Edina Cake Eater (Minneapolis, Minnetonka, St. Louis Park: how much, houses, school)

[Clifford63]

Originally Posted by knke0204

north oaks isnt that great. just a bunch of large professional homes that are in woods surrounding a few lakes and ponds. Mosquito heaven... There are neighborhoods in the Chicago burbs that make Edina look like Brooklyn Center

And there are neighborhoods in chicago that make brooklyn center look like Edina. What is the point?

[PokerPlayer1]

Originally Posted by Clifford63

And there are neighborhoods in chicago that make brooklyn center look like Edina. What is the point?

My Dad's from Edina (Indian Hills area) and I currently live in Chicago- well familiar with the Chicago metro North Shore area in question (Glencoe, etc). There is abosolutely no comparison...

For example, the median household income in Edina is about $78K. Firmly, staunchly upper middle class with a number of "upper tier" areas housing the real financial outliers.

In Winnetka, the median household income is over $275,000 with almost 30% of households having an income over $500,000. It's a strange, strange thing when everyone in the local highschool knows at least a few kids with unlimited access to private jet aircraft. Still, driving through one or the other (Edina or Winnetka) while there are some differences in architecture, you still get the same general "feeling" that you get whenever you're in the upper-tier enclave of any given metro area.

[Clifford63]

Originally Posted by PokerPlayer1

My Dad's from Edina (Indian Hills area) and I currently live in Chicago- well familiar with the Chicago metro North Shore area in question (Glencoe, etc). There is abosolutely no comparison...

For example, the median household income in Edina is about $78K. Firmly, staunchly upper middle class with a number of "upper tier" areas housing the real financial outliers.

In Winnetka, the median household income is over $275,000 with almost 30% of households having an income over $500,000. It's a strange, strange thing when everyone in the local highschool knows at least a few kids with unlimited access to private jet aircraft. Still, driving through one or the other (Edina or Winnetka) while there are some differences in architecture, you still get the same general "feeling" that you get whenever you're in the upper-tier enclave of any given metro area.

Not disputing the facts. Guessing there is a shiek somewhere that makes glenco seem like watts, but what really is the point of going there?

[Slig]

If you look at wealthy Twin Cities communities Edina wouldn't make the top 10. How come nobody has mentioned Orono yet?

Orono, MN
2000 population was 7,538
median household income was $101,114.

Woodland, MN
2000 pop = 480
Median household income: $175,000

Tonka Bay, MN
2000 pop = 1547
Median household income: $90,783

Minnetonka Beach, MN
2000 pop = 614
Median household income: $168,868

Greenwood, MN
2000 pop = 729
Median household income: $127,013

Deephaven, MN
2000 pop = 3853
Median household income: $107,422

[MN2CO]

Originally Posted by Andrew T.

I love how people talk so much trash about Edinans, yet they're (mostly) no different than any other people in the twin cities. Its just a nice suburb to live in, quiet, yet close to the cities, and tasteful. Anyone who cannot appreciate this is, in my opinion, jealous and spiteful.

Go Cake Eaters!

I hear/read lots of jeaousy - not becoming to anyone. I live in Edina - a very middle class wonderful area. Eat your hearts out...............

[knke0204]

i like the newer money of edina. those are 'estates' not just 'big homes'.. Edina has a lot of big houses in woods, with small properties.. In Medina, and Orono, there are even larger homes on much bigger lots, you know, McMansions

[US-Traveller]

Originally Posted by Andrew T.

P.S., if you wanna see true snobs in the midwest, go to Kenilworth, Lake Forest, Winnetka, or Oak Brook IL. Edina is upper middle class at best.

I second that! I would add Hinsdale, Wilmette, Glenview, Glencoe, Naperville, Clarendon Hills, Highland Park, Lake Bluff, Northbrook, and River Forest. (Not really snobby to people who live in these towns, but snobby to outsiders.)

[Camden Northsider]

Originally Posted by Slig

If you look at wealthy Twin Cities communities Edina wouldn't make the top 10. How come nobody has mentioned Orono yet?

I was about to mention this point myself Slig- it's curious that whenever this subject is brought up, people often don't talk about the neighborhoods/ towns/ suburbs around Lake Minnetonka- I came into the cities on Hwy 7 today, whenever driving through this area the highway is chock full of high end luxury sedans, convertible sports cars, etc.- if there were palm trees lining the highway, you'd think you were in Beverly Hills.

[golfgal]

Well, if you look at this information we are all doing pretty well if our average household income is 1.8 million Minnesota City Data, Neighborhood Community Profiles, Minnesota Demographics

I think someone moved some decimal points somewhere.

[Slig]

Originally Posted by golfgal

Well, if you look at this information we are all doing pretty well if our average household income is 1.8 million Minnesota City Data, Neighborhood Community Profiles, Minnesota Demographics

I think someone moved some decimal points somewhere.

Average life-time income maybe?