If you love America, you won't like Denver. I would not own property here.

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It's good - 7/10/2021

Denver has a ton to offer as a city, but you'll be missing out if you're not into hiking, skiing, rock climbing etc. Cost of living is okay, and the wages are on par with, let's say, California wages. Denver is clean, it doesn't have as many homeless as LA or Seattle. It has ski towns, hot springs, and Boulder is only 30 mins away. The traffic ain't as bad as the locals claim. Cons: IT IS DRY. Lots of slow, incompetent people in Denver. The temperatures change in a rather hectic manner. It can jump from 30 to 65 degrees in a day. People can be two dimensional and hard to connect with. The city is spread out so having a car is a must. The city is lacking culturally. It's not as diverse as Boston or San Fran. 3 stars overall.

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this place is like a bowl of cream-o-wheat - 6/26/2021

Denver is the purgatory of the states its not great, its not bad; the mountains are soo pretty, but thats like an hour drive away(so not even in Denver), the closest thing we have to a beach, is this disgusting "swim beach" -the cherry creek reservoir, shrooms are decriminalized, thats cool I guess but its not like they're any easier to obtain. Ofc we also have dispensaries on every corner, so youd expect everyone to be a lil more chill but yeesh theres a log of douchbages. theres a lot of old rich white people who own everything the Denver Int'l Airport isnt even in Denver which is annoying when you have a super early weekday flight and have to get a car. theres about three colleges so that adds to the douchebags I waS talking baout ^ but at the review under me about "creepy white st8 men and damaged women". bro every place got that look at what the internet did to us, on top of a pandemic, on top of the mental health crisis blah blah OH and the DPD sucks theyre very angry and hostile... also didnt do anything to help with my situation but its totally medicore. I think overall she desrves a 3 star and you all are harsh.. most cities are like this but were landlocked so were all slowly going insane.. its hard to be away from your cage doo r

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Denver is awesome - 6/1/2021

Loved in 80205 since 2005. Denver is fantastic. Problems typical of any medium to large urban area but that’s just the reality of capitalism in 2021 United States. Overall the maturity of the urban corridor has progressed nicely. Great restaurants, transit to the airport, excellent cultural diversity and unique neighborhood flavors. Outstanding weather, great parks, awesome entertainment. Don’t let the suburban and rural trolls jade you. Real estate is absurd, but that’s almost everywhere—again a function of 21st century American life. Overall an excellent progressive bubble in an ever increasingly blue state.

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Not as woke as it seems - 3/20/2021

I never sought to live in Denver—it reminded me too much of the Midwestern city where I'm from, which I never wanted to live in either—but a job brought me here, after living here for a few years and visiting many times over the past few decades, I can still say it's "not for me" (which is what the 2 star rating signifies when you hover over it when rating). There are plenty of reasons why it's so trendy and popular. The views of the mountains are gorgeous. It's easy to get to from pretty much anywhere thanks to the airport and highway system. It's sunny almost every day, and the snow is beautiful. Legal marijuana, plentiful public art, breweries/restaurants, and proximity to snow sports and hiking are great. But as others have pointed out, unless you're coming from California or NYC, housing costs are absurd and traffic is horrible, with neither showing signs of letting up. Poor air quality is a regular problem, and last year's record-setting forest fires made it even worse for over a month: ash rained down on my house for weeks on end. One of my biggest problems is with a significant hypocritical population. A lot of people love the nearby nature. But a lot of those same people drive gas-guzzling vehicles, live in homes much larger than is necessary, regularly consume meat, don't recycle, fly frequently to travel, and don't seem to recognize that this behavior on a larger level is directly contributing to the long-term aridification/ short-term drought, forest fires, and other environmental degradation in the area. People in general seem to want to be progressive here, but there are a lot of wealthy-looking people walking purebred dogs that likely cost a lot of money. I don't know how one can espouse social causes when buying from a breeder rather than adopting directly causes other animals to miss out on good homes. Essentially, Denver seems full of "woke" people who in reality are quite close-minded and selfish. I want to live near the mountains, but it probably won't be here long term.

