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Grant S

4 months

Hey all, I know there's not many of you left on here, but for those who still hang around, I'll be moving back to Minneapolis in 2 weeks and am searching for a job. Let me know if you got some leads :) Thx

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

2 months

“Nobody takes the light rail”

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@urbanevesen

2 years

@travis_robert Even at 200 mph, we're looking at Chicago to Austin in like 5 hours. We're so attached to cars and planes that we no longer comprehend the space in between.

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@urbanevesen

1 year

What the fuck is the Strib editorial board doing Rest this soul, but as someone who smokes the feared marijuana, I have never once considered doing meth. Is it 1994 again? @dbrauer

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@urbanevesen

2 years

@travis_robert I got really into trains in 2010. Obama released the high speed rail plan, the Chicago to Minneapolis route was about to get HSR, a bunch of commuter rail was in the works in Minnesota. 12 years later, I'm 24, and none of this shit is done. Moving to Europe just to ride trains.

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@urbanevesen

11 months

Harmony Coffee is doing what I didn't this was possible in Minneapolis. Opening a unique interesting alley retail space

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@urbanevesen

2 months

@macsquirelera

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

2 years

What if we just... abolished the Quarry parking lots? (Yes, there would still be parking😣)

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 month

The fact that express buses can take the shoulder in our metro is just… *chefs kiss*

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

2 months

@daviss That must be why the bars were incredibly packed afterwards too. The event was so good that it created a micro event that is simply hanging out downtown.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

Hot take: Removing rail from the Stone Arch was probably a big mistake, and we'll likely need to do some pretty expensive shit to make Amtrak connect to Minneapolis again.

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@urbanevesen

1 year

@dbrauer This sounds like a deep deep untreated mental health issue that was only made worse by smoking weed. There's not much you can do except listen to your kids when they say they're not doing too well.

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@urbanevesen

1 year

@charlierybak I am shocked, Charlie. Simply shocked.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

leaving this city to move somehwere new and never ever look at the history of it - because once you start it's just pain

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@urbanevesen

1 year

@alanthefisher Everytime this building comes out of the woodwork, it's used to make fun of architects. We hate it too.

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@urbanevesen

2 months

Omg my first time getting weird right wing responses 🥰🥰

Grant S

@urbanevesen

2 months

“Nobody takes the light rail”

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

2 months

Lmao. This shouldn’t have gotten this much traction. I’m just happy to see downtown buzzing after a great Wolves win. Every bar was packed afterwards. We should absolutely be shutting down 1st Ave on game day and consider closing it to cars permanently.

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@urbanevesen

2 months

I miss when this tower had a weird top

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@urbanevesen

1 year

Downtown can't support businesses though. Only short term festivals and pop up shops that drive 1000s of people there. But seriously, build out the riverfront. I want a glass of wine on the deck of the Post Office

kar nels

@kar_nels

1 year

When did the Stone Arch Bridge Festival get so big? It is more like whole downtown and North Loop riverfront festival. Needing to go north and just thinking I'll stay by river and walk my a few blocks...no 😂

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

11 months

6am shooting in the Wedge. Cops called 40 minutes ago. Said they found nothing. Check the shooting location. Find casings. Call back. Cops say they checked already. Vehicle connected with the shooting. Not checked. Cops said they checked. I've been watching here. Fuck Frey

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

11 months

@esjesjesj @tattersquid Concerning

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

3 months

@h_pan3 @ThunderWolf08 @MetroTransitMN What the hell? This doesn’t help anyone. Is this private security?

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

3 months

It is a crime that 20 Washington is 100% vacant. A building this prestigious empty, with a derelict surface parking lot.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

We see a lot of old Minneapolis and all that was destroyed with 94, but not a lot of Duluth... Ouch my heart.

cars.destroyed.our.cities

@CarsRuinedCity

1 year

Duluth Minnesota. Note the bridge right of center to help orient yourself.

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@urbanevesen

1 year

@tomgara Stores in Europe are usually better because they're 1. In cities 2. Specific to the need 3. Typically locally owned

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

2 years

@crhofmann Public works has no problems coordinating tearing down homeless camps but can't figure this one out

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

2 months

You’re telling me people DONT know about the complexities and historical context of the MSP-Madison-Chicago train???

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

11 months

Southdale really fell from grace huh Even the caribou left. Wild dichotomy here. Madewell and a Spirit Halloween??

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

@FGLev @the_transit_guy @OurStreetsMpls :) - good thing we have a shit ton of other highways people can take.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

3 years

@MnEsdad @webster lol they didn't. it's intentional

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@urbanevesen

1 year

Folks, occupy the Stone Arch. Bring camp chairs, wine, guitars, subwoofers, idgaf. This is our cities gem and it deserves to be open to the public 24/7

Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood

@MarcyHolmesMpls

1 year

Just learned that the Mpls Park Board is currently crafting a plan to shut down all access to the Stone Arch Bridge each night this holiday weekend (June 30 thru July 5) from 8PM!!! to 6AM. Please let the MPRB know how you feel about this: (1/2)

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

5 months

@the_transit_guy What song should I play when I walk up to these tomorrow?

