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Minneapolis by a fairly wide margin imo. It bucks the Midwestern trend in a lot of ways in that it has all of the following: economic and population growth, safety, progressive social policies, intelligent urban planning, comparatively little blight, and a nice natural setting. Some other Midwestern cities have some of those characteristics, but none other has all of them.
Minneapolis by a fairly wide margin imo. It bucks the Midwestern trend in a lot of ways in that it has all of the following: economic and population growth, safety, progressive social policies, intelligent urban planning, comparatively little blight, and a nice natural setting. Some other Midwestern cities have some of those characteristics, but none other has all of them.
Agreed. If it wasn't -40 degrees for half the year I'd love to live in St. Paul.
Actually the core neighborhoods of Columbus surrounding downtown tend to be more upscale and safer (Short North, Victorian Village/Harrison West, German Village) etc. or gentrifying like Weinland Park or Olde Towne East. The truly crappy neighborhoods that continue to decline are Northland, South Linden, Hilltop or Whitehall/far east side and they are pretty strip mally and sprawly and very 1950's-80's auto centric designs.
You're right, Columbus is no mayberry. But that being said it compares favorably to most other large Midwestern/northern cities in terms of crime, Detroit, St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Buffalo etc.
Yeah, I'm not trying to trash C-bus by any means but having lived near campus (OSU), which isn't in the worst areas of Columbus but it's close to some of them, I have seen enough to know that crime there isn't good. The annual homicide rate when I lived there topped 100. Campus living in many cities (incl. Minneapolis) isn't always peaches but I was very turned off by the crime when I lived there and it didn't seem like the City/police cared that much about doing anything about it. That was over 10 years ago though...
Minneapolis by a fairly wide margin imo. It bucks the Midwestern trend in a lot of ways in that it has all of the following: economic and population growth, safety, progressive social policies, intelligent urban planning, comparatively little blight, and a nice natural setting. Some other Midwestern cities have some of those characteristics, but none other has all of them.
Agreed. Minneapolis is more aligned with cities like Denver and Seattle.
If I had to live in one of the cities on the list I'd go with Milwaukee.
Same here. While I think Minneapolis is the best city overall after Chicago in the Midwest, I would rather live in Milwaukee. Close to Chicago and Madison, and I think it's a more interesting city too, in regards to vibe, and culture. But Minneapolis does overtake Milwaukee in A LOT of categories.
Minneapolis by a fairly wide margin imo. It bucks the Midwestern trend in a lot of ways in that it has all of the following: economic and population growth, safety, progressive social policies, intelligent urban planning, comparatively little blight, and a nice natural setting. Some other Midwestern cities have some of those characteristics, but none other has all of them.
Agreed. That's why I like Minneapolis so much. It's doing everything right. There are some other cities in the Midwest I like, but none of them have the complete package.
Umm, I think you're a little off regarding the climate of the Twin Cities.
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Way to exaggerate there.
St. Paul is actually a city I've always admired from afar due to its crunchy vibe, historic architecture, and walkable neighborhoods.
Naturally I was being facetious. The climate is too cold for many tastes, including mine, though, even if it's not "-40 for half the year".
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