DULUTH, THE AIR CONDITIONED CITY

I was in Duluth on Thursday. Found the Graffiti Graveyard.

Wait, that is newsworthy? I thought that was somewhat common in every small Midwestern town ever. Meaning the 25 year old dude that can't get over his glory days and still dates the high school girls mostly because thats his peer group. I mean, definitely creepy and awful, but not particularly earth-shattering is it?

Okay wait, I see now that this particular case was a dude even older than that and not quite the scenario referenced at the start of the article.

No one said it was earth shattering

it's newsworthy because the courthouse shooting by the man convicted was a huge deal

Yeah I should have withheld comment until I read the whole article. My first post was just after reading the headline and intro paragraph, which I think kinda sells the whole story a little short.

I mean, this:

In Grand Marais, pattern emerges of older men pursuing teen girls

GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — Beth Kennedy first heard the stories 34 years ago.

Not long after she moved to Grand Marais with her husband and 11-year-old daughter, people in the community told her that older men were pursuing and having sex with high school girls.

"We started hearing about these 20-, 25-, 30-year-old men who were constantly at football games, around the teenage girls, and who somehow believed that it was a great thing to be sleeping with virgins," she said. "And I was aghast."

... doesn't really clue you in to the real story here.

dazed-and-confused.jpg

i think this is pretty hard to judge tbh

the article goes up to the line in saying that 25+ dudes going after strings of -18 girls was a uniquely bad problem in grand marais. sure it happens all over but it turned into some kind of uh 'lifestyle' up there. that's sort of what the whole case implies, but who knows? as characterized by this journalist, there is an "entrenched minority" in the town that feels that schleinz was railroaded for something nbd. the city's legal/social organs thought it was something close a public health menace.

crazy stuff either way tho

The population of Grand Marais is 1,351 according to ye olde wikipedia. I'd guess the school district is a bit bigger, but still... that is not a lot of teenage girls in total

great bad weather pics

minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/02/29/photos-duluth-blizzard/

http://images.publicradio.org/content/2012/02/29/20120229_blizzard5_53.jpg

spending one year anniversary in THE AIR CONDITIONED CITY yall

boss

any decent websites about shows etc that might be going on that you can recommend?

honestly have no clue, even when I was up there I found it difficult to get a feel for what was happening where. when I went out, I typically went to fitgers.

yeah :/

i've heard this place is good but i've never been

http://www.sceniccafe.com/

congrats btw!

btw if (when) you go there, say hi to barb for me. she'll be the loud old dyke (which is how she introduced herself i should note) sitting at the bar with the wall street journal. shes great she will prob talk to you first tbh

perhaps when it gets really hot this summer I will make a trip to the air conditioned city!

my gf's bff works at scenic cafe

jj check out http://www.perfectduluthday.com/

oh cool! thx man

lol here she is http://www.sceniccafe.com/our-family/wait-staff.shtml#page=W&id=4

oh heyyyy

(sorry)

naw dude go for it she is A+

word

there appears to be a record shop named "vinyl cave" in superior? maybe i must go to there.

superior is weird

used to have the highest number of bars per capita until v recently?

spending one year anniversary in THE AIR CONDITIONED CITY yall

― Rachel Profiling (jjjusten), Thursday, April 26, 2012 10:40 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

have fun! grandma's is stupid but you know that. go up the shore

used to have the highest number of bars per capita until v recently?

― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, April 26, 2012 12:48 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think that's lacrosse, wi - that's what friend was saying who was just up from

could be pretty much any small town in WI tbf

COATES

i know that at least for a little bit coates def had the highest number of strip clubs per capita

apparently this is right next door to Vinyl Cave

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3075/2842202424_14a8481f47_z.jpg

http://blog.thecurrent.org/post/2012/05/happy-homegrown-duluths-annual-music-festival-showcases-talented-tight-knit-community

need to make it back for this again sometime, such a great weekend

air conditioned city, i will see u tomorrow

why is it called the air conditioned city

2-B-1-ASK-1

http://www.city-data.com/us-cities/The-Midwest/Duluth-Geography-and-Climate.html

duluth, u r awesome

Apparently all the zoo animals are on the loose during flash flooding?

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/603023_3720103754591_994469233_n.jpg

ha o fuk!

npr reporter this morning said the cops had it under control.

wider ilx needs to see that picture, where'd you find it?

Reporter friend's FB page. Not sure where she got it (she's Mpls-based, not Duluth, so I can't verify for sure).

Yeah, reports say it looks like all but a few "barnyard" animals have been recaptured or died :(

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3325923232673&set=p.3325923232673&type=1

Johnson said many of the zoo’s animals have drowned, including all but one of the zoo’s barnyard animals. She said the zoo’s donkey, goats and sheep have died. She said it’s possible others have drowned, as flooding on the grounds have consumed some of the exhibits, such as the raven and vulture cages.

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/234914/