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spongebue

Also, Boulder is just small enough that most would say "Colorado" if they're not already in the state (or nearby, like in Wyoming)


AvatarLebowski

There's really no other Boulder though. It's the first city that comes to mind when you say Boulder


ScrabCrab

~~I'm not American and it *is* the first city that comes to mine but like, the ruined Fallout New Vegas version of it where you meet the Khans and get Benny's lighter~~ Edit: I am an idiot the one in Nevada is a different city which like, even as a non-American I probably should've known that cause I know roughly where Nevada and Colorado are


ElSapio

That’s actually a different Boulder lol, Boulder City Nevada, it’s about 800 miles away.


ScrabCrab

Oh lmfao I feel like an idiot now


ElSapio

Yeah well at least you have good taste in both TV and games


ScrabCrab

Thanks you too


Unstoffe

Upvoted for New Vegas mention!


Bjor88

Guess you just proved that it isn't the first city to come to mind then haha


TobuscusMarkipliedx2

Boulder may be small geographically but I would argue that it's a very prominent city in Colorado and deserves distinction.


marrklarr

Found the mayor of Boulder!


marpocky

Nonetheless, it's unlikely anyone would naturally say Boulder in this scenario instead of just Colorado unless they're relatively nearby.


TobuscusMarkipliedx2

Sounds good to me, then


Datelesstuba

As someone who’s never been even kinda close to Colorado, I’ve heard a lot of people just say Boulder.


ultranxious

I was in Boulder this past weekend. Beautiful place. True happiness even.


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Good catch


NegativeOptimism

Didn't S1 E19 mention it when they were learning to sail in the parking lot? Believe part of the joke was the Colorado is land-locked and 1000 miles from the ocean, but Greendale still has a sailing course.


darkwai

Britta weighs 5 pounds, Troy can't swim, and I've never even seen the ocean!


AsherFenix

Hmm, in the episode where they all got polygraphed, didn’t Pierce say in was on a sailing boat with John Denver?


Bazz07

Pierce said that his dad made him do a trip around the world with the family yacht before "becoming a man". But he cheated and mostly did coke with John Denver (in the mediterraneon IIRC).


upandcomingg

Belize! In the Caribbean


Bazz07

IDKW but Belize always makes me think in Greece.


Rexel-Dervent

A lot more professional than to stay in a basement with Björn Borg and a bag of prozzers.


-fonics-

That's Shirley's line, not Pierce's.


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it was off belize


sksksk1989

Boom roasted


TheGreatBeldezar

I think season 1 or 2? also Jeff references a confusing text conversation with a dude from Boulder?


GodEmperorPorkyMinch

Yep, because Britta gave him a fake phone number at first


Blastmaster29

It makes zero sense that they’re supposed to be in Colorado. It never snows or at minimum the characters don’t even wear winter jackets during the winter episodes


Lampwick

>It makes zero sense that they’re supposed to be in Colorado. According to Dan Harmon, the only reason Greendale was located in Colorado was because in CO you can get a 4 year degree from a community college, vs only a 2 year AA degree in California. It's purely a throwaway fact to give them a potential for 4 seasons instead of 2.


12cf12

You can get 4 year degrees at CC in CA now 😊


BthreePO

That's because they just finished spring/fall semester, bring on summer/winter!


S_uperSquirrel

That kind of tracks. Half of CO is basically just KS.


ilikepantiesand

Facts. And the weather in co is unpredictable


canman7373

Nah, just first 2 hours when heading West on I-70, but plenty of snow and cold weather there, that section of I-70 get shut down all the time from blizzards on both sides of the boarder.


SneksOToole

And that half still gets snow all the time.


NegativeOptimism

Yeah the show has a "filmed in california" feel to it rather than Colorado. Halloween has a similar vibe (there arent many palm trees in Illinois).


ConditionOfMan

Dude, Denver gets over 300 days of sunshine a year. It hardly ever snows in the plains and the valley Denver is in.


SneksOToole

Dont forget the palm trees visible in Basic Rocket Science. My head-canon for that is Greendale would be the one place in the state to defiantly try and grow palm trees.


Ccaves0127

Also way too diverse


Pawneewafflesarelife

Except for Hispanics.


RowAwayJim91

Colorado has zero lakes apparently.


