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 10[SUP]th[/SUP] 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
