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"All Western US and Canadian cities have mountains in the background. But most are distant from the urban highrise areas."
Semantics here. You also said, "Unless you mean hills...LA, SD, SF, Sea, PDX...all have hills outside your window." I must have misunderstood your point.
OP, I could write a little essay about the southeastern cities if you were interested but they don't hold a candle to SLC, Honolulu, and the other western cities.
There are many cities with mountain views, Honolulu though in the context of the USA should be mentioned! Far better views than Denver for example.
Also, Anchorage anyone?
Agree with Anchorage for views, but there are no high rise residential buildings in Anchorage, though. Same is true for Boulder, which has also been mentioned a few times.
Although the mountains are a bit farther from Denver, it does have high rise residential buildings downtown and there are mountain views. Salt Lake has a handful of high rise residential buildings downtown with nice views too.
Yes I know what Denver looks like, thank you. I live downtown.
OP didn't ask for pictures of the city with mountains in the background. If you're in the city of Denver (downtown) and on the ground, it's all concrete and you mainly can't see mountains. If you're in a highrise and lucky enough not to be blocked by another building (which many are blocked due to all of the new construction) and are facing west, you can see mountains in the distance, but not nearly as close as SLC, Boulder and the Springs.
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