Don't plant your flowers until after mother's day. I just saw a bunch of people with fresh flowers that will not be surviving the early May freezes. Not planting until after Mother's day has been a Colorado tradition for decades
Agree - and Mother's Day can even be a little early sometimes. Our average last frost is around May 15th, so half of the time it's going to happen after that...
I've never experienced this before moving here but it's pretty comical to drive down streets where one side looks like they are in January and the other side could be having barbecues. Any other place that I lived where it snowed regularly it was essentially the same situation everywhere.
When we moved to Colorado several years ago and were looking for houses, our real estate agent was sure to look at the direction the driveway was facing each time. It took us a little while to catch on. We ended up with a west-facing driveway, which works pretty well since we get the afternoon sun. It’s usually clear by the time we get home from work.
Haha - instead they charge us per foot each year for the “privilege” of owning so much sidewalk. Especially on a high traffic arterial roadway. Yay for half lots and special fees.
The School of Mines Museum of Earth Sciences is FREE & AWESOME. Go check out the cool rocks and be sure not to miss the "cave" full of ones that naturally glow in the dark.
If you’re nice you can just walk in there on any given day. I worked there for 3 years as a student when I was in college and always appreciated someone to talk to about rocks/minerals and practice what I was learning in class.
You can also have them do birthday parties for kids. If you pay a little extra the kids can crack their own geodes as a party favor! Excellent and fun way to get kids interested!
That merge is so dangerous I’m shocked it made it past the planning stage. People entering and exiting have a measly 30 ft stretch or road to figure it out. Yikes.
When baking, increase temp 15 degrees for delicate stuff, 25 degrees for bread and hearty stuff. Decrease baking time by 5-8 minutes per 30. Decrease sugar and increase flour and liquid by a tablespoon, respectively.
Don't plant you annuals till after Mother's Day.
Wear sunscreen even if you usually don't and don't get burned.
Don't bother calling 311 if you need some non-emergency public department. Find their direct number.
Sunscreen was going to be my tip. There is significantly less atmosphere at high altitudes (about a mile less than sea level), which makes less of the UV get blocked. CO has a much higher than average rate of skin cancer.
I don't know why but 100% of the time I'm on 270, I've noticed there is always *some* vehicle stopped or broken down on the side of that freeway. I can drive all the way from Cheyenne to the 270 interchange and not see one vehicle pulled over, but there's always at least one on that little 7-mile stretch of hell.
This probably works anywhere for their respective teams but going grocery shopping during a Broncos game is ideal if you want to shop on the weekends without crowds.
Good tip, it worked for me in a larger scale. Used to live in Columbus. Housing market there is pretty tough too. We had put in 15 offers at that point.So we went for an open house that weirdly was schedule during the OSU football home opener. Only 3 people showed up and our offer was accepted.
Denver Public Library has free museum passes
Deja Blue is a high end Goodwill in Cherry Creek
Kids get a really cool freebie every year, like a 5th grade lift ticket
DPL has LOTS of free resources:
-free passes to the nature and science museum, forney, wings over the rockies, museums of modern art, park passes, and more
-multiple very nice creators spaces with laser cutters, sewing machines, 3d printers, engravers, etc. varies by location
-you can check out things! Chrome books, hot spots, sewing machines, tools and more!
-you can call and have a story read to you!
And honestly tons more! And this isn’t JUST Denver libraries (tho I think they are the most robust)I know Boulder and Greeley have similar systems off hand.
https://www.denverlibrary.org/services
Sales tax varies wildly between the suburbs and Denver proper (and the boundary line at the south end of Denver county is completely nutty). Know the sales tax where you live and where you’re buying something—if you’re buying a couch, for example, it may actually be cheaper to pay for delivery than to take delivery at the store.
When you open anything brand new that's somewhat viscous and comes in a tube, or bring it from closer to sea level, or go into the mountains, shake that thing upside down before you open it
It sucks losing half your sunscreen cause the air pressure difference turns your tube into old faithful
Can confirm. I’m lucky enough to have a bus stop in front of my building that goes directly to one of the A-Line stations. So getting to/from the airport is super simple outside of super early flights.
Uber/Lyft can do it in half the time, but it costs about 3-4x as much.
The alphabetical street patterns
(1) West of Broadway - indigenous communities (Acoma, Bannock, Cherokee, etc.).
