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Richfield, Minnesota
by Amanda Stadther

Richfield, Minnesota. Some citizens can trace its origins to 1890 - 194 years ago. I have lived here for just 18 months.
A former agricultural town, Minnesota's oldest suburb is one-tenth the size it used to be having been gradually swallowed up by
neighboring high profile cities including Minneapolis and Bloomington.
Today it is home to 35,000 people, including young families, retirees, an expanding Hispanic community and electronic giant Best
Buy's corporate headquarters.
Minneapolis-St Paul Airport and the Mall of America sit just across the city boundary with Bloomington.
Richfield is only five miles south of downtown Minneapolis, for the most part pretty safe and close to several large freeways.
Not surprisingly it seems everyone wants to live here with homes often changing hands in days, not weeks. Some not even
advertised, selling by word of mouth alone.
I walk a lot. To some (like my husband) my daily walk of seven miles around Richfield seems excessive but I have certainly got to
know this city in a way you wouldn't by driving around. I often have my camera, hoping to capture images from the past that are still
relevant today.
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