Is Mpls a good fit? (Minneapolis, St. Paul: 2014, day cares, new home)

[MissChelle84]

Minnesota is one of the best places to raise a family. Mpls is extremely diverse. It is a lovely city that is big into the arts, and fine dining. Minnesota is a beautiful state with lakes everywhere. The Boundary waters is gorgeous as well for wildlife and camping.It is a much smaller city, but it is nice. Most of the people I meet have moved here from some other state. It also has one of the highest return rates in the nation. The quality of life is great here. Also, you get more for your money.

[aaronkc]

thanks for the replies
mpls seems great, i actually like swimming and going out in nature for cookouts and things like that so abundance of lakes is good

[aaronkc]

Originally Posted by RC01

Minneapolis has a nice downtown, but Seattle has one of the nicest in the country.

Pretty much, IMO there is no other big metro in the country that gives you as high of a quality of life for what you pay as the Twin Cities. We have a great quality of life here. It is very livable here

what bout denver? i thought its cheap too

[aaronkc]

wats the deal with Minnesota nice and Minnesota humble

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by aaronkc

wats the deal with Minnesota nice and Minnesota humble

Minnesotans are humble and proud of it.

The term "Minnesota Nice" is a bit of a sore point. Search the forum (and the Minnesota Forum) for the phrase and you'll see multiple conversations about it.

[unnativeelpasoan]

Originally Posted by aaronkc

I live in the NYC metro area and plan to move within a yr. Standard of living is low here, and it's tough for middle class, plus too many people, takes forever to get anywhere. Basically looking for lower COL and better every day QOL, that said obviously its not the only thing, as everyone would wan live in BFE like Wyoming or someth. I used to live in Portland and while it is nice QOL wise, I found it pretty boring and corny with all that Portlandia/hipster vibe, didnt find enough places to go to. I am a white dude, but I am a Russian immigrant so I tend to get along better with other immigrants or minorities. Portland seems somewhat like backwater and pretty mediocre, comparing to neighboring Seattle and the economy is not great, actually feels like poor man's Seattle. I want a slightly bigger and more cosmopolitan city than Portland. Is Mpls region more diverse? For some reason I haven't even heard about Mpls till recent yrs only, and I don't know if I am just ignorant or the region is kinda low key and Midwest tends to get overlooked. Anyway, I don't mind snow, being from Russia, but I don't like driving in the snow though. I am also considering Seattle, which would be a natural choice, since I am familiar with the region, but want to consider multiple options before I decide. That overcast weather does get depressing after a while. No place is perfect though, obviously, so I wanna weigh everything. Does the snow get cleaned up fast? Is heat/humidity kinda like NE or more? How's the nightlife? Does Mpls feel bigger than Portland? Is there more to do? Any other general info will be helpful.

Some thoughts:

-Minneapolis is slightly more diverse than Portland, but St. Paul has more diversity than Mpls. Many of the
suburbs are overwhelmingly white.
-If you really don't like driving in the snow, that may really be a problem living in the Twin Cities. There is a
lot of snow in the Twin Cities, more than the NYC area. Also, the winters are longer and harsher.
-Minnesota has a LOT of dreary, overcast days. It was one of my main reasons for leaving!
-There is plenty of nightlife in the Twin Cities.
-Summers get pretty humid in Minnesota. (Probably similar to or more so than the NE.)
-As I told another person here recently, the weather in Minnesota sucks.

[Minntoaz]

Originally Posted by unnativeelpasoan

Some thoughts:

-Minneapolis is slightly more diverse than Portland, but St. Paul has more diversity than Mpls. Many of the
suburbs are overwhelmingly white.
-If you really don't like driving in the snow, that may really be a problem living in the Twin Cities. There is a
lot of snow in the Twin Cities, more than the NYC area. Also, the winters are longer and harsher.
-Minnesota has a LOT of dreary, overcast days. It was one of my main reasons for leaving!
-There is plenty of nightlife in the Twin Cities.
-Summers get pretty humid in Minnesota. (Probably similar to or more so than the NE.)
-As I told another person here recently, the weather in Minnesota sucks.

Agreed on most but in comparison to Seattle, Minneapolis has a lot of sunshine!

[aaronkc]

are summers really hot/humid?

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by aaronkc

are summers really hot/humid?

They can get that way for short periods of time. However, there are also many days where the high is in the 70's or low 80's.

[Mr. In-Between]

Originally Posted by aaronkc

wats the deal with Minnesota nice and Minnesota humble

It would be better named "Minnesota superficially polite because we're too timid to let people know what we really think about them - or about anything else for that matter, because we don't like to stand out." But "Minnesota nice" is easier to type.