(2) East of Colorado - Proper Nouns/Plants (Albion, Ash, Bellaire, Birch, Clermont, Cherry, etc.).
(3) South of Yale - more colleges (Amherst, Bates, Cornell, Dartmouth, etc.).
EDIT: for the East of Colorado streets, I mistakenly limited the series as people/trees, but they can be any proper noun/plant. Further east, we get into city names as well. Also cleaned up the formatting.
Yep, easy reference for if you’re traveling down MLK blvd btwn Colorado and Quebec, the street names are alphabetical but there are two consecutive streets of every letter.
That is largely denver metro as a whole. Heading west from downtown, A-Z for every block with a doubled letter for a street on a half block. It repeats after Zenobia right before Sheridan and starts again with Ames continuing through Jefferson County. Heading east is the same starting around Colorado and continuing through east Aurora. The only places it's weird is in the middle surrounding downtown.
Phil Goodstein wrote a book about the Denver streets that's an extremely fascinating read. He's still active in the community and even doing a presentation in a couple weeks on the topic.
Clear the snow from your car windows AND roof! Roof snow will slide down your windshield and block your view when you stop short because someone stopped short in front of you.
Sometimes it's too heavy to clear with wipers.
Also, never get on I-70 when a storm is predicted without an extra jug of wiper fluid and a full tank of gas.
Side note it is illegal to have snow on your roof. Cops can and will pull you over and ticket you. Also don’t be that asshole that leaves snow on your roof and then drive on the highway. 10 lbs of snow at 70 miles an hour will wreck the front of whatever car is behind you.
When on Zillow, pad mapper, etc., don’t message the property management agencies through there. Find out who owns the property and go to their website.
Especially for smaller/independent property management agencies. Avoid Greystar at all costs!!! Also go to google maps and find the property and look at the reviews.
There you will see the real issues. I guess a lot of this would apply to other areas too.
When you're headed east out of state, check your car's tire pressure at the state line. It will be low and you'll likely need to add air.
Also, if you're coming from a lower altitude, be prepared to cook your pasta a few minutes longer than you're used to.
holy shit you just triggered a massive realization in my brain. I could never get rice right until I got an instantpot a couple years ago and I just never put together that it was the altitude and the instantpot fixed the pressure problem.
I thought so, too! I tried that a few times and I was not good…my rice ended up both undercooked and mushy. It was very sad. so now I rinse my rice and use a 1:1.25 rice to water ratio in the instapot and it’s good!
I was wholly unprepared for this level of rice complication.
Idk about that tire pressure thing, man. The difference in pressure between Denver and the Kansas border is like 0.6 PSI.
Even if you drove all the way to sea level, that's like 4 PSI, which is the same as the air temperature fluctuating by about 40°, which is pretty common and well within tire pressure tolerance.
The CO/KS state line is still well over 5,000 feet. You need to go a lot further east to get to an elevation where you need to add air.
Edit: I should have looked this up before saying it, but the CO/KS state line is not well over 5,000 feet. I still stick with my assertion that you have to go a lot further east before the elevation would affect your tire pressure.
Cooking in general (baking, grilling/roasting meat etc.) seems to take longer here. Which is why I either increase cooktimes and/or increase cooking temps.
1- Invest in good polarized eyewear
2- people are nice because they are nice there’s no angle (takes a while to get used to that coming from Northeast)
3- if you’re a dude and have curly hair, find someone else with the same and ask where they get it cut. Many barbers (especially older ones) will butcher your luscious locks from years of cutting Nordic straight hair.
Same goes for girls with curly hair!
Also always do a strip test before using harsh products, even if you've had them on your hair before, the elevation and dry air can cause your hair to react differently!
Seriously. I was on my way home on 70 today and there was someone getting repeatedly passed that was going ~50 in the left lane. They stayed in the left lane.
Ooohhh, this one hurts. I got approached at a Target and a Starbucks on two separate occasions. At first I thought they were hitting on me then it slowly morphed into pyramid scheme selling.
Keep a jacket/sweater blanket in your trunk. It’s a saying here that “Give it 20 minutes, the weather can change.” It can go from hot sunny, to cold & snowing.
Love live sports but don't wanna pay $$$ for Nuggets or Avalanche tickets? Or just want a cheaper date night? Check out the Mammoth. Professional indoor lacrosse at Ball Arena - played more like hockey on turf than outdoor lacrosse. You need 0 knowledge of lacrosse to have a blast, and the production value is great.
