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There are many twin cities - Buda and Pest, El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, Ottawa and Gatineau, and so on - but the one that most Americans think of when they hear the phrase "Twin Cities" is Minneapolis and St. Paul
A number of [[Speculative Fiction]] authors live in or near the Twin Cities, including [[Neil Gaiman]], [[Lois McMaster Bujold]] and [[Patricia C. Wrede]].
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{{examples|Examples of Minneapolis/St. Paul in fiction include:}}
* ''[[Jingle All the Way]]''
** Just for the record, herds of wild caribou do ''not'' roam the suburbs....
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** There are a lot of [[Bilingual Bonus]] jokes for locals who get the references to local institutions.
* Jack O'Neill of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' was born here, and he maintains a cabin in the North Woods, near a lake that, until the season eight finale, didn't have any fish in it.
* The early-nineties cult TV series ''[[Get A Life!]]'' presumably takes place somewhere in the Twin Cities, as Chris Elliott's paperboy character is seen delivering copies of the Pioneer-Press (Saint Paul's local newspaper) during the opening credits.
* ''[[Coach]]'': While most of the cast lives near a fictional university, Christine lives in downtown Minneapolis.
** At the time the show was on, living downtown in a high-rise as Christine is depicted was fairly unusual for someone of her presumed income. More likely she would have lived in a posh suburb.
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* The ''Prey'' series of novels by John Sandford and their spinoffs take place in the Twin Cities.
* [[After Last Season]]. No, really.
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{{tropelist|Tropes associated with Minneapolis/St. Paul include:}}
* [[Abandoned Area]]: Most notably the Landmark Brewery in St. Paul.
* [[Bizarro World]] You can literally live on either Twin City for most of your life and be completely and utterly unfamiliar with the neighborhoods of the other.
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