Colorado's Claim to Fame (live in, law, license plate)

[treedonkey]

Originally Posted by CosmicWizard

COLORADO is one of the four corner states, although the marker is 2.5 miles away from the actual site.

Yeah, but whose side is it on?

[SergeGainsbourg]

Our claim to fame:

1)CU Boulder
2)Vail/Aspen/Breckenridge
3.Rocky mountains
4.Blizzards that make national news/ Stereotypes about snow

[blue182]

Coors Beer, better known as Colorado Kool-Aide!

[vegaspilgrim]

A whole slew of now nationally widespread chain restaurants were either originally started or are current headquartered in Colorado: Village Inn, Old Chicago/ Rock Bottom Brewery, Paradise Bakery, Chipotle, Qdoba, Quiznos, Noodles, Einstein Bagels (Branded as Noah's Bagels in some states), Red Robin, Boston Market, plus a whole bunch of Denver regional chains. I'm not saying this is a good or a bad thing, but just an interesting fact.

Colorado, year after year, is routinely ranked the least obese state in the nation-- and usually several percentage points better than even the 2nd best state.

Colorado has used the same basic design for its license plate since 1960. The white and green colors have been swapped back and forth several times before, and ten years ago or so the image was "updated," but the shape of the mountains background has remain unchanged. Can't think of any other state that has kept a design like that for so long.

Coors Light sucks, and Coors Original isn't so great either. However, two other beers made by Coors are awesome: Blue Moon and Killians. AFAIK, Golden, CO is the only place in the world where you can get $1.50 Killians drafts at happy hour.

[DOUBLE H]

The Denver Broncos orange crush defense!
The barrel man at the Bronco games

The Caribou Ranch near Nederland, owned by James Guercio. A few dozen great classic rock recordings came out of that place!

BTW, Blue 182- Alferd Packer, great!

[treedonkey]

Originally Posted by vegaspilgrim

Colorado has used the same basic design for its license plate since 1960. The white and green colors have been swapped back and forth several times before, and ten years ago or so the image was "updated," but the shape of the mountains background has remain unchanged. Can't think of any other state that has kept a design like that for so long.

Great point about the license plate... didn't think of that... they're definately unique andeye-catching anywhere out-of-state, and I remember thinking, even as a kid in VA and CA, that CO always had the coolest default plates.

[treedonkey]

Using a slick little work-around, I legally managed to get a pretty telling thread going about this in the General > City Vs. City forum.

http://www.city-data.com/forum/city-...your-head.html

So far it seems to confirm most of my revised list...
1) The Colorado Rockies
2) Skiing - e.g. Vail, Aspen, Breck
3) Coors
4) Rocky Mountain High (John Denver)
5) Mile High

[jazzlover]

Originally Posted by vegaspilgrim

Colorado has used the same basic design for its license plate since 1960. The white and green colors have been swapped back and forth several times before, and ten years ago or so the image was "updated," but the shape of the mountains background has remain unchanged. Can't think of any other state that has kept a design like that for so long.

Two of Colorado's neighboring states have long-running license plate designs. New Mexico's plates have changed some over the years, but have had the Zia symbol on them probably longer than Colorado has had the mountains. Wyoming has had the cowboy on bucking bronco (affectionately called "Cowboy Joe" by many Wyomingites) on the license plate since 1936--the design is actually required to be on the plate by state law.

I love the "original" Colorado plate design, but Colorado has gone absolutely insane with "specialty" plates--over 100 different designs with umpteen different colors. Law enforcement hates that--it's virtually impossible to tell if a vehicle is a Colorado vehicle if it has one of the specialty plates until one is practically on top of it.

Good ol' Plain Jane Colorado plate:



2009 Wyoming plate



Traditional New Mexico plate:



All very good designs.

[vegaspilgrim]

Originally Posted by jazzlover

Two of Colorado's neighboring states have long-running license plate designs. New Mexico's plates have changed some over the years, but have had the Zia symbol on them probably longer than Colorado has had the mountains. Wyoming has had the cowboy on bucking bronco (affectionately called "Cowboy Joe" by many Wyomingites) on the license plate since 1936--the design is actually required to be on the plate by state law.

I must have forgotten about those two earlier, you're right, WY and NM plates are both classic. I didn't realize that while the background picture has changed it's the same exact cowboy figure.

I love the "original" Colorado plate design, but Colorado has gone absolutely insane with "specialty" plates--over 100 different designs with umpteen different colors. Law enforcement hates that--it's virtually impossible to tell if a vehicle is a Colorado vehicle if it has one of the specialty plates until one is practically on top of it.

I agree, the specialty plate thing gets ridiculous. Most of them still have the same design, just different colors for mountains and a different insignia thing in the middle, not as bad as the specialty plates in Arizona and Nevada which are completely different images, but I agree it's annoying, way too much. I've even seen ones that say "Italian American." I've never understood people who make their customized license plate an expression of their identity.

[jazzlover]

Originally Posted by vegaspilgrim

I must have forgotten about those two earlier, you're right, WY and NM plates are both classic. I didn't realize that while the background picture has changed it's the same exact cowboy figure.



I agree, the specialty plate thing gets ridiculous. Most of them still have the same design, just different colors for mountains and a different insignia thing in the middle, not as bad as the specialty plates in Arizona and Nevada which are completely different images, but I agree it's annoying, way too much. I've even seen ones that say "Italian American." I've never understood people who make their customized license plate an expression of their identity.

The cowboy on bucking bronco is actually registered as a trademark by the State of Wyoming, and the state will vigoruously litigate against those who use it without permission.

Another lousy thing about Colorado's umpteen specialty plates--people assume that the extra fees go to support whatever cause/organization that the plate is promoting. That usually it not the case; it just goes into the state coffers. Of course, that usually isn't mentioned to people purchasing the specialty plate.