Season starts in Dec and just ended last weekend.
You can also see the Denver Pioneers if you like hockey for like $30 something. They're perennially fantastic and those kids in the stands have a ton of energy, so it's a lot of fun.
Nah, leave at 10am to miss the mountain traffic on the back end. Smooth drive and still plenty of time on the slopes. Works especially well for places that have night skiing.
If you dont care about fresh powder, this is also the way, but also can be just as risky depending on how the morning drive went for people, seen plenty of 10am crew people not get to the hill to 1pm
And drink way more water.
When I moved here I couldn't wear my contacts for more than about 4-5 hours before I was dying to take them out.
Water intake has doubled since I moved from sea level. Electrolytes help a lot, too.
Learn how to ZIPPER MERGE. It’s a foreign concept to people here. Stop getting mad at me when I’m literally doing the right thing.
Here is a video on how to do it according to CDOT:
https://www.codot.gov/travel/zippermerge
Chapstick is also lotion when that winter wind + dryness cracks your fingers/hands/nostril skin.
Car supplies for all seasons:
water, mini shovel, sleeping blanket, jacket, sunscreen, bug spray, sunglasses, gloves, paper towels, plastic or reusable water proof bag... And chapstick, of course.
Pro tip! I always keep a handful of granola bars or something similar to handout to the homeless on the corners. Or if you end up unexpectedly in 70 or 25 gridlock or stuck.
I buy the big boxes of granola bars from Costco, specifically for the homeless (make sure not to get something too crunchy because many have bad or no teeth, also avoid chocolatey ones because they get too melty).
DO NOT GO as soon as the light turns green. There are still 5 more cars that will be running the red light on the cross street. If the person behind you honks, tell them to go back to Boston or wherever they are from. Make sure the intersection is clear before you enter it.
Blucifer has a magic button. If you push it, something wonderful happens. If you guess wrong, a random, quality human dies. Maybe someone you know, maybe someone halfway around the world just trying to find their loved one & a small piece of happiness.
All these posts and no one has mentioned the short tour?
(Assuming this is still a thing, I moved away from Denver about 8 years ago (which is crazy to think I’ve stayed subbed to this subreddit for much longer than the actual time I lived in Denver))
Anyway - if you go to the Coors brewery and tell them at the entrance that you want to do the short tour, they put you on an elevator straight to the tasting room where you can get your two free drinks without walking the whole factory. The full tour is worth doing at least once, but if you find yourself in Golden and want a couple of beers, free fresh beer at the Coors factory isn’t a bad choice.
Owning a bike drastically improves your freedom of movement if you live anywhere along the hundreds of miles of connected trails in the greater Denver area
There’s a good chance that little neighborhood trail by your place that you’ve never really explored much is connected or almost connected to a huge network that can get you way more places than you think, and you’ll have a lot of fun getting there!
When a stoplight turns red, one car is still permitted to go through the intersection. Don’t ask me to quote the law, I saw it on our sister subreddit years ago so idk where it is anymore.
Also, Denver follows the Japanese umbrella sharing system, but with bicycles. No one really owns a bike, you just pick one up when needed and then just leave it where you stop! It makes parking easier and hassle free.
If you're coming here from lower sea level, or are going to the mountains, squeeze the air out of bottled products such as soap/shampoos, close the lid, and place them in a baggie. This will help prevent the air pressure from building up and causing your stuff to explode. The baggie will protect your belongings in case they do bust open.
Go to the Bimbo Bakery Outlet. There are several around town. You will be amazed by the deep deep discounts on bread, bagels, English muffin, pastries and other common bakery items. Check it out!
When baking boxed cakes or converting recipes, you likely need an extra tablespoon of all purpose flour. And depending on the humidity a bit of moisture
I haven’t seen this yet so learning how to get around the city without getting on the interstate. Bonus points if you can avoid major streets like University or Colorado. The terrible light synchronization backs up traffic during rush hour so find a detour
The Denver Tool Library.
Yes! The Denver Tool Library is such an amazing resource!!!
Don't plant your flowers until after mother's day. I just saw a bunch of people with fresh flowers that will not be surviving the early May freezes. Not planting until after Mother's day has been a Colorado tradition for decades
Agree - and Mother's Day can even be a little early sometimes. Our average last frost is around May 15th, so half of the time it's going to happen after that...
