Lower Highland
Lower Highland, Denver — LoHi — 43 restaurants, 13 cafés, Social Glue at 90. Maxed Nomad score. The neighborhood that Denver built when it decided it wanted to be a real city. The data obliged. The housing market followed. The first-generation residents are mostly gone.
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About this Neighborhood
Lower Highland sits north of the Platte River and west of I-25, on land that was immigrant working-class Mexican-American before the development wave turned it into Denver's most curated neighborhood. Forty-three restaurants and 13 cafés signal a food scene that arrived with intention: the bartop restaurants, the rooftop bars, the breakfast spots with lines before 9am. Social Glue at 90 reflects the intense social density of a neighborhood where most residents are in the same professional-class age bracket and socialize accordingly. Seven fitness studios are the amenity mirror of that demographic. Fourteen parks — including Highlands Square and the Platte River trail — give LoHi outdoor access that earns its real estate premium. Grocery coverage is thin at 3, which is LoHi's consistent gap. The Nomad score maxes at 100. This is a neighborhood that was built for the person who moved to Denver for the lifestyle and can work from anywhere.
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