Comments on: Forbes – The World’s Cleanest Cities

By: Eric100

Eric100 — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:50:21 +0000

Response to Marla Comm:

You must be a French hater to make such stupid comments. I lived in many cities around the world (including, Brussels, Toronto, New York and Istanbul and Montreal). I could definitely state that Montreal is the cleanest of all that I have lived in and almost all that I have traveled to. I am now living in London but look forward to returning one day to the fabulous and sexy city of Montreal.

By: Big G

Big G — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 01:28:40 +0000

If anyone thinks that Minneapolis is the cleanest in the world, that according to Forbes magazine, then the whole idea is laughable. The Mississippi River between the two cities is drench with dead fish and floating trash during the summer months; trash or plastic bags can be found occasionally in city parks, wrapped around tree branches and other forms of shrubs; the people here still use their old 80s cars out on the streets, kicking up bad soot and gasoline smells during the rush hour, not to mention the motorcycle club; the train yards in North Minneapolis still considers to be a pollutant environment; Lake Calhoun in south Minneapolis is the dumping ground of all toxic chemicals by 3M company, located in Maplewood on the east side of Saint Paul; the students at the UofMN continue to dump beer bottles and other forms of trash out on the street with the exception of rioting during a sporting event; and the yuppie liberals in town throw plastic water bottles in trash bins along the lake walkways as if recycle is not part of their word vocabulary.

And, oh yes Forbes, there is still a trash burning felicity, located in downtown Minneapolis next to the new Twins Ballpark site, paid by state taxpayers and local residents.....

What a bunch of media B.S.!

By: Marla Comm

Marla Comm — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:30:56 +0000

I live in Montreal and was shocked to see that Forbes rated it the tenth cleanest city. The undeserved high rating leads me to wonder where else the surveyors looked.

Truth of the matter is that Montreal is in a state of steady decline with the filth being just one of the many problems plaguing the city. I can't go anywhere without seeing remnants of old torn up sofas, discarded appliances, old dishes, food leftovers and whatnot left lying everywhere. Streets are littered with broken glass and other debris. It is the job of our trash collectors to pick up the garbage, but they are so careless when they throw the bags into the truck that they break and leave trails of refuse on the roads. In the summer many areas of the city literally stink.

In addition to the filth we have to put up with icy sidewalks left unsalted in winter, gaping potholes, water main breaks and days without water, poorly constructed buildings that fall apart just months after they're completed and everything from traffic lights to mall entrances broken and left that way.

Marla Comm
Montreal, Quebec

By: wayne

wayne — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:02:40 +0000

I guess no one from forbes has seen:

1) the mississippi in the summertime
2) the streets after the snow melts but before street sweeping (like roundabout now, although they're making their way around)
3) dinkytown

By: kwatt

kwatt — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:50:25 +0000

Ya, put in Zumaya this weekend. I love all those consecutive walks. Even our lame hitters wouldn’t swing at the crap that turd throws up there.

By: bobby_b

bobby_b — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:58:40 +0000

"We need global warming to turn this trend around."

Workin' on it now. Expedition or Suburban? It's just a tough call . . .

By: g rote

g rote — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:50:54 +0000

Watching the bullpens of both teams lately has been like spending an afternoon on Steel Venom @ Valley Fair. I wish Leyland would just make Zumaya the Tigers' closer already.

BTW, Sunday's game is going to be a classic...Cy Young showdown between Santana & Bonderman...80F & sunny here....gonna set-up the backyard TV lounge with a cold six pack of bells, & spark up the grill.

By: TBartel

TBartel — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:42:12 +0000

and g rote, it’s baseball season now. I hate to say it, but I think the Tigers are going to put a whuppin’ on the Twinks this weekend.

By: g rote

g rote — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:34:30 +0000

Meet Minneapolis is a horrible name for a CVB. sounds like a dating service or a butcher with a typo. That name change isn’t going to reverse our annual downward spiral of lower & lower convention attendance. We need global warming to turn this trend around.

By: TBartel

TBartel — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:12:32 +0000

Bobby, I’ve been in the lobby of Meet Minneapolis. This is just the sort of thing that they have there, and in their promotional materials that they send to prospective convention organizers.

That said, I’m going to presume that there is no direct connection to Forbes listings and their ad sales. That is not to say that there is with the other mags either. The idea is to create an easily explainable editorial package that can be sold to advertisers…and for potential advertisers to say, “My city is the cleanest” or “I’m the best lawyer.” It’s not so overt as “Buy and ad, be a best doctor,” but you get the idea, no? Feel the heft of this week’s City Pages and compare it to last week, or next week for that matter.