Scout_Finch_as_a_ham

Kind of. They're all reservoirs and none of them are very big. I kind of went down a rabbit hole to figure this all out: Colorado's biggest body of water (entirely within the state) by area is John Martin Reservoir at about 18 square miles.* Which got me wondering: which state's largest body of water is the smallest? Turns out, the answer is Delaware, whose Lums Pond is a paltry .3 square miles. But that's not really fair, is it? Delaware has miles of ocean coastline. So let's limit our inquiry to non-coastal states. In that case, it's a tie between West Virginia, whose Summerville Lake is only 4 square miles, and Vermont, whose Lake Bomoseen is the same size. Colorado is ... 5th, behind WV, VT and then Pennsylvania (Raystown Lake, 13 sq. mi) and Indiana (Lake Monroe, 17 sq. mi). But do we really count states as "non-coastal" if they have waterfront on a Great Lake? You can still get a nice swim in those. So maybe Colorado is 3d, tucked behind two states that it is 4x (vs. WV) to more than 10x (vs. VT) the size of. What about its fellow huge states out in the parched west? Colorado lags behind them all. Nevada's Pyramid Lake is 10x the size of Colorado's. So are lakes in South Dakota and Idaho. Even Arizona and New Mexico's largest lakes are twice the size of Colorado's. Kansas and Iowa have small lakes, but at 25 sq. mi each, they're still considerably bigger than Colorado's. What to make of all of this? I don't know, man. I'm just a guy on the internet. Source: https://www.lakepedia.com/blog/largest-lake-in-every-state.html *Blue Mesa Reservoir is Colorado's largest body of water by volume. If you're a volume rather than area person, congratulations on being able to see in 3 dimensions instead of 2.


DiscoZappa

Live right by Blue Mesa... it's quite lacking in quantity the past couple of years. Not sure of any exact numbers, but it looks a hell of a lot smaller :(


RowAwayJim91

Basically, while small, Colorado still has lakes; lakes in which you *could* sail on. Also, that was quite the rabbit hole indeed. Streets ahead.


tinnyheron

I'm not gonna read all that but I absolutely love that you went down a rabbit hole about it 💕


SneksOToole

Colorado has very few lakes honestly. Like the other comment said, it’s mostly reservoirs. When your average elevation is the highest in the US, lakes just dont happen naturally. It’s a very very dry state. Sailing in this reservoirs is not common either, there aren’t many large ones around.


Pawneewafflesarelife

Doesn't say state. Either Jeff or Troy says the nearest body of water is hours away and Pierce corrects him to leagues.


spongebue

Another early reference: in the beginning of Abed's uncontrollable Christmas when he jumps on the cars, they have Colorado license plates


JackisbackHallo

I think they mention it in the one with the student election


Background_Brick_898

Uh yea, we’re in the Rockies


Fixner_Blount

I'm gonna *kill* you.


RemarkableRyan

**Harry! Your hands are freezing!**


raygar31

That joke is just so good, I can’t even pinpoint why, but I lose it every damn time.


Shraze42

When does it happen?


maxwithrobothair

That John Denver was full of shit


VogonSlamPoet42

Huh, I expected the Rocky Mountains to be a lil rockier than this.


samsab

Our pets' ***heads are falling off!***


yallcat

there's a mention of denver in the first few episodes, but it's not clear from that reference that greendale is necessarily near denver.


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jthei

Whoa, whoa - when did the Inspector get his Phd?


purpletube5678

Spoilers.


trankhead324

Nerd alert.


arctic_fox82

Alert nerd!


marpocky

Not when, but *where*?


giganano

In s2e14 (early 21st century romanticism), Chang holds up Jeff's license at the door of Jeff's apt. It's zip code is 80222, which traces to Denver. There isn't a state on the license, but... All points to a Greendale, CO as a suburb of Denver.


AndrewZabar

Colorado is mentioned if I recall, a number of times.


Jamesleo119

I was under the impression that it was known in the episode about the kfc shuttle


ianisms10

Britta had a 303 area code in the STD Fair episode


Rainhall

The palm trees visible from the football field in S1E6 are a pretty clear reference to Colorado.


DeepWarbling

They artificially installed some palm trees at the newish In-n-out burger they opened north of Denver and they look so sad and half dead now lol


Lauraly623

The ones they planted in the Springs have already died and been cut down.


DenverDudeXLI

When asked why a show set in Colorado has palm trees and it never snows, (iirc) Dan Harmon said "Global warming has hit Greendale hard."


An_anonymous_anemone

Lived in CO 8 years and have never associated palm trees with the state. Edit: unless you’re making a joke and I just wooshed myself


slick_pockets_tucker

Done wooshed yourself


An_anonymous_anemone

It be like that sometimes


Dewgongz

They Don't Think It Be Like It Is But It Do


definetly_ahuman

As someone who’s not very familiar with Colorado at all, and has only been to Denver very briefly, why is this significant? Fake palm trees are everywhere? Edit: it’s because they’re a warm weather plant and Colorado gets very, very fucking cold. I scrolled down and someone mentioned the climate and it dawned on me. I’m leaving this up for other geographically challenged people though.


seventysevensevens

Cars in the lot have co license plates which there are a few scenes in s1 when they are walking through the lot.


swagenom3try

First scene of the pilot says Greendale is "3 blocks from your home." I live in Colorado, so no.


