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ZIPdown: St. Paul vs. Cushing

Have you ever thought, “Gee, I wish there was a free and easy way to get demographic information about a zip code?” Well, now you can! Thanks to ZIPskinny!
Just for kicks I thought it would be fun to compare my old neighborhood in St. Paul (55105) with my current “neighborhood” (56443).

General Information:

ZIP
 55105 
 56443 

Population:
 27,818 
 1,398 

Density*:
 8,050.5 
 14.8 

Housing Units:
 11,650 
 1,344 

Land Area (sq. mi.):
 3.5 
 94.2 

Water [...]

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Grim Rurality

When we were considering the call to Cushing one of the church members kept emphasizing that this is a rural church, not a small town church. “What’s the difference?” I asked. “Well, for starters,” he answered, “You ever been snowed in for three days without seeing another soul?”
“No,” I answered back, “But it sure sounds [...]

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