Oct. 19th, 2016

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Edina, Edina, Edina.



Let me explain Edina to those who don't live in Minnesota.
It's an inner-ring suburb that out-of-touch Minneapolis types imagine to be the epitome of the upper crust.

Frankly, it isn't. It's not even close. It hasn't been since maybe the 80s. But don't tell the residents overpaying their mortgages.

I'm not saying it's a toilet. It isn't. But it's hardly the best of the best of the best. And their retail's been sagging ever since the Mall of America went up. Wait--the public school system's VERY nice. It's right up there with Lakeville and the district I live in. But I digress.

Last week, one of their self-imagined high-falutin' types (ETA: Actually, after viewing the video? It's more the 'Grubby Thatched Hut' side of town) picked up a phone and went Oh NO there's a 'suspicious' looking man walking around and a Trump-supporting cop answered the call.




What you can't see from the video? He was walking in the street because the sidewalks were closed for construction. Charges were dropped, but the city's not sorry. They called him 'belligerent' and 'uncooperative.'

None of which I'd say if my city had a second-rate, somewhat wobbly retail district on a busline. NOT terribly smart.

Never had trouble there myself, other than the typical Minnesota White Racists Tryin' to Look at Me Funny. I've shopped at Southdale and eaten at QCumbers and met up with my friends at the Container Shoppe and thoroughly enjoyed the 70MM Roadshow edition of H8tful Eight at Southdale AMC. On the other hand, I appear 'socially acceptable' to whites. I don't wear cornrows, don't appear poor and drive instead of walk.

But should ANY of that matter?



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