I can't help but localize this to my own home. I live in the "Twin Cities", on the Minneapolis side. The two cities are different (and competitive) in many ways

I can't help but localize this to my own home. I live in the "Twin Cities", on the Minneapolis side. The two cities are different (and competitive) in many ways. One key difference is their attitude toward historic preservation. Minneapolis develops far more aggressively, and tears down old buildings all the time, regardless of historic significance. St Paul preserves its old architecture much more carefully. So despite the two cities being separated only by a river and about the same age, they look quite different.