I took the bus to Denver's Tattered Cover Bookstore on East Colfax Avenue the other day, and from there walked downtown, finishing up at the light rail station in Denver's Central Platte Valley, seen in the photograph above. When I first moved to Denver back in 1981, this area consisted of railroad yards and factories. And now, virtually the entire area has been developed into pricey apartments, restaurants, bars, and retail. I read in the Denver Post that the latest apartment tower, The Pullman (named after the Pullman car, no doubt), is about to open, with monthly rents starting at $2,785 per month. Are there really enough people moving to Denver who can afford rents like that? There are a lot of people already living here who can't afford to buy or rent even more moderately priced residences, and are either moving out of state or to other places in Colorado. Perhaps everyone in the Central Platte Valley has 10 or 12 roommates to help pay the rent, like my old DU Bookstore co-worker Aziz had when he lived in Paris. Sounds cozy.
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