Metropolitan Denver: Growth and Change in the Mile High CityNestled between the Rocky Mountains to the west and the High Plains to the east, Denver, Colorado, is nicknamed the Mile High City because its official elevation is exactly one mile above sea level. Over the past ten years, it has also been one of the country's fastest growing metropolitan areas. In Denver's early days, its geographic proximity to the mineral rich mountains attracted miners, and gold and silver booms and busts played a large role in