Today I was on call at work. I normally do four hours on the 115, which is an express route from the University of Minnesota to Uptown and Kingfield. This week the university is on spring break, so the work was cut, and I'm on call for that time. Today I was sitting there reading a book, a guy I went to high school with walks up. He works there now. He turned in a week ago. Scuzzie from high school. Crazy.
And now for the opinion: Saint Paul is so much better than Minneapolis that it hurts. Minneapolis still has no idea. No longer 'Second City', Saint Paul has they're act together. They're narrowing streets, filling in parking lots, attracting businesses and turning into a cold Portland, OR. Minneapolis is removing crosswalks, widening streets, pushing automobile ownership, and turning into a cold Kansas City.
I just hope we can someday sell the damn wiener house (clarification: it's a nice house, it's just a damn wiener because 1] it hasn't sold yet and 2] "damn wiener" is a hilarious adjective that I use for everything, especially the kid) and move there.
Comments (5)
I quite like St. Paul. I don't think we'll be moving there, though...
Posted by TL | March 14, 2007 9:27 AM
Posted on March 14, 2007 09:27
St.Paul has been kicking Minneapolis' arse for years now. And for a city that's supposedly filling in all the evil lots I actually find it easier to park a vehicle in St.Paul.
I'm still holding out for the ballpark being built there...
Posted by Chris D. | March 14, 2007 10:18 AM
Posted on March 14, 2007 10:18
That's actually the beauty of not promoting universal automobile usage. The fewer cars on the road, the easier it is for people who still drive. So it's better for non-drivers, but it's also better for remaining drivers. Win-win.
Posted by ryan | March 14, 2007 12:25 PM
Posted on March 14, 2007 12:25
Scuzz is a bus driver? Tell him I said hello.
Posted by Ben | March 15, 2007 6:21 AM
Posted on March 15, 2007 06:21
If you don't own a car, it sucks beyond measure to get stranded in St. Paul at night. Especially after, say, a Justin Timberlake concert where all 150 cabs between all St. Paul fleets are immediately scooped up, and they will actually *hang up on you* when you try repeatedly to order a cab.
Nicer libraries than Mpls though.
Posted by Desrosiers | March 18, 2007 4:01 PM
Posted on March 18, 2007 16:01