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11-09-2008, 10:18 AM
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Bloomington is not a part of Minneapolis.
Is it? Is it possible to drive around Minneapolis and head straight to Bloomington?
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11-09-2008, 12:15 PM
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Bloomington and Mpls. are as much seperate municipalities as Woodbury and Eden Prairie. East Bloomington on the same street system, though. If you leave downtown driving on Nicollet, you will end up in Bloomington and there wouldn't be much telling you you left the City. Western Bloomington is not as much, it is much more suburban and the street grid is seperate.
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11-09-2008, 01:13 PM
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Bloomington is the largest suburb in the Twin Cities. According to maps, it does not share a border with Minneapolis.
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11-09-2008, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by jazzymentality
Is it? Is it possible to drive around Minneapolis and head straight to Bloomington?
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What are you talking about?
Bloomington is a suburb of 35 square miles and over 80,000 residents. Clearly not 'part of Minneapolis', whatever that means?
It used to home of the Northstars and Twins, and is now known for the MOA. What is odd about Bloomington, is that there is no "Downtown" clearly because it was an immediate suburb of MPLS post WWII, therfor the "downtown" was MPLS. Driving through Bloomington on I494, there are many beautiful glass high rises on both sides. Bloomington is probably the most urban city in MN wiht the exception of MPLS and STP. Bloomington is a nice place on the West, and quaint place on the east. You dont hear too much abotu crime there either.
Of course you can get to Blmgtn without going through MPLS, obviously. I dont know why you wouldnt? |
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11-09-2008, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Perkins Well
Bloomington is the largest suburb in the Twin Cities. According to maps, it does not share a border with Minneapolis.
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Not for very long.
Bloomington's newest estimates have the city coming in at around 80,000...as Estimates of Brooklyn Park are coming in near 77,000...Maple Grove at 66,000...Plymouth at 75,000. |
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11-09-2008, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by knke0402
Not for very long.
Bloomington's newest estimates have the city coming in at around 80,000...as Estimates of Brooklyn Park are coming in near 77,000...Maple Grove at 66,000...Plymouth at 75,000.
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Thank you for that information. Is there still a lot of land to build houses in those cities? |
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11-09-2008, 09:58 PM
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Thank you for that information. Is there still a lot of land to build houses in those cities?
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Brooklyn Park is pretty undeveloped in the northern part, Maple Grove and Plymouth have land left too. |
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11-09-2008, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by knke0402
What are you talking about?
Bloomington is a suburb of 35 square miles and over 80,000 residents. Clearly not 'part of Minneapolis', whatever that means?
It used to home of the Northstars and Twins, and is now known for the MOA. What is odd about Bloomington, is that there is no "Downtown" clearly because it was an immediate suburb of MPLS post WWII, therfor the "downtown" was MPLS. Driving through Bloomington on I494, there are many beautiful glass high rises on both sides. Bloomington is probably the most urban city in MN wiht the exception of MPLS and STP. Bloomington is a nice place on the West, and quaint place on the east. You dont hear too much abotu crime there either.
Of course you can get to Blmgtn without going through MPLS, obviously. I dont know why you wouldnt?
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I doubt very much that Bloomington is the third most urban city in Minnesota. Even Rochester and Mankato have more of a downtown. It doesn't even compare to Duluth. Big, shiny buildings don't make a place urban; they make it urbanized.
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11-10-2008, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by jazzymentality
Is it? Is it possible to drive around Minneapolis and head straight to Bloomington?
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Yes ... the suburb of Richfield lies between Minneapolis and Bloomington, so it isn't even a first-ring suburb. :-) |
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11-10-2008, 03:17 PM
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Bloomington is a suburb of Mpls - not a separate city such as Rochester, Duluth so hence, no downtown.
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