Denver--how is it? - Page 3

food is very blah. 3/10. most fancy dining is on Larimer Square, best is rioja. there is NO traffic. downtown is compact and easily navigable. has ped-only street. good public transportation. decent shopping with saks/nm/hermes. workforce fed by a good public school (cu-boulder) and a top-notch sciences/engineering academy (school of mines). tons of local "events". many music festivals. best venue in the country (red rocks). movie projections in local parks in summertime. flagship rei store. progressive/marijuana-friendly. NO FAT PEOPLE. a ton of breweries and brewpubs. the vista to the west (rockies) is the best in the country. unmatched hiking, skiing (# of resorts), biking. nearby town has highest density of olympic athletes in the world. the airport is rated one of the best in the country. it is my favorite. i dont see how anyone can hate it. it looks nice from outside, "long term" parking lot is next to the terminals. it is built symmetrically -- easy to navigate. the 3 terminals are connected via train w/o having to re-run security. new belgium brewery has a restauarnt there. if not on expense account you can take a bus pretty much directly to downtown. free wifi. only downside is lack of quality lounges. for a young person it provides the best quality of life. buncha fat city-slicking codgers you are if you cant appreciate the city.

No hot dog vendors - they sell breakfast burritos instead.

The view as you step out of the Denver airport at sunset can be quite magnificent...

I have always used denver as a landing strip to get to further out ski areas...

A couple of my friends moved there recently and love it...so I will be visiting soon

That's no joke. It is a 45 minute drive from the airport to downtown. 90 bucks in cabfare. If you rent a car, be forewarned - the only road in and out of the airport is a toll road which isn't cheap. It's ridiculous, really - it seems as if they made a toll road just because they could trap people into paying to get to and from the airport. I am sure there is a back-door way in and out that locals know of, but it still seems like robbery to me.

An excellent hot dog vendor here: Biker Jim's Dogs

Denver is boring, in the best way possible. The nightlife is basically shit, but you don't move here for the big city action. Cost of living is low, job situation is not quite as terrible as other places and the weather is generally pretty awesome.

The route to downtown has no tolls. Pena Blvd. is not a roll road. If you take 470 in either direction from Pena you have some tolls, but that was built to conveniently access Aurora and Westminster/NW Suburbs, not the core of the city... But it's true that DIA -> Downtown is $45 one way in a cab.

I've heard many good things of Boulder, CO.

I live downtown, and used to drive to the airport pretty much every week. It is 25-30 minutes driving from door to gate. On the BUS but is exactly 40 minutes. No toll whatsoever on Pena and i70 which is the primary route. ALL TAXIS have a flat fare of ~50usd to downtown denver, and something like 70 to boulder which is an additional 30 min away.

sounds like somebody gave you the runaround

Denver is the place to go if you like anything to do with the outdoors. Climbing is fantastic, hiking is amazing with all of the 14'ers around, the snow is well known, of course. Great music always going through there and Boulder... plus a lot of chill, laid back people.

Denver is the jumping-off point for various Rocky Mountain resorts. As a city it's okay ... but nothing special.

This and also what jefe said "Denver is boring...". If you are more of a cosmopolitan/metro person, it won't be your cup of tea.

Not many fat people, which is good. But quite a bit of beat faces b/c being outdoors so much and not taking care of the skin.

CU @ Boulder...overrated.

Lawerence Covell is okay ... but the interior is crisp and white w/ wood flooring ... not what I think when I think of a haberdashery.

That said ... I'm a fan of crisp and white w/ wood floors in certain other uses. Then again my mindset dates from earlier years.