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St. Paul, Minnesota

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Location

The Resume

    (1851- )
    Founded by fur traders, explorers and missionaries
    Population is 287,151 (2000 census)
    One-half of the Twin Cities (St. Paul-Minneapolis)
    Capital of Minnesota

Why St. Paul, Minnesota might be annoying:

    It was named after a Biblical cut throat.
    It is dwarfed in size by its immediate neighboring city, Minneapolis.
    It originally had the less-than-flattering name 'Pig's Eye Landing' until it was changed by a priest (1841).
    Another city, St. Peter, battled against it for the right to be Minnesota's state capital.
    It doubled in size after being made the capital, leading to widespread prostitution, gambling, murder and robberies.
    Its downtown roads are crappy due to their poor layout. Jesse Ventura remarked that they were designed by drunken Irishmen.
    All of the roads have names and none of them are numbered.
    Its police force used the radio as a way of communicating by interrupting a program, sounding a gong and giving the call to a squad, with no way of knowing if they received it (1930s).
    It is the site of the greatest flood in Minnesotan history, leaving 2,641 homeless (1952).
    Its population goes up and down.

Why St. Paul, Minnesota might not be annoying:

    After the Civil War its railways helped earn it its reputation as the gateway to the Northwest.
    It is the birthplace of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Charles Schulz.
    It has an extensive skyway system where pedestrians can walk from one building to another without going outside.
    Its downtown area is 10 miles away from Minneapolis.
    It is on the Mississippi River.
    It has a reputation of being progressive.

Credit: Captain Howdy


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 31.25% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 29 Votes: 44.83% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 48 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 272 Votes: 45.22% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 99 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 146 Votes: 65.07% Annoying