Do you like it there? Tell me all about it. (Don't worry about the weather thing...that's one of the reasons it's on my list. I want COLD
weather and SNOW. I'm a cold-hearted woman.)
Anyone live in Minneapolis?
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Posts: 17100 (10/12/2009 11:23 PM) |
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Posts: 213 (10/12/2009 11:27 PM) |
i do, i wouldn't mind it if it wasn't for the weather. i hate winter. but it looks like thats ok to you. otherwise it's pretty nice.
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Posts: 6503 (10/12/2009 11:30 PM) |
I live in a surburb of Minneapolis. I wouldnt recommend living in the city. If youre into the outdoors, Minnesota will be great for you. There are tons of
running and walking trails. The cost of living isnt bad if you dont live in the city. I wil write more when Im not on my phone but let me know what questions
you have. I just moved here last February without ever having been here before.
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Posts: 215 (10/12/2009 11:30 PM) |
 why not the city?
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Posts: 17103 (10/12/2009 11:30 PM) |
Can you tell me about the cost of living there? Apartments/Housing? Social scene? Economy?
Sorry, I know that's a lot.
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Posts: 17104 (10/12/2009 11:35 PM) |
Why do you advise against living in the city?
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Posts: 6504 (10/12/2009 11:38 PM) |
well for me personally the city is expensive and a bit scary for a single female. I live in a one bedroom, 813sqft, washer/dryer, central air/heat for 895. All
i pay for is heat, electricty and my cable. I live about 15 mins outside the city. Nightlife is pretty good. Theses every kind of club bar you could have. We
also have all four major sports.
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Posts: 216 (10/12/2009 11:38 PM) |
apartments are 800-1200 for a 2 bedroom i'd say. social scene is good, thats why i ask why would you not want to live in the city? economy seems ok, i
still know people finding new jobs all the time.
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Posts: 10913 (10/12/2009 11:39 PM) |
I wouldn't live in downtown Minneapolis, but outside of the city is nice. Downtown is just very expensive and very loud/dirty/noisy/city-like.
It's not a good representation of Minnesota at all. The cost of living gets lower and lower the further you get from downtown. There's so much to do -
tons of bars, restaurants, young people, etc. Very artsy and hip.
The economy sucks everywhere.
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Posts: 17106 (10/12/2009 11:40 PM) |
Are the schools good? Plenty of hospitals and healthcare jobs?
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Posts: 217 (10/12/2009 11:40 PM) |
yea downtown is dirty, i work there and see the weirdest stuff. but yea there is alot to do downtown. if you go to the edge of downtown on the river
it's really nice but expensive as hell. i live in south minneapolis and like it.
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Posts: 6505 (10/12/2009 11:41 PM) |
Plus non of my coworkers live in downtown Minneapolis. A couple of them live in St.Paul which isnt bad and its ten minutes from Minneapolis. Everyone I know
lives outside of the city
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Posts: 970 (10/12/2009 11:41 PM) |
I was born and raised just out side of Minneapolis....the cost of living depends on where you live within Minneapolis, st paul, or a 'burb....I personally
wouldn't recommend living in the city because it is really expensive.
Apartments can range from 600-1500 bucks a month or more depending on where you are...As far as the economy goes, minnesota has been somewhat recession proof. We have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country right now. there are plenty of places to go to eat/drink/club/ect in Minneapolis. Uptown area is one of my favorite areas because its mostly young people (like 20's) and its a causual scene. there are nicer places in downtown, but it can get expensive in downtown. I hope that makes sense, if it doesnt i can try to clarify. |
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Posts: 6506 (10/12/2009 11:45 PM) |
I agree with Jenga. Uptown is great, downtown is great for going out but I wouldnt live downtown
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Posts: 17108 (10/12/2009 11:47 PM) |
Thanks for the advice! I appreciate the insight. So...lots and lots of snow, right? Snowy Decembers, too?
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Posts: 6507 (10/12/2009 11:50 PM) |
it snowed toda and its supposed to snow later this week. snow this early isnt normal though. If you can handle -25 degree weather, do it. Thats how cold it was
my first day in Minneapolis
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Posts: 17110 (10/12/2009 11:53 PM) |
I'm sick of 60-70 degree Thanksgivings/Christmases. So sick of it.
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Posts: 10915 (10/12/2009 11:59 PM) |
Oh God. I grew up in VA and thought that having a white christmas here every year, guaranteed, would be SO NEAT.
I hate the weather.  The snow is
nothing. It's the COLD. I mean, my first year here, it got to -60. NEGATIVE SIXTY DEGREES. It was 40 degrees in VA at the time. 100 DEGREES DIFFERENCE.
 I absolutely hate how cold it gets. It's unbearable. It's miserable. You have to plug your car into an outlet so it starts. YOu shovel off TONS
of snow off your car.
The thing that shocked me most: when it first snowed, I didn't dust my shoes off before getting in my car. So I left snowy footprints in the floorboards. THEY NEVER WENT AWAY, ALL WINTER. THEY STAYED. THE SAME FOOTPRINTS. Because it never gets back above 0 til its all over. Don't move here -
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Posts: 218 (10/13/2009 12:03 AM) |
 when the hell was it -60?
on the other side of the spectrum, i've seen it in the 80's in october. the weather here is nuts. |
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Posts: 10917 (10/13/2009 12:08 AM) |
MPLSdunk wrote: Well I live in Fargo, but it can't be that much diff right? And wind chill, not actual temp.
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Posts: 219 (10/13/2009 12:09 AM) |
i was gonna say... they hype everything up with that windchill.
either way it gets cold as HELL. i hate it. i'm from VA too.
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