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Old 10-02-2014, 04:08 PM
 
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it seems like St Cloud and the surrounding areas are nice more suburban semi rural areas, like Princeton and Big Lake......Becker and etc.......other then the biting long cold winters. How is St Cloud these days? Nice place?

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Old 10-02-2014, 11:48 PM
 
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how long are the winters actually? around say Big Lake..around 7 to 8 months??
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Old 10-03-2014, 07:26 AM
 
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how long are the winters actually? around say Big Lake..around 7 to 8 months??
What's your definition of winter? If you count daytime highs in the 60's with an overnight low in the upper 30's, you might be able to stretch it to 7 months. The only way you'll get to 8 is if you start counting from the first chilly night in September and ignore any nice weather that comes after it. Search for St. Cloud on this site and look at the average temperature graph (and maybe snowfall). The graphs are a pretty good representation of what to expect. Just keep in mind that especially March, April, September, and October tend to stray pretty far in both directions from the average.
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Old 10-03-2014, 07:51 AM
 
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It's more like 6 months. November through April.
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Old 10-03-2014, 02:36 PM
 
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ok thanks
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Old 11-21-2014, 07:40 AM
 
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St. Cloud area seems like a good fit for you starrider. I'm originally from Canada and the Minnesota weather is pretty much the same all around Central and North Central Minnesota. St. Cloud has a great VA community another more remote community that many people over look is just south east of the Alexandria area in a town of Glenwood.

I'm a real estate broker who has people in the twin cities, st. cloud and up in the alexandria area as well. Shoot me a direct message if you want to connect.
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Old 11-23-2014, 07:01 AM
 
Location: Moved to Gladstone, MO in June 2022 and back to Minnesota in September 2022
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St. Cloud area seems like a good fit for you starrider. I'm originally from Canada and the Minnesota weather is pretty much the same all around Central and North Central Minnesota. St. Cloud has a great VA community another more remote community that many people over look is just south east of the Alexandria area in a town of Glenwood.

I'm a real estate broker who has people in the twin cities, st. cloud and up in the alexandria area as well. Shoot me a direct message if you want to connect.
Yet another real estate agent that signs up to try and solicit people. Sigh
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Old 12-04-2014, 11:33 PM
 
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I was just there, didn't like it really that much, too flat, cold, and yea, way too flat for me, not enough trees,... Minneapolis and St Cloud...felt weird to me, culturally as well...I looked at some homes and left 3 days later, cut the trip short, flew back out west...I don't think MN is for me, but at least I went and spent a few days to see, and have a look. Just my opinion and experience, wasn't feeling it.

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Old 12-06-2014, 09:22 PM
 
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I was just there, didn't like it really that much, too flat, cold, and yea, way too flat for me, not enough trees,... Minneapolis and St Cloud...felt weird to me, culturally as well...I looked at some homes and left 3 days later, cut the trip short, flew back out west...I don't think MN is for me, but at least I went and spent a few days to see, and have a look. Just my opinion and experience, wasn't feeling it.
There's no substitute to first hand experience, though you should have been able to obtain enough information to know about the flatness and the cold via information on the internet. Why not just move to a cheaper part of WA state?
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Old 12-07-2014, 03:00 PM
 
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There is no cheaper part of WA state, there is nowhere that compares to home prices with a little acreage like anywhere in WA, like there is say,...in Big Lake MN, or Becker for example. Even Spokane has crappy inventory in my price range. I am thinking more like North West Arkansas as a possibility, along with a few other states. I just don't think I want to retire to a place where the cold is prevalent for so long, such as a place like Idaho Falls, ID for instance and etc.
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