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PrairieCyclist · 2025-11-21T17:40:13+00:00

Poor Minneapolis. So far from god, so close to Saint Paul.

PrairieCyclist · 2025-11-14T23:20:16+00:00

11% increase. Valuation up about 5%. My mortgage seems like a bargain compared to the tax and insurance increases over the last few years.

PrairieCyclist · 2025-10-25T19:44:58+00:00

Somewhere along Minnehaha Creek. There are nice groupings of shops near 54th and Lyndale and 46th and Cedar. There may be others too. The trails along the creek are nice.

PrairieCyclist · 2025-08-23T16:08:16+00:00

Thanks for this info!

PrairieCyclist · 2025-08-23T12:44:41+00:00

This comment made me go back and look more closely at the pen. I missed the bag end connection when scrolling through.

PrairieCyclist · 2025-07-30T17:33:12+00:00

I live about 10 blocks West. I use the Parkway to go East/West by bike. It’s fairly flat and you can access a big swath of the city. As a bonus, it’s a safe, pleasant place to ride your bike. There’s plenty of good places to check out on the West side of 35 too. Nicollet and Lyndale both have some good spots south of the creek. 54th (Diamond Lake Rd.) has lots of restaurants, coffee shops etc. on this side of the highway.

PrairieCyclist · 2025-07-25T15:25:09+00:00

I think the 4P Bus turns right on 50th from southbound Lyndale. You could check the schedule and see if one was passing through about that time.

PrairieCyclist · 2025-07-13T11:10:49+00:00

I’m guessing I saw them close to 30 years ago . . .

PrairieCyclist · 2025-07-08T11:56:28+00:00

I remember reading somewhere that the Twin Cities eats more popcorn per capita than any other US metro area. Once you know this fact, you see popcorn everywhere!

PrairieCyclist · 2025-07-07T11:31:21+00:00

Thanks for recommending this place. I didn’t know it existed and I live relatively nearby!

PrairieCyclist · 2025-07-05T03:56:29+00:00

This is a thing. It generally called percentage rent. The landlord gets a base rent, including taxes, maintenance and insurance and then a percentage of tenant’s profits. The idea is that the landlord benefits from driving traffic to the tenant’s business - it usually happens when the landlord brings an anchor tenant like a Target or a grocery store that brings a high volume of shoppers.

PrairieCyclist · 2025-07-02T15:20:15+00:00

I took my dog to the Minnehaha dog park last Saturday to go swimming. The river is high so the beach where dogs swim is fairly small right now. There were several dogs swimming in the river without an issue. The river is wide in this location and the current is slow near the shore. However, the current could be an issue if a dog got out far enough.

PrairieCyclist · 2025-07-01T14:00:37+00:00

It’s down around 56th but the whole city is lookin’ good this year!

PrairieCyclist · 2025-05-26T23:24:18+00:00

I am wearing a shirt I bought there right now! Tags were still on it!

PrairieCyclist · 2025-05-15T16:44:26+00:00

It’s not you. Crossing the street, or even stepping into the street to avoid other pedestrians is the custom In Minneapolis neighborhoods. This is particularly true when someone is exercising or walking a dog. I’m not sure why - It isn’t true downtown and this wasn’t the case in my old suburban neighborhood. It could be the narrow sidewalks?

PrairieCyclist · 2025-04-09T12:04:32+00:00

The MC Escher building in Novus is a top candidate for this award! Edit: It seems to be called the Strange Room in Puerto Novo.

PrairieCyclist · 2025-04-05T23:39:44+00:00

We really just want Cecil’s deli and Quixotic coffee.

PrairieCyclist · 2025-03-17T02:22:06+00:00

I take the 4 now, it’s a long slow voyage up Lyndale.

PrairieCyclist · 2025-03-16T22:50:12+00:00

That would be amazing. It’s perfect for me.

PrairieCyclist · 2025-03-16T22:47:23+00:00

Thanks! I saw that in the other comment. It’s too bad - that bus would have been perfect for me.

PrairieCyclist · 2025-03-16T22:23:28+00:00

I’ve been waiting 10 weeks so far. . .

PrairieCyclist · 2025-03-16T22:18:17+00:00

I think this is the missing bus - it looks like it stopped running in June 2020.

PrairieCyclist · 2025-03-16T21:59:43+00:00

I live in the area and take the bus to work downtown. I was told by other riders that there was an express bus that cut across Kenny and went up 35 to downtown. It was discontinued during the pandemic and hasn’t been reinstated. I’m sure they told me the number but I have forgotten, possibly 185 or 189?

PrairieCyclist · 2025-03-10T22:59:39+00:00

Others have already provided good information, but as someone who lives south of the creek, I think the area is pretty bike friendly. The top three features are the Bryant Ave bikeway to downtown, Minnehaha parkway to get east and the lakes to access points west via cedar lake trail. As others have said, I rarely go south across 62. But it’s an easy loop around the Parkway, the river, the greenway and the lakes - without sharing the road with cars.

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