Please don't hesitate to reach out to me ☺ I would love to help you move to or within the Twin Cities of MN! Call/Text: 651.428.0667 Email: Kara@mnhomehelper.com IG: Kara_yourfriendly_realtor Facebook: facebook.com/kara.cleveland.9/
Thank you! I have to relocate to that area in the next 12 months, and I'm trying to figure out which side fits my budget better. This video will help me out!
You may notice a slight difference in price, but home/rental price tend to vary more on the neighborhood. Is your budget the most important factor, or are there other things you're seeking specifically?
I like your channel, you do a great job of presenting the facts as well as the feelings, which is really important for where to live. I live in Minneapolis but prefer the cozier brick houses and tree lined streets of St. Paul.
Aww thank you! I LOVE brick houses myself. I like St. Paul and Minneapolis for different things, but I think they're both great for their own reasons. I don't love navigating St. Paul, but there's GPS for that haha. Do you have a preference between the two other than the houses?
@rickhall517930 Do you mean is it possible, or is it convenient? The ease of travel will depend on which suburb you're going to and where you need to go within that suburb. You're unable to get to some suburbs with public transit (White Bear Lake for example). Are you okay with public transit taking an hour or more for 1st-ring suburbs? Are you moving here for work? If you know where you're going to work, and you have a general idea of where you'd like to live, you can add those locations in Google Maps and it will show you how many buses/trains you need to take to get back and forth.
@@rickhall517930 the buses come on schedule (or within 10 minutes of it), but some suburbs have fewer bus routes; some routes have busses that come every fifteen minutes, but other routes have only have buses that come every half hour or hour. The blue line (the lightrail) goes directly to the airport. Which suburb are you moving to? I can get you more specific information if I know where you will be coming from.
I grew up in So Mpls and now live in St Paul. Downtown Mpls is having an identity crisis. Downtown St Paul and Grand Ave has amazing little bakeries and restaurants. Especially for Breakfast. Mpls is steel and glass. St Paul is brick and mortar. Reminds me of Tacoma/Seattle.
@@KaraCleveland I've come to learn that Saint Paul has a lot more charm. Growing up in Richfield I was a Minneapolis kid my whole life but it seems I have switched
@@KaraCleveland I've lived all over the Twin Cities. Richfield, So Mpls (near Chicago and Lake- 1989 maybe), St Louis Park, Lakeville, Eagan and now East St Paul. Son is about to graduate from Harding. So Mpls is really nice, especially by the creek and falls. NE is very cool with the art district. We bought a house in 2019 on the East Side, Dayton's Bluff. 107 year old house - fits the four of us, and two will be leaving the nest in the next couple of years. $155,000. A few of these older houses are being bought and renovated, now selling in the $300k range. Per Zillow, our home value is at $233k. We got SOOOO lucky to buy right before the pandemic.
I’m from St. Paul and would advise not to live here. If you want to deal with being threatened by strangers, homelessness and gang activity this is the place for you. No sense of safety here and also the cops don’t care. Best place to leave.
You couldn't pay me enough money to live in Minneapolis. Between the crime, gangs, riots, and whacky politics there are probably some nice areas, but you risk your safety getting to them.
I've only been to Minneapolis, it seemed really old and industrial. And it seemed might be high crime, cause when I went in stores, there was always a totally covered-up glass barrier between you and the cashier.
Move to neither. Live in the suburbs. Less money. Also in the winter Minneapolis and Saint Paul terribly slow to plow out from any reasonable amount of snow. Can take days. Most suburbs plowed out within hours.
Please don't hesitate to reach out to me ☺ I would love to help you move to or within the Twin Cities of MN!
Call/Text: 651.428.0667
Email: Kara@mnhomehelper.com
IG: Kara_yourfriendly_realtor
Facebook: facebook.com/kara.cleveland.9/
Thank you! I have to relocate to that area in the next 12 months, and I'm trying to figure out which side fits my budget better. This video will help me out!
You may notice a slight difference in price, but home/rental price tend to vary more on the neighborhood. Is your budget the most important factor, or are there other things you're seeking specifically?
