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St. Paul: The Other Twin City
In August, Minneapolis decided it needed a face lift. Now St. Paul wants one, too. The city will pay a Nashville firm $76,000 to help polish its image. Planners hope to have a new slogan, logo, and marketing strategy in place by next May. Any ideas?
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St. Paul: You're less likely to be murdered here than in Minneapolis
isn't frogtown still pretty rough?
St. Paul: We've got hockey and a science museum.
I'd like to see who has more murders per capita. I seem to hear about shootings on St. Paul's East Side pretty frequently.
St. Paul has had 15 murders this year. Minneapolis has had 59. Population of St. Paul is 277,000, Minneapolis is 380,000.
So, St. Paul has .054 murders per 1000, Minneapolis has .155 per thousand, or about three times as many per capita.
So I guess the difference is that shooters in Minneapolis have better aim?
St. Paul: Remember us? Please?
St. Paul: Civilization does not end when you cross the river!
St. Paul: Come on down! Just not after 5pm, that's our bedtime.
St. Paul: At dusk, there are more Snoopys in this city than people.
St. Paul: Grand Ave is nice, right? Guys? Right?
St. Paul: Let's pretend Midway never happened.
St. Paul: The other white meat....
St. Paul: The city of virtue to Minneapolis' sin.
St. Paul: Is it too late to be Pig's Eye?
St. Paul: Ample Parking!
St. Paul: Just Like a Real City!
St. Paul: Designed by Drunken Irishmen, ya Shite!
St. Paul: No, we're not in Wisconsin; we're your god damn capitol, you little shits.
St. Paul: Come get some Dome! (we've got two!)
Get Lost in St. Paul!
(because we don't number or alphabetize our fricking streets)
St. Paul: Gateway to Woodbury
Putting the "E" in 35E. St. Paul.
St. Paul: A River Runs Through It.
St. Paul: Minor League Baseball, Major League Egos
St. Paul: Birthplace of the smoking ban
Actually smoking bans have been around in other more civilized parts of the country for a very long time. St Paul is a relative latecomer to the party. Plus didn't Minneapolis ban it before St. Paul?
If Italy and Ireland can have country-wide smoking bans and not erupt in violence, ya'd think we could do it to.
St. Paul: Home of the Coney Island Bar and Other Assorted Anti-Smoking Crazies
St. Paul: North of West St. Paul, South of East St. Paul.
St. Paul: Eventually You'll Have To
St. Paul: St. Paul was better when Rex was in Mpls
Best thread ever. I want to print it and hang it on my wall.
Actually smoking bans have been around in other more civilized parts of the country for a very long time. St Paul is a relative latecomer to the party. Plus didn't Minneapolis ban it before St. Paul?
If by more civilized parts of the country you mean "Moose Lake, MN," you are correct. However, if you open the link on my post you will see that the last big wave of Minnesota ordinances have their roots in an ordinance authored by St. Paul councilmember Dave Thune. His ordinance was passed twice, and vetoed twice by Mayor Randy Kelly, who later got a "message from the voters."
The next big wave started today in Carlton County. Watch for more in Lake, St. Louis, Olmsted counties and the City of Hutchinson.
didn't california ban smoking in bars&restaurants like ... more than ten or fifteen years ago?
Now, back to our subject:
Saint Paul: At night, the domes are bright
It's true. I work near the Capital and the Cathedral, and the sight of both illuminated at night is really beautiful.
HAHA keep the slogans comming guys!
St. Paul: Home of the Saints... and the sinners.
St. Paul: Enjoy a little backseat Nookie with your Pizza!
St. Paul: In a Pig's Eye!
St. Paul: Nobody Worth Killin' Here.
St. Paul: Minneapolis's Slutty Little Sister.
St. Paul: Too Drunk To Fuck!
Saint Paul: The Quietest Neighborhood in Minneapolis
Saint Paul: The East is Dead
Saint Paul: Figure Us Out
Saint Paul: Deathplace of Hip
Saint Paul: Bless You
Saint Paul: Snow White People
Saint Paul: The Smaller Campus of the University
St. Paul: Ugliest Street Whores in America!
Oh my God Raindog, that is the best link ever. And Bx, you are a comedy genius.
