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Seattle is nice and everything, but the traffic is freakin horrendous and the non-stop drizzling during fall, winter, and some of spring, gets old fast! Nevertheless, Seattle is still a great place, but I have heard numerous times that MSP is simply better because of a better traffic situation, more jobs, an even better economy than Seattle, much more sunshine, lower cost of living, and just as nice scenery (tons of lakes).
No, people here look up to Seattle as a more bigger, more important and iconic city. you hear a lot of people who dreams of visiting Seattle and people who want to move their after they graduate college.
i doubt you hear as many people from Seattle wanting to visit or live in Minneapolis.
While this certainly is reflective of Seattle having a higher pop-culture quotient than Minneapolis, it hardly relates to whether or not one city is better than the other. I don't know of anyone her who "looks up" to Seattle.
Both are great cities which exist on the same level of overall importance. The answer to the OP's question would ultimately depend upon what one is specifically looking for in a city.
Allow me to disagree with you. Completely close. Simply because there are no mountains in MSP? Rivers and lakes, 3 biomes converge across the TC metro going from prairie like to woodsy and hilly with river bluffs? I think both places actually are beautiful in terms of landscape features and urban features like architecture.
To be fair as well Minnesota winters suck but the Summers and Fall are pretty awesome.
Allow me to disagree with you. Completely close. Simply because there are no mountains in MSP? Rivers and lakes, 3 biomes converge across the TC metro going from prairie like to woodsy and hilly with river bluffs? I think both places actually are beautiful in terms of landscape features and urban features like architecture.
To be fair as well Minnesota winters suck but the Summers and Fall are pretty awesome.
Minneapolis has its beauty, but it is not comparable to Seattle. I have lived in both Minneapolis and Seattle. Most of the people who love outdoors are begging to get out so they can visit Seattle. Not the other way around.
In terms of what place is better. I will say this. People in Minneapolis take better care of their yards, and homes IMO. Plus it is cheaper to live there. Seattle is getting crazy expensive.
With that being said I still prefer Seattle for the following reasons 1) Good jobs 2) great access to outdoors 3) more urban core 4) more diversity (specifically the Pacific Nations 5) more oppurtunities in tech etc..
MSP seems to get higher marks for its museums and theater scene but Seattle is also a favorite among travelers. It seems MSP have a better transit system but not by much although they are close to starting the next line.
Museum and theater do go to Minneapolis - Seattle is no slouch but Minneapolis really excels in these areas.
However, currently I'd say transit is about even (Seattle has a higher percentage of people commuting by public transit and rail has about the same ridership) and Seattle will pull away dramatically in the next decade when multiple underground/elevated "subway-style" light rail lines with complete separate ROW opening in some of the city's densest and most vibrant areas. Minneapolis' light rail lines will not have the same capacity and they will be at-grade.
Most Seattleites would not really even think to compare Seattle and Minneapolis.
The cities that Seattle aligns itself with are San Francisco, Vancouver, Portland.
This is b.s. I've talked to several, local Seattleites (not most like you have ) who seem to think Portland is where Seattle was 20 years ago, which is distancing themselves from Portland - not aligning with it. Furthermore, I've run into and know a lot people from the Midwest who now live in Seattle. Guess what city they compare Seattle with? I'll give you a hint - it's not Chicago or Fargo.
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) who seem to think Portland is where Seattle was 20 years ago, which is distancing themselves from Portland - not aligning with it. Furthermore, I've run into and know a lot people from the Midwest who now live in Seattle. Guess what city they compare Seattle with? I'll give you a hint - it's not Chicago or Fargo.
