St. Louis vs. Minneapolis?? (live in, land, snake)

[stlcitygirl]

Originally Posted by aragx6

whoever told you that is simply nuts. It's not a common perception in st. Louis at all. I wish i could organize a poll.

What about parkway, which is partially inside the loop? Webster? Brentwood? Lindbergh? Affton?

You show with this how little you know about the area.

The reason i know this isn't even common thought, is that i absolutely know people who would argue with you that only the schools in west county are good (because they're ignorant twits), but none of those dummies would leave out brentwood, webster and parkway.

this.

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by brownhound

First, your linked story doesn't say that Austin's growth is on account of retiring boomers, it says that Austin's attracting more boomer retirees than any other. You've got it the wrong way around.

Second, I am not perpetuating a stereotype. I didn't say, for example, that you can't live north of Delmar, I said that most people in the metro area feel that way. If you take me on for saying that, then we aren't you attacking every single post on this site that says "don't live north of Delmar"? Really, why?

Third, I didn't personally attack you. I am responding in a fair-handed and adult manner, just like I have throughout the thread.

Fourth, report me. Please, really do it.

I never said that Austins growth was due to retiring boomers, I said the largest demographic moving there were retirees.

I would really like to know what it is that you consider "good housing".
This should prove to be fascinating for me from a professional point of view.

Lastly, your last sentence gives a very clear clue as to what you really are.

[moorlander]

Originally Posted by chicagoerin

I would love for someone to name three major corporations (let's say Fortune 1000) that have moved their headquarters IN within the last 5 years... .

I would love for you to name 5 cities that have seen 3 fortune 500 companies move IN in the last 5 years. Fortune 500 companies don't move that frequently.
St. Louis is focusing attracting fortune 500 companies. We're more focusing on supporting our own as they grow and expand. See Express Scripts, Centene, Stifel, Edward Jones, Scottrade, etc.

[moorlander]

Originally Posted by chicagoerin

Your comment about STL having the largest financial district next to NY is almost to0 funny to address, but I can't resist. I recruit for finance and accounting so again, it's my area of expertise. Not even close.

The largest percentage of finance jobs are not in STL. Per a recent article in AOL, the largest percentage of jobs are here: Top Cities for Finance Jobs - Careers Articles .

It's just too funny to address eh? Well you might want to ready the bold print below

St. Louis has emerged as one of the nation’s strongest financial centers. With Wachovia’s recent $6.8 billion purchase of AG Edwards, St. Louis is second only to New York in its concentration of brokerage firms and talent; about 27,000 registered retail brokers call St. Louis their home office, while New York has just under 37,000.

St. Louis Commerce Magazine

[billiken]

Speaking of Fortune 500 companies in STL growing, Express Scripts announced a huge acquisition today Hopefully more jobs to STL, and great to have local companies making acquisitions instead of being the acquisition target.

[ZGare]

It is amazing how many people judge St. Louis just by the city crime ranking. Would you say the same about, say, Houston, Oklahoma City, or San Antonio? St. Louis metro is much safer than any of those metros in the CQ Press Metro Area rankings. And at the core of the St. Louis metro area, the city, St. Louis is probably also much safer than those cities, but we can't tell for sure because nobody ranks inner core areas against each other. Ranking within city limits is completely stupid because Houston, San Antonio, and OKC all extended their city limits far out into the distant suburbs and dilute all core crime with low crime suburb stats, greatly improving their city ranking compared to their metro ranking. St. Louis does not. Shouldn't most metro and core rankings come out about the same? I can't believe St. Louis suburbs are 1000 times safer than the most distant suburbs of San Antonio -- it doesn't make sense. But that what the wildly different City vs. Metro Rankings absurdly infer. Or more likely, the lazy statisticians chose to ignore the primary driver of city limit rankings, which is -- how far you happen to extend your city limits out from the core. So, if you visit those 3 cities, be on the defensive -- their core areas are probably more crime ridden than St. Louis city, since their metro areas rank worse on crime than St. Louis metro, and city limit rankings are nonsensical.

[Snake Plissken]

Having lived in both I can say Minneapolis is better in every conceivable way.

[aragx6]

^Weather and COL would be two I think you'd be hard pressed to argue that way about.

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by aragx6

^Weather and COL would be two I think you'd be hard pressed to argue that way about.

[stlouisan]

Originally Posted by Snake Plissken

Having lived in both I can say Minneapolis is better in every conceivable way.

Really, even in the winter. Minneapolis' winters are severe even by Upper Midwest standards. Minneapolis' winters are essentially a cross between North Dakota's and cities in the snowbelt. Cold that takes away all sensation combined with snowfall in amounts comparable to Cleveland. Not to mention, this kind of cold is one where the average high is in the lower '20s, and the average low near or below zero, with windchills much lower...this is pretty much how it is for four months. I've been to cities with bad winters...even Cleveland, Chicago, and Omaha are mild compared to Minneapolis. On average, these cities are ten degrees warmer in the winter, and with the exception of Cleveland, get much less snowfall on average. Minneapolis quite honestly is probably the coldest major city in the entire U.S., and certainly has the most brutal combination of cold and snow.