# Sucker Bets 102: Minneapolis is west of the Missippi and St. Paul east of it

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [September 8, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sucker-bets-102-minneapolis-is-west-of-the-missippi-and-st-paul-east-of-it/509347 "2009-09-08T23:26:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Never\_Say\_Dice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee59a6/32.png) [@Never\_Say\_Dice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Say_Dice)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sucker-bets-102-minneapolis-is-west-of-the-missippi-and-st-paul-east-of-it/509347/1 "2009-09-08T23:26:22Z")

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Nope, since the Mississippi river runs east at that point, and each spans the river, both cities lie north of it and both cities lie south of it. My son was born north of the Mississippi river, since Minneapolis Women’s Hospital lies on the north side of town.

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Link to column: [Sucker Bets 101: Illinois lies east of the Mississippi - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/157/sucker-bets-101-illinois-lies-east-of-the-mississippi)

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**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sucker-bets-102-minneapolis-is-west-of-the-missippi-and-st-paul-east-of-it/509347/2 "2009-09-08T23:29:17Z")

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And West St Paul is south of St Paul.

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**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sucker-bets-102-minneapolis-is-west-of-the-missippi-and-st-paul-east-of-it/509347/3 "2009-09-09T01:04:09Z")

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> [@stpauler](#):
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> And West St Paul is south of St Paul.

That’s ok, South St. Paul is South East…North St. Paul is Northeast.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sucker-bets-102-minneapolis-is-west-of-the-missippi-and-st-paul-east-of-it/509347/4 "2009-09-09T11:19:19Z")

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Please note, there’s another thread on this topic: [Sucker Bets 101: Illinois lies east of the Mississippi - Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=531086)

I’m therefore closing this one, and suggesting y’all go there.

**Never Say Dice** , if you’d like to repost your OP there, that’s fine. Alternately, if you’d like me to merge the threads, I’d be happy to do that.