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I lived in La Paz,Bolivia for 5 years.It's about 12,000 feet above sea level.First few days are very difficult to walk,your heart beats like crazy.Never got really used to it.
Just my two cents, there are parts of the city and county of Denver that are actually higher than the much mentioned "mile high" moniker. Denver goes as high as 5,680 ft. [url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=5671]Denver High Point - Peakbagger.com[/url]
The "Mile High" reference sticks because the state capital sits exactly at 5,280ft, 1 mile high. There are also no mountains or large peaks within the city limits to "pump" up its mean elevation stats like some other cities mentioned within this thread.
Having said that, yes there are cities in the United States that have higher elevations, but none have a larger population than the City and County Denver or its metropolitan area.
The average elevation of Albuquerque is over 5,280. It's about 4,500 at it's lowest and about 6,500 at it's highest.
A quick perusal of GoogleEarth shows much of the city, just about everything east of San Pedro Blvd. to be above a mile with only the Valley and the parts just east of I-25 being below the mile mark. A not insignificant chunk of the city, east of Tramway, is above 6,000 feet.
I have no idea what KC, OC and Omaha are even doing in this discussion.
It seems like ABQ & SLC are more "in the mountains" while Denver is at the edge of the mountains.
Besides - you don't wake up every morning and say -"what elevation am I?". If you want to live in a big city that's in or near the mtns start with these and make your final choice based on other criteria.
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