It was almost sunrise when I signed out. I now knew a great deal more about Denver and the surrounding area than I had when I’d arrived. Tomorrow night, I’d explore in person. I wouldn’t decide where to rent an apartment, or perhaps a house, until I knew every part of the city. As realtors will tell you, or so I’ve heard, ‘Location, location, location’. I needed the perfect spot to set up my new life. All I had to do is decide whether it would be in the city—if I thought I could abide the urban lifestyle with all its humans—or in the mountains to the west.
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I spent every night for the next week strolling through various parts of Denver—from the wealthy areas to those holding the poor and downtrodden. There was no dearth of humans, even well after midnight, making the temptation to
