As a Denver resident, I have to say that I think we are really trending in the right direction - but the 16th Street Mall is fucking gross. Millions in taxpayer dollars spent to take some of the most valuable land in the state and turn it into a soulless, boring suburban shopping mall. Walk down 16th on a Friday night, and it is pretty much dead except for people waiting for the bus. No small, locally owned shops. No bars or clubs to make a night life scene. But oh, there's a Macoroni Grill and a Yankee Candle! Great, for all the suburbanites who want to drive their cars in terrible downtown traffic!