[quote=CDMA ENG]To the south you have Colorado Springs… Small population of right wing religious gun tottin’ conservatives…
To the North, Boulder… Nano Nano Mork and Mindy spaced out pot smoking tree hugging liberals…
And in between it all… and representative of the population of the US… Good ole moderate tolerant Denver. . .
But seriously… Denver is a good place to live but you are a slave to the I25 and I originally got out because I never thought I could afford a home there. Remember Denver had a housing market crash shortly before the last one.
Also as for the skiing… It Sucks! Try getting back from the slopes on the I70 during the weekend. 4 hour trip minimum.
Plently of good Mexican food. Downtown is fun. And you have to eat at Carboni’s on 38th Ave. Best Italian sandwich shop in the world. Two little old married Calabresi run it and yell at each other constantly. I would go eat there just to watch them bounce of each other . . .[/quote]
LOL, luv your characterizations, CDMA 🙂
I don’t recall CO Sprs as being ultra-religious back in the day. Is this a more recent phenomenon? Always loved Boulder, though . . . hiking and floating on the reservior. I don’t consider Boulder part of Denver, but maybe they’re more “grown together” now, like everywhere else.
Funny you should mention (West) 38th Ave, CDMA. That was near my mom’s old ‘hood. I’ll have to try that place out next time I go.
Hijack: Hey CDMA, as I stated before, you were going the WRONG WAY to ski. Take US 40 off I-80 just north of Park City, UT. You will pass Dinosaur, Craig and Hayden, CO to Steamboat Springs, CO. This is an 18.5 hr. stress-free drive from SD (w/o snowstorm). You will check into your underground parking garage at the hotel/condo on the slopes. It’s ski-in, ski-out (literally ski to the front door), unlike Lake Tahoe resorts.
Take a person with you to help drive and you can do it in one day 🙂
OR Cont’l Airlines has svc from CA airports to Hayden, CO, where a hotel shuttle will come and get you. There is a free bus from the slopes to the town if you want to go out at night. No throngs of skiers to fight on the road and no veh needed 🙂
You can also take I-70 to CO 131 thru Walden, CO, turn north and then turn back a little west on US 40 to Steamboat Sprs. There is more traffic this way, though, due to the turnoff proximity to Vail and Beaver Creek and CO 131 is prone to intermittent closure.
This is an awesome winter vacation if you approach it from the proper direction.
