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Old 05-25-2021, 11:05 AM
 
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Originally Posted by jzak1972 View Post
I lived in the Twin Cities for a while. Minneapolis is a newer city relatively speaking. Some people will really play up Minneapolis night life and restaurants, but I think the atmosphere is very overrated. However I think the area is quite sterile in terms of atmosphere and not full of much character. For instance, you will not find the kind of ethnic neighborhoods that you see in Boston, NYC, Chicago - something that I think a world class city should have. If you want to find an old world feel in the city, Minneapolis is not your place. It is a city in the middle of fly-over country, basically a Chicago wanna-be that has absolutely atrocious winters. So now if anyone wants to rip into me on this board, go ahead, but that's my opinion.
Ethnic neighborhoods in many cases can actually be a legacy of discrimination when immigrants (non protestants) had limited opportunities to live where they could afford. I think if diversity is a big positive, just having significant populations of various ethnic groups works just as well.
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