St. Paul's code is significantly better for small-scale infill than Minneapolis's, and that is showing in permitting numbers. Though some of the difference here surely has to do with the denominator, right?
St. Paul has permitted a lot fewer units overall, in part due to our rent control mess.
Oh hey, it's my neighborhood! Yes, this is our quirky hyper-local lore. 🦬
I have an early 20th century map that shows the neighborhood with a partially-completed street grid labeled as Frankson's Addition.
The old Frankson mansion mentioned in the thread is now a sober home for women in recovery.
Woodbury was the specific place that taught me, as a teen, that I hated suburbia. (A couple friends moved out there so I'd visit their houses sometimes.)
It hasn't changed much.
Ah, I see we're doing poorly informed discourse about Strong Towns again.