Comments on: http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2007/11/living-in-downtown-minneapolis-%e2%80%93-two-month-progress-report/ (And Sometimes Saint Paul) Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:32:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: autumn http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2007/11/living-in-downtown-minneapolis-%e2%80%93-two-month-progress-report/comment-page-1/#comment-153 autumn Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:46:07 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/?p=32#comment-153 way to go! in the 10 years i've lived in st. paul i've lived without a car. i have two children, 12 bikes, and 3 trailers, and am a constant user of our amazing transit system. it can be done, you just have to shift your thinking away from the automobile as your first option. i still rely on vehicles in more ways than i like to comtemplate, but once you start thinking car-free, its amazing what you can do without one. way to go! in the 10 years i’ve lived in st. paul i’ve lived without a car. i have two children, 12 bikes, and 3 trailers, and am a constant user of our amazing transit system. it can be done, you just have to shift your thinking away from the automobile as your first option. i still rely on vehicles in more ways than i like to comtemplate, but once you start thinking car-free, its amazing what you can do without one.

]]> By: leif http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2007/11/living-in-downtown-minneapolis-%e2%80%93-two-month-progress-report/comment-page-1/#comment-16 leif Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:55:15 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/?p=32#comment-16 Hey Joanna, Yeah, car-free 20 years ago must've been hell, Uptown or no. Though I can see the beauty of the Uptown lifestyle, I sure do love me the LRT. Hey Joanna,

Yeah, car-free 20 years ago must’ve been hell, Uptown or no. Though I can see the beauty of the Uptown lifestyle, I sure do love me the LRT.

]]> By: Joanna http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2007/11/living-in-downtown-minneapolis-%e2%80%93-two-month-progress-report/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Joanna Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:39:01 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/?p=32#comment-14 I lived car-free for the first two years I lived in Minneapolis (almost twenty years ago and before light rail). It worked because I lived a five minute walk from work, but there were no decent groceries in walking distance. Hell, there were no decent cafes with one or two exceptions. That has changed. But I like Uptown for the same reasons you like downtown: walking distance to just about everything I want or need (the Lagoon!), and easy bus access to the rest. No skyways, though! And I'm still waiting for that streetcar on Lake St. Might be along wait. I lived car-free for the first two years I lived in Minneapolis (almost twenty years ago and before light rail). It worked because I lived a five minute walk from work, but there were no decent groceries in walking distance. Hell, there were no decent cafes with one or two exceptions. That has changed. But I like Uptown for the same reasons you like downtown: walking distance to just about everything I want or need (the Lagoon!), and easy bus access to the rest. No skyways, though! And I’m still waiting for that streetcar on Lake St. Might be along wait.

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