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tpourciau · 11-16-2007, 09:17 PM

Minnehahapolitan, that helps a lot thanks. Are those areas just in st paul or both st paul and minneapolis? I really have no idea of what is what. You guys are helping me out a great deal with the names of neighborhoods. I am finding a lot of places. keep them coming.

Minnehahapolitan · 11-16-2007, 11:32 PM

All of those areas are in the City of Saint Paul except Falcon Heights, which is an immediate suburb in Ramsey County.

tpourciau · 11-18-2007, 04:45 PM

Ok, so all those places are in St Paul. What about Minneapolis? What are good neighborhoods there? Thanks again for all the help guys.

Jeanie Hoholik · 11-18-2007, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by tpourciau

Ok, so all those places are in St Paul. What about Minneapolis? What are good neighborhoods there? Thanks again for all the help guys.

Linden Hills in the city of Minneapolis is really nice and has many styles of homes at all price ranges. Are you interested in just the city or the suburbs, too?

EA1114 · 11-18-2007, 06:38 PM

I agree with Jeanie, Linden Hills is great. There are other wonderful neighborhoods in Minneapolis as well. What are some of your interests? From personal experience I lived in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis in my early twenties and that neighborhood was so perfect for that stage of my life. Lot of activity, bars, close to downtown, etc. Now that I am in my late twenties I find that my neigborhood now (Summit Hill in St. Paul) is perfect for this stage of my life. A little quieter than uptown but still a lot of places to go. Just a different vibe.

tpourciau · 11-18-2007, 08:35 PM

My interests, hmmm. Well, i am a musician, so somewhere around where music is played would be good. But my primary concern is just a nice safe place for my fiancee and I to raise our basset hound and two cats. I can always drive to the clubs.

EA1114 · 11-18-2007, 08:51 PM

You can't go wrong with any of the neighborhoods that have been mentoned in Minneapolis or St. Paul. They are both safe. Here is a website on Linden Hills. Linden Hills Neighborhood, Minneapolis, MN It is a great neighborhood, my sister lives there. Minneapolis has a little more of a music scene if that is what you are looking for.

Camden Northsider · 11-19-2007, 10:42 PM

Jeannie, Linden Hills really has all different types of homes in all price ranges? I'm having a hard time swallowing that - my impression is that it's a pretty upper-end area with pricey homes (and i consider 300K pricey) but correct me if I'm wrong here

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To the OP, of the Mpls neighborhoods I've lived in, the Victory neighborhood in Minneapolis has been a great place to live for pets and going for long walks/runs on parkway areas and quiet city streets. Might be more of a commute than you are looking for to st. paul (it's in the northwest corner of Mpls), but I would guess that it would still take less than a half an hour most of the time to get to downtown st. paul and back. Coincidentally, there seems to be a fair amount of settled down musicians/ artists in the neighborhood despite not really having much live music (outside of local community theatre) close by (but it's an easy drive to downtown/ uptown mpls, the Capri, etc.).

Minnehahapolitan · 11-19-2007, 11:34 PM

In Minneapolis
(approximate physical locations in parenthesis, my personal favorite areas w. asterix)
Uptown* - A gentrified, virbant area which is convenient to all parts of The Cities. Alot of rentals at various price points, clean and safe. You could probably ditch a car. Amenities like restaurants, theaters, bars, Lake Calhoun, et. cetera. (Hennepin Avenue at Lake)
Whittier* - A grittier, but relatively safe area. Includes the Mpls. Inst. of Arts, and "Eat Street" with the highest concentration of restaurants in the city. Very ethnically diverse. Lots of rentals, convenient. Again, could prob. ditch a car. (Nicollet Avenue between Franklin and Lake)
Downtown Area
-Warehouse District- A pretty gentrified area with old warehouses. More hip, lots of nightlife. The Twins stadium will open in 2010. Pretty expensive. (First Avenue, The Mississippi, Plymouth Ave, 4th Street)
-Mill District - Has been built over the last ten years. A New Urbanist neighborhood on the riverfront. Retail in that area has not reached its critical mass yet. Very pretty, close to the Guthrie (Portland, 4th Street, The Mississippi). Expensive.
- Loring Park* - Traditionally Gay neighborhood. Close to the major downtown park. Alot of older borwnstone apartments. Quick to both Downtown and Uptown. Safe, lots of amenities. (LaSalle, Freeway, 11th Street)
- Elliot Park* - A grittier Loring Park sans Gays. A good number of old brownstone townhomes. Alot of new development. Reputation for homelessness, but pretty safe. Close to Metrodome, HCMC. High density, not as much retail.
Northeast* - An old Eastern European area. Alot of commercial activity in the Hennepin and Central area. Restaurants, shops, a library, grocery. Quick to downtown. Good busline on Central Avenue. Close to river, Oldest part of the city. (Hennepin and Central Avenues, homes extend outwards a bit)
West Bank* - A student orientated, but diverse area. Close to the Univ. of Minn. lots of culture and bars. Sadly isolated by freeways. Still a good area. (Riverside Avenue at Cedar)
Linden Hills - Upscale, very family friendly, very very safe area. On west side of Lake Harriet. Built between 1900 and 1920. Mostly bungalows with some apartments. Good schools, decent commercial. A great food Co-op. (Upton Avenue at 43rd Street, neighborhood extends outward from there)
I got through a majority of areas, but not all. If you had a specific type of area in mind, I would be more than glad to help you more. I particularly skipped alot of the neighborhoody areas, the types with alot of houses and little activity. Those are basically the tour book areas.
-----Minnehahapolitan

tpourciau · 11-20-2007, 08:33 AM

Man thanks so much, i think i will be okay with those huge lists of neighborhoods. Thanks everybody for all the help. I have been looking on craigslist at all those neighborhoods mentioned and i am finding quite a few homes in my price range. I can't wait to move there. I will be moving right in the middle of winter, but still. Again, much thanks.