 Although the two areas have very different histories and housing stock, they have grown more similar over the 20th and 21st centuries due to their proximity and convenience for commuters to both downtowns and to the University of Minnesota.Both are now middle-class neighborhoods with diverse populations and large numbers of professors and academics.Saint Anthony Park was home to three Minnesota governors (William Rainey Marshall, 1866–70; Andrew Ryan McGill, 1887–1889; and Elmer L. Andersen, 1961–63), all members of the Republican Party.