Excuse me?

I worked for a guy who used to say:
"Figures can LIE and liars can figure."

   I've lived here since late '50s ... compared to then, (e.g) traffic is now intolerable on I-25, Downing by Wash Park all the way to Evans, ... 30-story high rises by Speer Blvd ... Colorado Blvd a near-gridlock all day and evening ... it's often impossible to find any solitude or serenity in Wash Park and some other parks ... etc

City planners ... take your "stats" and shove 'em .. then use your common sense.   To pull a bunch of cherry-picked metrics out of your nether regions and then to say "most of those neighborhoods are, in fact, less populated today than they were in 1950!!  hyuck!! ..."   

is horse manure.   Say that to anyone who has lived here for 40-50 years or more.  They will laugh in your face.

I remember when Denver was humorously referred to by some as "Omaha at the foot of the Rockies."  Those days are long gone.  I love Denver today, but don't tell me it's the same as 1950.