where would you rather live? part 2

[WalterMitty]

discuss.

[7,052,770]

Minneapolis I guess, but I would never live anywhere where snow happens more than a couple times a decade.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'll take where I live now over the filthy, disgusting suburb.

[minionofmidas]

Not discussionworthy.

[Lief 🗽]

Minneapolis, though I'd prefer somewhere not freezing to both of them.

[Franzl]

Lexington, MA

[Joe Biden 2020]

Minneapolis, though I'd prefer somewhere not freezing to both of them.

This...

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Easily Lexington.

[RosettaStoned]

Minneapolis.

[Ban my account ffs!]

Minneapolis... I didn't really have to think about that one.  But I'm from Minnesota, what'd you expect?  Minneapolis is actually quite a bit warmer than what I'm used to!

[Ban my account ffs!]

Some positives abotu Minneapolis:

2nd highest per capita number of theater seats and theater goers in America behind New York City.
Highest number of golfers per capita of any major U.S. city.
Rollerblades were invented here.
One of the most biker/runner/pedestrian friendly cities in the country.

Minnesota has more bicyclists, sports fishermen, and snow skiers per capita than any other state.
Minneapolis is home to one of the most renowned research hospitals in the world, the University of MInnesota Medical Center.
The average high temp ranges between 70 and 83 from early May to mid October.
The city (and region) has a huge biotechnology, medical research, food research, and general high-tech jobs presence.
Median income is quite high while the cost of living is relatively low.

Boston and Minneapolis are comparable in many ways.  I think Minneapolis is the seriously underrated one of hte two.  Lexington doesn't even come close.

[MasterJedi]

Minneapolis is too big so not there.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Minneapolis, since it's not in MA.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

     Minneapolis, since it's not in MA.

I am shocked that a non-Republican is now bashing Massachusetts.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

     Minneapolis, since it's not in MA.

Our taxes are higher. Much higher.

[© tweed]

     Minneapolis, since it's not in MA.

Our taxes are higher. Much higher.

cig taxes a dollar less than Massachusetts (@2.50/pack vs. $1.50/pack)

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

     Minneapolis, since it's not in MA.

Our taxes are higher. Much higher.

cig taxes a dollar less than Massachusetts (@2.50/pack vs. $1.50/pack)

Which doesn't affect me one iota, and I don't think it does for PiT either.

[© tweed]

     Minneapolis, since it's not in MA.

Our taxes are higher. Much higher.

cig taxes a dollar less than Massachusetts (@2.50/pack vs. $1.50/pack)

Which doesn't affect me one iota, and I don't think it does for PiT either.

of course it does.  the effect is just less tangible for non-smokers.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Well only in a positive way, as it means more public funds and less taxes for us.

[MaxQue]

     Minneapolis, since it's not in MA.

Our taxes are higher. Much higher.

cig taxes a dollar less than Massachusetts (@2.50/pack vs. $1.50/pack)

Too low

[© tweed]

Well only in a positive way, as it means more public funds and less taxes for us.

hurts nearby businesses, aids organized crime, and increases the class divide/decreases social mobility across society.  but you aren't working class you can be happy in the in-between.

[© tweed]

     Minneapolis, since it's not in MA.

Our taxes are higher. Much higher.

cig taxes a dollar less than Massachusetts (@2.50/pack vs. $1.50/pack)

Too low

if you want the government to discourage tobacco use then you should support criminalization of tobacco consumption.  otherwise you are endorsing the state's preying on drug addicts, who tend to be disproportionately uneducated and lower-class, to pay the most regressive tax in existence in order to prop up revenues.  cigarette taxes are evil and reverse-redistributionist.  the high levels of support they enjoy among the American 'left' prove how reactionary and fascistic American liberalism really is.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

but you aren't working class

Uh, I make around $27k a year.

[MaxQue]

     Minneapolis, since it's not in MA.

Our taxes are higher. Much higher.

cig taxes a dollar less than Massachusetts (@2.50/pack vs. $1.50/pack)

Too low

if you want the government to discourage tobacco use then you should support criminalization of tobacco consumption.  otherwise you are endorsing the state's preying on drug addicts, who tend to be disproportionately uneducated and lower-class, to pay the most regressive tax in existence in order to prop up revenues.  cigarette taxes are evil and reverse-redistributionist.  the high levels of support they enjoy among the American 'left' prove how reactionary and fascistic American liberalism really is.

Well, government should help people who wants to quit this awful drug than is cigarettes.

[© tweed]

but you aren't working class

Uh, I make around $27k a year.

which easily pays for what you want it to pay for.  working class and class in general is about a lot more than just raw income.

     Minneapolis, since it's not in MA.

Our taxes are higher. Much higher.

cig taxes a dollar less than Massachusetts (@2.50/pack vs. $1.50/pack)

Too low

if you want the government to discourage tobacco use then you should support criminalization of tobacco consumption.  otherwise you are endorsing the state's preying on drug addicts, who tend to be disproportionately uneducated and lower-class, to pay the most regressive tax in existence in order to prop up revenues.  cigarette taxes are evil and reverse-redistributionist.  the high levels of support they enjoy among the American 'left' prove how reactionary and fascistic American liberalism really is.

Well, government should help people who wants to quit this awful drug than is cigarettes.

why?

and increasing taxes doesn't 'help' people, it puts a gun to their head.