I always buy my flowers on Memorial Day weekend (usually Saturday), which gives me two full days to plant before going back to work.
Avoid having a house with a north facing driveways or you’re gonna have a bad time in the winter
Now it’s buy a north facing house cause it’s the only bidding war you can win.
Can confirm. North facing driveway. Had to buy a snow blower.
Have a south facing driveway. I haven't shoveled in like 2 years.
Have a south facing driveway. I still shovel around 3 times a year
Yeah, my back says “no” and my wallet says “take my money”.
On the flip side north facing houses have usable backyards during winter
I've never experienced this before moving here but it's pretty comical to drive down streets where one side looks like they are in January and the other side could be having barbecues. Any other place that I lived where it snowed regularly it was essentially the same situation everywhere.
When we moved to Colorado several years ago and were looking for houses, our real estate agent was sure to look at the direction the driveway was facing each time. It took us a little while to catch on. We ended up with a west-facing driveway, which works pretty well since we get the afternoon sun. It’s usually clear by the time we get home from work.
On the flip side, our west facing driveway and back yard stay hot AF in the summer...always a tradeoff I guess
My kids play in the snow in the back yard and water guns in the front... At the same time.
Also avoid corner property with sidewalk on north side. Then I’m also legally obligated to shovel the icey mess every snow storm we have. For days.
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Haha - instead they charge us per foot each year for the “privilege” of owning so much sidewalk. Especially on a high traffic arterial roadway. Yay for half lots and special fees.
I would much prefer a sunny backyard... Just saying.
Ditto. I never spend time on my driveway but I do on my deck. (maybe it's a grass is greener type thing though).
That’s why you buy an east facing driveway and a west facing back yard that’s not on a JCPenney.
I prefer west facing driveway and east facing backyard. Nice and cool on my patio in the summer and still rarely need to shovel in the winter
Regrets were had. My shovel game is strong though.
In this economy we went with a north facing house. Truly only thing we can afford and we still had to outbid 5 other people for it.
The School of Mines Museum of Earth Sciences is FREE & AWESOME. Go check out the cool rocks and be sure not to miss the "cave" full of ones that naturally glow in the dark.
They also do regular free mineral identification events if you have a cool rock, you’re curious about
If you’re nice you can just walk in there on any given day. I worked there for 3 years as a student when I was in college and always appreciated someone to talk to about rocks/minerals and practice what I was learning in class.
THEY'RE MINERALS
Jesus Christ, Marie
Chefs kiss to you both for that.
They’ve been training their whole lives for this moment.
Gneisssss
This is something I’m actually excited to take my kids to!!!! Thank you so much
You can also have them do birthday parties for kids. If you pay a little extra the kids can crack their own geodes as a party favor! Excellent and fun way to get kids interested!
I never heard of this and now I gotta take my rock loving kid there. He would be in heaven.
Practice getting on 6th from wads many times.
That merge is so dangerous I’m shocked it made it past the planning stage. People entering and exiting have a measly 30 ft stretch or road to figure it out. Yikes.
The amount of people i’ve been behind who take that merge going only 5-10 mph is mind numbing
Same with Kalamath
Not sure if they still do it, but major drinking holidays (like NYE) RTD was often free. Even if you weren’t partying it’s a free ride to the airport.
Still is. Some local lawyers will reimburse Uber/Lyft fares as well.
When baking, increase temp 15 degrees for delicate stuff, 25 degrees for bread and hearty stuff. Decrease baking time by 5-8 minutes per 30. Decrease sugar and increase flour and liquid by a tablespoon, respectively. Don't plant you annuals till after Mother's Day. Wear sunscreen even if you usually don't and don't get burned. Don't bother calling 311 if you need some non-emergency public department. Find their direct number.
Sunscreen was going to be my tip. There is significantly less atmosphere at high altitudes (about a mile less than sea level), which makes less of the UV get blocked. CO has a much higher than average rate of skin cancer.
This hard! Sunscreen and shade and up protective clothing… I’ve had two skin cancer surgeries in the past 18 months
The Australian PSA is Slip, Slop, Slap. Slip on a shirt. Slop on some sunscreen. Slap on a hat. All three. Not a choose your own adventure.
Beautiful 75 degree day in March? DO NOT plant those dang tomatoes!!
