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01-10-2008, 08:02 PM
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Denver - Climate - GOOD, BAD, TREES, SOIL,FLOWERS ??? No, I do not miss WNY. I left in 1970 to go in the Army, then I went away to school and worked in different states. When I left, Buffalo was in severe decay and as I look at it now--it is worse. I have no family or contacts there anymore--everyone has left. I do miss certain things but it most have faded from my memories. I remember Elmwood Avenue--it was nice then. I grew up in Cheektowaga--just east of the Ghettos in Buffalo. Denver is much more nicer--we do not have these bad areas; there is more understanding and cooperation among the ethnic groups. The city is thriving, so much that I am having a hard time taking it all in---the downtown has changed so much. You mentioned highland. I do not live very far from there and it is amazing--it is an older neighborhood that is going through gentrification as many areas of Denver. The neighborhood of Denver are delimited in this map, available from the City of Denver http://www.denvergov.org/denvermaps/...ghborhoods.pdf. This will help you get familiar with the different areas that are talked about on this forum Denver is much different in terms of parks and open space then Buffalo. Denver has the largest park system in the nation. Many areas have walking, biking, hiking and equestrian trails meandering behind and through the developments. These will go on for miles and lead to other trails and parks. In addition, Denver also owns extensive mountain parks. I referred to the Littleton Greenway along the Platte. You can walk and bike along a paved trail. That actually connects all the way south to Chatfield Reservoir. It goes all the way north, past Denver into Adams County---Distance I would say about 45 miles. In addition, there are other trails and creeks, for example bear creek, which go off of it and it goes to a big park. In addition there are irrigation ditches and canals built that have trails alongside. It is different than Buffalo where a creek and water is so common that many times it just collects garbage. In this area, waterways are very important and a great deal of effort is made to have recreation and trail near them. Yes, Littleton has a very nice old town that is extremely walkable and it has one of the best rail stations in the area--they moved their old train depot to serve the commuter rail station. Arapahoe Community College is also located right near the center of town. I like it because of the extensive older areas that are so near the newer shopping and the business areas in the Denver Tech Center. Now with the rail, Littleton has good connections to the area. Keep in mind that Denver is now constructing the largest built out of new commuter rail in the nation under the Fastracks Project. FasTracks Home This is under the current RTD The Regional Transportation District Home Page. I am a big advocate of public transportation, as the readers will know. I would suggest you become familiar with the system and find a property near a good bus and rail. I live in Arvada which is known for its many trails and parks which connect to to the whole metro trail system. I actually live closer to water, a reservoir, than I did growing up near the Great Lakes. Arvada is also one of the few areas that has an old town because it developed as a separate agricultural community. The town is in the northwest and has nice older homes and goes to newer developments toward the foothills. There is much recreational areas within the metro area--more than you realize. You mentioned the foothills--yes there are many parks in these areas but you can actually have more accessibility to extensive parks and trails right close in the city. The best way to see these areas is through Google Earth. You can look at the whole area and follow the parks and see the neighborhoods. Download this program--you will love it Google Earth. There is one more area I want to mention. It is in Centennial--probably real close to your husband's job. There was old mall called Southglenn Mall. This is at Arapahoe and University. They are developing this into those new walkable retail shopping area. The homes around them are nice and not the newer homes. Do not reject Centennial---It is a very nice area with many established older neighborhoods in the west--near Littleton. However, it may not have the walkable old areas like you want. There are many areas in Denver that would be considered similar to Elmwood in Buffalo--even much better. I know Centennial well--I would drive through on my way to my job in Inverness Park and my brother lived in this City. I did not mention that all my family, my sisters, my brother, moved here over 30 years ago and we moved our parents out in the 1980s. So I feel like I grew up here. Livecontent Last edited by livecontent; 01-10-2008 at 08:22 PM. 
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01-11-2008, 10:02 AM
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if you want "hip" (or anything like it), if you want non-suburban, if you want any diversity, you DO NOT WANT highlands ranch, littleton, or ken caryl. these places are VERY subruban (have you seen "over the hedge"?), VERY white/conservative white-picket-fence (but likely w/o actual hedges or trees, often times - very NOT buffalo, upstate NY, otherwise northeastern greenery and "old[er] world charm"...) or "cookie cutter". that's not all necessarily bad, and a bit of a generalization (but not much), but seemingly not what you want. you probably want something more like highlands, baker, congress park, city park, maybe around cheesman park or perhaps washington park (more likely the former 2 given your husband's commute to centennial...which is another super-suburban "over the hedge"-like area). you can look into what schools are nearby each of those and go from there, maybe. you can look these neighborhoods up, and see real estate trends for each neighborhood, e.g., on trulia.com (or plenty of other recources on the web). Last edited by hello-world; 01-11-2008 at 10:11 AM.
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