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I don't know man, that looks like a pretty rusty manufacturing area. Man, what did the Twin Cities do in 1970 when all those steel mills shut down. Funny, I just argued another southerner in another thread about he kept claiming that "Yes, In fact the Twin Cities are part of the Rust Belt"
Many of the misconceptions help keep the Twin Cities area a hidden gem. I've also lived in Charlotte and Denver and I must say, the Twin Cities area is definitely in a different league.
My issues was with the listing of richest cities in the world which left out Charlotte, probably a few other cities as well. But this isn't about Charlotte, but the midwest.
Even though I still say Detroit is the second city of the mid-west, I would rather live in Minneapolis and find it to be more aethetically appealing.
We are nothing but hicks up here. No one can go outside for five months. There is still snow on the ground in July. Minneapolis is full of nothing but abandoned rust belt factories. Everybody will look at you wierd if you don't have an extremelly thick accent and weren't born here. AVOID THE TWIN CITIES AT ALL COST!
Many of the misconceptions help keep the Twin Cities area a hidden gem. I've also lived in Charlotte and Denver and I must say, the Twin Cities area is definitely in a different league.
I agree about Charlotte, but definitely not Denver (which has a larger metro population that the Twin Cities). The Twin Cities are not in a different league than Denver. They're equal, with Denver slightly ahead, if anything. Same tier as other cities like Seattle and Phoenix.
minneapolis msa 3,271,888. denver msa 2,629,980. minneapolis csa 3,604,460. denver csa 3,110,436. minneapolis has about 500,000 more people then denver. the city of denver has a density of 3,981 ppm where as minneapolis has a density of 7,106 ppm. denver 153.3 square miles city limits, minneapolis 54.9 square miles city limits.
Minnesota is just a cold forrest with mosquitos in the summer and nothing to do from September to May. It rains a lot and it snows a lot and it doesnt get above 10 degrees for months at a time. We have the weirdest accents and wear sweaters and love hockey and ice fishing and eating hot dishes. Polka music is huge, as is lutafisk and VFW halls.
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It's okay fellas, I don't think you have to convince people to stay away from MN, it does that on its own and people will never come here in droves like sunbelt cities, for example. However, if you would like to visit or relocate here you are more than welcome!
I don't know man, that looks like a pretty rusty manufacturing area. Man, what did the Twin Cities do in 1970 when all those steel mills shut down. Funny, I just argued another southerner in another thread about he kept claiming that "Yes, In fact the Twin Cities are part of the Rust Belt"
What steel mills? I'm sure there were some, but the mills in the Twin Cities were based off of flour and surpassed Buffalo in terms of production eventually. Buffalo had both as well.
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