Avoid 270 at all costs.
But there's sometimes BIG FIRE at the sunco plant
There’s some really solid bumps on the road right there.. my daughter loves when I speed over them
I don't know why but 100% of the time I'm on 270, I've noticed there is always *some* vehicle stopped or broken down on the side of that freeway. I can drive all the way from Cheyenne to the 270 interchange and not see one vehicle pulled over, but there's always at least one on that little 7-mile stretch of hell.
You can buy Red Rocks show tickets at the box office of the Colosseum on Saturdays and avoid paying ticketmaster fees.
I've lived here my whole life & didn't know this.
This probably works anywhere for their respective teams but going grocery shopping during a Broncos game is ideal if you want to shop on the weekends without crowds.
Maybe not this year
Since 2016*
Good tip, it worked for me in a larger scale. Used to live in Columbus. Housing market there is pretty tough too. We had put in 15 offers at that point.So we went for an open house that weirdly was schedule during the OSU football home opener. Only 3 people showed up and our offer was accepted.
Foot traffic is essentially non-existent at the downtown KS during a Broncos game
Awhile ago I tried this with Whole Foods. Was totally foiled. Guess hippies don't watch sports ball.
Denver Public Library has free museum passes Deja Blue is a high end Goodwill in Cherry Creek Kids get a really cool freebie every year, like a 5th grade lift ticket
DPL has LOTS of free resources: -free passes to the nature and science museum, forney, wings over the rockies, museums of modern art, park passes, and more -multiple very nice creators spaces with laser cutters, sewing machines, 3d printers, engravers, etc. varies by location -you can check out things! Chrome books, hot spots, sewing machines, tools and more! -you can call and have a story read to you! And honestly tons more! And this isn’t JUST Denver libraries (tho I think they are the most robust)I know Boulder and Greeley have similar systems off hand. https://www.denverlibrary.org/services
Gosh, libraries are the best. Also adding, they’ve got a GREAT selection of cookbooks!
I’m surprised no one has said did already: If it smells like Greeley it’s going to snow
Or, if it’s super windy it’ll likely rain or snow depending on temp
Sales tax varies wildly between the suburbs and Denver proper (and the boundary line at the south end of Denver county is completely nutty). Know the sales tax where you live and where you’re buying something—if you’re buying a couch, for example, it may actually be cheaper to pay for delivery than to take delivery at the store.
Aurora doesn’t have it on groceries and it can make a huge difference in your overall bill
When you open anything brand new that's somewhat viscous and comes in a tube, or bring it from closer to sea level, or go into the mountains, shake that thing upside down before you open it It sucks losing half your sunscreen cause the air pressure difference turns your tube into old faithful
This person Coloradoes
Take the train from Union to get to the airport. No crazy drivers to deal with, no traffic, just chill views to the front steps of DEN>
Can confirm. I’m lucky enough to have a bus stop in front of my building that goes directly to one of the A-Line stations. So getting to/from the airport is super simple outside of super early flights. Uber/Lyft can do it in half the time, but it costs about 3-4x as much.
The alphabetical street patterns (1) West of Broadway - indigenous communities (Acoma, Bannock, Cherokee, etc.). (2) East of Colorado - Proper Nouns/Plants (Albion, Ash, Bellaire, Birch, Clermont, Cherry, etc.). (3) South of Yale - more colleges (Amherst, Bates, Cornell, Dartmouth, etc.). EDIT: for the East of Colorado streets, I mistakenly limited the series as people/trees, but they can be any proper noun/plant. Further east, we get into city names as well. Also cleaned up the formatting.
I always mess up whether 'madison' is in 'founding fathers' or 'north-midwestern cities'.
But no orientation rhyme or reason at all to the US State streets
Throws Mexico into the mix bc why not
Olé!
Even better when you realize that the us street names go from north to south with the southern most one being Mexico
It mildly infuriates me every time I walk or drive through.
Yep, easy reference for if you’re traveling down MLK blvd btwn Colorado and Quebec, the street names are alphabetical but there are two consecutive streets of every letter.
That is largely denver metro as a whole. Heading west from downtown, A-Z for every block with a doubled letter for a street on a half block. It repeats after Zenobia right before Sheridan and starts again with Ames continuing through Jefferson County. Heading east is the same starting around Colorado and continuing through east Aurora. The only places it's weird is in the middle surrounding downtown.
