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Boulder Colorado Real Estate
Boulder Colorado is a city located in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 94,673. It is home to the University of Colorado at Boulder, the largest university in Colorado. It has an elevation of 5,430 feet and is 35-miles/50 km northwest of Denver 
(approximately a 35 minute drive). Population-wise, Boulder is only the eighth largest city in Colorado, typically hovering around 100,000 residents within its city limits.
Boulder is well known for its steadfastness to preserving open space and controlling the growth in population. By 2000, limited residential growth (due mainly to open space and a natural green belt) had combined with university and commercial growth to create traffic congestion and increased price per square foot Boulder Colorado real estate values.
Boulder has a reputation, especially from non-residents, as a liberal city that lives inside a bubble. Despite its liberal reputation, Boulder has an extensive number of conservative and libertarian inhabitants. The Promise Keepers, an evangelical organization for men, was founded in Boulder in 1990.
Colorado as a whole was admitted as the 38th state of the Union in 1876 (and therefore known as the “ Centennial State”). Denver is the largest city and the center of state and regional activity. Additional cities to note are Colorado Springs, Pueblo, For Collins, Vail, Breckenridge, Aspen, Telluride, and Grand Junction. The Colorado Rocky Mountains are divided into several ranges that make up two generally parallel belts, with the Front Range and a portion of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on the E and the Park Range and Sawatch and San Juan Mountains on the west. Mt. Elbert (14,433 ft/4,399 m), sits approximately 85-miles/137 km southwest of Denver, and is the highest peak in Colorado.
The Colorado Mountain ranges are separated by high valleys and basins sometimes called parks, because of the grassy vegetation. These include North Park, Middle Park, South Park, Estes Park, and San Luis Park. 
The Continental Divide runs north to South through the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Colorado is truly one of the most scenic states in the country. Colorado's most famous recreational park is Rocky Mountain National Park.
If you speak with people in Colorado, it seems as though there has been a mass exodus from three distinct areas into Colorado: The Midwest, including Michigan and Minnesota, California, and Texas. With over 300 days of sunshine per year, outdoor activities for both the recreational and pro-athlete, cultural and civic offerings, and an all around laid-back feel, Colorado is a beautiful place to call home.
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