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1/3/2007
I've lived in several cities from the east coast to the west coast to Denver. I would suggest that the people in Denver are the most homogeneous and least cosmopolitan of any of the cities I've lived in. I would also say it is the most suburb-oriented (loosely - even those dwelling in downtown can seem like suburbanites of other cities) of anywhere I've lived. It's a very nice place if, for example: sunshine all the time is your motivation; recreation in the mountains - after a 20 minute to a 3 hour bumper-to-bumper drive to get there - is your motivation; watching pro sports like the Broncos or the Nuggets is your motivation. It's not a nice place if, for example: you thrive on diversity (you may not see many of the few black, asian, or foreign people here, or even the many latino people here, as it's relatively segregated here); you thrive on random intellectual conversations and free exchange of opinions and ideas; you like large bodies of water like lakes or oceans near by; you don't like suburban sprawl (tract housing and big-box stores) for as far as the eye can see...extending right to the mountains.
joe | Denver, CO