My entire personality is MN but I was born in Chicago. I have been wanting to move there since I graduated high school but never had the right opportunity. Hopefully next year. Thanks for the video. Definitely helps
I just moved to Vadnais Heights, Mn. (Twin cities suburb) from, Portland, Or. and these videos are great. I gotta agree on the mosquitos, though. I moved there late July and the mosquitos have been the biggest surprise so far. I’ve lived in all 3 west coast states (Or, Ca, Wa) as well as Arizona and Nevada and, in all 5 of those states, I could comfortably sit outside in shorts on a warm night. I figured out quickly that’s not possible here unless you love getting eaten by mosquitos. I fell asleep one night on porch and woke up to dozens of bites. Other than that, I’m super happy with how green it is, how drivers drive fast and aggressive, and especially happy with all the picturesque outdoor locations to visit. For the record, we loved Oregon but left because we simply could not deal with housing costs. We bought a nice 2000 sqft home in beautiful location for 400k and the same house in Portland area in a similar neighborhood would have been near double. I’m reserving my final opinion of Minnesota until after I survive a winter, though. 😂
So glad to hear that! I know the Mosquitoes can be brutal! The winters can be hard too but are so beautiful and so many fun things to still do outside as well!
@@LivingMinneapolisSuburbswhy not talk about crime rapes bulgary and gun point assaults.. I think people will care more about this .. Minneapolis-Saint Paul is a hood
The biggest complaint I hear from transplants about the MN Nice thing is that they find it really difficult to find a close friend group. We are nice enough to stop by and greet you, shovel your sidewalk, ask how you're doing, but when it comes to breaking into a group, people are very cliquish and it's not uncommon to see people have the same tight knit friend group their entire lives. The key to breaking this is just to get involved in public activities you enjoy, seek out other transplants, or build friendships through work. I have met a lot of friendly people just joining on on group bike rides, events at concerts, taprooms, festivals, hobby shops, sporting events etc. and it gives you a common excuse to hang out outside of a public setting.
Yes, it’s called MN Ice and it’s definitely a factor. It just takes some effort and want-to to break through that barrier, but once you do, you’re set for life.
Thank you! More videos will be released soon! Let me know if my team and I can help you next year when you do move! We would love to help! What other video content would you want to see? Any specific questions I can make a video about?
@@LivingMinneapolisSuburbs Thank you! I plan on being a renter in downtown Minneapolis. Maybe a video on things to do in that neighborhood and how every day apartment living might feel like there?
Hi I love the 4 seasons too. I have been wanting to move there since I visited Minneapolis 2 years ago but never had the opportunity. Hopefully next year 🤞🏻 . Thanks for the video 👏🏻
@ I would like to know if there are massage therapy clinics because I work in that here in Florida and what other types of jobs are there for me because I am not very fluent in English. Also, what are the rental prices for apartments? Thanks.
There are plenty of massage therapy clinics in the metro. My friend actually owns one! Plenty of job options too, people are always looking for work, if you are diligent enough you can find work pretty easily. Rental prices are really going to depend on where you live. Expect to pay at least a $1K for a one bedroom as a starting point.
You need to let people know that winter is COMPLETELY random. While a Halloween blizzard isn't unheard of, last year I didn't bring my shovel out until past New Years and didn't actually need it until February. Also, while I grew up as a suburbanite from Bloomington who bought his first house in Minneapolis only because he couldn't afford not to, the fact that I could ride my bike 25 miles passing 7 different lakes the Mississippi and a creek while only riding off a bike trail for 5 of those miles was a huge perk. I'll never like the politics of city life, but free concerts in summer at Lake Harriet's bandshell, all the art fairs and farmers markets and Minnehaha Falls all within 10 miles of home creates a great standard of living during the warm months. To highlight what you said about appreciating summer more, Minnesota is 2nd only to California in convertible cars per capita and leads the country in money spent on gardening.
@@ralphmelvin1046I would say it’s worth visiting to see whether you like it or not to move here, but many people moved here and are liking it after adjusting to the environment.
