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Jen99
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Posted on: Feb. 06 2004,11:08 am |
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I left Albert Lea for school in Mankato almost 4 years ago. I check in on this board on occasion. It is nice to get a taste of what is going on back home but sometimes it is not (some of these threads are a joke)! It is not that I hate Albert Lea, I really don't but I will say this, I am 90% sure I will never come back to Albert Lea and here is why:
-small town politics
It gets old hearing & reading about the same old-same old in Albert Lea. Politicians and their empty promises are abundant at the city and county level. Just as abundant are the people who would rather spend an eternity complaining about things then lift a finger to help change them.
-nothing to do
I know, you have heard this one before, but it is so true. I really like Mankato because it has a positive vibe and feeling to it. It gives you a good feeling to see hundreds of houses going up all over and new businesses coming to town on a regular basis. There is a housing subdivision being built about a mile from our dorm that has 700 lots! It is HUGE. You realize that you live in a vibrant, growing city. Believe me, the first couple months I lived here, I couldn't believe how the city was growing by leaps and bounds, remember, I was used to living in Albert Lea! Put it this way, I was never really proud to say I live in Albert Lea, I don't feel the same about living in Mankato! I won't even bother with specifics on what to do here vs. there, I think you get my point.
-young city vs. old city
When I drive around & look at Mankato, I see a very young town with noticeable energy. When I look at Albert Lea and it is the exact opposite. 
-no real jobs, and the real ones do not pay
I graduate in May and already can see the big difference between pay just between Mankato and Albert Lea. You don't even want me to compare the Twin Cities to Albert Lea. From what I can tell, the same job in Albert Lea will pay me about 20%-25% less then what it will in Mankato, probably about 50% less then it will in the Cities. My big decision is to stay here or more to the Cities.
-taxes
I know about the taxes down there from this board and my parents, it is scary! How does the city/county expect to pay for all the goodies they want when the population is in serious decline? My parents are very concerned & frustrated about this back home.
A good friend of mine, also from Albert Lea, is in school here. We have discussed many different angles and viewpoints of living in Albert Lea. I think she would agree with everything I wrote in this thread (well, we will see, she stops in & reads threads in here on occasion like me!).
I know most of the comments I expressed about Albert Lea really can't be changed. It sure helps to have a 14,000 student University in a city, Albert Lea will never have that benefit.
I have never posted in here before but I have felt for some time like I wanted to give my side and post my opinion for once. Albert Lea is not a bad place overall, it just needs an overhaul and maybe a jump start!
I'm done, thank you for reading!!!
Jen
p.s. Hi Tracy!
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Nagasakki
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Posted on: Feb. 06 2004,12:27 pm |
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Heh Jen you are right on the money. But you can't really compare A.L. to mankato or especially the T.C. What do you pay for housing @MSU.... T.C. Your going to have to make more. Unless you hit a job in T.C. that pays over $65,000, you won't be buying into any real-estate anytime soon. You will be renting in the hood for $800/mo.
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Posted on: Feb. 06 2004,12:47 pm |
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hey...you left albertlea why you still complainin? ... just stay in mankato... AL isnt your promblem anymore
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albert lean
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Posted on: Feb. 06 2004,12:56 pm |
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no way. jen99 i totally agree with you. i can't wait to get outta here! somewhere else...HERE I COME 
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minnow
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Posted on: Feb. 06 2004,2:12 pm |
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Here's the guilty parties.
1. Sparky---->should have been let go over 10 years ago. This moron has been running things WAY to long.
2. Band of 4---->These four county commissioners will get the boot soon.
3. Gabe---->Who in the hell hired this moron? THAT person should be fired!
4. Pam Bishop---->Most unqualified employee I've ever seen anywhere. I'm still scratching my head about why she was hired.
Get rid of the dirty 7 and it'd make a big difference.
Springborg out and out lied and in doing so cost us all $40,000,000----->That dumb prick deserves banishment.
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truth
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Posted on: Feb. 06 2004,2:41 pm |
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Thanks Jen99 for posting such a well balanced post. Nice to see that there are some younger people out there that can see things for what they really are.
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carebear 
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Posted on: Feb. 06 2004,3:36 pm |
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Shouldn't Springborg be fired for having an affair with a county employee 
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ironmaiden
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Posted on: Feb. 06 2004,4:32 pm |
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Nice post Jen, you must be doing well in school, what you say is true, I wish that we could change it, please don't give up on us just yet. I hope for change, I too, have kids where you are and I want them to be able to be productive here. Not possible at this time, even I realize that and am saddened.
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Montyman
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Posted on: Feb. 06 2004,6:36 pm |
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How 'bout we make it 8 unregistered minnow, and send you with 'em?
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Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Kendo Nagasakki
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Posted on: Feb. 06 2004,11:04 pm |
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minnow--you tell it like it is up there! Except for one thing, you are full of horse manure! Sparks should have been lynched, or tarred and feathered approx. 25 years ago. He is like a bad case of crabs that you can't get rid of he just spreads and spreads. Awful!!! 
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