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The 6th Congressional District is centered on Centennial, Littleton and Douglas County -- which until the 1970s was a sparsely-populated patch near the foothills just east of the Front Range. In the 1990s, it was the fastest-growing county in the United States, as young families moved into 35-acre "ranchettes" or subdivisions around Castle Rock and Parker just south of the Denver Tech Center. To the west, it includes much of Jefferson County, including part of the mountain communities of Evergreen and Park County. To the east, it goes through much of Arapahoe County and lightly-settled Elbert County. Most of this area is open but developing as the Colorado economy speeds up.
Two generations ago, most people in metro Denver lived in the city itself and its tree-shaded sidewalks. Today, three-quarters of metro Denver residents live outside the city in suburbs and subdivisions raised up in the 1990's on bare rolling land with magnificent views of the Rocky Mountains. |
