Surprised they would built it up North near Duluth and Park Rapids, and not further South. Imagine a city this large between the Twin Cities and Des Moines. I

Surprised they would built it up North near Duluth and Park Rapids, and not further South. Imagine a city this large between the Twin Cities and Des Moines. I am curious if the taconite mines would have blocked or endorsed this. One one hand it's more labor in the area, on the other it's potentially unminable land if surrounding area prospers.