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So, Brooklyn is really the NE Minneapolis of New York, then, right?

https://www.yahoo.com/travel/the-brookl ... soc_trk=fb

Maybe I am just showing my age, but I remember when a bohemian lifestyle was about being a musician or an artist and not really caring too much about money. Apparently now it is about going out to eat.

https://www.yahoo.com/travel/the-brookl ... soc_trk=fb

Maybe I am just showing my age, but I remember when a bohemian lifestyle was about being a musician or an artist and not really caring too much about money. Apparently now it is about going out to eat.

the foodies are stronk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foodie

Irt north east's hipsterdom.

"Every other neighborhood in the country, give up."

https://www.yahoo.com/travel/the-brookl ... soc_trk=fb

Hmm. I'm not sure I agree with Sioux Falls as being South Dakota's hipsterville. I was just in Rapid City back in June and was shocked (like, truly blown away) by how much of a hipster town that place has become and how vibrant their downtown is. They even have Native American hipsters...never seen a place quite like it.

Minneapolis nonprofit focuses on food to train, heal.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... train-hea/

Counties of the country ranked by beauty. Guess lake country, bluff country, and north shore aren't all that... MN got a lot of ugly.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk ... beauty/?66

Not sure if you linked to the wrong article, but this one seems to be about weather, not beauty:

The index combines "six measures of climate, topography, and water area that reflect environmental qualities most people prefer." Those qualities, according to the USDA, include mild, sunny winters, temperate summers, low humidity, topographic variation, and access to a body of water.

Yeah; the whole study just seems to be confusing. They're actually studying a weird combination of weather patterns and very select geography, then combining that to somehow equate to "beauty" (which is a subjective term anyway). So yeah this is pretty much worthless as most any person can tell.

Minnesota tops Forbes list for growth rate in tech sector jobs:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/ ... s-in-2015/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk ... ?tid=sm_fb

Gives me little tingles. Glad he took the opportunity.

Yup. Red Lake County represented "Minnesota Nice" and farm life better than quite ... beautifully.

Minnesota's top 10 most redneck towns. No surprises at all.


http://www.roadsnacks.net/these-are-the ... minnesota/

Minnesota Black Median Household Income drops 14% in a single year, is now lower than in Mississippi. Unemployment for Blacks remains stable and other races had slight gains in income:

http://www.startribune.com/black-househ ... 327978161/

Minnesota Black Median Household Income drops 14% in a single year, is now lower than in Mississippi. Unemployment for Blacks remains stable and other races had slight gains in income:

http://www.startribune.com/black-househ ... 327978161/

That's pretty significant. What have we seen in terms of migration over the past year? That's the only thing I can think of that would cause such a drop in this context.

Gotta think there's been a change in methodology or an error (maybe in the prior periods if not the current one). A change of that magnitude would be WAY out on the tails of any distribution of outcomes, especially given the other results.

Gotta love Dayton's official response in the article.

“It is extremely unfair to contact our office on such an important and complex matter and provide two hours for a response.”

But, yeah, it certainly seems like there must be something happening behind the scenes to cause such a massive shift in those numbers.

Smart people on Twitter seem to be implying that there was a potentially significant change in methodology that may explain part of this yoy delta, but I haven't had time to investigate.

Smart people on Twitter seem to be implying that there was a potentially significant change in methodology that may explain part of this yoy delta, but I haven't had time to investigate.

Gotta think so, because otherwise the most obvious potential explanations are discomforting. If employment levels stay the same, and income drops precipitously, it's gonna be red meat for the 'ACA and higher minimum wages cause employers to cut hours' crowd.

So "Make It MSP" is a thing now. Not a ton of information, or anything particularly interesting yet.

https://www.greatermsp.org/resources/ma ... e-updates/
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/n ... rkers.html
http://www.kare11.com/videos/news/local ... /73892948/

More than 70 organizations from across all sectors are partnering in different ways on this “early implementation phase” of Make it. MSP, the new Minneapolis-Saint Paul Regional Talent Initiative. Through collaborative effort and hard work, the region will be able to make progress on major goals – Improving Social Inclusion, Supporting Innovative Talent, Connecting Talent to Community, Connecting Talent and Employers, & Closing Near-Term Talent Gaps.

Suggestion for attracting talent: build shiny train infrastructure better than anywhere else. Let's see how we're doing in 2015-

Regional/Intercity passenger rail:
NLX: nope
Zip Rail: nope
Northstar: 1/2 way there
Mankato: nope
Chicago HSR: nope
River Route (non-amtrak): nope
Dan Patch: nope
Fargo(non-amtrak): nope
Wilmar: nope
Eau Claire: nope
0.5 (from northstar) + 0.5 (from a single amtrak train) = 1/10, a Failing grade.

Local/Intracity passenger rail:
Hiawatha: yes
Central: yes
SWLRT: getting closer, but still nope
Bottineau: nope
Nicollet: nope
Midtown: nope
Riverview: nope
Rush: nope
Northtown: nope
Hennepin/France: nope
American Blvd: nope
HWY 36: nope
2/12, also a Failing grade.

To Do list: dedicated funding for local transit, dedicated funding for intercity passenger rail.

You know what's going to attract that millenial from Seattle?

Train to Mankato.