Best things about Minnesota? (Minneapolis, Duluth: how much, house, unemployment)

[slamont61]

I love the flavor of all the Small Towns around the state. There are sooo many of them. Best conversations are with the old timers that just bubble over with the history of where ever I am.

[Jestak]

Originally Posted by Govie

What is so great about deserts?

They Earth is completely revealed, the living rock exposed. And many people, myself included, love rock. Thus, the beauty of mountains, the Grand Canyon (which is a desert), Death Valley, Joshua Tree, the red rock canyonlands of Utah, Big Bend. I think anyone who loves the beauty of Minnesota's rocky North Shore can understand the stark beauty of the desert.

The air is wonderfully clear, and one can usually see fantastic distances because of that clarity as well as because of the lack of view-impairing woodlands (not that I don't love forests; I do). And the skies, that dry air makes for exceptional night skies. The lack of thick vegetation also makes the land extremely accessible.

In fact, one of the great things about deserts is that a lot of people sneer at them, seeing nothing but wasteland, and thus nothing worth seeing. All the more emptiness for me, and like-minded others, to enjoy when we are there.

My point is, it is very easy to erect great state parks out west. The nature of the land is that much of it is unclaimed (being too dry/too rocky for any commercial utility). Even so, many western state park systems are mediocre at best, largely consisting of little more than one campground after another next to one reservoir after another. Minnesota has an excellent state park system carved out of a land that has largely been tilled under for agriculture, or cut down for forestry.

It is outstanding.

[Ghengis]

Originally Posted by Jestak

They Earth is completely revealed, the living rock exposed. And many people, myself included, love rock. Thus, the beauty of mountains, the Grand Canyon (which is a desert), Death Valley, Joshua Tree, the red rock canyonlands of Utah, Big Bend. I think anyone who loves the beauty of Minnesota's rocky North Shore can understand the stark beauty of the desert.

The air is wonderfully clear, and one can usually see fantastic distances because of that clarity as well as because of the lack of view-impairing woodlands (not that I don't love forests; I do). And the skies, that dry air makes for exceptional night skies. The lack of thick vegetation also makes the land extremely accessible.

In fact, one of the great things about deserts is that a lot of people sneer at them, seeing nothing but wasteland, and thus nothing worth seeing. All the more emptiness for me, and like-minded others, to enjoy when we are there.

My point is, it is very easy to erect great state parks out west. The nature of the land is that much of it is unclaimed (being too dry/too rocky for any commercial utility). Even so, many western state park systems are mediocre at best, largely consisting of little more than one campground after another next to one reservoir after another. Minnesota has an excellent state park system carved out of a land that has largely been tilled under for agriculture, or cut down for forestry.

It is outstanding.

the only problem I have with the desert is you can't remember your name, cause there aiin't no one for to give you no pain.

[Musikälskaren]

Originally Posted by Ghengis

the only problem I have with the desert is you can't remember your name, cause there aiin't no one for to give you no pain.

I've been through the desert on a horse with no name, It felt good to get out of the rain, In the desert you can remember your name, Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain. La, la, la la la la, la la la, la, la
La, la, la la la la, la la la, la, la

Have any of you heard of the Minneapolis based group Atmosphere? They have a song Shh that is about Minnesota. I really like it and there was a cool fanmade video for the song on youtube which took you on a tour of Duluth and showed different areas of Duluth from the car. I haven't been able to find it in years though so it may have been moved or removed. The song itself is on youtube but I hadn't been able to find the cool video. I'll see if I can find it because I know that sometimes videos are removed and then resurface, which would be awesome! But if nothing else you can listen to the song. They're a rap group and the song talks about the things that they like about Minnesota and the Midwest in general but the main focus is on Minnesota. I bet a drive from Duluth up to Grand Portage would be absolutely beautiful! I definitely want to do that someday! Maybe I could then take the Gunflint Trail for some more scenery and just work my way around. It looks like Gunflint Trail ends at Saganaga Lake so it appears that I'd have to turn around and go back East before I could go anywhere else in Minnesota but that drive looks like it would spectacular and so worth it! How are the drives on the Gunflint Trail and on Hwy 61 from Duluth to Grand Portage? Just talking about it excites me! I couldn't find the video showing Duluth as seen from a car but I DID find this cool video with pictures of beautiful Minneapolis! Minneapolis is my favourite skyline by far! I like many skylines in many cities but Minneapolis is just outstanding in my opinion!

Enjoy!





Say Shhh... - YouTube

[Beenhere4ever]

Best thing about Minnesota is the weather scares people off. But. Wait. Boards like this convey the idea that the weather isn't that bad. How's that gonna keep people who want life easy from coming here??

[glendog]

Best things about Minnesota?
Well I like the following:

The entire North Shore and the Greatest Lake on Earth, Superior! The Inland Sea! A "lake" the size of Kentucky! 10% of the World's fresh water is right there, if you tipped it out, the water would cover all of North America and South America in 2 feet of water! A "lake" that is 50 times bigger than Seattle's Puget Sound! What an amazing rolling gargantuan slosh that huge roiling sea is! Go to Duluth! Go to Superior and the North Coast!
I love it! Best sailing outside of Florida in my opinion.

I also absolutely love Nordic skiing through haunting white birchwood forests and rolling hills. I grew up skate and XC skiing and missed it dearly when I was out west. I could go out west but it was a hassle and expensive. It is very very fun and without it I couldn't live in Minnesota. Even though Minneapolis is the best cycling city in the country, and we ride year round, I still prefer to be alone in the woods skiing, man oh man.

As a cyclist I love the cycling scene in Minneapolis. Best bike city in the USA, bar none.

I also love the hipsters, indy bars and boutiques in Minneapolis and I really really appreciate the thriving small business and arts and theater scenes there. I missed all of that in Seattle, which has none of that anymore as it has gotten more and more corporate sadly.

Overall I truly love and appreciate the accessibility and affordability of everything in Minnesota. Coming from the Seattle, I really appreciate being able to buy and own an affordable house, in the city. It is a very empowering feeling and I don't miss my tiny little stinky apartment and $1200 a month in rent at all. I also appreciate the accessibility of everything in Minnesota. Sailing, skiing, cycling, home ownership, low unemployment and good business climate it's all right there and relatively speaking a lot more accessible and affordable than the East or West Coast.

[snofarmer]

They should all read the how to be a minn-a-so-ten.
And they need to pay close attention to the chapter.
"Your tongue and a frozen frosty pole"

Originally Posted by Beenhere4ever

Best thing about Minnesota is the weather scares people off. But. Wait. Boards like this convey the idea that the weather isn't that bad. How's that gonna keep people who want life easy from coming here??

[golfgal]

We know that the weather isn't really that bad...we just don't spread it around that there really isn't snow in July here .

[slamont61]

Our small towns are rich in history. Museum building in Sebeka City Park:

[slamont61]

Or Minnesotans for Global Warming:


If We Had Some Global Warming - YouTube