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Lived in a lot of places; Non-native review - 3/18/2021

I lived in a lot of different cities in the 90s and 2000s including Denver. Now I'm back in Denver and while it is not perfect, honestly the city is pretty good, especially relative to comparable cities that you can move to NOW, as opposed to an idealized pre-90s Denver viewed with nostalgia lenses. Climate wise you have much better winters than the midwest and northeast, better summers than most of the country (no humidity means it is 80s in the shade and extremely pleasant nights), very good proximity to outdoor activities (without having to hike/camp/run/climb in a damp mist which kind of sucks). You can get all these benefits in California but the cost of living is even higher there. Regarding the two major complaints of homelessness and traffic, EVERY major city in the country has this problem, and Denver is not the worst by far. There are not the miles upon miles of homeless encampments, tent cities, nonstop garbage refuse. In fact, in most eastern cities, there are still large parts of the city that look like a bomb went off - we're talking every car missing at least one part like a door, hood, or wheel. People living in houses that are half collapsed, that have a sheet for a wall. This area exists in most eastern cities and there's not a single area of Denver that is like this. And when you are talking about a commute that has increased to 30 or 45 minutes, that is honestly laughable compared to New York, LA, SF, chicago, houston, atlanta, seattle just to name a few where an hour commute is considered really pretty good and it is the norm for the commute to be 90+ minutes or 2 hrs one way. Looking at many of the "native" reviews of people being here 40, 50 years, none of them mention that if you had a house here in the 70s and 80s, not only would you be disconnected from knowing how bad traffic, homelessness, poverty can actually be in a large city elsewhere, your net worth here would have also increased by at least a half million. Houses in Baker and 5-points for instance could be found for well under 100k back then, now you cannot find a 2 br SFH in these areas for less than 600k. If you had a 200k house in wash park back then, it is easily worth over a million now. Compared to the 90s, Denver metro has greatly increased its variety of foods, music, art, and people. There is a legit K-town in aurora now. Did a drive there the other weekend and came back with food and authentic baked goods from Armenia, Ethiopia, Argentina, Lebanon, Iran, and Korea. You would not come to Denver for those things in the 70s, 80s and the benefits of having them here now is perhaps a non-factor or irrelevant and are not sufficiently reflected in the reviews of people who moved here for very different reasons in the 70s. Yes Denver metro has changed. There is a more diversified economy with more higher paying jobs on average than before. It was mostly energy and military jobs here in the early 90s (one of the reasons I couldn't stay here longer then) but the jobs are more diversified now. Education and healthcare was not that great then when compared nationally, but with Denver's greater desirability I feel like there has been a significant increase in the population of highly educated professionals in both of these sectors compared to the 90s. Physician residency slots here for example, are now much more competitive. Major and minor music acts and broadway shows also tour through the city now on a regular basis whereas before even in the 90s I would have had to travel to a coastal city to see them. Now in 2020 pre-lockdown I was able to catch shows from bands from Queens, Baton Rouge, and Toronto within a 3-week span, with a large choice of different music venues within a 2 mile radius. I really don't think these bands would have toured through here in the 90s. If these benefits of a more cosmopolitan, larger city do not matter or do not outweigh the negatives of growth (which you will find to be worse in nearly every other major city btw), you can cash out the greatly increased value of your house and find smaller front range communities (beyond broomfield and castle rock), without the increased amenities, but also without the traffic and homelessness. There are also cities like Boise and Cheyenne (sorry) where that pre-90s Denver rose-tinted nostalgia can still be relived (and where you can also remember the negatives). Though I hear Boise is getting pretty "bad" too. I feel with the "natives" that have been here a long time and only choosing to focus on remembering what they have lost, frankly, you don't know how good you (still) have it here. There is a reason why the front range cities are in the top 5 of the US news places to live rankings. When you look at other cities in the US that you can move to now with comparable amenities, and consider their homeless rates and traffic, Denver still compares very favorably. Zero or 2 stars may be how you feel losing what you remember, but Denver is simply not a 0 or 2/5 place. 4.5/5.

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Set for a big fall. - 3/16/2021

I was born downtown, and raised in the suburbs. I have lived in Denver as an adult off and on for 30 years, including for the last year. I think it geographically is the most beautiful city in the US, with the best climate. Older intact parts of the city contain some of the best architecture in the country. But the trends aren't good. It was the very best place to grow up in the '70-80s. It used to have the best museums, a great zoo, relatively peaceful diversity while maintaining social cohesion, and every amenity you could want. I'd say it was truly cool in the late 1990s. That was the peak. It was still affordable, and crime was limited. There has been unbelievable and uncontrolled expansion since then, especially in the last decade, and leftist rioting in the last year caused much of the downtown to board up, there is graffiti everywhere now, and the homeless problem is out. of. control. Before BLM/Antifa took over Denver, like most other cities, the police here would clear out the homeless camps in front of the capitol building and elsewhere. Once they started saying they were "protesters" the problem got worse than ever - thousands of homeless pitching their tents all over downtown. They finally fenced off the utterly destroyed parks in front of the capitol building so no one can enter them. But they allowed BLM to paint a mural on the street there, the entire city is a sea of Biden/Harris/BLM signs and rainbow flags, and homeless are everywhere, just sprawling in the streets, taking drugs, and leaving dumps. I was a big fan of the legal weed decision years back, but it sure hasn't made anyone smarter or more moral, attracted the best and brightest, or created a more beautiful city. The housing prices are infamously INSANE, and the newer construction is all hideous. The response to the COVID thing has been predictably retarded state wide, worst in Denver, and only slightly saner than dumb blue states/cities on the coasts. If you'd like to move somewhere and see firsthand how Portland became the mess it is today, move here, and buckle up. It's set to get a whole lot worse.

