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The twin cities for me. After moving here from Chicago for school a few years ago, I was completely wowed, as it was a lot better than I expected. Its pretty unique how both downtowns are within 10 minutes of each other and I like how amenities are accessible in both cities. St Paul has the hockey, the zoo, the capitol, museums etc. Minneapolis has the other pro sports, night life, and theater. Both cities are safe and make great use of their park land, lakes, and the Mississippi River. Although they're both predominantly white, they're less segregated than most big cities. I literally have whites, blacks, Hmong, Mexicans, and Somalians all living in my neighborhood. As a minority, I have never felt more welcome than I do here. Also, they really value education here and it is a great place to raise your children, especially with the open enrollment. Admittedly, DC is a monster like NYC, LA, CHI, & SF but I'd prefer the twin cities for the great QOL and moderate COL. As a side note, the winters are harsh but manageable.
..... This is not true. Go to downtown DC where Verizon center, retaurants, and city center are all walking distance from eachother....
Have you been to DC before? It's urbanity is on another level than Minneapolis.
Have you been to Minneapolis before? I will take their MUCH more big city Downtown over D.C., all day, every day. People still shop in Downtown Minnie.
And do you have reading comprehension issues? What part of "without ever going outside" did you miss?
Due to Winter temps, Minneapolis was innovative enough to connect most of Downtown to a 2nd floor skyway system. It's an entirely other layer of the city, and only Calgary has something similar in our part of the world above ground. Montreal, Toronto and Houston have impressive underground systems.
For someone from D.C. to say that the level of urbanity in D.C. is not obtainable in MSP is simply wrong. It is another sort of urbanity, but it is most certainly there.
And yes, I've been to D.C. countless times. I have friends throughout the DMV.
Have you been to Minneapolis before? I will take their MUCH more big city Downtown over D.C., all day, every day. People still shop in Downtown Minnie.
And do you have reading comprehension issues? What part of "without ever going outside" did you miss?
Due to Winter temps, Minneapolis was innovative enough to connect most of Downtown to a 2nd floor skyway system. It's an entirely other layer of the city, and only Calgary has something similar in our part of the world above ground. Montreal, Toronto and Houston have impressive underground systems.
For someone from D.C. to say that the level of urbanity in D.C. is not obtainable in MSP is simply wrong. It is another sort of urbanity, but it is most certainly there.
And yes, I've been to D.C. countless times. I have friends throughout the DMV.
No I do not have reading comprehension issues. No need for the insults, makes you look extremely childish. I've never been to Minneapolis and wasn't aware. Sound pretty amazing to me and it makes me want to visit. Like I said to the other poster, it's pretty darn amazing and innovative what Minneapolis did with the skyway.
No I do not have reading comprehension issues. No need for the insults, makes you look extremely childish. I've never been to Minneapolis and wasn't aware. Sound pretty amazing to me and it makes me want to visit. Like I said to the other poster, it's pretty darn amazing and innovative what Minneapolis did with the skyway.
I was snarky simply because you have been to me in every single interaction we've had.
At this point, I consider you to be in the 'D.C. is superior to everywhere on earth and is the Center of the Universe' camp. Please correct me if I am mistaken.
I was snarky simply because you have been to me in every single interaction we've had.
At this point, I consider you to be in the 'D.C. is superior to everywhere on earth and is the Center of the Universe' camp. Please correct me if I am mistaken.
I have not made any post that come off as DC is the center of the earth and blahblahblah camp. I'm a realistic poster and then sometimes I'll have my subjective post. Although most of the time I do not bring up DC just to bring it up unless I'm replying to a previous comments about DC or if the thread is about DC. MY favorite city in the US isn't even DC, it's NYC, Boston and SF. I would never pick DC in a poll over NYC, I'm not some ridiculous city booster who believes DC is the best city in the world and not once has anything came out of my mouth like that. At this point I think you just hate DC and me, it's pretty clear and hysterical. I've only insulted you when you made claims about that I live in loudon and all this BS because you were being very immature and when I asked you to stop because you were lying you kept going on and on. So yes you're mistaken.
I have not made any post that come off as DC is the center of the earth and blahblahblah camp. I'm a realistic poster and then sometimes I'll have my subjective post. Although most of the time I do not bring up DC just to bring it up unless I'm replying to a previous comments about DC or if the thread is about DC. MY favorite city in the US isn't even DC, it's NYC, Boston and SF. I would never pick DC in a poll over NYC, I'm not some ridiculous city booster who believes DC is the best city in the world and not once has anything came out of my mouth like that. At this point I think you just hate DC and me, it's pretty clear and hysterical. I've only insulted you when you made claims about that I live in loudon and all this BS because you were being very immature and when I asked you to stop because you were lying you kept going on and on. So yes you're mistaken.
Blah, blah, blah, blah.
Next up, you'll accuse me of 'stalking' because I dare to challenge your total BS.
There are many residents in Downtown Minneapolis that can walk multiple blocks to work, shopping, sporting events and entertainment - without ever going outside. D.C. doesn't even offer this.
As for urbanity, I'm not even going to respond to that claim. Minneapolis isn't even in the conversation for best downtown's. The list normally goes like this:
New York
Chicago
Philly
San Fran
Boston
DC
Seattle
LA
LOL! They already have all of this. You obviously are not familiar with their Winter weather.
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As for urbanity, I'm not even going to respond to that claim. Minneapolis isn't even in the conversation for best downtown's. The list normally goes like this:
New York
Chicago
Philly
San Fran
Boston
DC
Seattle
LA
And that's about it....
DC doesn't belong on this list. Minneapolis has a 'real' Downtown, with at least 3 times the shopping D.C. does. And to place it above Seattle is beyond laughable.
They aren't tunnels, they are skyways. Pretty huge difference.
LOL! They already have all of this. You obviously are not familiar with their Winter weather.
DC doesn't belong on this list. Minneapolis has a 'real' Downtown, with at least 3 times the shopping D.C. does. And to place it above Seattle is beyond laughable.
You won't find anybody outside yourself who thinks that. Are you new to this board? Maybe you should do a search for best downtowns to see what has been said. You won't find anybody talking about the twin cities, but DC is always on the list.
No offense, however, D.C. and the Twin cities should not be compared in this way. The Twin cities aren't in the same tier with D.C. Its apples and oranges. D.C. has an MSA of 6 million and a CSA of 9.5 million people. The city has one of the highest population densities in the nation. D.C. has the second largest subway system and the second highest subway ridership in the nation behind NYC. D.C. is an apartment living city. There really is no comparison to be had between the two area's. It's not fair to Minneapolis because instead of just giving personal preferences, people like you come on here with delusional claims like downtown Minneapolis being better than downtown D.C. Maybe we should compare the two downtowns....
There are major brand storefronts in downtown D.C. that will never even have a presence in all of the twin cities. Just stop now because this is getting ridiculous.
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