I spent time in Denver, Boulder, Lafayette, Nederland, Ward, and Longmont. I spent the most time in Grand Junction. Grand Junction was in a huge slump after the oil shale developers pulled out in the early 80s. Now it's all starting up again. In between, it became a spot for stars and rich folks from California to relocate and now you can't buy a small 3 bedroom house for less than half a million dollars. Ridiculous.


>That's the one that surprised the authors the most. Although seeing that a couple banks have their headquaters saw makes sense. I left Denver cause it was dependent on the oil industry, which had a big slump in the late 80s. It causes a lot of problems if your city is dependent on 1 industry.
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>>Doesn't surprise me. The only time anyone goes to Charlotte is for the races or the amusement park! :o)
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>>>http://promo.realestate.yahoo.com/americas-most-miserable-cities.html