Alright Minnesotans-Convince me to move to Minneapolis from

[NoSheep]

Raleigh/Durham NC!!!:bounce:

[LisaM]

1. They have lots of ice rinks

I don't live there, but I remember taking off in a plane once and seeing all the ice rinks there. If you like to skate, it's the place for you!

[NoSheep]

2. Land of Lakes, as they say.

[Wilber_Stool]

3. It doesn't get very hot during the

summer month.

[NoSheep]

4. That's a big one. It is 102 hear today. I have no A/C in my car.

112 w/ heat index (whatever that is!)

[SmileyBoy]

28. It was 100 here (110 heat index) last week.

Although you don't see that kind of thing on a regular basis here in the summer. Right now it's 72 and sunny in Minneapolis.

[LissaM]

5. MN

is great both in the summer and for some of the winter. Winters do get kinda long, but if you like winter sports, MN is the place to be!!! Plus if you live in the cities area, there is a lot of theater and stuff like that, if you're into it.

[NoSheep]

8. I'm very interested in the ice fishing scene! Not with the fishing per se

but the little huts and the camaraderie. I think that could be fun.

[Richardo]

6. 9 months of winter and 3 months of bad skating

as my F-I-L from Amarillo says. :D

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. That's a good one :^)

[MN ChimpH8R]

7. Lotsa reasons

-many cultural attractions (theatres, music, museums, etc)
-if you're a sports fan, all the major sports are here
-generally a clean, well-kept city
-many interesting restaurants
-lakes in the city limits
-city of Mpls is very progressive (exurbs can be pretty nasty, tho)
-great park system w/bike and walking trails

on the flip side
-traffic and congestion can be very bad if you live very far out of the city
-the winter weather, like you didn't know that :evilgrin:

[SmileyBoy]

9. More liberal, lots more arts/culture, more diverse...

Better sports, better choices of entertainment, better-paying jobs.

[NoSheep]

10. Better paying jobs sounds good. More info on us:

My SO has been offered a position at U of M that depends on grant $. It could be one year, three, we don't know. He's from MN and I'm from NC. We are in our early 40's. No kids. I'm an office manager/Bookkeeper/admin asst person. I figure I can get a job almost anywhere. I have to decide pretty much by the end of the day

[SmileyBoy]

17. I would move to Mpls. if I was in your position.

The only downside is the weather. Literally it's the only downside. The winters can get nasty. But everything else is almost literally semi-utopian.

PM me if you want more info.

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. Decent newspaper

http://www.startribune.com/

[gristy]

13. The weather sucks, big time, and

the folks in the area are into their friends and families.
You will find out soon enough that you are neither.
Stay out of the suburbs.

[NoSheep]

14. We'd live in the city. Somewhere. That doesn't sound so good though.

[MN ChimpH8R]

20. In the cities

it isn't quite so bad, but it is an issue in the burbs. The Uptown area of Mpls is very happenin' and right next to a lovely urban lake. Easy bus ride to the University if you come to Minny, check it out.

[SmileyBoy]

26. There's some really nice neighbourhoods in south Minneapolis.

Great for urban leaf-spotting in the fall.

[SmileyBoy]

22. Live in the city. The people in the suburbs can be weird.

You'll find yourself in more of a close community if you're in the city proper.

[indigo32]

27. YES - EOM

[SmileyBoy]

23. dupe

[no name no slogan]

31. That's a bad stereotype

I've lived here all my life (36 years), and I have friends AND family from all over the country-- and the world-- who live here in Minnesota. It's true, most people who live here are from here, but that is rapidly changing with people moving into Minnesota from just about everywhere you can imagine.

Did you know that we have the largest population of Hmong-Americans in the country right here in St. Paul? Or that we have one of the largest concentration of Somali immigrants in the US in Minneapolis? Or that we've had a very strong, vibrant Mexican-American community in St. Paul since the 1950s? The twin cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul are very diverse, but even the rural areas are getting more so with each passing year. In fact, some of our smaller towns in southern MN are as bilingual as ones you'd find in rural AZ.

Yes, humble little Minnesota, the land of "Fargo" (the movie), Al Franken and Paul Wellstone (RIP), has all of that, and so much more. If you like seasons, we've got 'em. If you like the fact that 99% of the population has healthcare coverage because of excellent state programs, we've got that too.

If you like lakes, we've got over 18,000 of them-- most of them public. If you like the most vibrant theater scene in the US outside of the coasts, we've got that. If you like live music, we're way ahead of you there. If you like the art, we have several world-class meseums. If you like your summers hot and your winters cold, we got that too.

Just be sure that you like to snuggle in the winter, though, because we do A LOT of that when it gets cold. :P

[indigo32]

15. I'm there

Doh!

Seriously we got it all going on here, and having 4 true seasons is great.
The DU contingent from MN is quite active as well.

[NoSheep]

16. Whada you mean 4 true seasons?

[indigo32]

18. I mean

no wimpy versions of Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall here. I love that.

[SmileyBoy]

19. We don't really have spring. It's actually three seasons.

Winter (which can get brutal), Spring (which is just "Summer - Part I"), Summer (which is normally more comfortable than NC), and Fall, which is the most BEAUTIFUL season up here.

[indigo32]

25. Well I think of it as spring

though yes... Fall is BEAUTIFUL.

[dr.strangelove]

21. Cheap gas

At least compared to the rest of the US.

[SmileyBoy]

24. Actually, my city has the cheapest gas in the nation right now.

Although I will be in Minneapolis for another two weeks.

[eyepaddle]

29. He'll like the U--if that's what you're here for

The summer's are NOT as cool as you often here--until the last couple of days it was in the mid 90s--on Saturday night the dewpoint was 80! That was a horrible night to sleep drunk in a tent.

However, I must say after I moved back from Louisiana it DID feel a bit cooler--not dramatic, but significant. How you feel about winter is a mind set thing. If you don't obsess about hating it, you might love it. The air is never freshere than those cold, hard , January nights. I love it myself.

I've traveled around a fair amount--and lived in other parts of the country, and I must say that the reputation for standoff-ish-ness is kind of a red herring--have you ever just sat down with a table of strangers in a restaurant and had dinner with them uninvited? Just fall back on the old tricks: join clubs or associations and meet people that way. I hang out with a paddling club, all complete strangers until I met them at the river--now many are good friends. There's always stuff like that around.

Plus, we can always use a couple more liberals to help unseat T. Paw!

:hi:

[sinkingfeeling]

30. I spent 3 1/2 yrs. in Raleigh and 3 years in Rochester, MN. Hated

the ice storms in NC and the minus 20 degrees in MN. Overall, it was pretty much a toss-up. At the time, Minnesota was a much more liberal place than NC (Still have a 'Honk if you think Jesse is a pig' bumper sticker). Wasn't too impressed with Minnesota food!

[Yavin4]

33. BEST REASON: YOU CAN VOTE FOR AL FRANKEN NEXT YEAR

when he runs for the senate.

[Yavin4]

32. Good Enough for Mary Richards, It's Good Enough For You

So go there and toss your beret up in the air.

You're gonna make it after all.

[NoSheep]

34. lol!!!!!

:rofl:

[Ryano42]

35. I grew up south of there, yah...

The winters took a toll...and made everyone basically look like Bud Grant.



But the people are great and the Fall/Harvest time is simply wonderful...

Long Johns...lots of long johns.

[NoSheep]

36. I'm gonna look like that?????

[tmooses]

37. Or Lou Grant.

n/t