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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We considered moving to Denver as we work from home and have some friends who relocated there from other high COL areas we used to live in and were raving about it.  After visiting and looking at RE I was very disappointed and don't see at all what the hype is all about.  Washington Park bungalows are fugly, old and small and can give DC metro split level and ranch shit shacks run for their money. Nicer new homes are over 1m and the prime areas are nothing to write home about.   People we met through our friends all tend to talk about sports and their various athletic pursuits which I find boring.   Overall I was actually surprised how ugly Denver was, there is zero charm and the fact that it's flat and landlocked isn't helping either. I guess we went there with high expectations and now I believe that this city is simply overhyped.  People on DCUM tend to complain how ugly DC burbs are, well, Denver is like one ugly suburb with busy highways and unimpressive downtown.
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Pretty much.  It's also very brown unless it's heavily irrigated. People seem to forget it's in the desert, albeit a high (Alpine) desert.  The only tree that is native there on the plains is the cottonwood, everything else was planted.  Not that attractive.[/quote]

This is true though technically Denver is in the high plains but it is very dry in both Denver and the mountains.

Also assuming Denver continues to grow and its water supply doesn't (both of which seem likely) at some point Colorado could go the way of southern California with extreme restrictions on watering which could result in brown lawns and parks everywhere.  (Most people in Denver have sprinkler systems for their lawns).[/quote]

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