Talk:Highland, Denver
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[edit] Highland and Highlands
Highland and Highlands are two different, but adjacent, neighborhoods in Denver. The former Town of Highland goes back to the early days of Denver and lies between the South Platte River and Federal Boulevard. The Highlands neighborhood was created by Scottish-American investors and lies between Federal Boulevard and Perry Street. The neighborhood between Perry Street and Sheridan Boulevard is commonly known as West Highlands. Highlands and West Highlands are often considered to be one neighborhood, however Highland and Highlands are two very distinct neighborhoods that are often confused because of the very similar names. I lived for many years in the West Highlands neighborhood. --Buaidh (talk) 22:15, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
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- While this might be true, the article is not about the "Highlands" neighborhood it is about the statistically-defined Highland and West Highland neighborhoods. If someone wants to make an article about the Scottish development in the neighborhood, they should feel free but I am not sure why it needs to be included in List of Denver neighborhoods until there is an article. Vertigo700 (talk) 01:16, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
The neighborhood that the City and County of Denver currently calls West Highland is actually a combination of the Highlands and West Highlands neighborhoods. The City and County government often forgets its own history. The City and County apparently reasoned that the neighborhood west of Highland should be named West Highland. The only significance of the Scottish-American development is that the developers chose to name their community after the Scottish Highlands rather than continue to use the name of the existing Town of Highland. Folks have been confused about these names for nearly a century. --Buaidh (talk) 14:37, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
