Why Colorado Is The Best Place To Live

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106. Every year Denver hosts The World's largest Rodeo, the National Western Stock Show.

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107. Denver has the largest city park system in the nation with 205 parks in City limits and 20,000 Acres of parks in the nearby mountains.

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108. "Beulah Red"
- the name of the red marble used on the Colorado State Capital in Denver.
- Cutting, polishing, and installing the marble took six years, from 1894 to 1900.
- All of the "Beulah Red" marble in the world went into the Capital.
- This means it cannot be replaced, at any price.

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109. Denver is home to the Molly Brown House Museum
- home of Margaret Tobin Brown
- around 40,000 people visit it yearly
- gives a glimpse of lifestyle enjoyed by Victorian Denver’s upper classes
- you've seen Titanic - this is Denver’s "unsinkable" lady

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110. The Colorado Rockies (baseball) play at the 50,000 seat Coors Field, located in downtown Denver.

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111. The Denver Broncos (football) play at Invesco Field at Mile High in Denver.

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112. The Denver Nuggets (basketball) play at the Pepsi Center arena in Denver.

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[quote name='fides quarens intellectum' post='1538962' date='May 23 2008, 01:55 PM']111. The Denver Broncos (football) play at Invesco Field at Mile High in Denver.[/quote]
Since when did you care about the Broncos?

And why does this thread now feel like Wikipedia for Denver?

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-- The Colorado Avalanche (hockey) also play at the Pepsi Center Arena.

Yah. But they don't count as a reason for my list.

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[quote name='tgoldson' post='1538966' date='May 23 2008, 01:57 PM']Since when did you care about the Broncos?

And why does this thread now feel like Wikipedia for Denver?[/quote]

because we're going to Denver tonight, and as i was looking up the Ethiopian restaurant, i came across some cool things.

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113. Denver even has a soccer team, the Colorado Rapids, and a lacrosse team, Colorado Mammoth.

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114. The first license plate on a car in the United States was issued in Denver, Colorado in 1908.

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[quote name='fides quarens intellectum' post='1538972' date='May 23 2008, 01:59 PM']because we're going to Denver tonight, and as i was looking up the Ethiopian restaurant, i came across some cool things.[/quote]whatev.



I know your game.



You're trying to make it impossible for me to ever catch up to your post count.

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115. Ooh - this one's really cool - Denver's population is 557,917; 2.4 million for the Metro area. That's it. That's the biggest city in Colorado.

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[quote name='tgoldson' post='1538978' date='May 23 2008, 02:01 PM']whatev. I know your game. You're trying to make it impossible for me to ever catch up to your post count.[/quote]

You're just jealous that you don't get to go eat Ethiopian with us tonight. Admit it.

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116. The first U.S. gold and silver coins minted at the Denver Mint in 1906.

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117. Gold discovered in Idaho Springs, near Denver, on January 7, 1859.

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118. Elitch Gardens, in Denver, is like a mini-Six flags, or a stationary carnival.

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119. Denver is the most educated city in the country.

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120. Denver was named after a dead guy.