Interesting. I have lived in the Twin Cities for about 15 years now. (1) winters are long, harsh and dark. There is about 5 months of the year where there is not much sunlight this far north, get used to going to and from work in the dark all winter, you really get used to just doing everything in the dark for months. (2) Mosquitos are vicious here. If you go outside in the evening be prepared for attack. It's not just at night, if you go walking into a wooded shady area in the daytime they'll get you then too. (3) I've lived here 15 years, the only friends I have are people I have met at work, and for the most part the relationships are restricted to work. Maybe part of that is my fault, I don't drink and am not interested in sports at all so all the times coworkers have asked if I want to stop by the bar and watch the game or whatever they've probably given up on trying to socialize with me outside of work. (4) I have lived in suburbs the entire time I have been here, Bloomington, Edina, I have lived in Prior Lake for the past 8 years and it is a pretty decent, a safe community with huge parks, lakes and excellent trails for biking which is one of my favorite things to do. It's also far enough out that there isn't a lot of congestion on the roads, it's a more peaceful existence here compared to living in Edina or Bloomington which are much more urbanized. (5) Humidity here gets pretty bad in the summer, I've never been to Florida so I don't know what it's like there but we get miserably hot humid weather here. (6) I am from Wisconsin and it is also a great place to live, beautiful state with many of the same great attributes that Minnesota has. If I was not tied down to my life here I would move back there just to be closer to my parents.
Great summary. It definitely gets really humid here but not much hot in the summer. The heat and humidity combined is something else in the southeast. I'd say if live in Houston, Texas one summer, you find Minnesota summers pretty pleasant!
In my opinion the mosquitos can be pretty bad at times, it depends on the time of the year and where you live, the closer you are to any water or wetlands the worse they will be. They generally only come out during the sunset hour and stay out a little after an then it becomes too cold for them to stay out.
I was born in MN but raised in Michigan. Three grandparents spoke Scandinavian languages in childhood. What I think first about MN is the lack of comfort with racial diversity. My family that stayed in MN are in tiny towns and very uncomfortable with black folks. I grew up in a university town in Michigan and my inner friend group is about twice the local percentage of black folks. All the international students and academics in town help me understand humanity. I haven’t spent winters in Minnesota. I remember one August I was visiting relatives, back when not everybody had air-conditioning (60’s -70’s) and it was SOOO HOT. We just stayed standing up because sitting down would be too hot. There’s so many lakes, It was really humid.
It does get really warm in the summer months! Crazy to think that it gets below zero in the winters and then can be close to 100 in the summer months - the best of both worlds!
As dumb as it sounds, the mosquitos were something I was trying to avoid as a person living on the east coast who was looking to move to the Midwest. I was hoping they weren’t bad in MN but I guess they are, which is unfortunate.
@livinginminnepolismn interesting..the north is one of the spots I want to retire to. I did Indiana for a few years and love all the great lakes states. How's the tornado situation up there in Northern minnesota?
This year was really bad due to really wet spring. Anywhere near lakes they'd swarm and attack you from every direction that you'd start running away :D
I watch these videos about Minnesota quite often over the last few years , but one thing nobody talks about , especially local Government is the crime . The crime , for years was mostly in certain areas , but now it is everywhere , even places like Edina . I used to like The Cedar Riverside area in the summer but now you can't pay me to go there . Property Tax is to the moon in Minneapolis and St.Paul and the infrastructure is not what you would expect when paying that much taxes . If people are thinking of moving here they should know much more than these videos talk about . As for the people , well it was known as Minnesota nice for many years but you really have to experience it for yourself and not just in the better areas . Always be aware of what is going on around you . On the good side there are some great food establishments , lots of parks and lakes .
I love the region where you filmed this video. Minneapolis is friendly to people who enjoy walking unlike LA where I've had LA cops get a bit suspicious just why I'm walking around the region near where I stayed prior to an international flight. The Mississippi River for me is the most remarkable geographic feature Minneapolis has. Immediately across the river there you'll find the Mill Museum plus the Guthrie Theater. There are lovely trails on both sides of the Mississippi. Minneapolis enjoys a thriving artistic community. Bob Dylan, Hume Cronyn, and Prince immediately come to mind. Best not forget the Coen Brothers, Winona Ryder and Jessica Lange just to name a few.
