Thanks for the comments everybody.
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Originally Posted by Danny
Nice tour along Minneapolis, Chef! I like your people shots, they´re fantastic, as usual. I see some trees laying on the ground, was there any heavy storm over Minneapolis recently? How is the summer being there this year?
I´m sorry about your camera. I hope you can repair it to take pictures again as soon as possible.
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Other than that big storm we had in June this summer has been great - sunny, mostly mild and not very humid.
It is starting to look like my camera is broken for good, the cost of fixing it is more than it's worth. I am going to try to do it myself but if that doesn't work it will probably be a while before I am taking photographs again.
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Originally Posted by fflint
The Portland of the Midwest! I've really got to get back to the Twin Cities.
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When I moved here in the '80s sometimes people would refer to it as the San Francisco of the Midwest, then it was the Seattle of the Midwest. The measuring stick keeps changing but Minneapolis more or less stays the same. I think the winters and its' location in the Midwest prevent it from getting the sort of national cultural embrace that leads to mass influx and eventual wholesale gentrification.
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Originally Posted by Ex-Ithacan
Wonderful set. What area of the city has all those great old houses and apartment buildings (starting about the 14th pic in)? While downtown is impressive, it's nice to see other areas as well. Thanks for the tour Chef.
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As was said most of those were in East Isles except for the last three in the group which were in Whittier.
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Originally Posted by MNMike
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I've been trying to get a good photo of that house for three years. For some reason the lighting never co-operates.
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Originally Posted by dc_denizen
I still can't get a handle on this city. Is it more like Denver, or Portland, or old Detroit, or what? the city looks awesome, especially the residential neighborhoods and retail strips, but seems that there are more than a fair share of empty lots and marginal buildings pretty close to central areas of the city.
anyhow, great pics!
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I think MNMike summed it up pretty well but I would add that Minneapolis doesn't have much abandonment but it is also a fairly inexpensive city so real estate doesn't have the same price pressures for development that you see on the coasts. Gentrification is glacial and large swathes of the city proper are blue collar - perhaps not in the east coast sense but they are mixed areas of immigrants, classic blue collar workers, old hippies and punk rockers, baristas, waitresses, etc. The fact that much of the city is blue collar gives it a slightly gritty edge despite the fact that it isn't dangerous and is the core of a prosperous metro. In general Minneapolis neighborhoods tend to be pretty stable and are mostly like they were 20 years ago except safer and more diverse.
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