When I moved to the Twin Cities, not all that long ago, one of the key reasons was that I, a 22 year old with an English major and no marketable skills outside of a radio career I’d already given up on, could plausibly afford to live here.
The Twin Cities, particularly Minneapolis in 1985, was economically thriving, crime wasn’t especially scary (to a 22 y ear old 6’5 guy with a firearm or two), and in 1986 a writer for Fodor’s Travel Guides (kids, ask your parents) dubbed the Twin Cities “the Athens of the 20th Century”
Today? It’s hard to live in Minneapolis if you make anywhere below high five figures. My inflation-adjusted income from 1986 is likely around $35K, today. Not sure I could do it today.
Would I want to try? Well, that’s a great question. I suspect places like Nashville, Dallas and Phoenix would resonate, today.
As far as that “Modern Day Athens” thing?
Minneapolis in 1985 didn’t have any “stigmas” to deal with. Pretty much the opposite; there was a veneer of desirability about the place, for me and an awful lot of other kids my age.
If I were getting out of college today with the same background I did back then, would I make the same call?
10/10 this is one ad campaign that will not have scenes showcasing y’all’s Vibrancy® and Diversity™.
I mean, just look at the picture accompanying this article…lol
I swear, leftists are pathetic waste of DNA
There are lots of people who don’t care for Twitter and I understand that, but CrimeWatchMpls is having lots of fun with this new campaign.
Vlad, you aren’t kidding. The pictures at the city’s web site touting this tourism effort are barely diverse at all. That photo from a Vikings game completely counters every picture the newspaper and TV stations have ever run about city schools, which usually seem to have only hijab-wearing girls in attendance. Some leftist will certainly call that picture from the stadium a big, purple Klan rally.
Didn’t the tourism agency have any photos of George Floyd Square?
Some leftist will certainly call that picture from the stadium a big, purple Klan rally.
It’s not the Klan until Bikebubble says it is.
Just heard the bad news, AIUMMP. Y’all cheeseheads are fucked now, too.
“A Star Tribune analysis of crime statistics from eight other mid-sized cities including Arlington, Atlanta, Cleveland, Colorado Springs, Milwaukee, Oakland, Omaha and Raleigh largely showed similar ebbs in violent crime rates and increases in property crime rates in 2022 compared to 2021.”
Omaha?? Colorado Springs?? They went from 6 robberies to 2, and then suffered a rash of garden GNOME thefts? Lmmfao!!!
NW, the leftist media ran footage of Mpls burning nonstop, and threw their unqualified support behind it because it served the narrative.
Now, it’s time to put that behind you and just give up your keys and cell phone quietly and celebrate Diversity™️
You know what you should do to reverse the trend? Vote Harder™ of course!
Another contentious election, another voting machine controversy. As reported by local Fox affiliate WLUK, a voting machine in Green Bay broke down and needed to be replaced during Tuesday’s election. “City clerk Celestine Jeffreys said the machine at the Green Bay Botanical Garden wasn’t working,” WLUK reported. “Backup machines also did not work.”The city had to borrow a voting machine from Brown County. “
Moooove along sheople, nothing to see here…
Well, Vlad, Twitter is now labeling NPR’s tweets as “US-State Affiliated Media,” so there are a few small victories.
It is a joy to do this, but for reference, Omaha and Colorado Springs both have populations of nearly half a million people, bigger than Minneapolis. So as usual, Kremlin “Sheets” Tom doesn’t know himself from Shinola.
Let me know when they are labeled “corrosive”, AIUMMP.
Or better yet, when they disappear completely.
The dumbest comment in the world about about Trump’s legal issues:
Isn’t relying on the Statute of Limitations to escape penalties a de facto admission that crimes were committed?
https://twitter.com/ByronYork/status/1643736816317796353?s=20
Incredible. Positively Neptunian level of idiocy, on a level with “since you questioned the officer’s right to detain you, isn’t that an admission of guilt?”
York (and his source) need to be reminded of the principle “the process is the punishment”, and it is entirely fair to ask just why a prosecutor is using expired allegations to harass someone who shouldn’t be a defendant. In my view, doing so really makes a good case for professional discipline, up to and including disbarment.
in minnesota, ethical complaints are handled by a government office staffed by government employees who overwhelmingly tend to be liberals. if the liberal government employee investigator concludes the liberal government prosecutor committed an ethical offense, both liberals go before a panel of lawyers for a hearing on the charges. The people who tend to have time to piss away and inclination toward resume polishing by sitting on panels are overwhelmingly liberals. The liberal panel rules on the charges brought by the liberal investigator against the liberal prosecutor and recommends punishment to the supreme court, the members of which are appointed by the governor and . . . you guessed it, are overwhelmingly liberal. if the liberals on the supreme court agree with the liberal panel’s recommended punishment, the liberal prosecutor could be given a written warning, suspension, or disbarment, as the liberal court determines is appropriate for the offense, taking into account the public harm caused by the liberal prosecutor’s actions.
what is the public harm in harassing a bad orange man to mess up his chances of becoming president again? from a liberal’s point of view, it’s a positive public good. I wouldn’t hold my breath for disbarment.
I work downtown, and I’m mostly in and out. Walked around a bit on Tuesday, and foot traffic is massively down from when I was previously working there. I’d expect a fair number to be around when I was, but between work from home and the riots, it’s empty. IDS center Crystal Court had a number of empty retail spaces, and you’d think they’d try and fill those up.
Goodbye Minneapolis!