The last time I was in Boulder was possibly 30 years ago, or something around there. I had been there to climb "way back" and they revisited with a friend some time later.
Boulder has certainly grown.
The main thing is that technology companies are now everywhere: from Boulder to Longmont to Fort Collins. While Boulder was a college based vibrant town "back then", Longmont and Fort Collins were well out of the spotlight: not any more!
The one really obvious characteristic of Boulder if bicycling - EVERYONE is on a bike, there are regular bike races, the town is completely set up to support bike transportation. I thought Jackson WY and Sun Valley were bike friendly -- Boulder is the champ!
But then a friend who has lived there for 30 year laments the fact that "It is way too crowded". The river are crowded with fishing people, the climbing areas are crowded, the roads have lots of traffic, .... A conversation that seems to come up often is; where are are "is too crowded" -- Friends are now saying the same thing about Jackson Hole.
I guess the long and short of it is we need to start to look for the towns that haven't yet been "californicated" -- maybe Durango and Pagoda Springs?
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