I like your channel, you do a great job of presenting the facts as well as the feelings, which is really important for where to live.
I live in Minneapolis but prefer the cozier brick houses and tree lined streets of St. Paul.
Aww thank you!
I LOVE brick houses myself. I like St. Paul and Minneapolis for different things, but I think they're both great for their own reasons. I don't love navigating St. Paul, but there's GPS for that haha. Do you have a preference between the two other than the houses?
Most helpful realtor I've worked with
Aww thank you! It was great working with you, too
Always had my eye on Minnesota Tying to visit for m bday and if i like it which I definitely will be moving in a year
Where are you visiting from? Happy early birthday!!
Amazing and comprehensive 🙏
Thank you for watching, I'm so happy it was helpful!
Moving to the Twin Cities in January. Is it realistic to use the bus and metro lines to travel back and forth to work from the suburbs of either city?
@rickhall517930 Do you mean is it possible, or is it convenient? The ease of travel will depend on which suburb you're going to and where you need to go within that suburb. You're unable to get to some suburbs with public transit (White Bear Lake for example). Are you okay with public transit taking an hour or more for 1st-ring suburbs? Are you moving here for work? If you know where you're going to work, and you have a general idea of where you'd like to live, you can add those locations in Google Maps and it will show you how many buses/trains you need to take to get back and forth.
Thanks!
I'll be working near the Airport and I don't mind an hour commute on public transportation. Are the buses reliable and prevalent?
@@rickhall517930 the buses come on schedule (or within 10 minutes of it), but some suburbs have fewer bus routes; some routes have busses that come every fifteen minutes, but other routes have only have buses that come every half hour or hour. The blue line (the lightrail) goes directly to the airport.
Which suburb are you moving to? I can get you more specific information if I know where you will be coming from.
I grew up in So Mpls and now live in St Paul. Downtown Mpls is having an identity crisis. Downtown St Paul and Grand Ave has amazing little bakeries and restaurants. Especially for Breakfast.
Mpls is steel and glass. St Paul is brick and mortar. Reminds me of Tacoma/Seattle.
Do you prefer Saint Paul after living in both?
@@KaraCleveland I've come to learn that Saint Paul has a lot more charm. Growing up in Richfield I was a Minneapolis kid my whole life but it seems I have switched
@@KaraCleveland I've lived all over the Twin Cities. Richfield, So Mpls (near Chicago and Lake- 1989 maybe), St Louis Park, Lakeville, Eagan and now East St Paul. Son is about to graduate from Harding. So Mpls is really nice, especially by the creek and falls. NE is very cool with the art district. We bought a house in 2019 on the East Side, Dayton's Bluff. 107 year old house - fits the four of us, and two will be leaving the nest in the next couple of years. $155,000. A few of these older houses are being bought and renovated, now selling in the $300k range. Per Zillow, our home value is at $233k. We got SOOOO lucky to buy right before the pandemic.
Saint Paul has its own airport and most people in the tein cities are unaware of this.
Its also where your poop goes.
I’m from St. Paul and would advise not to live here. If you want to deal with being threatened by strangers, homelessness and gang activity this is the place for you. No sense of safety here and also the cops don’t care. Best place to leave.
Taxes in Minneapolis are higher because the valuations, not because of the tax rate.
I don't fully understand how all the tax stuff works!
You couldn't pay me enough money to live in Minneapolis. Between the crime, gangs, riots, and whacky politics there are probably some nice areas, but you risk your safety getting to them.
I bike/walk around the city all the time, and I don't feel like my safety is at risk.
I've only been to Minneapolis, it seemed really old and industrial. And it seemed might be high crime, cause when I went in stores, there was always a totally covered-up glass barrier between you and the cashier.
Move to neither. Live in the suburbs. Less money. Also in the winter Minneapolis and Saint Paul terribly slow to plow out from any reasonable amount of snow. Can take days. Most suburbs plowed out within hours.
It depends on where you are in Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Minneapolis is Better than Saint Paul
Your city is better at more crime 😂
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