Have you seen this picture before?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:D...LOC_09570u.jpg

I'd take that bet any day. Denver is not even close, IMO.

Is that an old Capitol building? Or is that the City-County building? I can't figure out what that street is.

Really? Like I said, I really don't know Kansas City very well, but Denver seems to have most of its turn-of-the-last-century buildings existing intact.

Neither can I. I downloaded the high-resolution version and I'm trying to figure what's what. You certainly know downtown better than I.

KC was the bigger city back then and had more money. It has better architecture from that era. The problem is plenty of it is in neighborhoods that have been run down or that people are scared of. Denver only really surpased KC in size and money over the last 20-30 years or so. I could give you a tour of KC that would bring this point home.

You know what? I think that's the State Capitol.

In what area did you advise the cable company? Programming? Head End?

this is where denver gets the edge...places like wash park, cherry creek etc have been maintained or upgraded while back in KC, people flocked across the border.

both cities do have good architecture, and my previous statement might have been a little overboard, but the architecture in downtown KC is really cool.

I'd love to live in Denver. I'd move there in a heartbeat for the right opportunity.

How'd you like to come and mow my lawn? Hmmmm? Hmmmmmm!?

I'm stumped. That view is obviously looking west, but I don't know of any east-west streets that end (or ended) in an open space like that. The triangular building looks a bit like the Brown Palace, but I can't figure out how it would be there compared to the building that looks like the City-County building. And I don't know when the Capitol was built, but if that's the City-County building, then the Capitol must not have been built yet?? Bottom line: I can't place it.


Another advantage Denver has: it's very easy to get around in the older part of the city. Grid streets with numbers on east-west streets and word patterns on north-south street (e.g., streets in alphabetical order, or named after presidents, or some such thing).

make your own oppotunity....you can do it.

If it pays $85k per year I'll do it.

I moved up here not intending to stay permanently but a few months later I had little desire to live anywhere else.

The weather and outdoor activities along with a decent city size / downtown is a great combination. This recent weather has been pretty damn annoying though.