Visitors to St Paul City Hall have to pass through a metal detector, a rare sight in a Midwest building, and evidence that a worrying uptick in crime has taken some of the shine from Minnesota’s Twin Cities.
Midwestern states
The high quality of life is a key selling point for the metropolitan area of 3.5m on the banks of the upper Mississippi, home to more than a dozen Fortune 500 companies, including 3M, Target and General Mills.
