I moved to Boulder in 1974 And started working for a news media immediately.
Overcrowding of Boulder was a topic then as it is now.
 Cycling paths were just being built. The city had a plan to build offer cyclynn from North Broadway all the way down to Arapahoe to connect with the University Colorado off road paths
 40 years later that never happened
In 74 Boulder was compared to Aspen a  life city also the 2nd most expensive community to live in Colorado..
By 1984 housing In apartment buildings had exploded in Boulder
By 1994 building Continue to explodeThere was huge backlash by radical environmentalists who actually burn down some  new construction 2023 we have   Monstrous apartment buildings lighting 30th street
 Traffic is bumper to bumper
The city has lost control of growth
 No urban density is in vouge.  Radical environmentalists switch their position.
 Suddenly Boulder has turned in to the metroplex of Denver
Jann:
Between 200-300 units of new housing are added each year. It’s been pretty steady for the last two decades, with the growth rate averaging 0.6% per year since 2000, lots slower than most Front Range cities and lots slower than Boulder in the second half of the 20th century. You have to look at facts, not rely on anecdotes.
Bob

My God.

That is worse than I thought.
You make my point.
 We were supposed to be a no growth slow growth  enclave of  utopia.
 Then we have to consider the size of some of these structures And their placement.
The IBM plant is relatively empty. The city should have been putting teck campuses out there not in 30th st.
Our side walks are too narrow and there are  practically  NO  disabled parking spots on the streets of Boulder
One thing I think all of Boulder would go for
Are size limitations on Automobiles
Plus making them all Electric, hybrid Electric, or 30 mpg . That would cut emissions by 50%