the DENVER thread

I can't wait to chug some bazookas at Romas! Annnnd... man, what else will be going on? We gonna catch the new HP? Is that gay cowboy movie gonna be out?

food in boxes is ok with me.

But before I fly east, I will see the HOLY MODAL ROUNDERS movie at the Starz theatre as part of the Denver Film Festival, and afterwards Peter Stampfel will perform. I saw Weber & Stampfel play a couple of times in the early '80s, once at Folk City and once at the Mudd Club (these were in some city to the east of Denver by a good bit). I gave Stampfel a copy of my band's demo tape.

my parents are visiting denver next week. my dad will only want to golf

This was at least the second opportunity on this thread for a feckless Brit to pipe up with Things To Do In Denver With Your Dad hyuk-hyuk and I can't let it pass now.

AND, I wish you would come to Denver.

A.) Of all the things I've heard negative about Denver, it's always been "bland", "too far away from everything", "expensive", etc. I hadn't heard complaints about the transient population, though.

B.) I still don't get complaints about homeless people. You may get an occassional aggressive dude, just like you may get the occassional someone at the table next to yours incessantly jabbering into his cellphone. Besides that, they're just people who have a lot more problems than you do.

C.) Even if I were to bitch about homeless people, how could I possibly start with Denver? Those hobo's riding unicycles down the avenues of Berkeley, now THERE are some people I can roll my eyes at.

http://images.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/_photos/2006-08-07-bell.jpg

anyway denver is A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH, and once the denver real world starts FORGET IT, population boom!

you will never let me forget my stinky greeley roots.

guys, i was wrong. the denver real world did nothing to attract new citizens.

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http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5739961,00.html

a 69 year old woman is facing charges for celebrating too loudly when the Denver Broncos score

http://mas.scripps.com/DRMN/2007/11/05/110507horn_o.jpg

what to do in denver the weekend of july 25th?

hey guys can this replace the rolling boulder thread? this one is better.

jordan can you find out where your cousin lives ?? I mean is it the suburbs or is it in metro denver?

Denver IS better than Boulder!

mountains still looking good

will do

i am hungover in denver today! went and had a few too many drinks at gabor's. how come they can't make a mix drink taste normal???

can't wait to drink at high altitude

am I going to have to give you a piggy-back ride home???

ha, i don't know, but i hope altitude sickness is like chicken pox? after my last trip i should be immune for life.

just drink a ton of water and you should be fine!!

ok. i love water so that works out well.

so are you going to see the offspring or cowboy troy this weekend, or both?

things i did in denver: went for a run in wash park (wow you guys sure love volleyball and dogs), went to heritage square amusement park with the family and went down the alpine slide, ate some ice cream at bonnie brae (tasty), went to some lame bars in that area (lame).

did you see anyone in madras shorts?

sorry I couldn't make it out to do anything this weekend :/

oh for sure. i bet they were going to the "do-it-yourself dog wash" down the street.

that's ok mandee, maybe next trip.

How expensive is it to rent here compared to, say, Portland? Or Seattle?

I rented a two-bedroom 1200 sq foot apt in the Baker neighborhood for $850.

"SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
INTO THURSDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE...WITH UP TO 24 INCHES IN THE DENVER AREA. NORTH WINDS AT
15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW."

i tried to tell my 5 y/o--"this is one of the best times for you, you get to go to sleep hoping for a snow day." im pretty sure he'll get it this time.

Post pictures tomorrow!

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/Chass3ur/snowjpg.jpg

19 1/2" so far, another 4-8 expected today.

What part of town are you in?

What are the pluses and minuses of living in Denver? We really liked the city and almost vaguely thought we would want to live there, but it might have been like that Cleveland episode of 30 Rock.

Where do you live now?

Pluses:
- Small enough to get around easily
- Feels like a community
- Clean, organized, nice to look out
- Mountains nearby
- Okay music scene
- Pretty good restaurants
- Mountains nearby
- Not too expensive

Cons:
- Pretty much the only big city around in like five hundred miles--I don't care about this, but some people do

i honestly didnt realize there were any other denver ilxors. wow, i am a fool!

oh, another cons: lots of mountain BRO culture and hippies around. i dont really mind these innocent folks, but some people get upset about it.

i don't live in denver, but i work there.
i think denver's cool, can't really put my finger on any *real* cons. I think compared to some cities, it might seems a tad boring/personality-less, but once you dig a little deeper there's plenty going on. some people complain about traffic (sometimes I do, too), but really, if you've lived in any other big-ish city, the traffic is not really remarkable.

I'll make it to Denver one day

Where do you live now?

― kkvgz, Thursday, August 19, 2010 8:17 AM Bookmark

Brooklyn. New York City often feels like too much for me although it's unlikely that I'll pick up and move to Denver.

Good things I noticed:
Never felt too crowded
Nice residential neighborhoods right in the city within a walk or short drive of commercial areas
Lots of green space
Love the stadiums being right downtown in a nice commercial area (we got $4 rockpile tickets, sat at a local brewery for a bit, waltzed right in for the 3rd-8th innings of the game, and then walked out)
Community -- my friend who I was staying with had several neighbors he was friendly with. I also noticed that it was easy for him to get several other people to show up for the game on short notice.
People generally care a lot about fitness and the outdoors

Negatives:
Did seem a little clean-cut and unvaried
Some parts were a little too empty
Felt like maybe it could get boring