Minnesota compared to Wisconsin and Michigan (Minneapolis, St. Paul: move to, suburbs, transit)

[akronbball]

Originally Posted by northstar22

I'm also from West Michigan, and I prefer Michigan to Minnesota. MI has the Great Lakes, and the winters are much milder due to the lake effect. Plus, Minnesota is overly family-oriented, which may or may not be a problem depending on your perspective.

Personally I'd take MN over MI because of the economy, quality of live, people, Twin Cities, and the sunnier weather. MI is milder, but quite a bit cloudier during the winter. MN is family oriented, but never found it any more family oriented compared to other places I've lived in the Midwest. If you're looking for areas that aren't family oriented in MN they can be found, especially in the Twin Cities.

[sholomar]

I'd take the west side of Michigan just because I like snow and mild weather.. and I'd like living along the lake effect snowbelts in SW michigan. The economy sucks in that entire state though. Barring that, Ozaukee county in WI. In minnesota... winona.

[Dr.drew]

Deer Hunting is like that in Minnesota too. The small town where I live fills up with beer hunters for 2 weeks every year

[ram2]

Originally Posted by Dr.drew

Deer Hunting is like that in Minnesota too. The small town where I live fills up with beer hunters for 2 weeks every year

So does every town in northern Michigan and the U.P.

[ocsid]

Originally Posted by golfgal

Ok, it should have been the most shoreline in the CONTINENTAL US...not Alaska..

No, you mean the contiguous United States. Alaska is part of the continental US, which would be all states except Hawaii.

As for the original topic, I actually really like Milwaukee. It has an interesting vibe that you don't really find here. It feels much more like an older Eastern city.

[golfgal]

Originally Posted by ocsid

No, you mean the contiguous United States. Alaska is part of the continental US, which would be all states except Hawaii.

As for the original topic, I actually really like Milwaukee. It has an interesting vibe that you don't really find here. It feels much more like an older Eastern city.

Alaska is not considered part of the Continental US, only the lower 48 are in that designation...

[southernsmoke]

So, this is really only furthering the rabbit trail, but this discussion made me go look at Alaska on Google maps... I had no idea how many lakes there were.

Take a look at the scale of the lakes, too. Lake Minnetonka looks very pedestrian compared to these Alaskan lakes. It is really amazing.



And even more striking when you just look at the white/blue map:

[Ghengis]

those aren't Alaska lakes, that's oil that bubbles up from the ground that they don't want us to know about.

[Dr.drew]

All three states are pretty similar in a lot of ways

[freezengirl]

Originally Posted by golfgal

Alaska is not considered part of the Continental US, only the lower 48 are in that designation...

Alaska is continental but not contiguous.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Alaska;)