Denver’s friendliest neighborhood is a master-planned community on its extreme northeast side that many Front Range residents only glimpse on their way to Denver International Airport.

That’s the latest from social-networking company Nextdoor and its familiar smartphone app, which residents typically use to swap unwanted items, find lost dogs and stay up to date on local news.

Its new rankings put Green Valley Ranch — which was annexed from Adams County in 1973 and contains about 45,000 residents in its mix of affordable and market-rate housing — ahead of the No. 2. Wash Park West. Green Valley Ranch’s neighbor to the west, Montbello, took the No. 3 spot.

Rounding out the Top 5 are Congress Park (No. 4) and Central Park, formerly known as Stapleton (No. 5; see the full list below)

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