Has tale of Twin Cities become one? (via Has tale of Twin Cities become one? | StarTribune.com) An interesting question.  Traditionally, St. Paul has been called the last Eastern city and Minneapolis the first Western city.  There was a distinct rivalry in the 1800s and early 1900s between the two cities in population growth and economic development. Minneapolis-St. Paul by John S. Adams and Barbara J. VanDrasek notes, “Relics of earlier ethnic concentrations are rapidly disappearing, but the religious and moral differences persist. St Paulites, being more dominantly southern German, Austrian, and Irish, tend to be Catholics…Minneapolis is about as Protestant as St. Paul is Catholic.” The headquarters of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Augsburg Fortress Publishing bear witness to the continued Lutheran legacy in Minneapolis.

Has tale of Twin Cities become one?

(via Has tale of Twin Cities become one? | StarTribune.com)

An interesting question.  Traditionally, St. Paul has been called the last Eastern city and Minneapolis the first Western city.  There was a distinct rivalry in the 1800s and early 1900s between the two cities in population growth and economic development.

Minneapolis-St. Paul by John S. Adams and Barbara J. VanDrasek notes, “Relics of earlier ethnic concentrations are rapidly disappearing, but the religious and moral differences persist. St Paulites, being more dominantly southern German, Austrian, and Irish, tend to be Catholics…Minneapolis is about as Protestant as St. Paul is Catholic.” The headquarters of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Augsburg Fortress Publishing bear witness to the continued Lutheran legacy in Minneapolis.

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