Why didnt Minneapolis and St Paul ever merge

Minneapolis and St. Paul would rank among the top 20 largest cities in the country today had they chosen to merge over a century ago — creating Paulopolis, Minneapaulis or one of the other names proposed for the united city. Each of the twins instead is nipping at the heels of cities like Oakland and Newark, which are far smaller than the Twin Cities’ peer regional centers like Seattle, Denver and Boston. That’s one reason why Scott Berger, a patent lawyer who grew up in Edina and lives in St. Paul, turned to Curious Minnesota — the Star Tribune’s reader-powered…