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applegrove

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2. We had somalis settle in ottawa way back. When government cutbacks happened,

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Jun 21, 2019, 04:57 PM

Jun 2019

and the high tech community was in trouble with the switch to digital, Ottawa could still count on a growing somali community to make the economy keep going. They were moving in and starting businesses and after a while buying homes. Diversity has always made america great.

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St. Cloud gets the New York Times treatment... for its anti-Somali racism [View all] TexasTowelie Jun 2019 OP

Michelle Bachmann's old district. St. Cloud is the Alabama of Minnesota. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #1

Might add Stearns County as a whole Wellstone ruled Jun 2019 #3

We had somalis settle in ottawa way back. When government cutbacks happened, applegrove Jun 2019 #2

I was at a conference in Minnesota a couple years ago captain queeg Jun 2019 #4

There are a lot of Somalis in Minneapolis. I see them every day The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #5

Yeah that's where I was captain queeg Jun 2019 #7

The reason why we have so many refugees from war-torn places geardaddy Jul 2019 #8

CP calls this the "New York Times" treatment but it is definitely accurate for St. Cloud. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #6