Denver is becoming part of huge megaregion, but is not part of eastern Megalopolis. Huge areas of settlements can be found in the Front Range that goes from Denver to Casper, Wyoming and then down into Santa Fe, New Mexico that connect along interstate 25. This region cannot contend with the eastern Megalopolis, but population is supposed to rise due to its high metropolitan setup.
-With retail businesses having a projected 5 percent increase in 2011 and the median home prices increasing around 2 percent, the recession did not hit Denver the hardest according to the metro Denver economist.
-People see potential as Denver being a strong economic city, so tons of development is going into the cities business infrastructure. Other pull factors include the safety of living and the cities environmental background that include denying the right to have the Olympics in 1967 because of environmental issues.
-Another thing that helps make Denver such a largely populated region is the fact they have a lot of sports teams that include the Colorado Rockies, Denver Nuggets, Denver Broncos and the Colorado Avalanche.
-Like every city in the country, sprawl is happening at a very rapid pace into mountains and nearby forest.
References
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/MapofEmergingUSMegaregions.png (pic)
http://www.metrodenver.org/
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