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Denver also has tree-filled inner neighborhoods -- probably more than Seattle where I live, and probably more than Portland. But its mountain backdrop is one of the least impressive (far, brown, hill-like) of any city in the Western US, and the other 250 degrees are the Great Plains.
Even those, there are some pretty spots, mostly central east, but a lot of the metro isn't that way. Plus in the PNW they can grow way huge trees and tons of things that won't grow in Denver, which is one of the hardest big cities to get things to grow in.
Who cares that Denver isn't in the mountains? It's not billed as the most beautiful place in the country. Let's not downplay how great the Rockies are though! They're definitely not always brown. And the city is actually not as bad looking as people make it out to be. It's not natural beauty, but the city is not treeless
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At least the city of Portland is in a pretty natural setting inside the Willamette valley. Denver's only pretty cause there happens to be mountains nearby that you can see sometimes through the haze.
What are you talking about? It's not LA, and smoggy days make up a very few days out of the year. Today for instance. Completely clear and this isn't a rarity at all.
I choose Denver partly based on familiarity, having gone to grad school where Denver was the big city day trip, but also because of the more balanced, live and let live social/political atmosphere. Like another poster mentioned, I too am more over left-leaning, but I prefer liberals who at least are forced to defend their views amongst conservatives. I don't like political echo chambers of any kind, and I get the sense that, that is what Portland is like.
However, the Willaimette valley sounds prettier than any agricultural lands in Colorado.
Denver also has tree-filled inner neighborhoods -- probably more than Seattle where I live, and probably more than Portland. But its mountain backdrop is one of the least impressive (far, brown, hill-like) of any city in the Western US, and the other 250 degrees are the Great Plains.
I don't think I agree with you as far as the backdrop goes. Boise, ID has some of the ugliest Western US backdrop I've seen. The immediate hills are brown, dead grass and it doesn't appear that there are any snow-capped mountains anywhere like most Western U.S. cities minus a few exceptions (Billings, Phoenix). Now I'm not saying Boise is a bad place because of that, but the hills there remind me of California.
I think that Denver CO is better because due to the reason that Denver is a large city where you can do many fun things. I went there and I love it the people the way how it the summer and the real Defintion of the winter in the cold winter night. I Agree that Denver is way better for many reason actally like going to collage here omg is the best thing ever trust me I went UCCS and its a one time life time. I think that if i had to chose between this great places I would go back to Denver Coloardo.
I think that Denver CO is better because due to the reason that Denver is a large city where you can do many fun things. I went there and I love it the people the way how it the summer and the real Defintion of the winter in the cold winter night. I Agree that Denver is way better for many reason actally like going to collage here omg is the best thing ever trust me I went UCCS and its a one time life time. I think that if i had to chose between this great places I would go back to Denver Coloardo.
Have you ever been to Portland?
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