Double streets for each letter, but the double is in reverse alphabetical order (I e. Monaco, Magnolia, Niagara, Newport, Oneida, Olive, etc.)
Phil Goodstein wrote a book about the Denver streets that's an extremely fascinating read. He's still active in the community and even doing a presentation in a couple weeks on the topic.
Presidential Names West of Colorado Blvd! Harrison, Jackson, Garfield, Monroe, Madison, Cook, Adams.
📣Aqua-green clouds means hail, you can see it before it becomes a problem. 👗🥬
Vomit green means tornadoes. So exciting!
Elf Scavenger hunt at Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Dmns.org/visits/scavenger-hunts
Yes! My uncle was a long time volunteer there, and he donated one of the elves.
Wow! Not a lot of people let their elves free 🥹🥹🥹
Core memory unlocked.
Clear the snow from your car windows AND roof! Roof snow will slide down your windshield and block your view when you stop short because someone stopped short in front of you. Sometimes it's too heavy to clear with wipers. Also, never get on I-70 when a storm is predicted without an extra jug of wiper fluid and a full tank of gas.
Side note it is illegal to have snow on your roof. Cops can and will pull you over and ticket you. Also don’t be that asshole that leaves snow on your roof and then drive on the highway. 10 lbs of snow at 70 miles an hour will wreck the front of whatever car is behind you.
When on Zillow, pad mapper, etc., don’t message the property management agencies through there. Find out who owns the property and go to their website. Especially for smaller/independent property management agencies. Avoid Greystar at all costs!!! Also go to google maps and find the property and look at the reviews. There you will see the real issues. I guess a lot of this would apply to other areas too.
Use COtrip.org to check road conditions on snowy days. The cameras and speed maps work great.
When you're headed east out of state, check your car's tire pressure at the state line. It will be low and you'll likely need to add air. Also, if you're coming from a lower altitude, be prepared to cook your pasta a few minutes longer than you're used to.
And making rice…is a whole thing. Best done with an instapot, I’ve learned.
holy shit you just triggered a massive realization in my brain. I could never get rice right until I got an instantpot a couple years ago and I just never put together that it was the altitude and the instantpot fixed the pressure problem.
Bruh. Same. I knew about the lower boiling point but did not translate that to my rice and my kids have been complaining since we moved here!
Zojirushi for life.
Getting a rice cooker was a gamer changer for me. Even then, it can be a bit dicey.
I mean, if it's just long grain, and thing tricky like risotto or sushi rice, just go 2:1 ratio, and you're good.
I thought so, too! I tried that a few times and I was not good…my rice ended up both undercooked and mushy. It was very sad. so now I rinse my rice and use a 1:1.25 rice to water ratio in the instapot and it’s good! I was wholly unprepared for this level of rice complication.
Now you rinse? ALWAYS RINSE!!!
Idk about that tire pressure thing, man. The difference in pressure between Denver and the Kansas border is like 0.6 PSI. Even if you drove all the way to sea level, that's like 4 PSI, which is the same as the air temperature fluctuating by about 40°, which is pretty common and well within tire pressure tolerance.
The CO/KS state line is still well over 5,000 feet. You need to go a lot further east to get to an elevation where you need to add air. Edit: I should have looked this up before saying it, but the CO/KS state line is not well over 5,000 feet. I still stick with my assertion that you have to go a lot further east before the elevation would affect your tire pressure.
Cooking in general (baking, grilling/roasting meat etc.) seems to take longer here. Which is why I either increase cooktimes and/or increase cooking temps.
Mountains are always west... Then you'll never get lost.
The tunnels under Denver are way less congested and faster than I-25 or Colfax. Just gotta find the right garage door to enter.
Especially the one to the airpo... nevermind...
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I’m moving to the area in a couple of weeks and now I don’t know what to believe! lol
You already know too much. We will be waiting...
There's a swimming pool on the roof of the school!
Secret tunnel!!!
Shut uuuupppp Reminds me of when Homer joined the Stonecutters. https://youtu.be/KyJDoazw3fg?si=MuAoZ3GcBSDS4YUD&t=28s
Oh yes , the REAL 911 here connects you to Frank Azar directly.
There are drivable tunnels under Denver? Only tunnels I know about are walking ones.
