Here's an editorial from today's Star Tribune. http://www.startribune.com/stories/561/4722677.html
Seven of the nation's 100 fastest growing counties are around Minneapolis and St. Paul. They are Scott, Sherburne, Wright, Isanti, Carver and Chisago in Minnesota and St. Croix in Wisconsin. Of course the Star Tribune laments the fact that people do not want to live the in core cities. An example is Ramsey County where the population has descreased by 1% since 2000. I think the time would be better spent to determine not why people want to live in the suburbs, rather why people do not wish to live in the core cities. We see on this list and others all of the messages expressing the virtues of the Minneapolis and St. Paul, yet they are either losing or barely holding on to their population. Messages appear periodically demanding that public employees live in the city where employed in an attempt to force people to live where they do want. What is it about Minneapolis and St. Paul that makes people can leave, leave? Tom Searles Waconia, Twp. _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day.
