Twin Cities

The wikipedia article on the Twins Cities summarizes the urban area thusly:


 * Minneapolis–Saint Paul is the most populous urban area in the state of Minnesota, United States, and is composed of 186 cities and townships built around the Mississippi, Minnesota and St. Croix rivers. The area is also nicknamed the Twin Cities for its two largest cities, Minneapolis, with the highest population, and Saint Paul, the state capital. It is a classic example of twin cities in geography.

For the bulk of the world's population, this is a pretty good high-level summary. The small percentage of those in the know, however, understand how obviously lacking a summary like this can be. It's true of anywhere, to be sure, but if you've got the slightest paranormal sensibilities, you'll want to think of the Twin Cities more like this:


 * Minneapolis–Saint Paul is the most populous urban area in the state of Minnesota, United States, and is composed of 186 cities and townships built around the Mississippi, Minnesota and St. Croix rivers. That's fucking terrifying, because it's also among the closest regions of our material world and the Nevernever. The whole place would probably be full of Spirits, Sprites, Specters and Spiders (the enormous kind) if it weren't for all the running water, which grounds out the supernatural energies of the various nasties that might come across. Circle of Life, Grand Design, Mother Gaia in her finest hour - whatever. It means that while magic and magical stuff is readily accessible, it's also pretty well contained. Not a bad spot to set up shop if you're an aspiring practitioner or emissary - especially if you'd like to avoid notice.