[Felix The Assassin]

Ah, coming from Boston then. Yes, of course, Denver would be considered laid back. However, it is the utmost busiest, and bustlingiest Western town/city. If you want laid back, visit Boise, ID, Meridian, WY, Buffalo Gap, ND, Butte, MT then your talking laid back.

I could not begin to list the sub communities of Denver. I would suggest either Yahoo maps, or something similar and pick a view where you can see the names of the streets, and the areas should highlight as well. Denver rolls into Lakewood, Glendale, Aurora, Arvada, Westminster, all in a matter of minutes, yet it's still mapped as "Denver".

Jobs are in demand, and the higher the education the better. Alas, the higher the education, the better.

Weather: cold, but not bone chilling humid cold, a dry, but will freeze your lungs kinda cold. Sis sent me a picture from the front door as her still at home youngest was shoveling a pathway in 3+ feet of snow. And that's Glendale, not the upper elevations.

Outdoors? Did you say outdoors? Most assuredly. During the summer you must get up to "red rocks"! Spirit mentioned it earlier, the air be mighty thin up that thar mountain, and it's only a mile at the top step to the capitol building, there be another 27K in mountains further on! Coming back down that hill can be quite a ride, especially if Kansas is iced over as well.