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I think Denver is more like Minneapolis than it is like any West Coast city.
It's really kind of it's own thing though.
What ties it more to Minneapolis? Seems like Minneapolis would be more tied to places east and south rather than west. It's right next to Wisconsin and not far from Chicago. Cold outdoor activities tie them together but also to PNW cities. Demographics aren't really that similar depending on how you look at it.
What ties it more to Minneapolis? Seems like Minneapolis would be more tied to places east and south rather than west. It's right next to Wisconsin and not far from Chicago. Cold outdoor activities tie them together but also to PNW cities. Demographics aren't really that similar depending on how you look at it.
It's more of the feel and culture. Outdoor focused, lots of breweries, liberal city adjacent to uber conservative farm country. Mostly gridded across flat land. All of that.
Minneapolis is my closest corollary to Denver.
--Active lifestyle (MSP is a huge biking city)
--The typical Western house+apartment development pattern
--Substantial pace of infill
--Downtown parallels including Nicollet/16th
--Rail-focused transit systems that are mostly on-street through the cores
--Young-adult-centered population (due to UM in MSP's case)
--More "national" focus than international (limited immigration, limited globally-focused companies/institutions)
--Liberal with Midwest moderation
--Rivers (and small lakes) vs. open water
They have tons of differences but fewer IMO than other pairs.
Everybody in Denver owns Two dogs and walks, hikes, camps with their two dogs , you must have two dogs to live anywhere near Denver , Denver reminds me of Large Ann Arbor Michigan or Madison. because dogs
Everybody in Denver owns Two dogs and walks, hikes, camps with their two dogs , you must have two dogs to live anywhere near Denver , Denver reminds me of Large Ann Arbor Michigan or Madison. because dogs
Have you been to Seattle? There’s more dogs in city limits than there are children.
Denver reminds me of Minneapolis in a different dimension. Like it almost feels like the same city but then it doesn't. It's hard to explain lol. But I think think if you add St. Paul to the mix the difference get smaller. If you consider the entire metros then the two cities aren't that similar. Seattle may be just as similar to Denver overall. I seen a post on reddit that stated that Minneapolis, Denver, and Seattle come from the same seed but planted in different regions of the country.
It's more of the feel and culture. Outdoor focused, lots of breweries, liberal city adjacent to uber conservative farm country. Mostly gridded across flat land. All of that.
Outside of the flat land part, this is the same with many west coast cities too. The east side of the metro fits the conservative farm country vibe but the west still has liberal types in mountain towns.
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Originally Posted by mhays25
Minneapolis is my closest corollary to Denver.
--Active lifestyle (MSP is a huge biking city)
--The typical Western house+apartment development pattern
--Substantial pace of infill
--Downtown parallels including Nicollet/16th
--Rail-focused transit systems that are mostly on-street through the cores
--Young-adult-centered population (due to UM in MSP's case)
--More "national" focus than international (limited immigration, limited globally-focused companies/institutions)
--Liberal with Midwest moderation
--Rivers (and small lakes) vs. open water
They have tons of differences but fewer IMO than other pairs.
This sounds like it could be describing Portland too.
What is midwest moderation?
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Originally Posted by Kaszilla
Denver reminds me of Minneapolis in a different dimension. Like it almost feels like the same city but then it doesn't. It's hard to explain lol. But I think think if you add St. Paul to the mix the difference get smaller. If you consider the entire metros then the two cities aren't that similar. Seattle may be just as similar to Denver overall. I seen a post on reddit that stated that Minneapolis, Denver, and Seattle come from the same seed but planted in different regions of the country.
I've never been to Minneapolis but this sounds like a better description to me.
I think Seattle is quite a bit different than the other two. It's much more built up due to it's being wedged between the ocean and mountains. Minneapolis and Denver have an absurd amount of urban sprawl.
I do think there are some real similarities in how the urban core feels, but I see Minneapolis and Denver as siblings or first cousins, with Seattle being some kind of more distant relative.
Denver sits on the west edge of the prairie as it slams into the mountains, Minneapolis sits on the east edge of the prairie as it slams into the great forests, and the flatness of both locations renders the cities a look and feel that Seattle is simply wildly different from.
Portland fills most of those boxes, but it's far different climatically, has ocean-going ships, and feels culturally different from the other two--more hard-progressive vs pragmatic liberal (related to that Midwestern moderation thing), and not surrounded by Plains-type agriculture. Its greater downtown area is my favorite of the trio (last visit was pre-Covid) but on a smaller scale.
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