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. Sounds like you guys have a winner, but I don’t believe the average temperature in February and maybe a couple of other things. You can keep your sky-high Denver; I’ll stick with the most exciting city in the world—NEW YORK CITY!!!

  2. I liked Denver when it was a hard luck snow ball of town like it was in the sixties, seventies, and eighties.

  3. As much as I love my City I must correct you on your assertion that we lead the Nation in High School Graduation rates. Denver Public Schools is not even close. Barely 50% of students graduate high school, and of those going on to College more than 60% require remedial courses. Sure Boulder and Douglas County have graduation rates over 80% but that is NOT the case for our DPS students. We cannot live in a bubble that all is blissful when it most certainly is not. What is to happen to the 50% of students who don’t complete High School? What career opportunities do they have? Don’t fool yourself, inequality is alive and well in the Mile High City. http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2009/12/_denver_public_schools_high.php

  4. Also forgot Denver has one of the best and growing Transportation systems (Light Rail) in the country. Beating out Portland (almost).

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