Look What They've Done With My 'Hood

I remember when I first moved to Minneapolis, in 1985. My first neighborhood, down in the upper thirties along Hiawatha and Minnehaha Avenues, was the kind of Minneapolis I'd heard about since I was a little kid; a working-class neighborhood, a place that hadn't changed a lot since the fifties.

Now comes word that Minneapolis' latest murder took place deep in the heart of that old neighborhood.

Fox 9 News reported that the Red Zone murder occurred in the Standish neighborhood of Minneapolis, which is in South Minneapolis. According to the reporter, the neighborhood was previously considered safe; in other words, here we go again.

Fearless prediction: RT Rybak and the Strib editorial staff will become obsessed with crime in Minneapolis when Kenwood (a posh neighborhood around Lake of the Isles) sees its first drive-by or drug execution.

Posted by Mitch at June 23, 2006 06:22 AM | TrackBack