Colorado is one of the 13 most urbanized states in the nation! (Denver: salon, apartment)

[Josseppie]

Originally Posted by mbalmedpoet

Yes, there was a time when Pueblo was the second largest city in the state, behind Denver.

The point that Rambler was trying to make is that Colorado has become very urbanized. To a point it's a good thing, but it's happened too quickly for it's own good. Colorado has lost its charm for those of us who have lived our lives here. I know many who have gone on to places like Wyoming that have seemed to keep their heritage for the most part.

We have become a concrete jungle from Colorado Springs to Ft. Collins. And from east of Aurora west of Evergreen. Mountain areas that once were desolate are becoming quite densely populated. There really is nowhere to go to escape the rat race in our state anymore. The places are quickly becoming few and far between.

The biggest issue I have with up north is all the sprawl. I have come to appreciate the modest growth Pueblo has and is expected to have.

[BornintheSprings]

The biggest problem is urban sprawl and everyone wanting there house and some land. If people lived in high rise apartments it would cut back on the sprawl and allow cities to develop proper mass transit and not expand so much. Not to mention apartment dwellers use less water and electricity than people in enormous mcmansions. What colorado cities need is urban growth boundaries and building up instead of sideways.

[jim9251]

Meh, the front range isn't all of Colorado. No urban sprawl here. Why anyone would want to live in that Denver- Aurora-I25 mess is beyond me.

[BornintheSprings]

Originally Posted by jim9251

Meh, the front range isn't all of Colorado. No urban sprawl here. Why anyone would want to live in that Denver- Aurora-I25 mess is beyond me.

Maybe access to good restaurants, cultural amenities, and a whole host of other things that small towns lack.

[Vistaian]

Originally Posted by BornintheSprings

What colorado cities need is urban growth boundaries and building up instead of sideways.

What? You are saying I would not be able to buy a house near the edge of town and live there?

If so I would be moving away from that city anyway...

[BornintheSprings]

Originally Posted by Vistaian

What? You are saying I would not be able to buy a house near the edge of town and live there?

If so I would be moving away from that city anyway...

The problem is everyone does that and perpetuates urban sprawl which is incredibly destructive and wasteful to the environment not to mention it makes traffic problems worse and raises the maintenance cost of city infrastructure. I am not saying my ideal will happen but it would really help out with many problems american cities are facing today.

[Vistaian]

Originally Posted by BornintheSprings

The problem is everyone does that and perpetuates urban sprawl which is incredibly destructive and wasteful to the environment not to mention it makes traffic problems worse and raises the maintenance cost of city infrastructure. I am not saying my ideal will happen but it would really help out with many problems american cities are facing today.

Well, in my opinion it would create just as many problems as it solved. The more you lower the quality of life in order to get out of control population growth to "fit in", the more discontent people you'll get. That is the type of discontentment that causes things like urban riots to always be on a hair trigger.

Before I tried something like that, I would instead find incentives that would make people want to have fewer kids. Overpopulation, I think, is the real culprit at work here.

[jim9251]

Originally Posted by BornintheSprings

Maybe access to good restaurants, cultural amenities, and a whole host of other things that small towns lack.

I have good restaurants, cultural amenities here on the western slope too. Along with little to no traffic, no crime, no smog, no gangs.

[BornintheSprings]

Originally Posted by Vistaian

Well, in my opinion it would create just as many problems as it solved. The more you lower the quality of life in order to get out of control population growth to "fit in", the more discontent people you'll get. That is the type of discontentment that causes things like urban riots to always be on a hair trigger.

Before I tried something like that, I would instead find incentives that would make people want to have fewer kids. Overpopulation, I think, is the real culprit at work here.

Well that would be ideal to bad the religious right influences a good portion of Americans.

[Hschlick84]

Some people need to read Agenda 21, urbanization isn't all that cracked up to be.