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Notable Quotes Irresistible Hip Factor “I moved to the Twin Cities from New York for love – love of the Twin Cities. I was in love with the spirit of this place – its unique blend of the down-to-earth and the boldly experimental. It had style of its own, and a hip factor that, at its best, wasn't imitative of the cool quotient of either coast.” — Jon Spayde, managing editor of The Line, May 2010 Choose Your City For the 40 million people who move every year, “there’s only one other region that’s a competitor with Minneapolis/Saint Paul (in personality) – the San Francisco Bay area. For people who say you can’t do it where it’s cold, (the Twin Cities) is proving them wrong…. If you want a place that’s fair, that treats people equitably, that has affordable housing, and that doesn’t have the social and economic inequalities of some other regions, the Minneapolis/Saint Paul region beats them all. Congratulations, because in many ways, you’re showing the whole country and the rest of the world how it can be done.” — Richard Florida, author of Who’s Your City, KARE 11, June 2009 Bike Café “In Minneapolis, evidence of a growing bike culture is found in the handful of bicycle cafes that have sprung up, like the CRC Coffee Bar in the city’s Uptown area... where you can buy coffee, lunch or a refurbished bike.” — SustainLane.com, January 2009 Minneapolis Moves into the Sustain Lane “Hybrid-driving Mayor R.T Rybak dreams of bequeathing to his grandkids the city he grew up in…exactly as he knew it: a place where you can hop on a bike, swim in a clean lake, then ride down parkways to see two waterfalls and amazing wildlife…without leaving the city limits.” — SustainLane.com, January 2009 Shopping Destination “This progressive city (Minneapolis) is finally having its shopping moment. Indie (independent) stores abound with labels both international and local, plus affordable antique stores…And all the shopping isn’t confined to Minneapolis. A few shops have popped up in its smaller sister city of Saint Paul.” — Lucky Magazine, January 2008
Emerald City of Giving “Ask anybody in the world of corporate philanthropy and they’ll tell you: Minneapolis-Saint Paul is like no place else, a bastion of giving in an age when most companies are cutting back.” — The New York Times, December 22, 2007
Northern Vitality “Minneapolis and Saint Paul may have their own unique skylines, but the one thing that unites them is the sense of energy…about their shared success and prospects for the future. The Twin Cities are hot – even when the weather isn’t.” — NWA WorldTraveler, November 2007
Astounding Arts Explosion “The Minneapolis cultural landscape, already rich with museums, theater and other cultural destinations, has in the past few years been the site of an astounding new arts explosion.” — Chicago Sun-Times, October 28, 2007
Nation’s Best for Business “Forget the bone-chilling winters, the Buick-size summer mosquitoes and the ‘Minnesota Nice’ demeanor mocked in the film ‘Fargo.’ Minneapolis-Saint Paul is where it’s at when it comes to business – much more so than any other of the nation’s major urban areas.” — MarketWatch, September 21, 2007
Twin Cities Hit ‘Critical Coolness’ “The Twin Cities are garnering greater notice as cultural hot spots (among young professionals). It’s such a get-out-there and do something culture.” — Wall Street Journal, September 2007
Hip, Cosmopolitan Vibe “Minneapolis has a hip, cosmopolitan vibe wrapped in Midwestern friendliness.” — Cooking Light, September 2007
A Current of Creativity “The Twin Cities population is generally healthy, diverse and well educated – the classic ingredients for a creative class.” — Kiplinger's, 2007
Artistic, Inside and Out “On the heels of Minneapolis's remarkable architectural double-shot...comes the David Rockwell-designed Chambers (luxury art hotel), which has enough art and theatricality to rival them both.” — Travel + Leisure, 2007
Arts Appeal “Few cities embrace the arts with the same gusto as Minneapolis, which makes it an ideal place to go culture crazy.” — O, The Oprah Magazine, 2007
Cultural Cache “A burst of new buildings from the world's top architects – Herzog & de Meuron's Walker Art Center expansion, Jean Nouvel's new Guthrie Theater, Michael Graves' addition to the Institute of Arts – reinforces the fact that Minneapolis's cultural cachet doesn't entirely depend upon Prince (the city's most notorious native son).” — Sherman’s Travel “Top 10 Underrated Cities, 2007”
Architectural Hub “Suddenly, Minneapolis is the most exciting architectural hub in America, with brand-new buildings by the likes of Jean Nouvel and Cesar Pelli – and world-class restaurants to go with them.” — Food & Wine, June 2006
In the Frozen North, an Increasingly Cool City “The skyways link grand hotels, restaurants, high-end department stores, a Saturn dealership, and businesses ranging from banks to baseball card boutiques. Inside, this Jetsons-like setting creates the surreal illusion of living in a pleasant bubble equipped for almost all of life’s exigencies.” — The New York Times, February 12, 2006
Leading the Pack “There's no shortage of smaller American cities attracting attention these days for cutting-edge art and architecture. But Minneapolis, it's fair to say, is leading the pack.” — Travel + Leisure, 2006
Dynamic Culture “[Minneapolis-Saint Paul], too, is a theater, a vast unstable laboratory that is constantly being reshaped by economic, political and imaginative forces. Seldom does that reality seem this seductive.” — The New York Times, 2006
Landscape of Design “Minneapolis: Design City. Thanks to [the Guthrie Theater] and other stunning new buildings, the city's become a design boomtown.” — Newsweek, 2006
Prosperity Reigns “The Twin Cities are a cheerful duo. Firms in almost every industry prosper here, in one of the county’s most literate areas.” — Men’s Health, 2006
Well-rounded, Versatile City “Minneapolis/Saint Paul is one of the most well-rounded, versatile cities in America with booming culture and business minutes away from well-preserved nature.” — Go Airtran Magazine, 2005
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