It's been awhile since I lived in Denver,'74-81,but I lived inwestern Coloraado,Montrose area,til 2 years ago....I visited Denver often and we got all the Denver TV channels on the westeern slope,allowing me to watch the "Metro News"..
Like any other big city,there will be areas you don't want to be walking/biking in...I know there is a healthy night life,clubs and such,in what they call Lodo,lower downtown..Metro Denver is made up of other cites surrounding it,which each have their own smaller version downtowns,with more clubs,theaters,etc......A rather constant and steady stream of big name music acts,some at Red Rocks natural ampitheater,great accoustics,BTW......You're within a hours drive and less,in any direction but east,of amazing,awesome scenery,where any number of activities take place,including,even especially biking.....Fishing,hiking,photography opportunities of wildlife.If you can imagine it,you likely can do it.And you'll do it under sunny skies some 330 odd days each year..Low humidity,relatively mild winters in Denver,considering the weather the rest of the state gets.Denver sits in a huge valley right up against the front range.While they do get shithammered with blizzards a few times each winter,much of the time the bad stuff blows over Denver and wreaks havoc east of town,where it's flat and wide open..Tornados even....Boulder,I'm told is a bicyclist haven and is an hour away from mid town.....Southeast metro area,in Aurora,is Cheey Creek Reservoir/State Park..Camping/fishing/boating/hiking,(watch out for the little rattle snakes)water skiing/swimming...
I could probably go on for a couple of pages and not really do it justice....
Oh yeah.....The weeds legal now and Denver is BLUE!!....
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