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Originally Posted by rainrock
Yes a very impressive corporate presence. So whats the deal then?
Why is Minneapolis such a magnet for corporate operations? Business taxes? What is the reasoning.
If its such a great place for corporations why is the metro population relatively small at 3.5 M? Why hasn't Minneapolis made that leap from a mid tier metro?
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Relatively small? There are 381 defined US metropolitan areas and of those, the Minneapolis metro is larger than 365. Also, of the current top 25 metros, Minneapolis is fairly new to the picture. New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Boston, Detroit, St. Louis, Baltimore, and Pittsburgh were all major players well before Minneapolis. Furthermore, the weather and some generalizations do keep people from moving to the area, which is fine.