Comments on: Twenty-Five Square Miles Surrounded by Reality

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:52 +0000

They play up NCAR's global warming cred but neglect to point out that the building is a massive eyesore on the mountain backdrop that was otherwise so carefully preserved.

By: Gary Carroll

Gary Carroll — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:52 +0000

A few years ago an old friend came to visit and mentioned that his "group" did a half billion in sales last year. Well, I said that we were going to a Haloween party where there might be 15 to 20…….thousand people. We took him to the famous Boulder Mall Crawl. He was impressed.
After a few years at Intel in Silicon Valley, we make the Boulder area our home since 1978.

By: craig24

craig24 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:51 +0000

Boulder rocks (is this already a cliche in Boulder?).

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:51 +0000

I love living in Boulder. A transplant from the western slope, and here I find home.

By: middle class, longti

middle class, longti — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:51 +0000

I've been in the area for the better part of 22 years, I wish these reporters, and their inaccurate cliches would finally go out of style. A report like this was done before, and better, by Sports Illustrated in 1989.

Let them make fun of us, and leave Boulder (never to return), when they've spent all their money.

BTW, I wouldn't go saying too much about the whole "lived in Dallas" thing. If you've truly paid attention, you know how we feel about Texans around here (and Silicon Valley types, for that matter).

BTW pt 2. "Trustafarian" was first applied to the little remiitance kiddies at CU, who's parents live in Dallas, Boston, etc. who act and dress like poor Jamaican rejects, yet have $1,000,000 or more in the trust fund. To my knowledge, that is still the case. You'd think the NYT could get that right, but the "A-Team" ghost writers must have been up skiing in Aspen, or Yankees Spring Training.

By: bfeld

bfeld — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:51 +0000

Some of my best friends are Texans! Wait, I think I missed your point.

By: john

john — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:51 +0000

hey, thanks for the info about the article. i have lived here a while and am still amazed by the sight of the flatirons after a fresh snowfall or a beautifil summer day. i don't think i'll ever get tired of it. did you notice that boulder is fully integrated into google street view now!!!

By: Wayne

Wayne — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:51 +0000

I didn't much like the article. It seemed like the author was trying to see how many Boulder cliches she could stuff into it. If she liked the place, it was hard to tell through the condescending tone and the discussion of all the "strange" people she encountered.

And someone writing for New York readers expressing surprise about half-million-dollar homes, or having to spend eight dollars for a milkshake and some fries, seemed a bit rich to me.

By: jim122

jim122 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:51 +0000

I kind of get tired of the Boulder cliche's, ie liberal rich pot smoking prius driving millionaires, blah blah blah. Its a nice place to live period. Some of us drive big SUVs and could care less about the prairie dogs. Oh, and a few us might even vote Republican from time to time. Based on many of the large gratuitous homes, Cayennes, and Land Rovers I see there are plenty of Yuppies / non cliche Boulder people here too just like anywhere else that is nice / high end.

We happen to have a internet company here in Boulder with 30 employees and over half the people own SUVs and not one drives a hybrid. A couple do care about the environment, but we do tolerate them

By: mat7960

mat7960 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:51 +0000

Well I run a we start-up in London and have been looking at moving the family to Boulder since last year.

Checked out Vancouver two weeks ago. Would love to hear people's views on the comparison between there and Boulder (size obviously