Best neighborhoods in Denver
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Ranked 1st best neighborhood in Denver
"A wonderful neighborhood for anyone"
- BonnyHeather
I have lived in one of the neighborhoods surrounding Congress Park area for most of the past several decades, and I can't recommend it highly enough. It's a great neighborhood with close access to th...
Ranked 2nd best neighborhood in Denver
"Something for Everyone"
- ElizaQ
Located a mile and a half south of downtown, the wedge-shaped Baker neighborhood houses an eclectic mix of professionals, families, and the young and hip. It’s also mixed-use: along I-25 and in the s...
Ranked 3rd best neighborhood in Denver
"A Wealthy Enclave with a Wee Scottish Flavor"
- ElizaQ
As you enter the Belcaro neighborhood, the streets lose their normal grid pattern, winding about confusingly. This is the first clue that you’re leaving the more ordinary Denver neighborhoods behind....
Ranked 4th best neighborhood in Denver
"Cheap Urban Fun and Some Great Dining"
- ElizaQ
Although technically a separate neighborhood, City Park West is often, along with North Capitol Hill, lumped together under the blanket designation “Uptown.” Perhaps this is because of the restaurant...
Ranked 5th best neighborhood in Denver
"Active Elegance in Wash Park"
- ElizaQ
Visitors passing by might be excused for thinking there’s a race going on in Washington Park. Runners, joggers, and walkers throng the gravel trail along its perimeter, weaving around each other, ove...
Ranked 6th best neighborhood in Denver
"The Roaring Twentysomethings"
- ElizaQ
Historically one of Denver’s oldest neighborhoods, Capitol Hill is demographically one of its youngest. Originally settled in the late 1800s, Capitol Hill underwent a period of decline in the 1960s a...
Ranked 7th best neighborhood in Denver
"An ideal neighborhood"
- BonnyHeather
This is such a good neighborhood--it will be tough to do it justice. By the way, residents don't distinguish between South Park Hill and North Park Hill. We just call it all Park Hill. But I can see...
Ranked 8th best neighborhood in Denver
"A posh neighborhood with a twist"
- BonnyHeather
Denver Country Club is an exclusive, members-only club that caters to the wealthy surrounding neighborhoods. This will give you an ifdea of what the Country Club neighborhood itself is like. It is a...
Ranked 9th best neighborhood in Denver
"Major revitalization here"
- BonnyHeather
Sloan Lake has become one of the city hotspots for families. The transformation of many of these neighborhoods has been nothing short of astonishing. Sloan Lake, for as far back as I can remember, h...
Ranked 10th best neighborhood in Denver
"Very nice residential area handy to business districts"
- BonnyHeather
Residents of Virginia Village seem to love their neighborhood. Many don't ever leave. It's not in a trendy area, and has therefore been immune to the up and down swings in value and neighborhood ameni...
Ranked 11th best neighborhood in Denver
"Beautiful south Denver neighborhood"
- BonnyHeather
Platt Park Is one of the neighborhoods with the distinctive feel of the Washington Park and DU neighborhoods. These areas have historic homes and institutions, and beautiful green spaces. Being on th...
Ranked 12th best neighborhood in Denver
"Decidedly trendy, with plenty to do"
- BonnyHeather
Highland was the first neighborhood since LoDo to undergo such an astonishing transformation with such spectacular success. This used to be a run-down area and a pretty scary neighborhood. It is unr...
Ranked 13th best neighborhood in Denver
"Big fun on the edge of downtown"
- BonnyHeather
This neighborhood isn't called North Capitol Hill. I would say another reviewer was right that most people call this area "uptown". Capitol Hill will suggest areas south of Colfax. But whatever you...
Ranked 14th best neighborhood in Denver
"A hot spot in the thick of it all"
- BonnyHeather
Five Points, maybe even more than "East Colfax", is a phrase synonymous with "really, really bad neighborhood". However, That reputation has changed along with Five Points itself. It's a neighborhoo...
Ranked 15th best neighborhood in Denver
"Our mellow answer to Rodeo Drive"
- BonnyHeather
The Cherry Creek district is the high-end shopping and business district, with some residential neighborhoods in the mix. If you like designer boutique stores and restaurants owned by famous people,...
Ranked 16th best neighborhood in Denver
"Higher Education with a Skyline View"
- ElizaQ
The entire city of Denver came very close to being named Auraria, a name that means “Golden Valley.” Established in 1858 by settlers from Georgia who named it after a successful gold mining settlemen...
Ranked 17th best neighborhood in Denver
"Where it all started"
- BonnyHeather
This spot and the blocks surrounding it is the seed of Denver's revitalization frenzy. This development caused the area, which used to be nothing but the wrong side of the tracks, to grow into a livel...
Ranked 18th best neighborhood in Denver
"Another Pleasant, Leafy Place Close to Wash Park and the DU..."
- ElizaQ
Cory Merrill isn’t usually talked about as a neighborhood in its own right. Together with the surrounding neighborhoods, it blends into a pleasant, leafy whole. This is far from being a bad thing, h...
Ranked 19th best neighborhood in Denver
"Stately, Established Neighborhoods Near DU"
- ElizaQ
Although statistically Wellshire and University Park are two different neighborhoods, they are often grouped together, and with good reason. One gets the sense that a well-paid DU professor might set...
Ranked 20th best neighborhood in Denver
"Travelers Rest"
- ElizaQ
The first building to be constructed in Washington-Virginia Vale was a stagecoach stop. Built in 1858, this stoic little house is now Denver’s oldest remaining building: called the Four Mile House, i...