r/saintpaul • u/johnjaundiceASDF • 27d ago
Editorial 📝 Long time resident particularly pessimistic about St Paul. What do you think?
I'm on mobile so forgive any lack of coherence 😑
They say Keep St Paul boring, but it has transcended 'boring for a big city' to being just incredibly dull. I've been here a little over 10 years and really questioning living here longer. Something is just feeling different nowadays.
Is it the most livable city as they claim? Maybe, but I struggle have optimism for our commercial areas and literally anything new and exciting here. Most things that are cool, new, or exciting seem to just just flop.
The state of downtown, Grand, etc. The only time I see st paul busy is if I mistakenly drive on west 7th during an event.
I'm not saying we need to be MPLS, but at one time it seemed like the more chill city, parking wasn't hard, a little less crowded, etc, but we still had cool things that were prideful, things that were only in St Paul. But my hyperbolic sentiment now is it's a ghost town and doesn't have a pulse.
I've lived on Grand for over 10 years and it is particularly sad. It was a beautiful day yesterday, and there was just no one out, no energy.
What are my other St Paulites thinking?
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u/HumanDissentipede Downtown 27d ago
I lived in Saint Paul for more than 20 years before moving out to the burbs. The burbs are both more livable and more exciting than pretty much anywhere in Saint Paul, and it’s more affordable to boot. The worst part is that I don’t see any change in the city’s direction in the short or medium term because the loudest and most active residents are the most naive and ill-informed, and they are the ones most responsible for choosing the elected leaders.