Could there be a better place to live than Minneapolis MN?

Seriously.

Nice people, a great public radio station, lots of lakes and outdoor activities year round, close proximity to the north of the state and Lake Superior.

You name it, we have it. I cant imagine living anywhere else.

and I like to ski and make snowmen, and go sledding with my nephews and nieces, and make snow angels, etc...

...great but even Minni has it's weird stuff.

I remember Prime time TV being "Preempted" by High School Football...fuckin' strange.
The Men there are "Eat-Up" with Sports....cause they lack......something???

...driving down I35 at .001 miles per hour in the F%^$% Snow and ice.
Coming out of work at 5:00 and seeing your car Frozen....No I don't mean just
cold..I mean..the Fuel lines are FROZEN... WTF!!

People calling a small Lake "The Beach" (What the Hell is THAT shit all about!)

...And going "Up North" ...what a stupid saying..

true, but I love it anyway.

I love it here despite all that.

and would give ANYTHING to move back to MN! St. Pete is one of the few saving graces of Florida though I must say.

will take the snow over the "wet" (yes there IS a difference) stifling heat any day.

Now if I can just talk my husband's entire family into relocated to MN.

are incredibly good cities.

there are none.

You can't beat the Lake and the hill, and there's alot to do.

but I also like leaving and coming back to Minneapolis.

In the 'burbs, though. Eden Prairie, Shoreview, and the unfortunately named Coon Rapids.
Had I been childless, I'd have loved to live in Minneapolis or St.Paul.

there are so many things to do with kids here, excellent schools, and stuff. It is amazing.

We moved here primarily because our families are nearby. They're a big part of our kids' lives, so it's a compelling factor in our staying here.

the Museums are awesome. Even I enjoy them.

I have an uncle in Duluth, we usually go fishing for a week every summer. We used to get coney dogs from the Coney Island downtown, but they are not as good as they were 15 years ago.

Plus, you have Spirit Mountain. I learned to ski there.

Depending, of course, on where the employment was.

Stearns county had the highest rate of domestic violence in the state, when I lived there.
I don't know why I remember that.

redneck corner of the state of MN.

and my parents still live there.

I like going home, but would not want to live in St Cloud, only because it is such a drive to get to Minneapolis/St Paul to do anything.

we had this conversation previously. I deleted the PMs earlier today.

but, the main thing is that you are happy.

they are not as good.

they are not as good. they are better:P

we will have to agree to disagree. there is no way i would ever live in the whole state of minnesota. it is not big enough for me and one person who was born there and resides there and may he rot in hell there. sorry.

:hi:

I live here.

Perhaps you're interested in a comparison -- since you asked! :7 :bounce:

I was born in Edina and raised in Burnsville, and except for a stint in Wisconsin in my mid twenties, I lived in the Twin Cities for 31 years, most of it in Dakota County.

I like Boise. I've come to embrace it as my "second home", but it will never be "home home."

this is heaven on earth.

Sounds really nice and I have heard a lot of positive comments about Minneapolis. We feel the same way about Pittsburgh. We love it here and it was named America's "Most Liveable City" this year.

but I do really like it here.

so I hear. I wanna go to Pittsbutgh and check it out soon...

RL

I am still going to school. So what do I know. I hear it is good though.

Can't make a fair comparison, as I've never been to Minneapolis, but I think it's great you love where you live.

but I think I will stay here.

... I love Chicago too, but that's not for everybody.

I will pass on chicago.

I dont want to be a packers fan.

All the benefits of Minneapolis, but less traffic and a street grid designed by drunken Irishmen.

:evilgrin:

despite the strange street patterns, I can usually get around better in St. Paul than Minneapolis.

:P

I'm beginning to agree with you. After awhile, you get used to it. Nowdays, I go across the river, and I get lost. Once you memorize a few of the major arteries (University, Marshall, Summit, Snelling, Cretin, Dale) you're golden. :thumbsup:

I dreaded having to find anything on a numeric street when I had to go into St. Paul!

St paul is nice, but downtown is a ghost town after 5pm.

:D

that is heresy to even say that.

