Coon Rapids, MN is a large north-western suburb of Minneapolis. Coon Rapids is known for it's many parks, and recreational centers, restraunts, and many places to shop, making it a
good suburb for everyone in the
family. Coon Rapids is home to over 60,000 people (
42% White 31% Black
14%
Asian 8% Latino 4% Other 1% Native American). Unfortunatly Coon Rapids is also known to not be the nicest suburb, and is often refered to as "Coon Town" because of it'
s high population of Black residents, has one of the highest crime rate out of all the Twin Cities suburbs, and has
gone the fastest down hill out of all the Twin Cities suburbs. Because some people have thought that Coon Rapids' name was a
racist one, some Coon Rapids councilman have requested a name change, some of the ideas were Racoon Rapids, and River Rapids. Coon Rapids is aproximetly 9.8 miles from Minneapolis, and 15.4 miles from St.
Paul. Some other nearby cities are Andover, Anoka, Blaine, Fridley, Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, and Spring Lake Park. Coon Rapids is in Anoka county.
I live in Coon Rapids, it's in Anoka county.
How do you
like living there?
It has some nice spots, some are not so nice, I
like all the fun things to do, but
I would like to see some changes.
