If you live in Denver, you get it; there are some things that happen here in the Mile High City that just don’t happen anywhere else. In case you’re new to the area — or are planning to visit — here is a quick heads up of what to expect, via these 15 undeniable things that only happen in Denver:
1.) Your next-door neighbor is a LEGAL pot head…
Flickr/Jasper Nance I mean, not that he wasn’t already a major stoner BEFORE recreational marijuana became legal…
2.) …and finding a local dispensary is easier than finding a Starbucks.
Flickr/Michael Femia That’s right, folks; according to Colorado Pot Guide, there are more dispensaries in the state than there are Starbucks and McDonalds COMBINED!
3.) Win or lose, we stand by our men!
Flickr/John B. Kalla …emphasis on lose. (Just kidding, boys; this is our season! I can feel it!)
4.) A 32-foot tall, 9,000 pound demonic horse stands guard over our airport.
Flickr/Mike Sinko No funny business or Blue Mustang – more commonly known as Blucifer – will follow you to your home and mess stuff up (or so I’ve heard).
5.) Denverites prefer listening to music from the comfort of a rock.
Wikimedia Commons If you have never had the pleasure of taking in a concert via the epic Red Rocks Amphitheatre, you have never really been to a concert.
6.) Our sense of direction is based purely on the mountains.
Flickr/Carl R Jr. Toward the mountains = west.
7.) Only in Denver do you wear flip flops in the snow…
Flickr/Kevin Armstrong Seriously; why spend an upwards of $100 on boots when you can get a perfectly good pair of flip flops for $1?
8.) …shorts during (and after) a blizzard…
Flickr/Lisa Moffatt As long as you pair them with a nice hoodie, you will keep plenty warm!
9.) …and risk the chance of getting both a sun burn and frost bite in the same day.
Flickr/gwenole camus This just happened to me on Tuesday!
10.) We avoid this awesome-looking place like that plague.
Flickr/Trevor Huxham …because if we go there, we may actually end up coming down with the plague.
11.) Coloradans smother EVERYTHING in green chile…
Flickr/Wally Gobetz I mean, you haven’t lived until you have swapped out your maple syrup with green chile!
12.) …and don’t just drink to get drunk.
Flickr/Stephen Rees Believe it or not, our local brews are so good that we just like to sip them with our meal.
13.) Biking > driving
Flickr/Pam Broviak Given the choice, we would rather bike to work than drive which, fortunately, is easy to do here with all the bike paths and special lanes!
14.) Finally, despite the fact that we can go home and chill out with either a joint and/or local brew, we get notoriously bad road rage…
Flickr/Bradley Gordon You would too if you only had one major road running north and south, and one running east and west!
15.) …and believe that a red light means to gun it*.
Flickr/Owen Lin *For the first 8 seconds or so… then it’s time to stop.
For more Only in Denver humor, check out these 13 Things Denverites Do That Seem Insane To Everyone Else.
Flickr/Jasper Nance
I mean, not that he wasn’t already a major stoner BEFORE recreational marijuana became legal…
Flickr/Michael Femia
That’s right, folks; according to Colorado Pot Guide, there are more dispensaries in the state than there are Starbucks and McDonalds COMBINED!
Flickr/John B. Kalla
…emphasis on lose. (Just kidding, boys; this is our season! I can feel it!)
Flickr/Mike Sinko
No funny business or Blue Mustang – more commonly known as Blucifer – will follow you to your home and mess stuff up (or so I’ve heard).
Wikimedia Commons
If you have never had the pleasure of taking in a concert via the epic Red Rocks Amphitheatre, you have never really been to a concert.
Flickr/Carl R Jr.
Toward the mountains = west.
Flickr/Kevin Armstrong
Seriously; why spend an upwards of $100 on boots when you can get a perfectly good pair of flip flops for $1?
Flickr/Lisa Moffatt
As long as you pair them with a nice hoodie, you will keep plenty warm!
Flickr/gwenole camus
This just happened to me on Tuesday!
Flickr/Trevor Huxham
…because if we go there, we may actually end up coming down with the plague.
Flickr/Wally Gobetz
I mean, you haven’t lived until you have swapped out your maple syrup with green chile!
Flickr/Stephen Rees
Believe it or not, our local brews are so good that we just like to sip them with our meal.
Flickr/Pam Broviak
Given the choice, we would rather bike to work than drive which, fortunately, is easy to do here with all the bike paths and special lanes!
Flickr/Bradley Gordon
You would too if you only had one major road running north and south, and one running east and west!
Flickr/Owen Lin
*For the first 8 seconds or so… then it’s time to stop.
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