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“when your first building is a saloon, you know you’re in a friendly town”

Posted in My Town with tags on May 28, 2008 by erin

Did anyone see this report on the Today Show?  The 5 friendliest cities in the US.  I am proud to say I live in one of those, I knew we had nice people here!

“Denver has the easygoing and friendly nature indicative of the Midwest. Various cocktail parties sport the ‘Colorado casual’ look, which is everything from sequins and silk to jeans and cowboy boots or stiletto heels.” — Patti Johnson, Denver real estate broker

Interesting facts about my friendly city:

Did you know?

  • Downtown in the Mile High City is one big, car-free “pedestrian mall” lined with shops, bars and restaurants where locals and tourists alike hang out. There’s even a free shuttle bus that runs along the main street. (I do wish this city were a little more bike friendly. I think Denver could improved on that A LOT!)
  • Denver is one of only two cities in America with eight professional sports teams. (Too bad they all suck, right now  wow, that’s awesome!)
  • The first permanent structure in Denver was a saloon. Talk about hospitality. (This is something to be proud of!)
  • A cultural melting pot, Denver hosts the country’s largest Cinco de Mayo festival, the Longs Peak Scottish Festival, the National Gay Rodeo Finals, PrideFest, and it has the Black American West Museum in the historically rich African-American Five Points neighborhood. Its population is 40 percent Hispanic and 10 percent African-American.
  • The city also boasts comprehensive accessibility services like wheelchair-friendly trails and accommodations and transportation services for the physically impaired.
  • Denver will host the Democratic National Convention this August. For the convention, Bikes Belong will supply the city with 1,000 bicycles to be used in a system similar to that in Paris (credit card access; rates are lowest for short jaunts around the city). Seventy will be left behind as a legacy that Denver plans to grow into a city-wide public transportation system of several hundred bikes. (We saw this when we were in Paris, what a great idea!  Plus it will get those lazy politicians out for exercise!)
  • The median single-family home sales price is $223,500. (Believe me when I say this, $223,500 won’t get you much of a house.  But our Real Estate market is way better than the rest of the country currently.)
  • Yay for Denver.  Come visit, we’re friendly.

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