I live in Littleton, Colorado, a suburb approximately 15 miles south of Denver.
See some pics here:
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Littleton lies adjacent to the South Platte River and along a railroad line. Littleton started out as a farming community and stayed small until Glenn L. Martin (THE early airplane manufacturer) came to town in 1955 to build a major defense plant - it's known today as
Lockheed-Martin. After the arrival of Lockheed-Martin, the population of Littleton skyrocketed and a building boom ensued.
Today, Littleton is a small quiet community full of city and open-space parks, walking/riding trails, lakes/ponds/reservoirs, and very nice older neighborhoods (mainly from the 1950s and 1960s) surrounded by newer home construction (from the latest 1990s/2000s building boom). The weather here is wonderful (even in the Winter) and so is the quality of life.
I live in the older part of Littleton in a 1950s ranch on 0.25 acres (a HUGE lot compared to newer home construction!) surrounded mainly by Lockheed-Martin retirees. We are one of two families on my street to have a children - the rest are retirees. Needless to say, I live on a very quiet and well-maintained street.
I'll post a pic of my home when I get home later tonight.
What don't I like? I'd would have preferred to be closer to the mountains or IN the mountains, the traffic on workdays is pretty heavy, summer can be a bit more humid than I like, and I wouldn't mind a neighborhood grocery store/market, or coffee shop, or ice cream shop around the corner. Everything is a little too far. I really like small towns... as long as they are close to large towns.
This message has been edited by roxrkool, 05-05-2005 01:26 PM