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I lived in Denver for the past 2 years and agree with this assessment as well. The light rail has expanded lines in recent years to the airport and I have read

I lived in Denver for the past 2 years and agree with this assessment as well. The light rail has expanded lines in recent years to the airport and I have read that the plan is for that expansion to continue to eventually link Denver and Boulder. Amazon could build their huge complex anywhere in that area and workers could take public transportation to the office.

heimdall 9y ago
I graduated from CU-Boulder in 2009 and have lived in the Denver-metro area ever since. I could very easily see Amazon drawn to the Boulder-Longmont-Lafayette triangle if not in Denver proper. Lots of growth here in the last 5 years especially. Many long-time locals are complaining about the cost-of-living going up, though.
- peatmoss 9y ago
  Having been in Seattle for nearly a decade now, Denver is one place that I'd absolutely consider at some point. I love mountains and sunshine, which Denver gets in spades. Having grown up in MT, the mountains around Seattle are beautiful, but never feel quite right to me—mountains should be dry!
saryant 9y ago
The Denver-Boulder train isn't going to happen for a very long time. IIRC the current target date is 2044.
- JBlue42 9y ago
  Wow, I thought the timelines in LA were crazy. Isn't Boulder only 20-25 miles from downtown Denver?
  - hanley 9y ago
    People in the Boulder area approved a sales tax increase to start paying for this back in 2004. At that time it was sold as something that would be built in 10 years, that estimation later changed. Part of the problem is that the plan is to follow an existing railroad right-of-way, so they are financially at the mercy of the company who owns the existing rail system.
    - JBlue42 9y ago
      That really sucks but I've heard points to one of the issues of why we can't have high-speed rail in the US (outside of politics): freight always gets the right-of-way. I guess in LA we're somewhat lucky that Metro can pretty much do whatever they want.

heimdall 9y ago

I graduated from CU-Boulder in 2009 and have lived in the Denver-metro area ever since. I could very easily see Amazon drawn to the Boulder-Longmont-Lafayette triangle if not in Denver proper. Lots of growth here in the last 5 years especially. Many long-time locals are complaining about the cost-of-living going up, though.

peatmoss 9y ago
Having been in Seattle for nearly a decade now, Denver is one place that I'd absolutely consider at some point. I love mountains and sunshine, which Denver gets in spades. Having grown up in MT, the mountains around Seattle are beautiful, but never feel quite right to me—mountains should be dry!

saryant 9y ago

The Denver-Boulder train isn't going to happen for a very long time. IIRC the current target date is 2044.

JBlue42 9y ago
Wow, I thought the timelines in LA were crazy. Isn't Boulder only 20-25 miles from downtown Denver?
- hanley 9y ago
  People in the Boulder area approved a sales tax increase to start paying for this back in 2004. At that time it was sold as something that would be built in 10 years, that estimation later changed. Part of the problem is that the plan is to follow an existing railroad right-of-way, so they are financially at the mercy of the company who owns the existing rail system.
  - JBlue42 9y ago
    That really sucks but I've heard points to one of the issues of why we can't have high-speed rail in the US (outside of politics): freight always gets the right-of-way. I guess in LA we're somewhat lucky that Metro can pretty much do whatever they want.