Here are my impressions about Minneapolis. This mainly regards the downtown area:
- Clean, clean, clean. There is not a speck of dirt in this area. Even the skiddy areas are spotless.
- Gorgeous and varied architecture.
- More than adequate green space and gathering places, though you're still aware of constant traffic.
- So many one-way streets.
- Because of all the one-way streets, everybody J-Walks.
- Things are MUCH closer than they seem. Whenever I see a building in the distance I think "jeez, that'll take half an hour to get to," and five minutes later I'm there. This is diametrically opposite the way Las Vegas feels.
- Skywalks everywhere.
- The giant Target store, the giant Target office building, the giant Target stadium...
- Charming, laid-back, almost poetic pan-handlers who seem to appreciate conversation more than money. Though that's probably their schtick.
- Apparently people DO live downtown, but I can't imagine where.
2 comments:
It was a pleasure having breakfast in hell with you this morning! Cin is definitely a good resource for many things Minneapolitan, so hopefully you won't have a problem getting ideas on what to do during the rest of your time here--though I still think it'd be worth your time hitting up the respectable twin sister to the east. ;)
The pleasure was all mine! And all the things people say about Hell's peanut butter are true.
NEXT TIME I can visit the staid, laid-back, hard-working St. Paul's. Unless the Super Shuttle drives through it tomorrow morning on the way to the airport I'm afraid I'll never see it!
PS: I did see my first non-spotless area. Yesterday people told me not to "go past K-Mart" in Uptown (on Lake St. I think?). I did accidentally go past it -- twice -- and yeah it's a bit gross, but nothing spectacularly bad.
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