Top Places to People Watch In Denver
You shouldn't expect to see cowboys roaming the streets of Denver. What you will see is one of the most active, educated, and healthy populations in the United States. We are known for having a lower average age as well as the lowest obesity rates in the country. These are just a few of the reasons that visitors may enjoy the most popular spectator sport in the world, People Watching. If that is your game, I recommend the following venues:
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From the State Capitol to Lower Downtown Denver entertainment district (known as LoDo), the 16th Street mall attracts all types, all day long. From the big wigs at the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank to the Bar Scene in Lodo, you will see find people dressed to impress in an otherwise casual town. On the other hand, you will also find plenty teens trying to hard to stand out while hanging out.
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This would be Denver's version of Beverly Hills, if only one could find a $500 t-shirt here. What you will find is Denver's most upscale mall, bordered by a pedestrian and bicycle path on the south, and an outdoor shopping district to the north. See Denver's elite fight for parking spaces in the BMWs and Range Rovers. Enjoy a steak at Elway's, who's owner is the legendary Denver Broncos quarterback himself. Inside the mall, watch the offspring of Denver's finest loudly frolic on over sized sculptures of bacon, eggs, and toast. There, you can reflect on either how wonderful your children are, or how glad you are that you don't have any.
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Denver has no shortage of urban parks, however Washington Park seems to draw the attractive crowd from the surrounding upscale neighborhood. Walkers, cyclist, and rollerbladers do laps around car free loop road, while everyone else plays soccer, frisbee, or sunbathes on grass inside. When you have had enough of the outdoors, head over to the Wash Park Grill at nearby Old South Gaylord St., where the patrons are often mistaken for the cast of "Friends".
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On Market St., Downtown between 19th and 21st Streets a vibrate bar scene has been developing for over a century. Whether you are enjoying cool jazz at El Chapultapec or draft Guinness at Scruffy Murphys, you are sure to see some interesting sites every weekend. Outside, cruising is alive and well as the locals compete to boast the nicest car, or the loudest motorcycle.
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Less grown up, and twice wacky as Denver's 16th St. mall, the Pearl Street pedestrian mall in Boulder can be quite a trip. If you haven't heard by now, Boulder is a unique place dominated by hippies, intellectuals, athletes, and entrepreneurs. You can expect to see the unexpected here as Boulder's eccentric population struts it's stuff. It is almost enough to keep your eyes off of the towering mountains just west of town.
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Denver is the home to the oddly named grocery store chain King Soopers. Located near Cheeseman Park, in the heart of the city's gay community, the "Queen Soopers" is a Denver fixture. Here you will realize that whether gay, straight, bi, or trans, people of all lifestyles must go somewhere to purchase food.
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