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If you think Berkeley, CA is really cool, you'll like Boulder. Boulder, 280,000 people surrounded by reality.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulder,_Colorado
Politically, Boulder is more liberal than most of Colorado. Boulder County, which includes Boulder's more conservative suburbs, is 37% Democratic, 27% Republican, and 36% independent. [8] Although in Denver, Democrats hold a virtual monopoly over city politics, Boulder gains more attention for being Colorado's liberal enclave with nicknames like "The Berkeley of the Rockies" and "The People's Republic of Boulder".