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I was in Denver yesterday and today and I stayed downtown, I was surprised at how busy and how many attractions it has. I never gave Denver too much thought before.
It has your typical upscale type restaurants,upscale hotels,a downtown mall that goes for a mile with free bus service up and down, lightrail,historic restaurants and buildings,the state capitol,the U.S. Mint,downtown aquarium,sports stadiums,six flags,performing arts center area,lots of condos and apartments around and they are building more,and just other stuff to see. I was very surprised.
and I had some rattlesnake meat in a dip at the oldest restaurant in Denver-
So why is Denver's downtown so much better than Phoenix? anyone know
I'll take a stab. Denver has been a well-established city much longer than Phoenix. Their downtown was developed longer agothan Phoenix's. Most of Phoenix's development has been post-WWII, when architecture, public places and civic pride were less important than in the pre-auto age. Phoenix had comparatively little to tear down during the "slum clearance" rage of the 50s/early 60s, and Denver must have had more traditional, preservation-minded citizenry to keep the architecture and public spaces they still have.
So why is Denver's downtown so much better than Phoenix? anyone know
I can think of several reasons, desert sun.
First, Denver has been a "big city" much longer than Phoenix has, so it had a huge head start.
Denver is also much more centralized than Phoenix, is a much more white collar city, has no height limits Downtown, etc. Denver was also very progressive when it came to building LRT and the new Airport.
Phoenix really didn't start to boom until after WWII - Denver was already firmly established as the "hub" of the Rocky Mountain region.
I'm sure there are a lot more reasons, but that is my take as an outsider.
I think another factor may be the horridly hot summer weather in Phoenix. It is not conducive to "strolling", window shopping, etc. Denver's summers are, by comparison, much cooler, though it does get hot here.
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Next time I'm in Watertown, I'll be checking out the Wing Wagon! 
I'll take a stab. Denver has been a well-established city much longer than Phoenix. Their downtown was developed longer agothan Phoenix's. Most of Phoenix's development has been post-WWII, when architecture, public places and civic pride were less important than in the pre-auto age. Phoenix had comparatively little to tear down during the "slum clearance" rage of the 50s/early 60s, and Denver must have had more traditional, preservation-minded citizenry to keep the architecture and public spaces they still have.