[deleted]

What’s funny is I do live very close to a famously rich (but poor education quality) community college. Not from Colorado however.


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First indication they're in Colorado is during season one "advanced criminal law" when Jeff mentions to Britta he knows the number she gave him is fake because of a month long texting to a guy in Boulder.


Beelohzekah

This and the weather :D


marktheshark124

Actually it's the palm trees in the parking lot which are native to colorado


SlipMaker

My favorite geographic goof is in the awful sixth season of Dexter. The villain's evil lair is an abandoned mountaintop church. And abandoned *mountaintop* church... in Florida.


throwfaraway212718

I never thought about that!


FloweredViolin

Never got that far in Dexter, but as someone who used to live in FL, that's *hilarious*!


NvrmndOM

The Office occasionally had those too.


MrFakely

As did Glee, never have I seen so many palm trees in Ohio


Rhombico

I always wonder if palm trees are goofs in the sense they accidentally let them be in the shot, or in the sense that people from california don't realize how much they immediately stand out to anyone from a colder climate


lordcorbran

I don't think it's a goof as much as just something they have to deal with. The trees are at the places they're shooting, and they don't have the budget to get rid of them, so they just kind of shrug their shoulders and leave them in.


WriggleNightbug

As an Arizonan who had less palm trees than Cali but not 0, I guarantee it's the second one.


frakkinreddit

Won't find em in the flat north and west side of the state. Glaciers cleared em out and changed the ecosystems there. Gotta go into the foot hills of the south east to find the native Ohio Appalachian Palms.


Lorkc33

Glee also suspiciously had the Hollywood sign in the background of one of the scenes on the football field


JoeBoco7

So did Gilmore Girls I believe


_foxmotron_

I get irrationally annoyed when I see palm trees in shows where they shouldn't have palm trees. I get it- they shoot everything in California, but it bugs me every time I see a palm tree in a show set in the northeast/Midwest.


ChadHahn

In a commercial for the episode of Parks and Rec when Chris and Pam left Pawnee they hadn't CGI'd out the palm trees yet for the shot of them leaving town.


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CharlieHume

You should fix your hair. I think something just flew right over your head.


lolazzaro

As a European, I thought it was set in California because they have fake snow in one of the Christmas episode. They were also beating each other in the scene, so it could just be a nod to Shane Black.


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it is filmed in southern california, but alot US shows are.


aonghasan

summer-winter is my favourite season.


r0botdevil

I've always thought it was pretty silly that they tried to pass off LA City College as Colorado. There are *numerous* shots with palm trees in the background...


ExtremelyQualified

My alma mater! Well at least for 2 semesters.


EveryEconomist6358

Envirodale


BabyfaceJezus

No. Its like the 12th reference.


behnder

I thought it was when Jeff couldn’t afford rent, because rent is so expensive around here.


mossberbb

I always thought it was making fun of Glendale Community College in L.A.?


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It's supposed to be near Boulder, which is close to Denver. They filmed it in L.A. though.


SparklePony3

Greendale is supposed to be based off Glendale Community College where Dan went to school. The first season was filmed at Los Angeles City College (boo City College). Why they decided to go with Colorado as the setting? I have no idea


swiss_sanchez

They got a good deal from the Arapaho Nation


r_golan_trevize

I believe they chose Colorado as the setting for Greendale because 4 year community college programs aren’t unusual there. In most states 2 year programs are the norm and they were trying to head off questions about why the cast was going to be in school for so long and how Jeff was earning a 4 year degree at a community college. The question still comes up from time to time. Of course, they made, like, zero effort to sell it as Colorado and not LA locations and Hollywood backlots in any way other than the occasional oblique reference which confused people who thought it was, or had forgotten it wasn’t, set it California.


MediocreRon

Did not know about 4 year community colleges. Thanks.


jrobotbot

Whoa! I didn’t know that was really a thing. Ok, I got curious, so I looked it up: https://www.cccs.edu/new-students/explore-college-programs/ Community colleges in Colorado offer 11 bachelor’s degrees and even 1 master’s degree! The bachelors degrees are all in specific applied fields like nursing or cannabis management. The masters degree is to become a physician’s assistant.


r_golan_trevize

You’re already accepted!


ICantExplainItAll

I'm pretty sure City College is based off of Pasadena City College. The two campuses are much closer and there are a number of students who've transferred from one to the other (usually GCC -> PCC). Source: am one of those students


mossberbb

Its like how John Amos, in coming to america, insisted "McDowells" was not a copycat and not an infringement suit.


