Comments on: We Want Downtown…Without the Downtown Part

By: concerned customer

concerned customer — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 22:42:13 +0000

I can’t believe the whole NE Mpls comment, I bar hop NE all the time especially to the U Otter Stop Inn. My friends and I enjoy the other patrons and the bartenders and karaoke people are awesome. I’ve been frequenting the place for over 4 years and I’ve never seen a fight. That’s a horrible statement!

By: Torin

Torin — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 04:02:02 +0000

Regarding the woman in St Paul who complained about all the light… if you haven’t been downtown St Paul recently, check out all the tops of the buildings. It seems that the thing to do for companies has been to put a big bright sign on the top of the building. In recent years we’ve seen St Paul Companies pop up, Wells Fargo pop up on the Minnesota World Trade Center, US Bank pop up on US Bank Center, and Bremer Bank is talking about putting lighted signage on the First National Bank Building (how dare they desecrate that building!).

Downtown Minneapolis doesn’t have even close to all that “tagging” that I see in St Paul.

By: a.h.o.i.

a.h.o.i. — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 09:03:59 +0000

> St. Cloud

Rosemary, front seat, engine idling, windows fogged, outside the club, 1:30AM, 1987.

Wait, that was Moorhead. Or Fargo.

By: richg

richg — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 05:26:59 +0000

I hear tell they make meth in those parts.

By: The Rat

The Rat — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 04:28:59 +0000

St. Cloud: Word reaches us of stories from Stearns County.

Shadowy, unsubstantiated tales of monks and militiamen.

When we travel there, we keep to the roads and stay away from the moors.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 03:49:48 +0000

I have a question… it seems your coolness depends on where you are from or where you live. There is a lot of discussion about suburban vs. urban. How do most of you feel about places like Rochester and St. Cloud? Are they just completely off the radar?

By: Kevin from Minneapolis

Kevin from Minneapolis — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:50:30 +0000

Truer words have never been spoken than those spak by Carrie and Rat in this thread. Bravo, MNSpeakers, bravo.

By: Chul

Chul — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:42:05 +0000

Screw the 464/694 in/out debate. The northside/southside debate is much more entertaining. 55418 represent.

By: Cann

Cann — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:34:31 +0000

You’re exactly right, Champs. No zip code absolves ANYONE of ANYTHING.

By: The Rat

The Rat — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:04:36 +0000

Instead of “hipsters” how about “trendoids?’ Used in a sentence: “This haircut makes me look like a dorky Uptown trendoid.”