Cities with no trendy, hip, or "cool" suburbs/bordering cities. Cities without?

[Texamichiforniasota]

Originally Posted by Ben Around

St. Paul is not a neighborhood and it is not a suburb.

I didn't say St. Paul was a neighborhood. It does, however, function as a bedroom community or suburb of Minneapolis, especially the wealthier portion west of 35E and south of 94. Many people in that area are commuting to Minneapolis. There aren't many commuters going the other direction. At the same time, St. Paul still has some job base, a lot of which is state government. Historically, St. Paul was a dynamic city, but it's now morphed into a cross between a small city and an inner ring suburb.

Minneapolis has about 38% more people than St. Paul, but has 73% more jobs. All you have to do is look at commuting patterns on I-94 to see where people are going in the AM, and going home to in the evening. It doesn't help St. Paul's case that the whole metro and jobs are skewed to the west side of the metro, with the exception of state government and Traveler's Insurance in St. Paul and 3M in Maplewood.

I still think that there are some cool parts of St. Paul. Trendy/hip may be a bit of exaggeration, but cool still fits.

[Citykid3785]

Originally Posted by Texamichiforniasota

I didn't say St. Paul was a neighborhood. It does, however, function as a bedroom community or suburb of Minneapolis, especially the wealthier portion west of 35E and south of 94. Many people in that area are commuting to Minneapolis. There aren't many commuters going the other direction. At the same time, St. Paul still has some job base, a lot of which is state government. Historically, St. Paul was a dynamic city, but it's now morphed into a cross between a small city and an inner ring suburb.

Minneapolis has about 38% more people than St. Paul, but has 73% more jobs. All you have to do is look at commuting patterns on I-94 to see where people are going in the AM, and going home to in the evening. It doesn't help St. Paul's case that the whole metro and jobs are skewed to the west side of the metro, with the exception of state government and Traveler's Insurance in St. Paul and 3M in Maplewood.

I still think that there are some cool parts of St. Paul. Trendy/hip may be a bit of exaggeration, but cool still fits.

Raised in the twin cities, can confirm that NO ONE identifies St. Paul as a suburb of minneapolis. Not in any way shape or form.

[Texamichiforniasota]

Originally Posted by Citykid3785

Raised in the twin cities, can confirm that NO ONE identifies St. Paul as a suburb of minneapolis. Not in any way shape or form.

You can count one person that does, and there were other people I knew when I lived in Minneapolis that did as well. It is my favorite suburb of Minneapolis, though.

[TheTimidBlueBars]

Originally Posted by mwj119

Seattle is void of a good candidate, which is one of my major gripes with Seattle. Bellevue is nice, but trendy/cool? Not so much. Rest of the suburbs are prettttyyyy between the curve.

White Center is cool and it borders the city. The Southgate Roller Rink (in non-COVID times) is popular with young people, I saw a concert there once. (Eldridge Gravy!!)

[popka]

The Russian girls in Sunny Isles Beach are pretty cool to me.

[Tom Lennox 70]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

Oakland is trendy and cool. Is that even a question?.

Baltimore has no cool or trendy suburbs bordering it

Towson and Columbia could probably count. Annapolis is also technically a Baltimore suburb. Those areas are much nicer than Baltimore City itself.

[Tom Lennox 70]

New Orleans and Baton Rouge have a lot of nice suburbs, but none of them would be considered "trendy" compared to the principal city itself. Metairie has decent nightlife and excellent local restaurants but its still not as hip as New Orleans itself.

Once St. George successfully secedes from Baton Rouge maybe it would count, as this means some of the biggest shopping and entertainment areas would now be outside the city of Baton Rouge including the Mall of Louisiana.

[woxyroxme]

Originally Posted by Citykid3785

Raised in the twin cities, can confirm that NO ONE identifies St. Paul as a suburb of minneapolis. Not in any way shape or form.

The average person does not even know what the capital of Minnesota is either.

[shredyz]

Originally Posted by frimpter928

There are a lot of cities in the US that have a lot of trendy suburbs or bordering cities. By that I mean suburbs where people go to hang out for nightlife, that have cool art scenes, are that are a destination for citizens and visitors. For example some cities that DO have them:

LA - Santa Monica, West Hollywood.

Miami - Miami Beach

San Francisco - Oakland

Phoenix - Scottsdale


However, when you look at a city like Chicago, it really has no trendy or hip suburbs or neighboring cities. The closest would be Evanston or Oak Park, and they are very nice suburbs with things to do, but most people would not consider them hip, trendy or cool.

Evanston, Naperville, Schaumburg, Lincolnwood are all nice suburbs with things to do.

Lincolnwood seems a bit more residential but there are things to do. There are also tons of cities on the lake that get a good amount of visitors.