DULUTH, THE AIR CONDITIONED CITY

skateboarding in the ruins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCrmw4goFYQ&feature=player_embedded

cool!

every once in awhile it boggles my mind how the prevalence of cheap/free editing software and ubiquitous digital HD video capable devices have made it so easy to see amateur stuff that looks so professional

its crazy how many skate rats populate the streets of duluth, its like traveling back in time.

fyi since i apparently never reported back, vinyl cave was awesome, new scenic cafe is the shit, and the thirsty pagan in superior had some of the best beer i have had in forever and was super cool. i would totally live in duluth if i didnt have to have yknow a job and stuff

Jet ski Deluth, with bonus Nicki Minaj:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T1Rm-j_iy4

i would totally live in duluth if i didnt have to have yknow a job and stuff

This. Although my searches have been somewhat fruitful of late in unearthing possibilities.

that was awesome. i haven't been to duluth in ages, wonder how depressing it would be to see it now after all the nasty flooding.

It wasn't all that noticeable last week. There are some parts south of town, especially near the river, that got pretty messed up and a couple roads still closed, but overall I don't think most of the city was too flooded.

Air conditioned my ass. It was like 95 when I passed through last week and ate at a rather elaborate rest area with a crazy up on the hill.

i will totes be looking for jobs in duluth when the time comes

Forgot to update: Gonna be gettin' married in Duluth next year. :)

congratulations man! totally amazing place to get hitched in i would imagine.

nice one

Went to a Duluth wedding and, yes, it was a fantastic city to do it in.

The view, the wind, the groom's dinner in the rotating restaurant.

Hi from the Hammond in Superior.

Go to the thirsty pagan immediately, and if they have the anise saison, drink all of it for me

I didn't make it to Thirsty Pagan unfortch. But I did sample some awesome wedding eats at Midi in the Fitger's complex and drink a lot of Surly at Luce, where we're having the groom's dinner. I fucking love the Twin Ports.

Also while wandering the streets of Superior I stumbled across the former headquarters of the Finnish Marxist newspaper Tyomies, something I had researched a little for a paper in college. My girl said that she had only ever known the building as a bar of the same name, which has since closed. There was a faded sign painted on the side of the building that said "DRINKING GETS DONE HERE" that initially caught my attention.

Loving these fast-motion videos of boats arriving/departing the Twin Ports.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsN4ydT_Ql4

https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1530309_10201128037034751_1806748996_n.jpg

I am in Cloquet, like 15 miles away. This was the first gig I've ever done where my boss emailed me beforehand to let me know the customer was fully ready to come pick me up from the hotel in case my rental didn't start.

The temp this morning was -20'F with a windchill of 20+ deg below that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PofmKxIwArk

Really weird, 'cause that must have been filmed not too long after the Glensheen murders!

Going to Duluth today :)

:)

http://i.imgur.com/c0vNwf3.jpg

Lift Bridge Operator job opening

http://www.oldpoliticals.com/ItemImages/000018/25877_lg.jpeg

love this thread title, sounds like a lost jules verne novel

http://www.startribune.com/duluth-bear-enjoys-an-afternoon-snack-a-dip-in-the-pool/388328241/

bear conditioned city

Haven't been to Duluth in too long. :(

Welp, solved that, currently eating Pizza Luce and drinking Bent Paddle. This town never fails.

Nice

love me some duluth

http://www.citypages.com/news/watch-this-gnarly-1000-ft-freighter-whip-a-sick-360-in-duluth-video/461837323

excellent

Nice digs for only $1.2 mil

http://www.startribune.com/ultra-modern-1-2m-home-by-minnesota-s-most-renowned-architect-overlooks-lake-superior/475287433/#8

Second fire, larger than first, now raging at Superior refinery: https://t.co/FFWfm1sT7G

— John Myers (@newsduluth) April 26, 2018

holy shit

holy shit

"Now that working from home is widely accepted, more and more people are choosing where that home should be. For some people, that means places they feel are safer from the impacts of climate change, including Duluth."

https://www.marketplace.org/2022/01/28/how-much-is-climate-a-factor-in-where-people-are-moving/

don't have much to add about duluth but want to chime in that i did the MS150 once, which starts in cloquet. the night prior to the ride i found an attempt at a tourism brochure for cloquet, and the front featured a picture of the lift bridge, and read 'close to duluth... yet far enough away!'

apologies, it was not cloquet. it was proctor

i guess i do have duluth related insights, my dad grew up there, and his father worked on the railroad in proctor, which sounds like basically an alien existence to me. i never knew my grandpa particularly well and most of the memories i have of him were being scared of him. anyway, when he retired, with no musical background he ended up buying some kind of electric organ. after he passed and they were cleaning out his belongings, someone found a cassette tape he'd made. it opened with his creaky old voice announcing 'this... is my music...'. followed by ten to fifteen minutes of straight up drone music. i know i've heard this tape once, i know someone has it somewhere. i really really need to find and acquire this recording of grandfather folk-drone

xxp
Doesn't matter how hot it gets in Duluth, it's air-conditioned!

It's hard for me to equate 'climate refugees' with current tech workers who probably make their own keffir

lol

Awesome Final Jeopardy answer today. All 3 contestants got it WRONG. 2 guessed Green Bay, and the other Minneapolis. Not bad guesses, but no. pic.twitter.com/GxtC7zk6Nv

— Bruce McGuire (@dunord) February 15, 2022

I disagree btw, Minneapolis is a bad guess

yeah who the hell thinks minneapolis is on the great lakes?

that said i don't think i would have gotten it right.

I got my first vaccine shot last March in Duluth (no MN residency required) and explored the city for the first time in 15-20 years. Had no idea about the cool distillery/BBQ/taproom district that had sprung up since then.

Yeah the west side of town is on the come up for sure.