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”

  1. As a resident of the beautiful state of Colorado (Western Slope) I agree with many of the positives about the city of Denver. However…as a person involved in the arts (Interior Designer)and involved in dog rescue & advocacy…I need to point out that the city of Denver has a very draconian,backward municipal code (DMC155) when in regard to specific breeds of dogs. I am speaking about American Staffordshire Terriers & American Pitbull Terriers. As the owner of two of these sweet beautiful dogs, I am not welcome to bring them with me if I travel to Denver. Even though my female is a candidate for Canine Good Citizen, if we are walking down the street in Denver the law says she can be confiscated from me and impounded. Just because of her breed…not because of her behavior. That is blatant stereotyping…just like being racist toward other races or ethnicities of human beings. Read the code and you will see how reprehensible and backward this law is.

    • F=you and your effing pit bulls. Stay in Grand Junction. Good riddance.

  3. There is no way that Denver has the same precipitation as Los Angeles…

    • Sorry, but L.A. does have almost exactly the same precipation annually as Denver!

  4. ….Denver, home to gigantic secret underground bases running underneath the airport. weeeeeeeee! great!

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