Comments on: This Week In Bad Analogies.

By: andyst

andyst — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:39:51 +0000

There is a rose in Spanish Powderhorn…a red rose grows in Spanish Powderhorn…

By: baker

baker — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:33:45 +0000

Bancroft is like Chinatown, and Little Italy?
Maybe I haven't been looking hard enough for powdered Tiger bones. I'll ask the neighbors on the corner.

Oh, and there are no Italians in Bancroft. Many others that practice a similar romance language, but no Italians.

By: kurtis

kurtis — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:24:28 +0000

Yeah, I guess you’re right. I didn’t read the previous comments all that closely. I wonder why they left off the better known Milwauk[i/e]e.

By: jane

jane — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:03:26 +0000

As jtd pointed out, there is a Milwaukie in Oregon. It's the Dogwood City of the West.

By: kurtis

kurtis — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:58:03 +0000

They misspelled Milwaukee.

By: kc!

kc! — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:22:22 +0000

Lyndale is like the Financial District? While I have never been to the Financial District in NYC, but I imagine it doesn’t have a BigK in the way, a Juanitas House of Furniture, or only 1 financial institution in the whole neighborhood, like Lyndale does.

By: Rat

Rat — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:13:15 +0000

We’d be Puttin’ on the Ritz! This town ain’t so tough!

By: Rat

Rat — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:10:48 +0000

We’d be living in Midtown, Central Park in New York.

By: ceci

ceci — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:33:21 +0000

It would be more helpful if they give some sort of explanation. Is it the price of housing? The number of families verses single dwellers? Ethnicity? Number of bars, grocery stores, shopping areas? Also, it doesn't take into account the changing nature of neighborhoods, and how in some cities neighborhoods change a lot faster than in others.

By: jrnorton

jrnorton — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:12:28 +0000

Apparently Longfellow is like either the Upper East or Upper West Side, among other things. Some key understated differences:

Zabar's -- we don't have it. We do have a conveniently located Little Caesar's Pizza, however.

Auto Parts and Hardware Stores -- Advantage: Longfellow.

The Subway -- Well, that's kind of a given.

Excellent Bagels -- Rainbow features frozen Bagel's Forever bagels, but advantage still goes to New York on this one.

Crazy stack of wildly differing income levels -- Longfellow's got it. The Upper East and West Sides, based on my memory, skew toward the somewhat well-to-do.

This site is beyond useless. Not only do the comparison not add up, they throw two to four New York (or wherever) neighborhoods at you that aren't even like each other, let alone helpful analogues to Minneapolis.