St. Paul: It's a "twin" in the sense of Danny DeVito.
St. Paul: More white belts per capita
St. Paul: Hipper than we look
St. Paul: We don't tear down our downtown
St. Paul: We only party when its really really cold
St. Paul: We don't party because we're really really old
St. Paul: Gateway to South St. Paul
I don't know, Raindog, that one @ the bottom is pretty hot...hey, wait a minute the name is Jeremiah Isreal Wilson...is that really a dude?
St. Paul: My Mom says its cool!
St. Paul: Its mom says it's cool too!
St. Paul: So boring even St. Jude has given up on us
I was totally going to post the St. Paul Prostitution link but raindog beat me to it. I love that site. It's actually really old. Like from the olden internets days. I think I started checking it out back in '94 or something.
St. Paul: Broadcasting Your Shame with Technology!
St. Paul: Our Squadcar Trunks are Indian-Free!
St. Paul: No Pain - No Gain!
St. Paul - Journalist of the Jesus movement
St. Paul: That much closer to New York City!
St Paul: Don't bother--it's just like Europe.
(True story: A Minneapolis friend once worked for a company owned by Germans. A colleague came over from Germany to work with him for a few months. She brought a guidebook with her, to help her make enjoyable use of her free time. Our friend suggested that she visit Saint Paul. The book says not to bother, she told him. Its supposed to be just like Europe. )
Somehow my train of thought went:
Minneapolis
Mini-apple
Saint Paul
Mini-Paul
The guy who played Mini-Me now becomes Mini-Paul in the big city of Saint Paul, showing off the various landmarks in a dozen kitschy commercials replete with ultra-low camera angles.
Heh
...Actually, maybe he could be a mini-Paul Bunyan. That'd be funny. Kinda.
Why in the fuck does Saint Paul needs a facelift?! To whom? The Neo-cons that are coming to town in 08 for which they can throw a KKK hate party and a burning cross in the middle of a DFL town? GET REAL PEOPLE!!!! This is a scam to rip off the local taxpayers on a worthless PR program from city hall!
eshaffer--I know some people who had moved here and were told St. Paul was "the Boston of the Midwest." They were from Boston, and I don't think they quite agreed.
C'mon St. Paulites, are we going to take this?
Yeah...I suppose we are. As long as it keeps those Minneapolis pricks on the other side of the river.
St. Paul: Gateway to Southern Minnesota
St. Paul: Home of the Medallion.
As long as it keeps those Minneapolis pricks on the other side of the river.
I met a woman on my bus (21 line) a couple years ago who swore to me that she'd never been to St. Paul. She was probably 70 years old and has lived in Minneapolis for 40 years. She said her son has encouraged her to go see it and she thought maybe some day she might.
She didn't seem crazy...
Boston of the midwest? Don't know the reason for that (lots of colleges? nice old buildings?) but I'm from Boston and greatly prefer St Paul to Minneapolis.
St. Paul: Best community boards money can buy!
St Paul: It's on the same side of the river as Nordeast.
St. Paul: It's on the right side of the river!
do you guys remember when we could tell the difference between big G and raindog?
St. Paul: Straight roads are for wimps.
St. Paul: If you don't know where you're going, you shouldn't be here.
St. Paul: Come for the pizza, stay for the back seat action.
St. Paul: Even 81 year olds can get some lovin'
St. Paul: Coleman-approved.
St. Paul: Kinda smells like your grandmother's house.
St. Paul: We won't make you keep your booze in a paper bag.
St. Paul: Processing Minneapolis sewage for 150 years!
St. Paul: Oh dear god, I'm so alone...
do you guys remember when we could tell the difference between big G and raindog?
Just because someone USES CAPS does not put the in MY CLASS.
You FASCIST PIG DOG tmay....
(Yawn) typical envy and jealousy from Minneapolitans...
MunsingW's "St. Paul: Oh dear god, I'm so alone..." is my fave so far.
typical envy and jealousy from Minneapolitans
I'm a St Paulite. I kid because I love...
This is one of the funniest threads I've read in awhile.
What happens in St Paul, stays in St Paul. Theoretically speaking.
St. Paul: My Favorite Suburb!
