Fargo vs. Grand Forks: A comparison

[SmileyBoy]

Fargo: You can drive to Hooters to get some hot wings and see the cute waitresses.
Grand Forks: You have to get some microwave hot wings at Hugo's and come home to your girlfriend and have her dance around.

Fargo: It takes you 35 minutes to get across town in rush hour.
Grand Forks: It takes you 20 minutes to get across town in rush hour, depending on how fast the tractor in front of you is moving.

Fargo: You can go to the Green Mill for some great pizza.
Grand Forks: The Green Mill burnt down. Sorry.

Fargo: You can listen to your choice of 2 rock stations, 3 classic rock stations, 3 country stations, 4 news/info stations, a jazz station, 3 top-40 stations and the NDSU station.
Grand Forks: You can listen to country and farm reports.

Fargo: You can watch RedHawks Northern League baseball.
Grand Forks: You have to get drunk and play baseball with the guys.

Fargo: The roads are newly paved with concrete.
Grand Forks: You have to buy new shocks and struts for your car every month due to all the potholes.

Fargo: You can go to Playmaker's to see your favourite big-name band play.
Grand Forks: You can go to the Alerus Center to see a washed-up country singer has-been play in front of a couple thousand people.

Fargo: The Fargodome is built with concrete and bricks.
Grand Forks: The Alerus Center is built with corrugated tin and other shed materials.

Fargo: Featured in a segment on NBC's Today Show.
Grand Forks: Featured in The Onion.

Fargo: Division I NDSU athletics.
Grand Forks: Division I UND hockey.

Fargo: Looks appealing to an outsider passing through for the first time.
Grand Forks: Makes an outsider passing through for the first time want to leave as soon as possible.

Fargo: Has the largest mall between Minneapolis and Boise, Idaho.
Grand Forks: Has the largest mall between Bemidji and Minot.

Fargo: An appealing place for a young couple to raise a family.
Grand Forks: An appealing place for an elderly couple to wait for death.

Fargo: Has a few suburbs
Grand Forks: Has a couple of subdivisions trying to be passed off as suburbs.

Fargo: You can see the downtown skyline from miles away due to the flat land.
Grand Forks: You can see the Simplot potato plant from miles away due to the flat land.

[DarthDem]

1. NDSU Division I . . .

. . . when is that happening in basketball? This season?

Good stuff, BTW. My sister's new husband is from ND.

[SmileyBoy]

2. Yep, this season.

The transitional schedule only has 9 DI teams on the men's schedule, but most of the games in 2005-06 will be against DI teams.

[alexwcovington]

3. Eastern Dakotans, tsk tsk.

Ha. Hahaha. He thinks Grand Forks is undeveloped. Ha.

[SmileyBoy]

4. That's right, Minot Boy.

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

And just for the record, I think Minot is a lot better looking than GF. I drove thru it a few weeks ago, and was quite impressed. You should be excited to go back to Minot when you get the chance, cause it's a HELL of a lot better than Grand Forks.

And yes, I've been to GF MANY times, pre-flood and post-flood.

[markus]

5. Oh, man, are you spoiling for a fight or what?

That's almost as bad as when my kids' nanny of the last two summers, who plays for the Bison Women basketball team, bought the kids each a Bison sweatshirt as a present on her last day this summer.

Man, my bleeds-green father in law just about had a stroke.

P.S.--You can have Hooters.

[SmileyBoy]

6. I thought you lived in Fargo...

:shrug:

[markus]

7. I do live in Fargo

I enjoyed it, rather. Just getting my asbestos mouse pad ready for the replies from people from GF! ;)

P.S. -- Y'all really can have Hooters.

[MrChupon]

8. After living twenty years in Grand Forks

my only response to all of this is that you are way too excited about Fargo. :pals: