the hood

well thankfully, it's not the hood- and that's why we picked Stapleton.
We couldn't really afford to live in (let alone BUY a house) in the neighborhoods we love in Denver. So one day we decided to check out a row home for sale in Stapleton & Nic thought it was kind of pointless to look there because he wasn't interested in living there... 3 days later we signed the contract on our new place :)
Having a kid has definitely changed our perspective about living in downtown Denver. Though we weren't ready for complete suburbia yet (i don't think ever, actually) we wanted somewhere safe, family friendly and with great schools. Stapleton just fit us. here are a few things I love about our slice of Denver:

- movie nights at the park in the summer.
- 3 community pools, one of which is .10 of a mile away from our house
- tons of shopping & restaurants.
- focus on sustainability
- lots of biking trails (well... only 80 miles)
- families!
-front porches. all of Stapleton has ally-load garages so you see porches when you drive around, not garage doors. it's so friendly.
-TONS of beautiful parks and places to play.

I like this link to view stapleton by the numbers.

When my sister Julie went there she said it looked like disneyland housing- all different styles, cute colors & very close together :)