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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Why is the decline of white people a positive thing? Are African American Mayors better than Asian or other ethnicities? Sounds a little racist on the demographic end.
It is a wonderful city and most are here because they want to be and not because of a job etc. Hopefully all this positive press won’t turn it into a third world city like LA.
BORN AND RAISED SUCKER!!!
One of the best places in the country for sure. Cheap living, great food, incredible artists and musicians. Liberal politics, tons of parks and skateparks, short winters and the snow melts right away. It’s like Portland, but sunny almost all the time.
I would say though one of the biggest problems with Colorado is the weather…it’s the most bipolar state in the country. 80 one day…the next 35 and 20 inches of snow…then we are back to 75 degrees the next day! Totally all over the place! Drives me crazy! Winter needs to be winter, summer needs to be summer, spring needs to be spring, fall needs to be fall!