Yes, Minneapolis is a more vibrant city than St. Paul and Minneapolis is the city I've chosen thus far to call home.
With that said, I question if this vibrancy justifies a continual increase of taxes (indeed, an upcoming tripling). I'm hard pressed to answer yes. Gary Bowman Audubon Park --- Mike Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was born and raised in St. Paul, for 20 years. > This May I moved to > Minneapolis, and eventually to Uptown. > > I still hate St. Paul and love Minneapolis. St Paul > is an empty shell of a > city. It's downtown boasts nothing but a few big > toys Norm Coleman bought > with my taxes to pump blood in a lifeless urban > center. I can count on one > hand the few places I like in downtown St. Paul > (Artist's Quarter, > Cosetta's, Sakura, I think that's it). > > The only good part of St. Paul is the > Midway-University-Grand sort of area, > due to it's closer proximity to Minneapolis and a > bunch of rich colleges. > > Seriously, go to downtown St. Paul on a Friday > night. It's disgusting... > there's nobody around! I will never regret my > migration to the vibrant > urban community that is Uptown. The word community > did not exist in the > East Side of St. Paul. > > I remember my mom used to work at Carson's at > downtown St. Paul. We would > ride the bus and shop at stores downtown. She was > transferred and then laid > off when Carson's went kaput, and as for the store, > they are all gone now. > What happened? > > -Mike Jones > Uptown > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months > FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > _______________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic > Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
