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Twin cities are a special case of two neighboring cities or urban centres that grow into a single conurbation – or narrowly separated urban areas – over time. There are no formal criteria, but twin cities are generally comparable in status and size, though not necessarily equal; a city and a substantially smaller suburb would not typically ...
The Twin Cities are home to a Jewish population of approximately 64,800, with about 31% of Jewish households in Minneapolis suburbs, 24% in Minneapolis, 16% in St. Paul, 14% in the St. Paul suburbs, and 15% in outer suburbs. [61] There is also a Hindu temple in the Twin Cities suburb of Maple Grove.
Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and the surrounding area are collectively known as the Twin Cities, a metropolitan area with 3.69 million residents. [14] Minneapolis is built on an artesian aquifer on flat terrain and is known for cold, snowy winters and hot, humid summers.
Minneapolis. City of Flour and Sawdust (reported in 1883) [16] City of Lakes [5] [17] Mill City [18] The Mini Apple [5] Murderapolis [19] The Twin Cities (with St. Paul) Montgomery – Kolacky Capital of the World [8] Morris – Motown [20] Mountain Iron – Taconite Capital of the World [21] New Ulm – The City of Charm and Tradition [22]
The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division. The team is named after the Twin Cities moniker for the two adjacent cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. [8]
Higher home prices — and mortgage rates — mean the buyers of a typical Twin Cities-area house would now pay $1,000 more a month than three years ago, when rates were near record lows.
The twin cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis (Ballinger Publishing Company, 1976). Borchert, John R. "The twin cities urbanized area: past, present, future." Geographical Review 51.1 (1961): 47-70 online. Faue, Elizabeth (1991). Community of Suffering and Struggle: Women, Men, and the Labor Movement in Minneapolis, 1915–1945. UNC Press Books.
Minneapolis–Saint Paul in the U.S. state of Minnesota, most commonly referred to as the Twin Cities; Dallas-Fort Worth, in the U.S. state of Texas; Ballybofey and Stranorlar, in the Irish county of Donegal, often called the Twin Towns; Champaign–Urbana, in the U.S. state of Illinois, often called the Twin Cities