What would the 'Twin Cities' be like if it were one City?? (Minneapolis: crime, neighborhoods)

[Dr.drew]

Originally Posted by BobMarley_1LOVE

Xcel, Target Center, Target Field, Cathederal of St Paul, the Basilica, Guthrie, Children's Museum, Union Depot, Science Museum and the State Capital in one Downtown

The Mall of America and the fairgrounds would also be closer to downtown also.

[knke0204]

Astron -

Awesome picture. +1 if I could.

[Chi-turtle]

It would probably be just another Milwaukee, except not close to anything big

[Dr.drew]

Probably the rest of the state would also be more isolated than it already is. north of the Saint Cloud area, there's not much going on between Duluth and the North Dakota border, unless you like the outdoors and rural areas.

[Ghengis]

Originally Posted by Astron1000

I created this image sometime ago. It shows what the skyline would be if the two downtowns were combined into one. It's pretty cool:

St Paul looks so cute, I could just reach out and pinch it's little cheeks.

[xandrex]

Originally Posted by Chi-turtle

It would probably be just another Milwaukee, except not close to anything big

I think Minneapolis alone already has a leg up over Milwaukee in some ways as we aren't close to anything, so we don't lose any steam from other cities the way Chicago steals some of Milwaukee's thunder.

The Twin Cities metro is already considerably larger than Milwaukee's...I think the difference is somewhere in the area 1.5 million more people.

[Dr.drew]

It's pretty much all suburbs between Milwaukee and Chicago, and from there to South Bend, Indiana.

[Ben Around]

Originally Posted by BobMarley_1LOVE

Xcel, Target Center, Target Field, Cathederal of St Paul, the Basilica, Guthrie, Children's Museum, Union Depot, Science Museum and the State Capital in one Downtown

Well, you wouldn't have both the Basilica and the Cathedral if this were only one city. The Basilica was built for political reasons (so Mpls wouldn't feel "left out"). Did you know that until the 1960s, The name of the archdiocese was "Archdiocese of St Paul?") Again, they added the name Mpls with a hyphen for political reasons.

[knke0204]

I was just thinking that it would be pretty weird to have suburbs of the same city so far away from each other.

Right now, the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul make up almost a perfect square-rectangle, making the metro oval-shaped (So to speak)

Suburbs like Woodbury, Oakdale, Little Canada, Shoreview, White Bear Lake, Maplewood, Eagan, Cottage Grove, Mendota Heights, Vadnais Heights, etc are strictly St. Paul Suburbs. On the Minneapolis side there is Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Bloomington, Plymouth, etc.

Living here has me so used to the two East and West sides of the metro area.

[iNviNciBL3]

Originally Posted by knke0204

Suburbs like Woodbury, Oakdale, Little Canada, Shoreview, White Bear Lake, Maplewood, Eagan, Cottage Grove, Mendota Heights, Vadnais Heights, etc are strictly St. Paul Suburbs. On the Minneapolis side there is Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Bloomington, Plymouth, etc.

Very true! I wonder what the people in the Lakeville - Apple Valley area consider themselves. I suppose they just side with Minneapolis because Minneapolis is the big dog lol