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my oh my how the times have changed you...
9th & Hennepin
as written by Tom Waits
Well it's Ninth and Hennepin
All the doughnuts have names that sound like prostitutes
And the moon's teeth marks are on the sky
Like a tarp thrown all over this
And the broken umbrellas like dead birds
And the steam comes out of the grill
Like the whole goddamn town's ready to blow...
And the bricks are all scarred with jailhouse tattoos
And everyone is behaving like dogs
And the horses are coming down Violin Road
And Dutch is dead on his feet
And all the rooms they smell like diesel
And you take on the dreams of the ones who have slept here
And I'm lost in the window, and I hide in the stairway
And I hang in the curtain, and I sleep in your hat
And no one brings anything small into a bar around here
They all started out with bad directions
And the girl behind the counter has a tattooed tear
One for every year he's away, she said
Such a crumbling beauty, ah
There's nothing wrong with her that a hundred dollars won't fix
She has that razor sadness that only gets worse
With the clang and the thunder of the Southern Pacific going by
And the clock ticks out like a dripping faucet
Til you're full of rag water and bitters and blue ruin
And you spill out over the side to anyone who will listen
And I've seen it all, I've seen it all
Through the yellow windows of the evening train
I see you have captured what you don't see often on here....certainly can't say that Minneapolis doesn't have a nightlife! It's amazing the amount of people you see downtown.
One of the great American cities. Thanks for sharing.
Question: I had a friend who moved to Minneapolis a couple of years ago, but she moved back, citing that the region is very tight and not as welcoming to outsiders. She also noted that no one wants to talk about race issues, that it's a very uncomfortable topic to broach (something that is very much in-your-face here in Michigan). Curious anyone's take on this, if any of it holds water?
Last edited by subterranean; Nov 18, 2014 at 6:38 PM.
I hear people say that all the time(the not welcoming to outsiders part)...but I kind of believe that anywhere you move it feels like it is hard to make friends at first. I don't know, I kind of think a moving experience is what you make of it. It certainly isn't true for me(from the reverse side), as most of my friends are from other places, so obvioulsy I don't have a problem letting other people in...could be different for me in the gay community though, who knows. I always feel like the "nobody will let me in their circle, I can't make friends" is a cop out for another issue...because it's so easy to hear someone else say it and just make that your excuse. Though yes, I have heard that about here...and also about Seattle. I know a lot of people who have moved here, love it, and have made friends with ease...though again, things could be different in the gay community.
As for the other, it is a very liberal and progressive city. I have never known many to be shy to share their opionion on possibly polarizing issues such as politics, race or religion! lol. In the suburbs, perhaps?
Thanks for your response, Mike. She is very social and just happened to be gay as well. I've heard that about Seattle, but I never found that to be the case. I found the women much more outgoing than in the midwest
Hmmm, yeah I think it really depends on the person...its very subjective. Now that you mention she is a gay woman...that could be a particularly hard community/social group to break into. That I have heard also. It's funny how, even as adults, we sometimes act like highschoolers when it comes to finding our circle of friends.
I need confirmation here, is Downtown Minneapolis always this busy? And at night? And is Minneapolis clean in general? I mean the streets and alleys and all that, it looks pretty clean from the pictures, but I wanna be sure, so anyone?
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