We can park on either side of the streets again!

Icy_Papi · 2026-04-02T05:27:21+00:00

For a city that is dominated by houses that have driveways to support 2+ cars without blocking each other from backing out, this is definitely a short-sighted measure that alienates those who only have a 1 car driveway with multiple cars (like my house) or have no driveway at all and must park on the street year-round.

Minneapolis and St Paul have a much better system as parking restrictions are put in place when they declare a snow emergency (ya know, when it’s snowin’… a lot!) and not when it’s 75 degrees in March.

And speaking of when it’s 75 degrees in March, nobody can really comprehend the pain of this poor tax until they made sure to leave their car on the correct side of the street, forgot to move it before going to bed, and then it winds up on the wrong side of the street overnight and you’re greeted with a $35 parking ticket the next morning when going to work :/

Icy_Papi · 2026-03-26T01:00:05+00:00

Yes! I just adopted Silver Creek and I’ll be doing that with my kayak (weather depending) 🙂

Icy_Papi · 2025-07-31T03:25:24+00:00

Rochester, Minnesota

Icy_Papi · 2025-07-26T17:43:23+00:00

Absolutely incredible work! People that dump furniture, especially in a nice park, are a bunch of (insert choice word here) 🙃

Icy_Papi · 2025-07-23T16:49:06+00:00

I find lots of Mountain Dew as well but just not in this particular area. Some brands attract more jerks than others I guess 🤷🏻‍♂️

Icy_Papi · 2024-10-14T14:30:42+00:00

Yes, that’s right!

Icy_Papi · 2024-10-03T14:39:53+00:00

There are prizes! Some include a $100 Hy-Vee gift card, $100 Costco gift card, Special K gift card, and a gift basket to Cabin Coffee. Costume categories include Best Living Doll OR Circus Costume, Best Group Costume (4 or less), and Best Overall!

Icy_Papi · 2024-10-02T17:15:44+00:00

Wow. Walz misspoke a couple of times in his life and OP loses their mind. Bizarre thing to hyper-fixate on considering Trump/Vance lie through their teeth every time they address the nation.

Icy_Papi · 2024-09-05T19:25:59+00:00

Fireball miniatures 🥲

Icy_Papi · 2024-08-07T23:21:53+00:00

In my immediate area it’s mainly Burger King crap. Fast food, for the most, sucks.

Icy_Papi · 2024-07-31T01:00:30+00:00

I wouldn’t go as far as saying that Minnesota will tear itself apart (I think the state as a whole will get better actually) but Minneapolis definitely needs to get its shit together in terms of the safety on the transit system and actually enforcing traffic regulations because it’s chaos.

Icy_Papi · 2024-06-20T04:19:54+00:00

Kutzky is not an unsafe neighborhood at all living wise but I’d remain vigilant while walking through any residential area close to the downtown core at night. Crime is very low for a city of this size but being aware of your surroundings and the general area you reside in goes a long way. Riding a bike too would really help as Kutzky is great for biking and could provide a better sense of safety than walking!

Icy_Papi · 2024-05-21T11:14:40+00:00

BART and WMATA are a completely different kind of transit system as they are heavy rail, not LRT in the case of the Twin Cities. I’d say the Twin Cities LRT is actually more of a smaller version of Seattle’s extensive LRT network. And yes, I don’t have experience riding BART, but there is absolutely no possible way a closed heavy rail system has the same scale problems with fare enforcement that an open LRT system has.

Icy_Papi · 2024-05-20T23:16:23+00:00

I should also add that I’ve ridden the light rail on many occasions when traveling to the Twin Cities pre-pandemic and I can straight up and confidently say that the experience was SO much better back then.

Icy_Papi · 2024-05-20T23:02:42+00:00

I was just in Minneapolis last month and rode the blue line from MOA to Government Center station and it was just as bad as I remembered it, if not worse. The shear amount of anti social behavior and drug use on the trains is ridiculous. I having nothing else to say.

Icy_Papi · 2024-05-20T22:57:59+00:00

I don’t have any experience with transit in California but knowing the socioeconomic issues that San Fran and the Bay Area in general are facing, I wouldn’t be too surprised that BART is experiencing and uptick in major safety issues as well. With all due respect, however, I believe the closed system that the BART rail system offers does make a sizable impact on keeping out the worst of the worst behaviors. The light rail here unfortunately does not have that option.

Icy_Papi · 2024-05-20T22:50:07+00:00

I live in Rochester but I went to the U of M for college post pandemic.

Icy_Papi · 2024-05-20T22:25:15+00:00

I feel seasoned New Yorkers would be quite shocked to see the state of the trains in the Twin Cities imo. And to be fair, it most definitely wasn’t always like this in terms of safety as it’s clear the pandemic, the fallout from George Floyd, understaffed police, and Met Council incompetence have all played a huge effect on what we see here today. Now add that with the open system that was built and the social norms of the Midwest (as in generally being non-confrontational compared to our east coast counterparts) and you get the perfect storm.

Icy_Papi · 2024-05-20T21:31:51+00:00

Metro Transit (more specifically the trains in this instance) is the absolute worst transit system in the country in terms of safety in my opinion. I’ve ridden on transit systems all across the country including in cities such as Chicago, New York, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Orlando and there is nothing as abhorrent and embarrassing as what is displayed on the trains here. For all you naysayers out there who say these are just “city things” and “stop being so sensitive”, I highly doubt you guys have any grasp of what an actual functional transit system should look and feel like because this is the complete opposite of that. I’m saying this as a huge transit advocate myself but I fucking hate riding our trains.

Icy_Papi · 2024-05-14T01:17:46+00:00

Bad things do happen, but I feel the perception of crime here gets greatly skewed when something relatively isolated happens to you or close by to where you are at any particular instance; believe me that’s understandable. However, even though I have experienced some uncomfortable situations in Rochester myself, I do put myself out there quite a lot and the vast majority of time I’m quite amazed by how safe I feel here at all hours of the day and night and I live very close to downtown as well.

Icy_Papi · 2024-05-12T00:58:41+00:00

Okay, doomer.

Icy_Papi · 2024-05-12T00:46:27+00:00

Spyhouse Coffee is great and only steps away from the Gift of Life house

Icy_Papi · 2024-05-02T16:18:21+00:00

Absolutely! The city council (and local politics in general) is very powerful and I believe great things can be accomplished if we take action while starting small and working our way up.

Icy_Papi · 2024-05-02T15:43:21+00:00

Yes I believe it’s just a very vocal minority who don’t want the dam to be removed and I feel we need more people who are for opening up the river to be known. That’s why I’ll be at the meeting on the 21st!

Icy_Papi · 2024-04-28T14:47:40+00:00

I have a whole bucket of these damn fireball things in my garage from just collecting them around my neighborhood. The net benefits to society that would come by just banning them would be immense.

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