I realise this is more to reinforce your self concept of contempt towards flyover country than out of any familiarity with either place but did you do five minutes research?
I’d happily spend a week in Denver. Looks pretty nice.
Yep, I've visited both Phoenix and Denver before to see friends. I would not recommend someone coming to the US visit them.
There's a nice cities that are forgotten by international tourists. New Orleans, Nashville, Chicago to name a few. But imo you can skip pretty much anything west of the Mississippi without missing out on much until you get to the coast. I'm not saying all those places suck, just that they're not tourism friendly.
Thing is, I've spent a lot of time in Colorado and there's a lot of beautiful places in the front range of the Rockies that are a short drive from Denver. So yeah, maybe not Denver the city but you're not far from Estes Park or Golden.
Oh for sure, but I don't think most people travel for nature (with a couple exceptions like the grand canyon, Mt Fuji, etc). There's amazing natural beauty all throughout north America.
I’d happily spend a week in Denver. Looks pretty nice.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g33388-Activities-De...