I think this argument fails to identify some critical premises. The first is that there is ANY sort of equivalency between "North" and "South". If you look at a map of the city, I think you'll notice there simply is MORE of South Minneapolis. I wouldn't doubt we have several times the population of north Minneapolis. Comes I guess from where downtown got located. North just happens to be north of downtown, and downtown is not neatly centered. Would be an interesting bit of trivia why the north end developed on a different pattern from the south end. Perhaps because of the decision to build certain amenities on the south end, not on the north? I don't know. I can't think of any topographical feature (well, except for the lakes which at one time were probably suburban) that explains things like Kenwood and the grand streets like Park and Portland with their big houses and such. The fact is that the poor moved into both ends. But there was flight of the middle class to Golden Valley and St Louis Park on the north end. That wasnt duplicated on the south end. As far as I know, all southside neighborhoods are more mixed than north Minneapolis. Again, an interesting question of why that was. Perhaps it relates to where the 1960's violence occurred? Why were there incidents up north but nothing comparable down south? Maybe the white residents in the south had a different mindset. It is the part of the city favored by the politically liberal.
I don't really know. Tests the outer limits of my knowledge of neighborhoods where I never lived. I suppose there are strong opinions here in the minds of some. I'm just offering some perspective.
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Jim Mork
Cooper Neighborhood
Longfellow Community
Minneapolis, MN
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