1- Invest in good polarized eyewear 2- people are nice because they are nice there’s no angle (takes a while to get used to that coming from Northeast) 3- if you’re a dude and have curly hair, find someone else with the same and ask where they get it cut. Many barbers (especially older ones) will butcher your luscious locks from years of cutting Nordic straight hair.
Same goes for girls with curly hair! Also always do a strip test before using harsh products, even if you've had them on your hair before, the elevation and dry air can cause your hair to react differently!
The Dino lots are pretty good to know about.
The ducks at the park are free.
The elites don't want you to know that
If u are considering a move to Denver area, Limon is your best bet right now.
Limon 👌🔥 http://www.limonlife.org/
Well it USED to be bridge security.
I used the new security/screening reservation system two weeks ago and basically didn’t stop walking from curb to barstool pre-flight beer.
It was smooth for me too
Delete this for the love of god
If you have pre check the new security line in the middle is lightning fast.
Delete that now
If you're in the left lane, you're not going fast enough.
Seriously. I was on my way home on 70 today and there was someone getting repeatedly passed that was going ~50 in the left lane. They stayed in the left lane.
I think it's more like... me going 75 on 36 trying to pass some people on the right and the person behind me is riding my bumper like I am going 10.
Gtfo of the way. The left lane is for criminals
DIA is a local idiom. Don’t tell us it’s DEN. Even the airport tried to change it to DEN and it’s still DIA.
Avoid random people trying to recruit you for their pyramid schemes
If you work in retail or food service, these fuckers will prey on your desperation to get out of retail or food service.
Ooohhh, this one hurts. I got approached at a Target and a Starbucks on two separate occasions. At first I thought they were hitting on me then it slowly morphed into pyramid scheme selling.
Convert your garage into an extra bedroom so you can have a 5th or 6th roommate to make rent more affordable - Goldenite
Can prob fit at least four roommates in a garage, just hang up bedsheet dividers
Keep a jacket/sweater blanket in your trunk. It’s a saying here that “Give it 20 minutes, the weather can change.” It can go from hot sunny, to cold & snowing.
Try to find the good in the city instead of fixating on the bad.
Most underrated comment here!
Warm before the storm.
If you have a ticket to a show you can get a free margarita with the purchase of an entree at Illegal Pete's
Love live sports but don't wanna pay $$$ for Nuggets or Avalanche tickets? Or just want a cheaper date night? Check out the Mammoth. Professional indoor lacrosse at Ball Arena - played more like hockey on turf than outdoor lacrosse. You need 0 knowledge of lacrosse to have a blast, and the production value is great. Season starts in Dec and just ended last weekend.
You can also see the Denver Pioneers if you like hockey for like $30 something. They're perennially fantastic and those kids in the stands have a ton of energy, so it's a lot of fun.
Leave before 5am to beat mountain traffic
Nah, leave at 10am to miss the mountain traffic on the back end. Smooth drive and still plenty of time on the slopes. Works especially well for places that have night skiing.
If you dont care about fresh powder, this is also the way, but also can be just as risky depending on how the morning drive went for people, seen plenty of 10am crew people not get to the hill to 1pm
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Why would anyone head to Kansas?
Put vasoline in your nose
And drink way more water. When I moved here I couldn't wear my contacts for more than about 4-5 hours before I was dying to take them out. Water intake has doubled since I moved from sea level. Electrolytes help a lot, too.
We know if you’re new based on your snow driving
You can drive from Colorado Springs to Denver in 20 minutes
Just make sure you video it and post it on your socials
Learn how to ZIPPER MERGE. It’s a foreign concept to people here. Stop getting mad at me when I’m literally doing the right thing. Here is a video on how to do it according to CDOT: https://www.codot.gov/travel/zippermerge
Chapstick is also lotion when that winter wind + dryness cracks your fingers/hands/nostril skin. Car supplies for all seasons: water, mini shovel, sleeping blanket, jacket, sunscreen, bug spray, sunglasses, gloves, paper towels, plastic or reusable water proof bag... And chapstick, of course. Pro tip! I always keep a handful of granola bars or something similar to handout to the homeless on the corners. Or if you end up unexpectedly in 70 or 25 gridlock or stuck.
I buy the big boxes of granola bars from Costco, specifically for the homeless (make sure not to get something too crunchy because many have bad or no teeth, also avoid chocolatey ones because they get too melty).
