Why Colorado Is The Best Place To Live

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72. Mount Elbert is the highest point, at 14,440 feet.

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73. The lowest point is marked along the Arikee River at 3,315 feet.

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74. Colorado is the only U.S. state entirely higher than 1,000 meters / 3,281 feet in elevation.

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reason colorado is not a nice place to live:it ain't located in british columbia, canada

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75. Colorado has more microbreweries per capita than any other state.

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[quote name='Jesus_lol' post='1533225' date='May 18 2008, 11:43 PM']reason colorado is not a nice place to live:it ain't located in british columbia, canada
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76. Colorado is not in British Columbia, Canada.



edit: i've never been to British Columbia, but i'm betting Colorado still trumps.

Edited May 19, 2008 by fides quarens intellectum

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77. Colorado is the only state in history to ever turn down hosting the Olympics. Denver was picked in 1976, but 62% of state voters turned it down: they didn't want the pollution, cost, or population boost.

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78. Colorado also has the highest mean altitude in the U.S.

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[img]http://www.walking-europe.co.uk/pictures/British_Columbia_4.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.winesofcanada.com/images/beautiful_BC.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.travelcanadabc.com/images/slideshows/slideshow1/winter-above-howe-sound.jpg[/img]


what now?

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79. "Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman" was based in Colorado City (today, Manitou Springs and Colorado Springs).

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[quote name='Jesus_lol' post='1533238' date='May 18 2008, 11:55 PM'][img]
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oh, i haven't begun to add pictures, but those look like they could have been taken here.

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80. The cheeseburger was invented in Denver.

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81. Ladies, you don't need to own facial powder out here.

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82. Mountains look really cool in your rearview mirror.

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83. The world's largest flat-top mountain is in Grand Mesa.

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84. The highest paved road in North America is the road that goes from Idaho Springs off I-70 to Mount Evans. It gets up to 14,258 feet.

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85. The federal government owns more than a third of the land in the state.

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86. Colorado contains 75% of the land area of the U.S. with an altitude above 10,000 feet.

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87. Colorado has 222 state wildlife areas.

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88. Denver's Colfax Avenue is the longest continuous street in the U.S.

Edited May 19, 2008 by fides quarens intellectum