Is Denver really brown? (used)

[Katiana]

Originally Posted by charygart

BTW guys, here is the picture I took from my office today. From the cherry creek area

Looks pretty green to me

Well, yes, but it is irrigated. The non-irrigated areas are not green all summer. Things are starting to dry out.

[DenverAztec]

Originally Posted by Katiana

Well, yes, but it is irrigated. The non-irrigated areas are not green all summer. Things are starting to dry out.

This statement can pretty much hold true for any non-irrigated area in any city unless you live in a swamp.

[Katiana]

Not the eastern/midwestern cities. If I were more computer-literate, I would post some of my pictures of the Minneapolis, Chicago, DC, and Pittsburgh areas.

[DenverAztec]

Originally Posted by charygart

BTW guys, here is the picture I took from my office today. From the cherry creek area

Looks pretty green to me

Great pic Chargart! It looks very green to me as well!

[SheridanL]

Yes, Denver is brown...DO NOT move here!!!!

Just kidding everyone!!

Colorful Colorado.. This means more than the shade of green...obviously!

Once again I remind everyone of my move to Florida from May 1 2007 to Now...2008. I moved to a private beach in VERO...on the beach!! Too much green (Jungle...plants, mold, rust, sea breeze?...bob cats..., fire ants, no-seeums, crabs,..bugs beyond belief,...etc....etc...

Did I mention RUST and BUGS.....oh yeah,...Humidity!! Good for the skin but,...heck on EVERYTHING else!!!!!!!!!!!!

I WILL take brown and dry ( and OUR beautiful mountains) ANY day of the week!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Green ( not the "Save our Planet, green.) is,...over rated!!IMO!!

Funny thing is,.....I could only grow a house plant called....mother-inlaws tongue (snake plant to some)..I was surrounded by 9 acres of it in Vero! Nasty stuff!! Go figure??? It even grows underneath floors if you don't control it ALL the time!! Who has the time I ask you???

[AaronL13]

Ive spent many years in Colorado, but my last 4 years have been here in Phoenix. Denver is not even close to brown by Phoenix standards, the brown part of Colorado is the flatlands/prairies on the east side going away from the front range. Honestly that was the first thing I said when I got to Phoenix was OMG....everything....EVERYTHING is brown! Judging from the 115* heat that we have been dealing with the last week, I dont see how anything could be green here (maybe a cactus lol) The fact that every house is stucco and earthtoned, yards are rocks (not lawns) and the extreme lack of trees period and the dirt hills they call mountains around here certainly dont help. I will be moving back to the Loveland then Denver a year later here in August and i wish it would come sooner! Colorado is beautiful, life in Colorado is awesome, Im really looking forward to enjoying the outdoors again!

[Maroon197]

Truthfully, that picture of Denver could just as easily be a picture of a park in central Phoenix or Tempe in fall or spring. There are even (rare) times in certain years where our brown mountains turn bright green from copious rains. I guess what i'm getting from you all is that it's definitely not that vibrant Pac Northwest or East Coast green...it's a temporary green. Nothing wrong with that--diverse landscapes are what make the west so unmatchable in beauty.

[Katiana]

You are correct. I've been to Phoenix in April, arguably its "greenest" month, and I will say the open country in Colorado seems greener. It's the Great Plains, not the desert. But is it Seattle? No. Is it Pittsburgh (a very green city)? No. It's Denver. And it's good.

[tolife]

The more green a city, the more humidity and BUGS. I'm a transplanted East Coast gal, now in Denver, and I enjoy not constantly fighting bugs.

It's a tradeoff.

[100%Michigan]

I always use to think Denver was very green until I read other threads that told me it was more brown.