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@urbanevesen

1 year

I used to ride this bridge at midnight and pass by numerous couples, musicians and other cyclists. We can't claim we want to activate downtown and then pull this type of antiquated garbage.

Wedge LIVE!™

@WedgeLIVE

1 year

I know at times it can seem like every violent crime in the city starts or ends with a car, but the proper course is to just close this important pedestrian and bike bridge. Please join us at the July 3 laser show.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

2 months

Now this is how you train station

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

@ScholarlySpoon Most of us were like 7 to 13 when we watched the 2008 recession take our parents jobs. Pretty moving age. Also the same politicians we learned about in high school are still in power.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

@_DrDee_ @uyarakq tell me you haven't you haven't have you tell me you have not not haven't

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

2 months

Can we please just try to do heavy rail again but actually put the stops in the core of cities rather than far out park and rides?

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@ThunderWolf08

2 months

According to the upcoming TCMC meeting, the Red Rock Corridor, which wsd initially studied for Commuter rail between St. Paul and Hastings and then BRT/A bus, will now be studied for Light Rail.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

@rocketrooster @wtyppod Roz: "Alright... *liam yells something from the kitchen whilst getting a beer* Roz: "... uh... first we have to" *Alice accidentally hits the God Damn news button* Roz: "Ok... first we have to answer the question... what is water?"

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@urbanevesen

1 year

We don't get upset enough about the Exposition building Imagine how much of an absolute icon this would be today.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

Doing some digging at the cabin and uhhh you guys???

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

2 months

@macsquirelera Same

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

Lol they're bricking up windows in Uptown. Very cool.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

Gonna miss this city

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

11 months

This is a fuck MPD tweet. Dirty cops keep nobody safe.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

11 months

This confirms my theory of what Lyft did with bikesharing in Minneapolis. Fuck lyft.

Tim Onion

@oneunderscore__

11 months

CitiBike is so successful in New York City that Lyft, which bought it five years ago, believes it's cannibalizing its car-based ridesharing ("a distraction from the company’s core business") and now wants to sell it.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

Too bad Minneapolis building design standards limit wood to under 50% of exterior. A policy that came and went totally unnoticed

Luke at Aryze

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1 year

Legalize traditional wooden dovetail duplexes everywhere.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

3 years

@jdf754 @SamBrockNBC @NBCNews As a hard left leaning democrat... This didn't have anything to do with the GOP. This is a tragedy that is possible in any building.

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@urbanevesen

1 year

This is crazy. 6 story proposed project with ZERO retail activation on Lake St in the middle of Uptown, between Arts and Rec and a 2 story commercial building with multiple tenant. They're asking for TIF We can do affordable housing with retail folks. It's done in many places.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

11 months

They should build a metro that just does this.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

3 months

@h_pan3 @ThunderWolf08 @MetroTransitMN God. I hope you’re okay. I hope the Met Council reconsiders their contract.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

2 years

I've never seen this city use so many jersey barriers to displace people as Frey has. It is -10 F tomorrow, and you're kicking them out of a somewhat warm bridge? Why?

Southwest Voices

@SWVoicesMPLS

2 years

An encampment under the 35W bridge on 31st Street was cleared this morning. “They came early,” an encampment resident said. “My tent was the first one.” Cement barricades fill the sidewalk where the encampment was.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

I like how almost all these articles are framed as a guy from public works going out an shoveling every sidewalk. Or that the sidewalk is the homeowners property. I've seen people on riding snowblowers this year that just cruise down a sidewalk in minutes. We're a grid city.

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1 year

How much would it cost for Minneapolis to shovel all the sidewalks? Could be millions annually, could be tens of millions. How clean do we want them? By @DaveOrrick

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@urbanevesen

1 year

@RickNelsonMN It's really fun because there are 1000s of people there on a daily basis but they all stay inside because there's nothing on Nicollet but there's no foot traffic so retailers don't want to open on Nicollet but there's no foot traffic because there's nothing there and there's n..

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

3 years

@AlexIresq @ftfcRedford @CwapTweeter @Pixar Lol shut up with that gibberish. Let people enjoy things.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

These buildings will always make me sad. Especially after going from Grave, Bricksworth, Galley, Runyons, and Cuzzys ALL PACKED. These cute lil guys could have some fantastic parkets, string lights and patio seating. 1st Ave in general is just EMPTY.

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@urbanevesen

1 year

@Jacob_Frey Hey Jacob, remember when we ran into each other on the Stone Arch and I told you in 2017 I wasn't going to vote for you? And you acted all disappointed? I stand firmly by my decision. Stop. Sowing. Division.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

2 months

Economist at the Fed. We are truly cooked.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

4 months

Bro when did this happen??? I swear a bus trip was $60 round trip at one point.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

Nobody comes to Minneapolis anymore Actually I wish nobody came here because finding a place to sit down and enjoy a beverage was the hardest task in the world. We need to learn how to Bier Hall

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

@StribOpinion

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

Obviously the stone arch is amazing and a crown piece of our city. Why do I even need to say this? It just was cool when trains actually served our city, and this is where they did it.

