Anyone else here's favorite Minnesota city: St. Cloud

[knke0204]

Originally Posted by tvdxer

I don't know St. Cloud very well, except from passing through it. But from that I have to say I don't think it's very pretty. Division St. is a mess, full of parking lots, chain restaurants, and generally sprawl-style development. Plus, it's REALLY flat.

Well after living in Duluth, everywhere is flat... I have lived in Duluth.

Division is a mess, but have you driven through any suburb in the USA?

I have lived in St Cloud for 5 years. I could show you many, many, many places that are very pretty. And this is coming from someone who lived in Duluth as well.

[knke0204]

Originally Posted by MrMinneapolis

I grew up in St Cloud, this place sucks balls point blank. Cops are a bunch of 120lb weaklings who think they're hulks, the schools are ****ty, the people are racist, everyone hates somalians, who are isolated into their own world anyway...(all the Somalians I met in the cities were always pretty friendly, I think they know the hatred that people up in St Cloud have for them).

The streetlights take forever to change, after 9PM the streets are DEAD. Theres really no decent parks (whitney is alright). The quarrys are pretty fun for biking an trail riding, even off trail hiking.. Warner Lake (not warren as someone said) is about 15 minutes away, the beach sucks you get maybe 20 feet of sand from the water to the tree line. The east side is scum but they cleaned it up over recent years. Theres nothing for under 21 yr olds to do...St. cloud state is meh. Theres no jobs since you have maybe 50,000 jobs and 100,000 people contending for them and most are low paying retail BS as people have said.

The surrounding "suburbs" Ie sartell, sauk rapids, waite park dont have anything noteworthy. Oh yeah sartell cops are the worst they will pull you over for spitting out your gum like we're in singapore or something.

Not much diversity or culture for that matter...the library is nice tho. The cops are about to turn st cloud into a martial law stronghold (2 cop shops, 1 brand new all within 2 blocks), but it still takes 10 minutes for them to make a 3 minute drive from downtown to your house.

Theres NO public swimming pools. They closed the best one (Municipal by tech highschool) years ago due to "lack of funds"...yeah but they can build up the bogus police force which takes forever if you ever call them.

Saw a lady take a dive off her scooter in front of the cop shop by the post office today. Cops were right on the scene, 20 minutes later on our way back she was still laying there no ambulance in sight. Wtf.

Positives? Well its the closest "big city" to Minneapolis. If anything just move to a burb of the cities, maybe Maple Grove or something which is St. Cloud x 100 and only 15 minutes from the skyline.

If Minneapolis was the acheiving sibling with charm an charisma and confidence, St. Cloud would be its infantile glue eating brother.

Well, a city is as great as you make it. If you don't like it, then try to find something to like about it. Get out and do different things. It is an isolated place in central Minnesota, but it's only an hour from the TC. I wouldnt say that Maple Grove is that great. Maybe it looks nice and pretty but it has no character whatsoever. It's just another generic suburb. At least in St. Cloud you have a central place in a downtown, and the Mississippi.

[ozzie679]

Originally Posted by knke0204

Well, a city is as great as you make it. If you don't like it, then try to find something to like about it. Get out and do different things. It is an isolated place in central Minnesota, but it's only an hour from the TC. I wouldnt say that Maple Grove is that great. Maybe it looks nice and pretty but it has no character whatsoever. It's just another generic suburb. At least in St. Cloud you have a central place in a downtown, and the Mississippi.

The fifth ave project is going to be amazing and first class.

[knke0204]

Originally Posted by ozzie679

The fifth ave project is going to be amazing and first class.

Oh my god ozzie, how is it coming along?

I played a key role in that project since the beginning, but I havent had the chance to see St. Cloud in almost a year.

[ozzie679]

Originally Posted by knke0204

Oh my god ozzie, how is it coming along?

I played a key role in that project since the beginning, but I havent had the chance to see St. Cloud in almost a year.

They're moving lots of dirt. The plans look amazing. Are any of the lofts going to be residential? Or is it all student?

[knke0204]

Originally Posted by ozzie679

They're moving lots of dirt. The plans look amazing. Are any of the lofts going to be residential? Or is it all student?

The lofts will be for any resident, college age or seniors. I assume there will be a nice mix of college kids, younger professionals and thirty somethings.