Here Are The 14 Biggest Risks Living In The City of Denver
There are an infinite number of reasons to love living in the Mile High City, and I have no intention of leaving any time soon. But that doesn’t mean we’re not without our faults. Here are some of the biggest risks of living in Denver, and all the reasons why no one else should move here! (Wink, wink.)
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Maybe it has to do with the fact that our population increased by 101,000 in just one year!
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Denver seriously has THE worst drivers I've experienced in ANY city I've lived in - with NO regard for lanes or any other traffic rules for that matter.
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(Note: I literally saw two wrecks just last week. Learn, how to drive, people!)
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I walked out one morning to find that not one, not two, but THREE parked cars on my street had been hit by a hit-and-run driver. One poor soul's entire windshield was knocked out, and we will never catch that shameless white whale.
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A PSA from Accuweather: Snow to coat Denver following immobilizing blizzard.
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This Flickrer said, "He'll need to lube his chain after this." LOL!
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This Flickrer said, "...this was the first I didn't get horribly horribly sunburned! Two years ago, my buddy and I forgot sunscreen doing exactly the same thing as seen above and we were called "spring tomatoes" all week in school as a consequence of our oversight. Behind goggles, eyeballs and pupils were burnt, even my tongue and roof of my mouth were burnt from the reflecting snow! It was terrible."
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"Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake." - W. C. Fields
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This Yelper said, "It's not that it's very good it's just that I spent too much money on it to let it go."
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(Except to climb mountains, that is.)
On the flip side, here are 30 Reasons Denver Will Always Be Home. (But still: No one else move here.)
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