Minneapolis Miller’s baseball team players (Ted Williams is the second player from the left) hanging out in the clubhouse before a game. (1938) via Minnesota Historical Society

Minneapolis-St. Paul Area Residents Most Likely to Feel Safe

Eighty percent of those living in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area say they feel safe walking alone at night in the area where they live, the highest percentage among the 50 largest U.S. metropolitan areas. Minneapolis is followed closely by Denver, Raleigh, Boston, Salt Lake City, and Austin.

Minneapolis-St. Paul area residents have the highest sense of personal security among Americans living in the nation’s top metro areas, at least in terms of feeling safe walking alone at night in their local area. While the rank order of the top 50 on this measure may differ somewhat from other rankings of city safety, it nevertheless offers an important perspective on one aspect of how crime affects people’s lives.

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America’s Best Cities for Pizza

No. 1 Chicago
No. 2 Providence, RI
No. 3 New York City
No. 4 Philadelphia
No. 5 Boston
No. 6 Minneapolis/St. Paul
Readers may have just discovered the Twin Cities’ array of classic and quirky pizzas: the metropolis climbed nine slots since last year. Punch Pizza, with several locations, has serious VPN (Verace Pizza Napoletana) street cred, while Pizza Luce interprets the dish more loosely, offering a “western pizza” with scrambled eggs, bacon, and peppers for brunch. The hottest newcomer is artisan-style Pizzeria Lola, opened by a Korean-American chef and featuring a short-ribs-powered Korean BBQ pizza.
No. 7 San Diego
No. 8 Savannah, GA
No. 9 Nashville
No. 10 Kansas City, MO
No. 11 San Francisco
No. 12 Portland, ME
No. 13 San Antonio, TX
No. 14 Portland, OR
No. 15 Austin, TX
No. 16 Houston
No. 17 Memphis, TN
No. 18 Los Angeles
No. 19 Baltimore
No. 20 Orlando, FL

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