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AVOID AT ALL COSTS AND STAY IN CALIFORNIA!!!! - 3/3/2021

I've lived in Denver for over 30 years and have slowly watched Colorado go from a neat place to live to an absolute armpit. The government is very oppressive, the police are brutal, the homeless are everywhere, the mayor is a radical leftist and there's so much california trash moving into the city and surrounding suburbs that vote like californiaians (stupidly) and are destroying a once beautiful and wonderful place to live. They bring their radical california ideas here and expect colorado to be different. I'd give it another 5 years and you'll see colorado struggling just like that armpit california. colorado will the the left armpit and califronia will be the right

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The internet is full of angry people - 3/1/2021

I won't leave a long, drawn-out review like a lot of people in the review section. I'll just leave you with a thought.... most people write reviews online if they feel very negatively about something. Most people do not go online to leave positive reviews nowadays. At the time of writing this, 459 have reviewed this city on this website and the total metro Denver population is 2,862,000. Are you really going to let .016% of the people in Denver define the city; especially given most of these reviews are from angry senior citizens who probably yell at kids to get off their lawns on a daily basis? Denver is awesome, Colorado is awesome. Yea, it could be a tad cheaper to live here but there is a reason the cost of living is so high. Don't let a bunch of angry people who are barely a fraction of percent of the city define it... it's a fantastic place filled with fantastic people..... "native" or "transplant".

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Going through Metropolis puberty - 12/6/2020

I have lived for 45 years in the Denver metro area. The single biggest problem with living here is the irrationally high cost of living. Anyone that has lived here for more than a decade will attest that population growth coupled with lack of infrastructure and housing is the greatest negative driver in many people's attitudes. The traffic is only bad for about 4 hours a day; the rest of the time, it is manageable. When the median home cost is $428,000, but to buy a house, you are always bidding war, driving prices higher. Rent is actually worse than purchase prices. The issues would all be manageable if the planning committees had any foresight. They would have accounted for a major population growth when they authorized, encouraged, or recruited new companies to move to Denver. As you can see in the other posts, natives blame new arrivals for "ruining" Denver, but those newer residents moved here because Colorado is amazing for many reasons. Yes, Marijuana is legal, and there are many places you can smell the use. However, it is not disruptive to enjoying the city. New residents far outnumber natives. You feel like there is no sense of community within most metropolitan area neighbors who often don't know or speak to each other and often avoid it when possible. Denver is so busy trying to be a city on the rise that they lost their sense of who they were. If you like to watch the rebirth of a city and don't mind continual change, Denver is a nice place to live.

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Denver...City with No Soul. Not a place to put roo - 11/16/2020

It has been a long time since i have been in Denver. On this visit it is apparent that this City is heading the wrong direction for a good quality of life and social balance. On the surface the area looks like it is doing great with expansion of communities , new construction, and road improvements, etc. However if you really look at the human experience and life here this City is failing as a community. First- there are homeless folks at almost every corner...young to old...even families..asking for support. I observed a family with a little girl and baby stroller with a positive reading sign. I went by twice to see if anyone even offered to help. Not a single person in the long line of cars even acknowledged the family much less offered any support. I observed this same need by folks everywhere i went around Denver and the exact same attitude from those that did not need assistance. I would say that Denver is a place without a human soul. 2nd- it is apparent that the legalization of drugs is attracting a very poor group of addicts and even drug pushers in the form of drug dispensaries. 3rd- the looks in a lot of the locals faces, dress, body language, and attitudes shows they simply have NO hope in life...much less joy or happiness. Denver looks like a thriving booming metropolis...but so did Detroit before the liberal mind and actions created a 3rd world city here in America. I would not recommend putting down roots here if you want to raise a family or desire a quality tight knit community life experience. This City is heading on the same path as Detroit, Oakland, and Baltimore.

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