USA Today looked at Denver's apartment-building boom in a national story on the trend.
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Jason and Rebecca Petersen's lives are in flux, just as they are for many young families. They like life as renters in the urban neighborhood in Denver called LoHi, where apartments are steadily replacing single-family houses, and crowds of millennials flock to trendy shops and restaurants.
But will they buy a house in the suburbs as their son, 3-year-old Lucas, nears school age? It's a possibility, if jobs lead them there, or they go in search of better schools. But they would miss the lively neighborhood and its short walk downtown, through a scenic park where Lucas loves to ride his bicycle.
"We'd like to stay here. It's just more vibrant," said Jason, 30, a stay-at-home dad who develops software while wife Rebecca finishes her medical residency.
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