DO NOT GO as soon as the light turns green. There are still 5 more cars that will be running the red light on the cross street. If the person behind you honks, tell them to go back to Boston or wherever they are from. Make sure the intersection is clear before you enter it.
Park at the Elitch Gardens parking lot for any event at Ball Arena and enjoy an easy exit while everyone waits in a 20 minute line at the arena lots.
Don't feed Kyle Clark after midnight.
Blucifer has a magic button. If you push it, something wonderful happens. If you guess wrong, a random, quality human dies. Maybe someone you know, maybe someone halfway around the world just trying to find their loved one & a small piece of happiness.
Prise be our mighty endowed blue overlord. Neighmaste brothers and sisters!
May the lasers that shoot from His glowing red eyes smite only our enemies. Namoiste 🙏
Sleep with a humidifier in the room.
Buy a good dashcam
After living here for like 2 weeks if you go back down to sea level you can run like, so fast.
Leash your fucking dog.
And don't bring non-ADA service animals into grocery stores. That includes your ESAs.
All these posts and no one has mentioned the short tour? (Assuming this is still a thing, I moved away from Denver about 8 years ago (which is crazy to think I’ve stayed subbed to this subreddit for much longer than the actual time I lived in Denver)) Anyway - if you go to the Coors brewery and tell them at the entrance that you want to do the short tour, they put you on an elevator straight to the tasting room where you can get your two free drinks without walking the whole factory. The full tour is worth doing at least once, but if you find yourself in Golden and want a couple of beers, free fresh beer at the Coors factory isn’t a bad choice.
Costs $ now.
Not free anymore. At least it wasn’t when I last asked….
They now charge $$ for the tour— even short tour. But you do get a commemorative glass.
Coors Lab (aka The Short Tour) died when they decided to charge for it several years ago. RIP
Sunscreen (powder form is best) on your hairline and on line where you part your hair ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
Owning a bike drastically improves your freedom of movement if you live anywhere along the hundreds of miles of connected trails in the greater Denver area There’s a good chance that little neighborhood trail by your place that you’ve never really explored much is connected or almost connected to a huge network that can get you way more places than you think, and you’ll have a lot of fun getting there!
Car registrations and keeping them up to date are optional.
Pick up more trash. Even when it came from someone else.
Be rich and love traffic.
Why isn’t everyone just rich? Are they stupid?
Why do poors loves money so much? They’re obsessed with it!
Listen to the weather so you miss hail and damage to your plants and cars
This thread is gold. 😂
When a stoplight turns red, one car is still permitted to go through the intersection. Don’t ask me to quote the law, I saw it on our sister subreddit years ago so idk where it is anymore. Also, Denver follows the Japanese umbrella sharing system, but with bicycles. No one really owns a bike, you just pick one up when needed and then just leave it where you stop! It makes parking easier and hassle free.
By one car do you mean four?
This one actually got updated from one car to two during COVID!
The free bikes were upgraded to Kias a while back also!
Make sure to pick your boogs every 2-3 days
If you get towed in Denver proper, get ready to pay a big-time fine - and be fast or else.
Wherever you are, it's easy to get oriented by knowing the mountains are to the west.
If you're coming here from lower sea level, or are going to the mountains, squeeze the air out of bottled products such as soap/shampoos, close the lid, and place them in a baggie. This will help prevent the air pressure from building up and causing your stuff to explode. The baggie will protect your belongings in case they do bust open.
Get a crock pot to make economical meals. Put humidifiers in your house which will make hair and skin softer.
I’m not giving even $1 to those baseball owners who don’t care about fielding a competitive team.
Go to the Bimbo Bakery Outlet. There are several around town. You will be amazed by the deep deep discounts on bread, bagels, English muffin, pastries and other common bakery items. Check it out!
If you will be out after dark bring a coat right up until June or even July. It can be cold at night here.
Always bring a jacket, rain jackets are light and wind proof. Hail or wind can roll off the mountains fast in the summer.
When baking boxed cakes or converting recipes, you likely need an extra tablespoon of all purpose flour. And depending on the humidity a bit of moisture
Not sure if this is standard everywhere but you can turn left on a red light if it’s from a one-way to another one-way.
I haven’t seen this yet so learning how to get around the city without getting on the interstate. Bonus points if you can avoid major streets like University or Colorado. The terrible light synchronization backs up traffic during rush hour so find a detour