Minneapolis vs. Milwaukee (St. Paul, Shorewood, Ely: neighborhood, gated, taxes)

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by Minnehahapolitan

What Somali thing?

Maybe he's a liquor delivery guy who takes taxis everywhere?

[Thedosius]

Originally Posted by Minnehahapolitan

What Somali thing?

Look at his previous posts to answer that question.

For me, my only comment about his point of view is that I will say nothing at all because I have nothing nice to say.

[Twisted_Logic]

Originally Posted by JMadison

After much research I tend to agree with lone traveler.

I no longer even consider work in Minn/St. Paul due to the Somali thing. Didn't realize it was even happening until a possible came up there and I did some research. Otherwise I'd have been happy with "Old Minn."

In Wisconsin I assess how far from Milwaukee the project is.

Why not consider UCI's law school down in Irvine? Close to Laguna Beach, which is friendly to your lifestyle choices.

However, I can't say off the top of my head how well regarded their school is.

And what is wrong with the Somalis? Wooow the level of racism is quite astonishing

[knke0402]

Originally Posted by Twisted_Logic

And what is wrong with the Somalis? Wooow the level of racism is quite astonishing

pretty ignorant is more like it.

[MILWCITY]

A few negative's I found upon visiting the Twin Cites is once I was outside of 494 it was country, it just seemed as if the suburbs just stopped. Another thing was way too many trees all over, I felt like I was in a park the whole time which to some is the greatest thing ever. If your going for an urban feel I didn't find it in the Twin Cites, it was also very dark on side streets and I really didn't feel as if I was in a big city even though the Twin Cites have a Million more people than Milwaukee. The people drove way too slow on the freeway and side streets but you do have a very nice skyline. A great business climate which we in Milwaukee envy(we have lib's in power). The Twin Cities strike me as a large Madison,WI due to the "We are better than everyone else" attitude. You have a very clean city and not too many rude people which might explain the non-big city feel. But I did feel disconnected to the rest of the US knowing that the closest big city was Milwaukee.

Now what's with the Milw bashing I see on this forum is this due to sports, Green Bay V Vikings or Twins v Brewers or Wisconsin Hockey v Minnesota Hockey? I prefer Milwaukee because it feels bigger than the Twin Cities(even though its not) and it's more of a urban feel with being next to Chicago I guess attributes to that as well.

To better educate yourself on Milwaukee see below:

Choosemilwaukee.com - Milwaukee 7 - Wisconsin

MetroMilwaukee.org News

Milwaukee Nights - Milwaukees Club and Nightlife information site

[MplsTodd]

Originally Posted by MILWCITY

A few negative's I found upon visiting the Twin Cites is once I was outside of 494 it was country, it just seemed as if the suburbs just stopped. Another thing was way too many trees all over, I felt like I was in a park the whole time which to some is the greatest thing ever. If your going for an urban feel I didn't find it in the Twin Cites, it was also very dark on side streets and I really didn't feel as if I was in a big city even though the Twin Cites have a Million more people than Milwaukee. The people drove way too slow on the freeway and side streets but you do have a very nice skyline. A great business climate which we in Milwaukee envy(we have lib's in power). The Twin Cities strike me as a large Madison,WI due to the "We are better than everyone else" attitude. You have a very clean city and not too many rude people which might explain the non-big city feel. But I did feel disconnected to the rest of the US knowing that the closest big city was Milwaukee.

Now what's with the Milw bashing I see on this forum is this due to sports, Green Bay V Vikings or Twins v Brewers or Wisconsin Hockey v Minnesota Hockey? I prefer Milwaukee because it feels bigger than the Twin Cities(even though its not) and it's more of a urban feel with being next to Chicago I guess attributes to that as well.

To better educate yourself on Milwaukee see below:

Choosemilwaukee.com - Milwaukee 7 - Wisconsin

MetroMilwaukee.org News

Milwaukee Nights - Milwaukees Club and Nightlife information site

I tend to agree with your comment that the Twin Cities feel like a large Madison, though to me that's a good thing. I disagree with your comment that the Cities just stop after I-494. Maybe all you saw was the eastern edge of the Twin Cities, but the Twin Cities (unfortunately) sprawl a long distance beyond the I-494/I-694 beltline--possibly 10-15 miles beyond to places like Lakeville Farmington on the south and Rogers/Otsego/Elk River to the NW.

I agree somewhat with your comment on Milwaukee being more urban for its population size, but thats due to our having two central cities rather than one. In fact, I could take you on a lengthy drive from downtown St. Paul, up Cathedral Hill down Selby Avenue over to Summit/Grand and then up to University Avenue and the Midway District, past the University of Minnesota to Cedar-Riverside to the Mills District to Downtown Minneapolis then down either Nicollet Avenue (Eat Street) or Lyndale to Lyn-Lake and Uptown and the Lakes District, which would have a pretty urbanized feel the entire route. However, yeah, we have a lot of trees and not quite as much historic architecture (1880s-1910s commerceial/industrial buildings).

I'd like to show your comment on our business climate to the Republicans in power, they think we have way too many liberals!


I think Milwaukee has had a substantial improvement in their downtown in the past 10 years and enjoy visiting. The Twin Cities are a great place, offering a very high quality of life (good employers, excellent schools and parks, relatively low crime, etc...) and a lot of interesting neighborhoods. Iagree that due to our having two cities, the urban-oriented area is a bit spread out.

[MILWCITY]

Milwaukee used to be know as Skywaukee due to all the skywalks, then came along a new urbanist named Mayor John Norquist and tore all of them down and now when business leaders come to Milw in the winter they all say "gee it sure would be nice to have all the skywalks like Indy or the Twin Cites". Milwaukee revival is finally being noticed across the nation and I wish Milw would learn from the Twin Cities successes. But would the Twin Cities be as clean and safe if it was right next to Chicago and had the type of diversity make up like we have now??? Milw is now the finance capitol of the state with many investment firms and brokerage firms thanks to the one hour train ride to downtown Chicago. We are right behind the Twin Cites when it comes to fortune 500 companies and we have 17 Fortune 1000 companies.
Johnson Controls, Northwestern Mutual, Manpower Inc., Kohl's, Harley-Davidson, Rockwell Automation, Fiserv, Marshall & Ilsley Corp., Wisconsin Energy, Briggs & Stratton, Joy Global, A.O. Smith, GE Healthcare, MGIC Investments, Jockey International, American Brass, Snap On Tools,and LeBlanc Corporation, Koss, Midwest Airlines, Trek, Harken, Master Lock, Robert W Baird Co, Boston Store(moved), Russell Investments, Miller Brewing, Just to name a few.

Even people in La say Milwaukee is the next Seattle...New vroom in Milwaukee - Los Angeles Times

[Thegonagle]

Too many trees? That's a new one on me. Our trees and parks are two of the things that we Twin Citians take great pride in. I've never heard anybody say anything negative about our large population of mature trees. Quite the contrary, in fact.

Due to aggressive disease control measures, we were very fortunate not to lose our entire Elm population to Dutch Elm disease all at once like some cities. Therefore, as old trees were removed, new trees were planted, keeping our beautiful tree cover largely intact. This has helped keep property values high, helped provide shade in the summer, helped keep our parks beautiful, helped keep the air clean, and has provided a habitat for birds and other interesting critters.

Have you hugged your tree today?

[MILWCITY]

Yeah I'm not a tree Hugger but more of a Urban Island Heat effect kind of guy!!!

[knke0402]

The Crystal Airport and Flying Cloud Airport are bigger than MKE International... I LOVE MSP Airport, its something we MNs should take pride in. 7th busiest in the USA