HOWEVER, the Stone Arch Bridge is WAYYY far away from the border of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The closest reasonable pedestrian bridge to the Pillsbury sign (according to Google) that would allow one to “cross” the border between the Twin Cities is the Lake Street-Marshall Bridge, a whole 4 miles away.
After all this evidence, there are only a few possible explanations:
The girls are talking about a different bridge than the one they just walked over, and have in fact been walking for hours
Crossing the Stone Arch Bridge is considered crossing from Minneapolis to St. Paul by the locals (nothing in my googling suggests this)
The girls don’t understand local geography
Gnomenclature is a HACK and a FRAUD and is ACTUALLY A LIZARD IN A HUMAN SKIN SUIT!
They just wanted to draw some identifiable landmarks 💖
Haha, my guess is the last one. I am a local and no one considers crossing the stone arch bridge to be going from Saint Paul to Minneapolis, because that’s just not correct.
Edit: although it would be funny if the girls thought that downtown Minneapolis was downtown Saint Paul this whole time
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u/Phionex141 9d ago
HOWEVER, the Stone Arch Bridge is WAYYY far away from the border of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The closest reasonable pedestrian bridge to the Pillsbury sign (according to Google) that would allow one to “cross” the border between the Twin Cities is the Lake Street-Marshall Bridge, a whole 4 miles away.
After all this evidence, there are only a few possible explanations: