{"id":6883,"date":"2017-03-09T21:09:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T04:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6883"},"modified":"2020-07-11T15:04:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T15:04:16","slug":"stapleton-finally-cool-enough-to-admit-to-people-you-live-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6883","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Finally Cool Enough to Admit to People You Live Here"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Jim Murphy has lived in Stapleton for ten years, but he doesn\u2019t talk about it to most of his friends. \u201cAt first we would tell people we were moving to East Denver, close to Park Hill,\u201d said Murphy. \u201cThat way, we wouldn\u2019t have to say \u2018Stapleton\u2019 and worry about people giving us a hard time or judging us.\u201d Murphy says the early iterations of Stapleton absolutely had the Pleasantville vibe which everyone made fun of. \u201cOf course, everything was new. The houses, the trees, the streets, so everything looked perfect. And, of course, there were attractive young couples moving here, so that only compounded the stereotype. We didn\u2019t want to have to get crap from our friends in other parts of Denver, so we kind of avoided saying the word \u2018Stapleton\u2019 as much as we could.\u201d But, like a fine bottle of wine, Stapleton is aging well. The trees are growing in, the houses are looking more perfectly imperfect, and we even have our own train station. Stapleton is now more likely to be a place one is envious of than the butt of someone\u2019s jokes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am much more likely to tell people I live in Stapleton now,\u201d said Murphy. \u201cWe have the Stanley<\/a>, the Eastbridge Town Center and all the great restaurants like The Kitchen Next Door<\/a> going in there, and possibly even Punch Bowl Social<\/a>. Stapleton is actually becoming a destination for my friends in other areas of Denver. It\u2019s like being able to tell people you live in Wash Park when you are in your twenties. But, instead of being in your twenties, you\u2019re in your forties and instead of Wash Park being cool, Stapleton is cool. That made sense, right?\u201d Other residents feel the same way. \u201cI almost get status now by telling people I live in Stapleton,\u201d said longtime resident Shannon Johnson. \u201cI feel like how Cherry Creek residents must feel, but way poorer.\u201d Stapleton will continue to be known for being a family friendly community, but now Stapleton is getting love in other areas. \u201cIs it ever going to be \u2018cool\u2019 to live in Stapleton?\u201d asks Johnson. \u201cProbably not. But, when in the hell has being married with kids living anywhere ever been cool.\u201d Next time someone asks you where you live, go ahead and tell them Stapleton. Because if they don\u2019t live here, the joke\u2019s probably on them.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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