Good point Chris. Each day I drive across the Lake
Street bridge into Saint Paul, remarking to my
2-year-old that "we are crossing the river into St.
Paul."
Of course we don't want to forget about our friends in
Northeast, Como-U, Marcy Holmes, Prospect Park, etc.
And we can't forget about Nicollet Island, standing in
the middle of the mighty Mississippi.
Any other more accurate, but not-too-insulting
euphanisms for St. Paul? (Though I guess that's not a
Mpls-specific question.)
Again, my apologies to my Minneapolis neighbors on the
other side of the river.
Derek Burrows Reise
Longfellow, Mpls
Chris Steller wrote:
I realize "Across the River" means St. Paul, but for a
moment I thought
this time the phrase might actually mean that part of
Minneapolis lying
east of the Mississippi. Years ago on this list users
of the term
"Nordeast" were taken to task, with little lasting
effect. (Those who
found "Outstate" derogatory perhaps had greater
success with "Greater
Minnesota.") Nothing derogatory about "Across the
River," really ... it
just has that "City of Lakes" feeling, of willfully
looking past the
fact that a fair section of Minneapolis is "across the
river" from the
rest of the city. Of course in Longfellow, from where
Derek Burrows
Reise posted, St. Paul really is just across the
river, so no offense
taken.
Chris Steller
Nicollet Island-East Bank
Where it's all across the river
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