I moved to Denver several months ago from the east coast. I was stoked, because my college buddy used to joke that they gave people who were ten pounds over weight handicap parking spots (as in they don't exist, not that they deserve it). Turns out there are plenty of fatties in Denver. OP is correct about the mountains though. I'm not sure land whales are physically capable of dealing with the combination of the decreased o2 due to elevation, and their own body fat crushing their lungs. Elevation is the shitlord's friend.