Mike Johnston has a big job ahead.
We totally agree with this writeup. We did lose our mojo during the pandemic. Our city became full of trash, graffiti, empty businesses, drugs, homeless folks and crime. We lost our trust in downtown and started avoiding it, and yet everything continued to rise in price. We hope Denver can make a comeback and not dip into the Denver of the '80s. Fingers crossed.
I like your list, but a big issue you left out is CDOT's abandonment of highway cleanup in and around Denver. It's a mess and seems at this point to be a permanent state of affairs. Take a look at South Santa Fe or I-25 thru central Denver. It's starting to look Dystopian.Denver is number eight of U.S. cities where more than half the homes for sale cost over a million dollars. Didn’t this city used to be affordable?Denver only got hip because it was first on the weed issue.
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