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Old 02-03-2015, 07:20 PM
 
Location: northern Vermont - previously NM, WA, & MA
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It is a big sprawling city without a real central core made up of lots and lots and lots of neighborhoods.
Aren't they trying to get a "city center" built along the new light rail line near the city hall and mall? Will that develop into the de facto downtown of Aurora?
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Old 02-03-2015, 10:21 PM
 
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You must be following the theater shooting case.
Actually, my sister used to live in Denver, which is where I was kind of considering. I'm just curious about the surrounding cities. I'm naturally a curious person, so I ask questions about everything. I haven't really been following the theater shooting, but I am aware of it. I know one bad person doesn't define the entire city. It is scary, but I would never let one person's actions scare me out of moving. Everyone that I've talked to from Aurora seem very nice. It's a shame that their home is marked forever by something so horrible.
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Old 02-04-2015, 06:41 AM
 
Location: Home, Home on the Front Range
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Aren't they trying to get a "city center" built along the new light rail line near the city hall and mall? Will that develop into the de facto downtown of Aurora?
There is actually quite a lot there already - the "main" library building, the Aurora History Museum, police station - as well as the municipal building and county offices across the street.

The problem, I think, is that since it is so close to entrances to I-225, it isn't currently a very walkable area.
And, unless they make huge changes, I don't know that it would ever have the ambiance of a real "downtown."

The area that comes closest for me is over on Colfax, near the Fox theater. There is a lot of development, mostly arts-related, in that area as well but it has a reputation that will be hard to overcome for folks in the outer suburban reaches.

As it stands right now, a very unscientific survey suggests that people in SE Aurora are more likely to travel to the arts center in Parker which is located in/near an absolutely adorable and walkable shopping/historical district.
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