^ If you're going to attempt to compare Denver to Phoenix, then use an actual picture of Denver from THIS century. That pic has to be 10-15 yrs old. There are so many buildings missing from that picture that it doesn't even accurately represent what Denver's skyline looks like today. Here's a more recent aerial.
Aerial View of Denver | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
As you can see, the upper-right and left sides of the skyline has seen a number of highrise developments since that previous picture was taken. Also, downtown Denver is surrounded and filled with A LOT of lowrise density which isn't even visible from those high altitude aerials.
Aerial Denver - Downtown - D&F
Tower - 16th Street Mall | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/conmigocontigo/5064830056/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49394874@N08/5629658731/
...and I didn't even post any aerials of LODO which is extremely dense and urban...
If by posting that old aerial of Denver and comparing it to Phoenix was your way of implying that San Diego is more urban than Denver, as if skyline was in anyway a true judge of what class a city belongs to, I've got news for you... Denver has more highrises than San Diego and Denver's skyline has twice the height of San Diego's skyline.
FACT:
San Diego has 30 highrise buildings between 300-500 feet tall and San Diego's tallest building is 500 feet.
30 highrise buildings in total over 300 ft tall. Over
140 highrises in total.
Denver has 24 highrise buildings between 300-500 feet tall
AND 7 highrise buildings between 500-800 feet tall. Denver's tallest building is 714 feet.
31 highrise buildings total over 300 ft tall. Over
200 highrises in total.
If basing what class a city belongs to by skylines and urban build alone, then it's San Diego that's much, much closer to the urban build of Phoenix than Denver. Denver's skyline is much larger than San Diego's, period. Sorry to burst your sheltered bubble...
My brother lives in San Diego and I've visited him 3 times over the past few years and Denver is much more vibrant and busy in it's downtown. People actually walk/bike and use public transit in Denver's core which adds to the vibrancy of downtown and it's surrounding neighborhoods whereas downtown San Diego is highly car dependent. It's not even close. Also, LODO is twice the size of the Gaslamp Quarter and LODO has 10x the amount of bars, restaurants and clubs. LMAO at whoever said Gaslamp was better than LODO. Are you serious?? You've obviously never been to both. Denver's isolation has made the city develop amenities of a city twice it's size. Denver punches way above it's weight and in some instances, out ranks San Diego. San Diego is far too close to LA to even matter on a national scale. Don't get me wrong, San Diego isn't bad but it's highly overrated and so are it's beaches
...and in many ways, Denver is highly underrated it seems. However, San Diego has the absolute best climate/weather in the entire country.
BTW, Phoenix looks nothing like this..
http://charlescox.net/wp-content/upl...e-19290845.jpg
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