Sometimes their zeal goes to extremes. The City Council, for example, recently revised the city code to take out all reference to animal owner. That term was replaced with animal guardian. OK, enough negativity. Here's the positive.
Boulder sits in a beautiful natural setting.
The place is on the western edge of the Great Prairie, but a series of cliffs called the Flatirons tower above the city. They are a constant physical presence. Back behind those cliffs are snow-capped peaks of the Rocky Mountains. From the top of Flagstaff Mountain, one of the Flatirons, a person can stand in a city park that has existed since 1899 and see the little city far below. All around that urban space is open land set aside as a protective buffer to prevent sprawl.