re: "still not getting it"
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8/23/2007
much of what you find in denver (and especialy the suburbs - the denver "scene" can be very much a lot of people commuting from those suburbs into the city for work and socializing, and then leaving the more liberal crowd to go back home) is pretty conservative (by many standards - maybe not nebraska's, or south carolina's, but...). there are some pockets of hispanics (big latino population), and some of the gay community, e.g.. much of what you see in denver can be very RESERVED (interpersonally conservative), and even politically conservative (relative to much of the coastal states, or to much of europe, e.g.). also, rather homogeneous groups don't seem to intermingle as much as elsewhere, so it seem very white bread as a caucasian person (especially as a caucasian person from a more diverse or integrated place). denver does LEAN somewhat democratic (though the suburbs - HUGE suburbs - tend to be a bit more conservative) these days, but not quite like a Mass., CA., VT, NY, etc..
kevin | Denver, CO