Another "where should I live" thread

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by RowJimmy

Littleton (suburb), Lakewood (suburb), wheat ridge (suburb), Arvada (suburb). I was not trying to be unhelpful. I am not trying to be annoying. That is just one thing I found about Denver. There was very limited old actual "towns" when you left the city itself. Golden was very cool. Boulder was nice. I loved Denver the city itself. But I don't consider towns like Arvada, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, Westminster, etc. a town. They are suburbs.

Arvada has its own little downtown, and a wonderful performing arts center. Wheat Ridge is a very old community, was once a farming town. Lakewood and Westminster are more suburban like, but are both cities. Westy has an awesome rec center. Fewer people live in suburban Denver than do in suburban Pittsburgh, percentage wise, FWIW.

[2bindenver]

I'd recommend Littleton too. or extreme SW Denver. Public transportation is well represented in the SW corridor. Parts of south Jeffco are not in a HOA community.

Where are you now?

[RowJimmy]

Originally Posted by pittnurse70

Arvada has its own little downtown, and a wonderful performing arts center. Wheat Ridge is a very old community, was once a farming town. Lakewood and Westminster are more suburban like, but are both cities. Westy has an awesome rec center. Fewer people live in suburban Denver than do in suburban Pittsburgh, percentage wise, FWIW.

Denver is 155 sq miles, Pittsburgh is 55 square miles so those really can't be compared. Their metro areas are very close in size, and denver is about 200,000 bigger then Pittsburgh in city, but if you add the extra 100 sq miles to Pittsburgh's area it would most likely be the same. That is not the point anyways. I am talking about small old towns outside of Denver. I was in "old town" Arvada many times, My friend use to live right beside it. I also was in downtown Littleton when I lived there also. Yes they have very little downtown feel with in the middle of a giant suburb community. If you can't see that Denver's metro has a ton of sprawling suburban communities to the east, west, north, and south then don't try to find the point I am trying to make. Have you ever been to the Main Line in Philly, or the towns outside to the south or north of Philly? Those towns do not have a suburban feel to them at all. They feel each like there own town, all with their own town centers connected to the large city. Denver does not have anything close to a city such as most North east cities in terms of suburbs outside the town that are more old towns with their own identity then just a sprawling suburb. Every time I make a opinion on how I view things, you got to jump ahead and try to prove me wrong. Also, most of those suburbs were once old farming towns, along with majority in America.

[fubuki]

I think Littleton is sounding OK. I'm currently in Seattle.

[Katarina Witt]

Apparently, a suburb is OK with the OP.

[oberon]

Denver's area includes a large swath of empty space near and around the airport. Does Pittsburgh include its airport in its city limits?

[Katarina Witt]

That's a good question. I never could figure how Denver is 3X larger than Pittsburgh. They both seem about the same. I think Denver mountain parks are also part of Denver.