Comments on: Chaska? Yah You Bet! http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12777 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:23:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: aliecat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12777#comment-179525 aliecat Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:04:00 +0000 #comment-179525 <em>It depends where you are in Golden Valley. You could say the same for parts of St. Louis Park</em><br /> <br /> Example: Shelard Parkway. It depends where you are in Golden Valley. You could say the same for parts of St. Louis Park

Example: Shelard Parkway.

]]> By: stfu http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12777#comment-179517 stfu Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:58:30 +0000 #comment-179517 It depends where you are in Golden Valley. You could say the same for parts of St. Louis Park or Bloomington. It depends where you are in Golden Valley. You could say the same for parts of St. Louis Park or Bloomington.

]]> By: acalhoun http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12777#comment-179509 acalhoun Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:39:44 +0000 #comment-179509 It is futile to consider the first-ring suburbs as anything but "the city," save for Golden Valley, which has managed to actually have a suburban feel. Walk down a neighborhood street in Richfield or Columbia Heights, and chances are the houses are as close together as those in Longfellow and the the design very similar. <br /> <br /> The "city vs. suburbs" argument is as old as the "Democrat vs. Republican" argument. Each manifestation has its own positives and negatives and exist to serve a sector of the population that values it. <br /> <br /> It is futile to consider the first-ring suburbs as anything but “the city,” save for Golden Valley, which has managed to actually have a suburban feel. Walk down a neighborhood street in Richfield or Columbia Heights, and chances are the houses are as close together as those in Longfellow and the the design very similar.

The “city vs. suburbs” argument is as old as the “Democrat vs. Republican” argument. Each manifestation has its own positives and negatives and exist to serve a sector of the population that values it.

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]]> By: andyst http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12777#comment-179410 andyst Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:49:13 +0000 #comment-179410 Ha, those little Chaska-specific details are great, Yowza. I grew up in a suburb of Louisville not unlike Chaska in many respects, and that all sounds awfully familiar (except it was Video Village in our case). Ha, those little Chaska-specific details are great, Yowza. I grew up in a suburb of Louisville not unlike Chaska in many respects, and that all sounds awfully familiar (except it was Video Village in our case).

]]> By: lunch! http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12777#comment-179406 lunch! Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:42:03 +0000 #comment-179406 Warren's getting a fat payday with Inbev's buyout. As I recall Berkshire bought in sometime in 2006 when AB was trading at ~$40. Wish I had imitated him then... He also bought into GM at that time, but it now has half its price... I wonder what he's thinking about that. Warren’s getting a fat payday with Inbev’s buyout. As I recall Berkshire bought in sometime in 2006 when AB was trading at ~$40. Wish I had imitated him then… He also bought into GM at that time, but it now has half its price… I wonder what he’s thinking about that.

]]> By: aliecat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12777#comment-179405 aliecat Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:38:28 +0000 #comment-179405 <em>I grew up in Chaska. It's grown and changed a good deal since I left, but when I lived there, this is what there was to do:</em><br /> <br /> Yowza, sounds like you made some fun out of living in Chaska. I think the key to make living in any town enjoyable and safe is to make friends with neighbors and form a community that looks out for and helps each other. I grew up in Chaska. It’s grown and changed a good deal since I left, but when I lived there, this is what there was to do:

Yowza, sounds like you made some fun out of living in Chaska. I think the key to make living in any town enjoyable and safe is to make friends with neighbors and form a community that looks out for and helps each other.

]]> By: swandog http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12777#comment-179404 swandog Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:31:00 +0000 #comment-179404 <em>Don't be too sure about that suburban growth potential, sawndog. I'd wager that the city (and first tier suburbs) will recover faster from the hosing bust than the rest of the metro.</em><br /> <br /> It will depend on more than one factor. You make a good point. The key is not to over pay up front and live their as long as you can. Their are some market factors that I took into account along with quality of life issues. Don't get me wrong, I liked living in Mpls but got sick of the bullshit. I also get sick of the justification of the coom by ahhhh crowd that thinks it is ok to have crime ruin your investment. They are the reason people move out and leave only the coom by ahhh crowd behind. I got sick of the "community" meetings that did nothing. I could cash out and afford to move so I did. Don’t be too sure about that suburban growth potential, sawndog. I’d wager that the city (and first tier suburbs) will recover faster from the hosing bust than the rest of the metro.

It will depend on more than one factor. You make a good point. The key is not to over pay up front and live their as long as you can. Their are some market factors that I took into account along with quality of life issues. Don’t get me wrong, I liked living in Mpls but got sick of the bullshit. I also get sick of the justification of the coom by ahhhh crowd that thinks it is ok to have crime ruin your investment. They are the reason people move out and leave only the coom by ahhh crowd behind. I got sick of the “community” meetings that did nothing. I could cash out and afford to move so I did.

]]> By: yowza http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12777#comment-179403 yowza Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:30:29 +0000 #comment-179403 I grew up in Chaska. It's grown and changed a good deal since I left, but when I lived there, this is what there was to do:<br /> <br /> Drive to Valleyfair<br /> Go to the community center, which had a basketball gym and a small indoor waterpark<br /> Go swimming at the "Clayhole"<br /> Go to the little 5-screen movie theater<br /> Drive to Eden Prairie Center<br /> Go to the video store (this was before the big chains dominated, so you could go to McVideo, Video Vision, or Vickie Video)<br /> Walk around the Brandondale trailer park and get into trouble I grew up in Chaska. It’s grown and changed a good deal since I left, but when I lived there, this is what there was to do:

Drive to Valleyfair
Go to the community center, which had a basketball gym and a small indoor waterpark
Go swimming at the “Clayhole”
Go to the little 5-screen movie theater
Drive to Eden Prairie Center
Go to the video store (this was before the big chains dominated, so you could go to McVideo, Video Vision, or Vickie Video)
Walk around the Brandondale trailer park and get into trouble

]]> By: g rote http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12777#comment-179402 g rote Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:29:13 +0000 #comment-179402 lunch...to paraphrase Warren Buffet:<br /> <br /> <em>"There are three Is in every business investment cycle. The innovator is the first I. After the innovator comes the imitator. And after the imitator in the cycle comes the idiot. Which eventually makes way for an innovator again.</em><br /> <br /> lunch…to paraphrase Warren Buffet:

“There are three Is in every business investment cycle. The innovator is the first I. After the innovator comes the imitator. And after the imitator in the cycle comes the idiot. Which eventually makes way for an innovator again.

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