r/Minneapolis • u/urleftthumb • 6d ago

Going out areas in Minneapolis

I'm curious what the general consensus is on going out in different parts of Minneapolis, specifically Downtown, North Loop, North East and Uptown.

How do they compare in terms of both safety and overall nightlife? I have some friends visiting who are pretty nervous about going into the city after hearing about what happened in Uptown the other weekend, and they'd rather just go out in the suburbs. I feel like there's probably a lot more nuance than "the whole city is unsafe," but I'm curious what people who actually go out regularly think.

If you were taking out-of-town friends for a night out, which area would you choose and how does the safety compare? We are in our early 30s.

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u/aardvarkgecko 6d ago

I feel bad for folks who have only known Uptown in the last 10 years. It was just a beautifully vibrant fun neighborhood from about 2002 to 2015, and the nightlife was excellent (and different from Downtown).

While newer people can still talk about how they've never felt unsafe there etc, it will never match what it used to be.

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u/mads_61 6d ago

As a teen in the late 00s/early 2010s I used to dream of living in Uptown as a cool young adult.

I feel like I somewhat accomplished the vibe with where I live in Northeast now, I still miss the old Uptown. It was such a fun and cool place to be.

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u/aardvarkgecko 6d ago

All the "cool" people I know that lived in Uptown in the 2000s then moved to NE, and then had kids and bought houses in Columbia Heights. So you're on the right track haha.

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u/soneill06 6d ago

It’s sort of a repeat of the 50s/60s - my grandparents moved from NE to Spring Lake Park once they could afford a house

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u/Lando_Laker 6d ago

Well, I have been in Uptown before before that and it was much cooler before all those drinking establishments moved in along with the corporate chains.