BeenHazy
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Designed by Ralph Rapson, longtime U of M Architecture Department head!Yup, those are the ones.
Designed by Ralph Rapson, longtime U of M Architecture Department head!Yup, those are the ones.
Overall, I think we agree. None should be burnt down! With that said the entry way of one is accurate. To make it sound like multiple precincts were ablaze is distortion as well.I agree that it's a great city. We can still enjoy it while expressing concern about its faults. Are we really at the point where we say "it was only one that was burned down?" Geez. Either way, my objection is people who take issues with others who notice faults as being "political."
Designed by Ralph Rapson, longtime U of M Architecture Department head!
Of course. St Louis, Baltimore, and Chicago come to mind.Now? Maybe. Like Swede Hollow in St. Paul, it has been many things at many times. Minneapolis actually used that as an example of why you DON'T want to concentrate poverty.
Anyway, I highly doubt any players will be living there. Trust me there are many places in this country that are much worse to live in.
Even in those cities (Baltimore?) there are fantastic places to live. Keep in mind there is a big difference between East St. Louis, and St. Louis.Of course. St Louis, Baltimore, and Chicago come to mind.
You're not?You do realize that you are contributing to the divisiveness when you put a label on everyone who negatively comments on things like that, right?
Better to be one of the least sick patients in the ICU.Of course. St Louis, Baltimore, and Chicago come to mind.
I have relatives in St Louis and the west side (specifically the north side) is bad.Even in those cities (Baltimore?) there are fantastic places to live. Keep in mind there is a big difference between East St. Louis, and St. Louis.
I'd think if one's child was excepted at the U of Chicago they would go in a heartbeat.
Even better if the child was accepted.I'd think if one's child was excepted at the U of Chicago they would go in a heartbeat.
I think he's saying a lot of players that aren't from here have chosen to stay after being done playing (not that they chose us for that reason during recruiting).I'd have trouble believing this, unless they were realizing their playing days were coming to an end and weren't football focused anymore.
Otherwise, I'd think playing time, NIL money, relationship with the coaches, etc would be more important than one or two extra years in Mpls.
Could be wrong though....
Thanks. The comment makes a lot more sense now, and I can totally agree. I've actually met a former player from Louisiana that made his home here for a long time.I think he's saying a lot of players that aren't from here have chosen to stay after being done playing (not that they chose us for that reason during recruiting).
I was born in Mpls and live here now, have for almost all my life. I'm not too keen on the bikepaths taking up road space for cars, but it seems like lots of people wanna bike on them and such so I can live with them.
The European flatlands of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Denmark are filled with bikers. I love biking and enjoy the trails around the Twin Cities. From my place I can quickly be on a trail that would bring me all the way to Prescott, Wisconsin, Stillwater, or through Minneapolis and up to Elm Creek Park Reserve. As a cyclist I can't complain...except for the damn ebikers who are clueless.Nowhere near as bike crazy as Amsterdam. You really have to watch where you're walking there.
I wouldn’t want to be a dead rat in an exurb or rural area. I like those areas. Just don’t want to be a dead rat, anywhere.To be honest I wouldn’t want to be a dead rat in Minneapolis or any any other metropolitan area.. The traffic drives me nuts..
Yes, Old Vancouver is very interesting!I totally agree. Hundreds of multi story high rise condos that basically are Soviet era style. Love the Gastown District tho.
I grew up outstate, but lived in and around Minneapolis for most of my adult life. It appears I am a little older than you and I imbibed (in more ways than one) the night life in Minneapolis in the late-1970s through the 1980s. 1980s were pretty much a golden era for young professionals in Minneapolis. Retail was still hopping big-time and everyone wanted to go downtown and party after work.I was born in Mpls and live here now, have for almost all my life. I'm not too keen on the bikepaths taking up road space for cars, but it seems like lots of people wanna bike on them and such so I can live with them.
I'd hate to think what dining would be like if I didn't have a million options right out my front door, so to speak.
Too old to really comment on the night life. Back in the late '90s and early (whatever the next decade was called) I was in downtown all the f-ing time clubbing and partying. Is that still popular?
I don’t think you are understanding what I am saying at all.And then there is the group of people, also politically motivated, who cheerfully sing the refrain of "nothing to see here" when others dare to notice things like police precinct offices being burned to the ground. Any negative comment about that must be questioned as "politically motivated" I guess. You do realize that you are contributing to the divisiveness when you put a label on everyone who negatively comments on things like that, right?
That's a great start. Stanley Park, Gastown, Capilano suspension bridge all worth while. If you have time, the short drive up to Squamish and Whistler is spectacular. Lot of things to do in Whistler if time permits.Late to the party here but to those of you familiar with Vancouver, we'll be there for a few days in September. Going to Victoria and the botanical gardens 1 day. What else would you recommend (site seeing, restaurants, bars)? Thanks in advance.
What statistics are damned?I don’t think you are understanding what I am saying at all.
Post a photo of a pretty Mpls sunset or a neighborhood block party in a place like tik tok and count the number of comments about “murderapolis” or “city has been destroyed by dems” - almost always made by people whose entire Minneapolis first hand experience consists of that time or two someone had an extra Viking game ticket for them.
I’m not talking about discussions related to the successes and failures of the city overall. Plenty of material there for a healthy debate over how it could be better. I’m talking about something else. We simply now have a group of far flung people at war with our own economic hub simply because they feel it somehow owns the dems to portray Mpls as a hellhole. Statistics be damned.
ANY statistic that suggest Mpls being anything but a burned out death ridden war zone. I really have to explain this stuff?What statistics are damned?
Is crime a problem in Minneapolis?ANY statistic that suggest Mpls being anything but a burned out death ridden war zone. I really have to explain this stuff?