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There was a lot of reader push-back to lists from the real-estate blog Movoto. The first purported to identify the ten best places to live in Colorado. In the second, we highlighted the ten lowest-ranked Colorado communities according to the site. To put it mildly, this reader disagrees with the...
March 10, 2015
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There was a lot of reader push-back to lists from the real-estate blog Movoto.

The first purported to identify the ten best places to live in Colorado.

In the second, we highlighted the ten lowest-ranked Colorado communities according to the site.

To put it mildly, this reader disagrees with the presence of Denver on the latter roster — and that's not all.

Here's his take.

Keith Olsen writes:
Denver? The city has one of the best parks system in the country, a world class art museum, the Museum of Natural History, Coors Field...the DENVER Broncos, the Pepsi Center, a great library system...I think your methodology is flawed. Durango, by the way, is great place to live.

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Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword's news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor's degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master's degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.
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