I'd like to think there's still some Republic left in Texas, and Austin IS the capital...
... but you're probably right. The state capital is down in Denver, but Boulder IS spookier. Besides CU (esp, Engineering school), it has NOAA and the atomic clock.
The original Twitter "firehose" was at Gnip, which they acquired.
South is where Rocky Flats used to make plutonium triggers for nukes.
+School of Mines is in Golden. SIL opted NOT to go there:
"suicide rate is too high".