:rofl:

Curious, but why would you say no?

cause it isn't Minneapolis.

:rofl:

Never been to Minneapolis, but I've heard it's nice, though.

and the people in MN are nice too.

Paul Wellstone.

;-)

Hometown of the great Al Franken....and me!

suburbia...

:-)

Thomas Friedman is on that list as well...

It's not too big and it's not too small. The only problem is that it's red.

Edit: I'm moving to St. Cloud by the beginning of September.

you are not missing anything in St Cloud.

When I moved there, I was in college. When I left (12 years later), I'd felt like I just barely escaped the city.
Good luck. And you're right. St. Cloud is red. It's so very, very red.

I'll stay in Southern California where it never snows. Also, I think I've seen one mosquito in fifteen years...

mosquitoes less so, but I can deal with them.

Or else the smog just kills'em off directly

:-)

and now I'm back after living elsewhere (Wisconsin, New York State, Connecticut, Japan, Oregon).

Minneapolis has good points and bad points, the worst point being the abysmal public transit system. But I'm spoiled after living in Tokyo (the world's best transit system, to my mind) and Portland (the best transit system in any mid-sized city in the U.S.). Oh, and the humidity in the summer.

Portland can get hot in the summer (it was just over 100° a couple of days ago), but it's drier, and so not as sticky and miserable as Minneapolis was last week. In Portland, it almost always cools off at night, down into the low 60s or even 50s, even if it's been 105° during the day.

i love my hometown...even though I don't live in the city itself...

it has all the amenities of a much larger city...public radio, symphony, ballet, opera, theater, great universities, sports of all kinds...but still has a small town feel...the folks are talkative, friendly and really funny in many cases...

... But god I miss P.H.I. (wings) and the Squirrel Cage (Bill the bartender rules!).

"hick" town?

Carnegie Libraries
Carnegie Museum
Science Center
The Warhol
Heinz Theatre
Benedum Center
The Southside
The Northside
Station Square
Oakland
Carnegie Mellon University
The University of Pittsburgh
Duquesne University
Carlow
Chatham
Phipps Conservatory
Shenley Park
Frick Park
Loads of bars and places to go for music
Steelers
Pirates
Penguins
Riverhounds


hick?

I don't think so...

I won't bash other cities...but I have traveled around the country and I have been to a lot of small cities with absolutely nothing to do...

I have also been to large cities (Atlanta) where people couldn't name even 5 nice things to do during my stay in Atlanta (we were thinking of moving there..the residents who lived there had a hard time thinking of anything to do in Atlanta..when they countered with ...well what would you do in Pittsburgh...I could name at least 20 things..)

Pittsburgh isn't New York and it isn't LA...but it has a lot of the things that people go to larger cities for but it is not so claustrophobic as some of those cities can be...

though the thought of all that hockey is tempting.

global warming seems to be kicking in, it was HOT here. We had 13 days above 90 degrees.

Winters have been warmer than usual as well.

:-)

As much as I loved school there, the state is not my favorite place to live.

Moved to England last year after 25 years of Minnesota life.

I always looked forward to going shopping to the Cities. Went to the Rolling Stones Concert in the Dome. In 1996, when the Smithsonian celebrated its 150th anniversary by taking its most popular exhibits around the country, I went to St. Paul to see it. Went to Mickey's Diner afterwards. I was a former regular of the History Center, using its libraries for research whenever I could! Going up to the Dome to see Kirby play is one of my favourite childhood memories. (I did eventually meet him and got his autograph!)

I did live in Money Magazine's Number 1 City south of Minneapolis. It's sad how it's gotten so boring since then!

Maybe St Paul. ;)

A little blue oasis....
I'm sure Minneapolis is nice, but I don't like snow.

Nothing personal, but nope.

The traffic in Mpls has gotten completely off the chart crazy. Thank god they are starting to expand the light rail out of the city.

Having grown up in MN, and after living in other states, I never bought the concept of "Minnesota nice". Road rage is rampant in the Cities.

When we can get a cheaper airfare, we drive to Fargo to fly, avoiding MSP at all costs.

Give me the lakes and the trees and the low crime rate and the exceptional schools any day of the week.