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Denver is a new destination for the wealthy.

What's happening: The city's overpriced housing market, glitzy Cherry Creek shopping district, flush state coffers and $175 sushi menu are all signs of how the richest are "thriving" as the pandemic lifts, per Bloomberg.

What's more: Outside the city, the "fabulously wealthy" are buying ranches and large swaths of land in the West, the Washington Post reports.

The bottom line: This is how Denver's other half lives, apparently.

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