What do you love about it?
Been here in Vegas almost 40 years now - thinking about a change of scenery.
my Mom was from Minn - little town called Hutchinson.
Cool with the cold, but can't deal with humidity.
The people. There’s a kindness that’s more than just “Minnesota nice”. People here really care about community and it’s typically much less polarized. The snow doesn’t care who you voted for, so if someone’s in a ditch, people help.
Trades are more expensive, but they make a decent living which is good. Lots of food is cheaper because it’s an ag state. Housing market is still growing and expected to for some time even as there’s a downturn in the south. My old house in Florida is down about 8% and likely would sell for even less, but my house here has appreciated about 7% and that’s only accelerating as more and more people move up here and towns are slowing new build permits to ensure they can have the infrastructure to keep up.
The airport is amazing, traffic is rarely bad and never for long and we’re close to tons of stuff. The Minnesota state fair is amazing…truly amazing for the food alone. The cookie bucket is enough to give one diabetes it’s so big and the cookies are incredible. New food every year.
We don’t typically have winters like in the 70s anymore and if you have a really good winter coat and boots, keep at least 2 ice scrapers in your car and follow good winter practices, most of the winters end up being relatively mild with only a few really cold days and not nearly as much snow as people think.
There’s always people outside even in winter and there’s a Norse sensibility to things…I see women riding lawn mowers and cutting the grass all the time. NEVER saw that in Florida. People do things that need doing rather than caring what parts people have to do them. Girls hockey is serious business up here and women’s sports are well supported up here. I dig it. Also, the Lynx won’t break your heart like the Vikes find a way to do to Vikes fans every year.
Just a fun, kind place to be and every last one of my 6 family members who came up here loves it also.
Traded to Cleveland (Myles Garrett)
Acquired from Cleveland (KT Leveston)
