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The riverfront area of St. Paul where I live... there's no people wandering around. I can walk here for hours and not see a soul. Conversely, in my old home neighborhood just across the water, unless in the middle of the night, I always see at least a few people out - couples, people walking dogs, playing with their kids, whatever. And they almost invariably will say hi to me as we pass. I can't think of another neighborhood I've gone walking in where they'll do that. (Granted, of all the possible neighborhoods and regions within the greater twin cities area, I've used a very small percentage as stomping grounds.)
But just between these two areas... I wonder what causes the difference? The St. Paul area is a very nice looking neighborhood, no bothersome traffic, no crime (to speak of)... the houses are certainly more expensive here than there, but the difference can't be that enormous.
So what are the differences?
Well, the St. Paul area is "college town", for one. Minneapolis, or at least most of it, is free of that. Could that be something? Does the saturation of college grounds here do something to the surrounding environment? Warp the nature of the area like a neutron star?
Hmm... as I said, the houses are a bit more expensive, I think. (Although if you take a look at the houses right along the boulevard in Minneapolis, well, they're not exactly shabby.) Could that play a part? I should look up the income rates of both areas. Maybe higher incomes lead to a less "open" feeling of the area. (Go walking around a residential neighborhood in Edina sometime... but that's a whole other issue.)
I wonder...
But just between these two areas... I wonder what causes the difference? The St. Paul area is a very nice looking neighborhood, no bothersome traffic, no crime (to speak of)... the houses are certainly more expensive here than there, but the difference can't be that enormous.
So what are the differences?
Well, the St. Paul area is "college town", for one. Minneapolis, or at least most of it, is free of that. Could that be something? Does the saturation of college grounds here do something to the surrounding environment? Warp the nature of the area like a neutron star?
Hmm... as I said, the houses are a bit more expensive, I think. (Although if you take a look at the houses right along the boulevard in Minneapolis, well, they're not exactly shabby.) Could that play a part? I should look up the income rates of both areas. Maybe higher incomes lead to a less "open" feeling of the area. (Go walking around a residential neighborhood in Edina sometime... but that's a whole other issue.)
I wonder...