Known for having more marijuana dispensaries than Starbucks since 2011, Denver has been the subject of countless national headlines — and late-night punchlines — since it became the site of the world’s first legal sale of recreational marijuana on Jan. 1, 2014.

Hype aside, the economic upsides include significant job creation and increased tax revenues, to the tune of $44 million for the state of Colorado (on nearly $600 million in sales) and about $10 million more for Denver, a good bit of which will go into education. Legalization also lured a wave of entrepreneurs.

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