The Best City in the US

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The city for stoners and scholars, gay rights and human rights, sun worshippers and skiers, artists and performers, beer lovers and bike riders.

Could Denver, Colorado be the best city in the United States?

Well, where else can you find…


  • 25 days of sun a month (or 300 days of sun a year) (or more sun than San Diego or Miami)
  • The highest percentage of high school and college graduates in the country
  • Legalized marijuana
  • A population that is 52% white, 32% Hispanic, 10% black and two of the last four mayors have been African American
  • The skinniest city (in the skinniest state) in the country
  • State recognized civil unions
  • The biggest urban park system in the United States (205 parks, dudes)
  • 650 miles of paved bike trails (Distance between Denver and Vegas? 753 miles)
  • One of the first three states in the US to allow women to vote
  • 25 ski resorts within 100 miles of the city
  • The second largest performing arts center in the United States
  • 200 visible mountain peaks, 32 of which are over 13,000 feet
  • A self imposed 10th of a cent sales tax which raises $36 million dollars a year, making Denver the largest art collecting municipality in the country
  • The only city in the US to say, “Thanks, but no thanks” to the Olympics
  • The same amount of precipitation as Los Angeles
  • Seven sports teams
  • Average high temperature in February? 49
  • More beer brewed daily (80 varieties) than in any other city in the US + extra thin air to get you drunker –  faster

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129 thoughts on “The Best City in the US”

  2. I can’t wait to move back, ever since I moved out in 2011 I have been looking for any excuse to move back. I have been working on my resume and I think one more year and it should be just fine……. I visit once every three months if not more frequent… The best state everrrrrrrrrrrrrr
    Thanks for the article

  3. Crock of crap. Keep toking up and living the fog which is not the reality. This article screams racism, among other things, especially with the 4th example under the heading: “Where else can you find” Wow. If you actually talked to REAL natives of Colorado (not the flock of potrush explorers from Wyoming, California, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico) you’d learn that WE don’t actually want potheads running around in our once beautiful state. The votes were tainted and skewed. It wasn’t like it was a landslide win for pothead legalizing. Most people are afraid to speak the truth. This state wreaks of skunk weed and armpit juice now. Drug junkies at the helm shoving “pot is safer than alcohol” bs down everyone’s throats. It’s not safer. Especially when potheads also DRINK! Drrrrrr. Time to get out the weed whacker! And whoever thinks the cops don’t care, you’re WRONG! They have their hands tied thanks to the crack head council person drug lords.

    • This article certainly does not scream racism. It was giving credit to the melting pot we have, it’s only rascist to a scared white conservative. Also the votes were NOT wrong, legalizing was a step in the right direction. Unless you want to keep paying money to put harmless people behind bars, and I can tell you’re the type of person who hates paying taxes. Oh by the way I’m a native. 🙂

  4. While not actaully INSIDE the city limits of Denver, Red Rocks is actually OWNED by the City of Denver. So… that should count. Best place ever to see a show!

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