Talk:Minneapolis–Saint Paul

Highways

Someone put these lists into the Minneapolis article, but since most of these roads don't go through the city, they'd be more appropriate here. Maybe the lists can be worked in eventually. The Minnesota state highways list probably took some effort to compile, so it'd be nice to see that somewhere someday. —User:Mulad (talk) 22:13, Dec 1, 2004 (UTC)

Interstate highways include:

• Interstate 94
• Interstate 394
• Interstate 494
• Interstate 694
• Interstate 35W
• Interstate 35E

U.S. highways include:

• U.S. Highway 8
• U.S. Highway 10
• U.S. Highway 12
• U.S. Highway 52
• U.S. Highway 61
• U.S. Highway 169
• U.S. Highway 212

Minnesota state highways inlcude:

• MN 5 (Gaylord to Stillwater)
• MN 7 (Beardsley to St. Louis Park)
• MN 13 (Albert Lea to St. Paul)
• MN 21 (Fairbault to Jordan)
• MN 25 (Belle Plaine to Brainerd)
• MN 36 (Roseville to Stillwater)^
• MN 41 (Shakopee to Shorewood)^
• MN 47 (Minneapolis to Aitkin)
• MN 50 (Farmington to New Trier)
• MN 51 (St. Paul to Arden Hills)^
• MN 55 (Tenney to Hastings)
• MN 56 (Spring Valley to Hampton)
• MN 62 (Eden Prairie to Fort Snelling)^
• MN 65 (Minneapolis to Littlefork)
• MN 77 (Apple Valley to Minneapolis)^
• MN 95 (St. Cloud to Cottage Grove)
• MN 96 (White Bear Lake to Stillwater)^
• MN 97 (Forest Lake to Scandia)^
• MN 100 (Bloomington to Brooklyn Center)^
• MN 101 (Rogers to Elk River)
• MN 110 (Mendota Heights to Inver Grove Heights)^
• MN 121 (Richfield to Minneapolis)^
• MN 149 (Eagan to St. Paul)^
• MN 156 (Inver Grove Heights to St. Paul)^
• MN 242 (Coon Rapids to Blaine)^
• MN 243 (MN-95 to WI-State Line)^
• MN 252 (Brooklyn Center to Brooklyn Park)^
• MN 280 (St. Paul to Roseville)^
• MN 282 (Jordan to Prior Lake)^
• MN 284 (Cologne to Waconia)^
• MN 291 (Hastings)^
• MN 312 (Eden Prairie)^ (Will be US 212 in future)
• MN 316 (Red Wing to Hastings)
• MN 610 (Maple Grove to Blaine)^

^Notes that both termini of the highway are located within the 7-county twin cities metropolitian area.

Best-known twin cities

"There are many other places around the world that are considered twin cities, but Minneapolis-St. Paul is the most well-known." Can this be substantiated? If not it should be removed. pomegranate 23:31, May 30, 2005 (UTC)

Do a search for "Twin Cities" on google and see how many of them link to Minnesota based sites. The majority of them do. -User:puppetrevolt

University of Minnesota

Region summary stated that both Minneapolis and St. Paul share portions of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. The Twin Cities campus is actually shared between Minneapolis and Falcon Heights, a St. Paul suburb. user Jakeh Oct 25, 2005

Substantiating source, from the City of Falcon Heights' Web Site http://www.ci.falcon-heights.mn.us/newresidents/maptest.html

This is still considered Saint Paul, I'm sure to the dismay of those in Falcon Heights. The entire Saint Paul campus uses Saint Paul in their address. Also, the Minnesota Fairgrounds is listed as Saint Paul. http://www.mnstatefair.org/pages/geninfo_main.html

Climate

"The lowest temperature ever reported at the station was -34° F on January 22, 1936; the highest, 108°, was reported on July 14 of the same year" what exactly is the station? The airport? Because i know for a fact this is not the coldest temp ever in the state.--Gephart 19:28, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

The official National Weather Service station, which is located at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Local air temperatures may differ, but the readings at the airport are what's used to determine the official records. Iceberg3k 20:26, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Photos

I'm planning on taking a day and doing some photography around the Twin Cities. Is there anything in particular editors interested in the Twin Cities would like? I'm hoping to do it this week, probably Thursday. Let me know on my talk page if you have suggestions. Thanks! Rx StrangeLove 01:36, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

The weather has been cool and overcast this past week so I waited...I'm planning on going out this week. Maybe Wednesday...so any suggestions will be welcome! Rx StrangeLove 01:36, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Intro: Economy

This parenthetical phrase in the opening section--describing Minnesota's economy--is a bit grandiose to be of a scholarly tone:

"...(many people in the area are drawn from these states by the perpetually healthy economy and flourishing cultural scene)." Nandapanda 03:19, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

History

I adjusted the writing on the history page to be more suitable for Wikipedia from its previous version. However, it seems like a very vague, very general description of the areas' history. If anyone has any other specific resources to add that would be great.

Intro: Economy

I removed "The Cities are seen as the economic engine of the entire Upper Midwest." Like the above-mentioned economic comment, it is a bit grandiose and it's factually wrong. The wiki definition of Upper Midwest is broad and includes Metro Detroit and Chicagoland, two areas that are both significantly larger in population and economy than the Twin Cities.

Cities in metropolitan area

Hello. Do you think this template is useful or wasteful of space? Townships are omitted. The data comes from the "Cities and towns" section of each county: Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Pierce (Wisconsin), Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, St. Croix (Wisconsin), and Wright and could have mistakes (especially in the cases of two possible links: City, State and City (town), State). For now I added the template in the external links for Minneapolis. -Susanlesch 01:09, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

• I like it, although I think it might be pared down somewhat. In theory it should be limited to towns that are bedroom communities for the Twin Cities and I think some of the outlying towns are more stand-alone communities (e.g. New Richmond, Wisconsin). What % of the residents commute to the Cities? --Appraiser 12:49, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

• All the "Wisconsin" repeats have been cut so now it is shorter. Do you think it would be fair to include one of either 1) the seven counties, or 2) all thirteen? That would be much easier to do (or is already done). If you need something more detailed maybe someone else will volunteer. -Susanlesch 23:42, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Culture

Arts & Entertainment

I've heard the most theater seats per capita stat both as other than new york and including new york as it is here. Does anyone know of a source for this stat? Currently it is completely unsubstantiated.Arcturus21 17:48, 8 April 2007 (UTC)