Boston of the midwest? Don't know the reason for that (lots of colleges? nice old buildings?) but I'm from Boston and greatly prefer St Paul to Minneapolis.
The Irish people dude....
Um
St. Paul: "Where liberal elitists gather to bitch about stuff."
Isn't it strange that the majority of highly valued residential property in St. Paul is concentrated on the west end of the city, close to Minneapolis?
That's very bourgeois - congrats again to sophisticated, worldly Minneapolis.
Rename St. Paul East Minneapolis
I agree with jderusha, funniest thread in a long while. I especially love
St Paul: Eventually you'll have to
I have to go there for a concert this saturday
:(
St Paul: At least we're not Maplegrove! (Sorry Jason...)
St Paul: We claim Charles Schultz despite the fact he despised the place.
St Paul: It's ghost town early Saturday mornings!
St. Paul: Not the pretentious one.
fpolaris-I think you mean "West Minneapolis." We have a reputation to uphold over here.
Someone is still left at the Pioneer Press who reads MNspeak. Congrats to those MNspeakers whose comments where selected by the nameless MSM type.
My mistake. The MSM type has a name: Laura Yuen
My apologies, Ms. Yuen. Glad you enjoy our humble little forum. Come visit us anytime.
How 'bout:
St. Paul: Home of the Easter Bunny Ban?
St Paul--Shallow fools who need slogans are freezing their asses off at a lifestyle center. Everyone welcome
Sweet! two of mine got put up in the pipress! I'm on my way to anonymous internet noteriety now!
"Bring Money"
St. Paul: Classical sophistication with a twist of lime
With the Cathedral & the Capitol and all the churches, and hospitals named after Saints
Why not the Saintly City
Better than the EVIL CITY MPLS.
"You don't have to rob St. Peter to play St. Paul!"
"You say COLD like it's a bad thing!"
"Much more accomodating than Minneapolis. Just ask Dillinger, and Ma Barker, and..."
Medallion City (Get more sponsors for the medallion and raise the prize money, or offer a larger prize for people who register from out of town and find the medallion).
And, Saint Paul cannot be south of East Saint Paul. There is no East St Paul, unless you are referring to the town in Manitoba, Canada.
St Paul--the evil twin.
St Paul a Capital idea!
Surprised nobody borrowed mine:
St. Paul - The hardest luck saint of them all.
Saint Paul: You have to wake up somewhere.
Saint Paul: Where you don't have to be cool.
Saint Paul: When we were your age we thought the same thing.
Saint Paul: When you're ready to settle down.
Saint Paul: Try a murder someplace new!
Saint Paul: If you can't be in the city you love...
Saint Paul: In bed by eight is great!
Saint Paul: You can still get to Minneapolis, even if you live here.
There is no "East St. Paul", but there very defintitely is "east" St. Paul, also know as the Eastside, or Phalen-corridor, or perhaps Payne Ave. Also known as the land that is cannot be reached from anywhere else. Well, at least it was until the recently built the Phalen extension and 35E exit.
There are several neighborhoods in St. Paul that are very tricky to get to unless you know exactly how to get there. Like the Indian Mounds Park neighborhood. Little lands that time forgot.
St. Paul offers the Big City environment, with a small town atmosphere.
(Now if St. Paul could at least open there businesses up on weekends)
St Paul: Our downtown has buildings!
Minneapolis: Surface parking lots downtown are sexy!
St Paul: City of mystery and romance.
Minneapolis: A cold old broad.
St Paul: Tree-lined streets and ample parks.
Minneapolis: Trash-filled streets and ample lots to park.
St. Paul: A great place for a weekday breakfast
I think maybe St. Paul is the Boston of the Midwest because of the streets. designed by drunken Irish with no clear direction or logical name. Plus there's the prostitutes
St. Paul: If you get drunk in a city and no ones around to witness it...
For the people who never leave Minneapolis here is a guide. West St. Paul, North St. Paul and South St. Paul are there own cities and not part of St. Paul. West St. Paul is actually south of St. Paul. South St. Paul is south east and North St. Paul is North East. East St. Paul is actually part of St. Paul but is called East St. Paul becuase it is east of the river even though it is more north.
SaintYESplease!!
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