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Why Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, Is the New Face of Suburbia
After a period of rapid diversification, the town outside the Twin Cities faces rising poverty and housing challenges.
This story is the first in a series on changing suburbs in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota. Read Part 2 and Part 3.
Brooklyn Park, which sits about 10 miles up the Mississippi River from downtown Minneapolis, used to be known for a few things—classically small-town, Midwestern things. The annual Tater Daze festival celebrates the humble tuber with a parade and carnival rides. Kids can pump well water and make apple cider at the Eidem Homestead, the living-history reincarnation of an old potato farm.