Crime, housing, education and more: Here’s how St. Paul compares to a decade ago

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Crime, housing, education and more: Here’s how St. Paul compares to a decade ago

Imagine St. Paul a decade ago. CHS Field, the future home of the St. Paul Saints, was still under construction in Lowertown, one of the downtown communities leading the way in the city’s long-awaited population resurgence in 2014. But just a few years past the Great Recession, citywide multi-family housing construction was still in the doldrums. The Green Line — Metro Transit’s second light-rail line — debuted that June, inspiring hopes of econo…