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Jun 25, 2019 | 09:25 AM

#11

tof

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From: Long Beach, MS

As Yogi Berra (and others) so eloquently put it, “Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be.”

Jun 25, 2019 | 09:51 AM

#12

sam_spider

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From: Michigan

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Originally Posted by S1997

When I lived in Lakewood, a suburb of Denver, Colorado years ago, the 25 miles of mostly open spaces between Denver and Boulder were wide and lonesome. Golden was completely separate small town containing only The Colorado School of Mines and the Coors Brewery. Now there are no more open spaces. Denver, Boulder and Golden are virtually one single city with only signs for marking boundaries. In college I commuted from Denver for the first two years before moving to Boulder. When driving now from Denver to Boulder I remember a completely different landscape and traffic pattern. Ich verstehe die Welt nicht mehr!! LOL

We used to go camping in Colorado almost every summer when I was a kid, I remembered the stretch between Colorado Springs and Denver being wide open and I always kept my eye out for the Air Force Academy chapel spires off in the distance. First time going back in 2012 I couldn't recognize any of it, and the chapel spires are now hardly visible.

Progress I suppose, but still sad. At least Estes Park is somewhat similar to what I remember it being just a bit smaller.