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@urbanevesen

2 months

@the_transit_guy The interior view versus the exterior view is quite stark.

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@urbanevesen

1 year

@alanthefisher To be fair, I'm one of those "going to get a masters in urban design" kinda of architects. So I'm pretty okay with cool little boxes as long as they have greenspace, corner stores and trains nearby.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

Hellll ya @jeremiah4north

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@urbanevesen

1 year

@SwampCommunist Europeans not get offended by intersting facts challenge impossible

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

10 months

What's left of my keys What's left of my life

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@urbanevesen

2 years

There's a massive amount of housing being built around the Lake Minnetonka area displacing native prairies, wetlands and woodlands.

Daniel Trubman wants a job in NYC

@dmtrubman

2 years

One of the reasons why I support dense infill development in our cities is to preserve our woodlands. If the only place housing can be built is the exurbs, it's going to get harder and harder for residents of Philadelphia (and other cities) to take day hikes out in nature.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

Minneapolis East Station

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@urbanevesen

1 year

@_cingraham @maxnesterak It was a nice day, Chris.

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@urbanevesen

2 years

@JoshLipnik The suburbs of your age are not the suburbs anymore. Those are the nice 1st ring additions to the city now. I'm 25, grew up in the suburbs, i biked around my neighborhood quite a bit, but all of my friends weren't accessible due to lack of transit and a car centric environment.

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@urbanevesen

1 year

This is one of my favorite photos in Minnesota history

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

#packpix

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

9 months

@Billaric Shit smells so goooood

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@urbanevesen

3 months

@credenzaclear2 Retvrn of the cozycore caribou coffee

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

11 months

We're going on 25 minutes after 2nd call. 55 minutes since initial call.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

801 Chophouse has a bathroom on the corner of Nicollet. Gateway Tower was built with zero doors on Nicollet. The GATEWAY TO THE MALL was built with ZERO DOORS. Zelo, who just re-opened with frosted glass on their windows.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

3 months

Thing is, Lyn-Lake used to be the token vacant corner. With Wrecktangle and Lynlake Brewery and Up-Down, it’s constantly buzzing. It just takes some might, AND building owners being flexible.

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Ann Kim — of Kim's, Young Joni, etc. — owns the Uptown Paper Source building. Here's a message I received on her behalf today about Uptown: "I'm tired of hearing people complain and whine about the state of Uptown. If you don't like it, do something about it."

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

Woah. Is this the first apartment project to really get slapped with a "not tall enough" label? Also seeing them also recommend denial because it needs to be 10 stories AND set back 15 feet makes me chuckle. Pick one Minneapolis!

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

11 months

I'm really excited for the future of this neighborhood. It was definitely delayed by covid but now rapidly gaining momentum BRT will be the next transformational step towards creating an awesome urban community.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

3 years

@HillelArt @xclaudius It's actually really depressing

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

3 months

6th is down to one lane and it’s a disaster! Oh wait no it’s fine.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

@dbrauer 8:12pm on a typical summer night

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

I hate it. Best part of visiting SF was stumbling onto a bus after whatever bar I ended up at.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

4 months

Bro the tracks are THERE

Some Blue Wolf

@ThunderWolf08

4 months

MNdot released the info about the study of extending the Northstar to St Cloud. Earliest start of service is.. 2036 and they're debating between 2 or 4 round trips per day...

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 month

Downtown is back! (To blocking the box because although we have incentivized workers to come back, express buses are not running at 2019 numbers)

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

Im starting to realize that corruption runs DEEP in the urban planning field.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

11 months

Folks. I am car free again.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

5 months

@the_transit_guy Easiest connection to Austria from The Netherlands thru regional DB. I don’t recommend it, but you can technically go from Venlo to Lindau-Insel entirely on the Deutschlandticket.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

2 years

@Redistrict And was endorsed by the National Review

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

2 months

@ThunderWolf08 This dude sucks and steals content

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

3 months

I'll never understand retail man... How the hell is this a more attractive product than most of the streetcar neighborhoods of Minneapolis?

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

1 year

They're going to compare Northstar to every rail project for the rest of time aren't we? We are comparing this suburban sprawl... to a major tourist destination.

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@urbanevesen

1 year

@alanthefisher Going to throw this in at the end of my portfolio

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

4 months

@harrisondubay @sharkofmainst @the_transit_guy The low density argument for rail in the US will never be beaten. These dudes will ignore the fact that we had a comprehensive rail system before 1950 no matter what.

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Grant S

@urbanevesen

2 months

@vincempls Vince, you’re choir preaching. The reality is that Scott Walker killed our HSR, and for the first time in a VERY long time, we actually have money going into Amtrak expansion.

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