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If I want to look at mountains, I'll climb Stone Mountain or have a drink at the Sundial lol.
There's mountains and there's real mountains. Denver isn't far from real mountains. Denver is only a little over an hour away from Estes Park and the Rocky Mountain National Park; about same as from Atlanta to Chattahoochee National Forest.
IMO, Atlanta has more beautiful scenery in the city and the immediate surrounding areas than Denver. At the same time Denver has the more dramatic scenery to the west.
Looking at the OP, I am not sure how away from the city we can count for this poll. So the safe bet is the city itself and its surrounding suburbs which means - Atlanta.
We are talking about metro areas here which is why I included Boulder. Which it is in Boulder city limits.
But your choice in doing that backed up my point...
You had to go to the adjacent college town well outside the city and its traditional suburbs and go to the extreme edge of its built environment where the city stopped to get that.
That is the only reason I mentioned you in that one post.
I'm not taking away what is great about Denver in my post, but I am pointing this critical difference.
I posted that because of people saying there was no greenery or trees in Denver. I know city parks are extremely common, I used to live a streetcar ride away from Audobon Park. The argument that Denver is better scenery wise doesn't lie at City Park.
Understood.
I recommend making those arguments when you list pictures and links.
Your post read to me as your argument simply being:
"I'd be curious to see which areas of Atlanta are much more attractive than areas of Denver. "
And the two google street view are the examples of the measure to be attractive by.
Still, Denver isn't that green, comparatively. There is a reason when I'm in Atlanta I feel like I don't have many wide-open views or vistas. You definitely feel like your under a canopy and trees go above you, like 30-40 feet. That is what people are pointing towards. You feel like you're in the forest at times inside the city and its suburbs.
Atlanta's hills aren't abruptly steep, like San Francisco's 7 hills. They're heavily eroded foothills of the Appalachians by a few hundred million years and its a more rolling landscape. If you zoom and look at the contour lines Atlanta lies mostly 600ft to 1200 ft above sea level and most local areas flow +- 200 feet in elevation and it just a continuous up/down. One of the biggest ways to tell is how much the roads start to curve.
We have some roads that attempt to stay somewhat of a grid, intown and then we have roads in the region that attempt to mostly stay at the same elevation.
Just looking for some bigger than average examples:
Atlanta's scenery is all over the city/metro. Denver's is more in the landscape.
I am however very surprised to see Atl winning this poll, considering how people on this site seem to absolutely love mountains, and can't seem to live without them. Feels like cities with distinct mountain ranges nearby always win versus cities without.
Atlanta's scenery is all over the city/metro. Denver's is more in the landscape.
I am however very surprised to see Atl winning this poll, considering how people on this site seem to absolutely love mountains, and can't seem to live without them. Feels like cities with distinct mountain ranges nearby always win versus cities without.
It’s the opposite for me. I’m surprised it’s as close as it is. Denver gets a lot of criticism on C-D for its Dry/Great Plains locale
Denver is near scenery, and has some scenic spots (Confluence is great for example), but it's not scenic. It's pretty flat and dry, with possibly the least-scenic mountain backdrop of any city in the western US.
Cutting down the amount of photos. Like I was saying, they’re Both beautiful and give you two completely different experiences. Atlanta has a nicer cityscape but even the least scenic mountain backdrop in the West is always going to be a nice!
Clear Creak Canyon in Golden, CO looking West. It’s in Jefferson County which is metro Denver’s most Western county
Looking East from the same point
Sloan Lake Park
And a few from Atlanta last November
View from the Sundial
Piedmont Park. I wish I visited a week or 2 earlier. This pic would’ve been amazing
From Stone Mountain. So cool that this is in the city
Atlanta is pretty with it's rolling topography and lush cover. But, it's kinda of a run of the mill pretty that you can find up and down the east coast.
So I would probably go with Denver in that it is close to spectacular mountains.
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