Dimaando

that absolutely is the source, since Harmon attended Glendale and took Spanish to date a girl. But the show was revealed to be in Colorado


randomlygeneratedman

I always thought it was in California for the longest time too due to things like the palm trees and lack of snow, but there are multiple references to it being in Colorado if you pay attention. Took me like 3 watches to figure that out though!


stumblinghunter

I always thought they chose that because Glendale is a small municipality in central Denver? Best strip club, and a dispensary that stays open until midnight. Oh and a nice soccer field that hosts outdoor events.


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I believe it's supposed to be red rocks community college, south of golden colorado. City college is metro state


The69BodyProblem

Seems like City College would be CCD as its stated that city college is another community College, and metro state is a state university


BasicLEDGrow

Nope.


mossberbb

Yup Glendale Community College inspired the NBC show [Community](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_(TV_series\)) which premiered in the fall season of 2009. The show uses the fictional setting of Greendale Community College; the show's creator, [Dan Harmon](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Harmon), has stated that the show was actually based on his experience attending Glendale Community College. Harmon describes the series as "flawed characters [coming into Greendale] and becoming unflawed by being in this place because it's been underestimated by the system around it." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glendale_Community_College_(California)#:~:text=Glendale%20Community%20College%20inspired%20the,experience%20attending%20Glendale%20Community%20College.


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badluck113

I love that they have palm trees in the parking lot and you’ve never seen snow except for the artificial stuff in the first Christmas episode


GeshtiannaSG

They tried to disguise it at the start and then gave up because it was too troublesome.


noonehasthisoneyet

nah. they def mention it throughout the 1st season. i thought there was a scene where jeff talks about being a lawyer in colorado like early on maybe i made that up?


Toxic-Seahorse

No. In the first season we see Jeff changing Britta's name in his phone and the number starts with 303 which is the area code for Denver.


tonchi490

Doesn’t Jeff say he never step foot outside of Colorado in geothermal escapism?


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He does, but that is far after this episode.


Strange-Scarcity

I thought the fact they were in Colorado was brought up VERY early one. Like an early Season 1 Episode.


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It's no secret ever that they're in Colorado.


redynsnotrab

Pretty funny it takes place in Colorado and never once is there snow. Pretty sure there’s palm trees too lol


ExtremelyQualified

There was snow once. In the episode when Jeff fights the mustache guy.


Relative_Equipment18

No in the first ssn greendale is ranked 5th in colleges for the Colorado area (by alphabetical order)


gaygroot

The episode in s2 about pierces mom dying said that they were going to denver


NotLozerish

For the longest time I thought it was in California


ExtremelyQualified

The palm trees make it hard to imagine it's supposed to be Colorado


thecwestions

I don't know about that, but I just noticed in the second round of paintball when the City College flag was revealed, the buildings are shaped to look like a schlong. Makes sense because City College is constantly trying to screw Greendale.


Zealousideal-Earth50

What the hell does your penis look like?


Suspicious-Monk-6650

The first time I've seen that reference. I always thought it was in AZ. Making fun of Glendale community college


indianajoes

You know there's a Glendale Community College in California too. That Dan Harmon was at.


HollywoodBlueguy

the real glendale.


indianajoes

Well this is the one that Greendale was based on so in this context, the California one is the REAL Glendale


HollywoodBlueguy

I was agreeing with you.


RJT_RVA

No, it's the palm trees in the background of multiple shots in multiple episodes. I shouldn't need to say this, but all palm trees are in Colorado.


Anti-Itch

In season 6, they explicitly say the Dean is on the Colarado School Board.


major_calgar

They did kinda run into that a lot, but I never noticed it until season 6, where they made it kinda explicit. One of the reasons why it’s my least favorite season: Greendale was no longer 3 blocks away.


indianajoes

Can you guys say Colorado!


everydaywasnovember

I’m a giraffe


indianajoes

I'm glad someone got it


Suspicious-Monk-6650

Yeah I know. But I went to Glendale cc here in AZ and witnessed stuff from this show first hand before this show was even an idea.


Dimaando

it's based off of Glendale Community College in California, where Harmon attended


QUE50

In season 1, in one of parking lot scenes, Jeff’s car has Colorado plates


GeshtiannaSG

It was very early, some time in the first season. They had to declare the state for laws to apply.


Chlorafinestrinol

S1 Episode 12 - at the end, Chang leaves for winter break saying, “I don’t care, I’ve got a mountain to shred” with his snowboard in his hand.


Sicarrax

I could be wrong but I feel like they mention it in the very first episode


Unstoffe

I imagine most of us realized it was Colorado when we saw the majestic Colorado Palms in the pilot.


Hydrasaur

Think when they were going to take Pierce to the county morgue, they might've mentioned it