I have lived in Minneapolis for ten years. The pros: walking (very walkable city), lakes, the river, arts, festivals, sports, nice people (if somewhat aloof and a bit cold at times), the summers are decent. The cons: brutal winters, the public schools suck, crime is rising, taxes and fees are high and rising as policing declines. Minneapolis in terms of demographics is a white collar Fortune 500 city but the south side is very left-wing politically. The north side is crime-ridden. Some areas are on an upside: North Loop is very nice, and the east downtown area around the Vikings stadium is better than when I moved here (much more to do). Some areas are in steep decline - Uptown, Lake Street. Car theft, breakins, carjackings, and shootings are an issue. Half the restaurants and bars in downtown are now gone. You can't find a clothing store in downtown of any side and there are no Apple stores in the entire city(!).
But things are going uphill since Covid, I think you left that out mistakenly. It is and was bad but things are cooling down and although some businesses shut more are opening up in surrounding areas and where I live.
@@sal-the-man Some areas are better. I would say the North Loop is much better. Uptown is worse. Dinkytown (U of M) is bad - with higher crime. Really depends on where you are.
@ true, I heard of a shooting that happened not too long ago in Dinkytown that 3 people were shot. Some places are rising but overall the crime rates are going down and things are getting better. Although downtown may not have much going on as it could be, the areas surrounding it are growing and where I live now there’s quite a bit of businesses opening up. We’re still recovering from COVID and the events in hat happened also in 2020 but overall as someone who frequents the city and eventually moved here. I’d say the things you gotta worry about are pretty much covered in those video. So yeah
Yeah there are many Somali immigrants and Hmong immigrants as well the Twin Cities got quite a bit of diverse foods and culture. Beautiful experiences ngl. You’ve ever visited here?
My entire personality is MN but I was born in Chicago. I have been wanting to move there since I graduated high school but never had the right opportunity. Hopefully next year. Thanks for the video. Definitely helps
Thats awesome! So Happy to hear that. If my team and I can help you next year, reach out and we can get you pointed in the right direction!
I just moved to Vadnais Heights, Mn. (Twin cities suburb) from, Portland, Or. and these videos are great. I gotta agree on the mosquitos, though. I moved there late July and the mosquitos have been the biggest surprise so far. I’ve lived in all 3 west coast states (Or, Ca, Wa) as well as Arizona and Nevada and, in all 5 of those states, I could comfortably sit outside in shorts on a warm night. I figured out quickly that’s not possible here unless you love getting eaten by mosquitos. I fell asleep one night on porch and woke up to dozens of bites. Other than that, I’m super happy with how green it is, how drivers drive fast and aggressive, and especially happy with all the picturesque outdoor locations to visit. For the record, we loved Oregon but left because we simply could not deal with housing costs. We bought a nice 2000 sqft home in beautiful location for 400k and the same house in Portland area in a similar neighborhood would have been near double. I’m reserving my final opinion of Minnesota until after I survive a winter, though. 😂
So glad to hear that! I know the Mosquitoes can be brutal! The winters can be hard too but are so beautiful and so many fun things to still do outside as well!
@@LivingMinneapolisSuburbswhy not talk about crime rapes bulgary and gun point assaults.. I think people will care more about this .. Minneapolis-Saint Paul is a hood
The biggest complaint I hear from transplants about the MN Nice thing is that they find it really difficult to find a close friend group. We are nice enough to stop by and greet you, shovel your sidewalk, ask how you're doing, but when it comes to breaking into a group, people are very cliquish and it's not uncommon to see people have the same tight knit friend group their entire lives.
The key to breaking this is just to get involved in public activities you enjoy, seek out other transplants, or build friendships through work. I have met a lot of friendly people just joining on on group bike rides, events at concerts, taprooms, festivals, hobby shops, sporting events etc. and it gives you a common excuse to hang out outside of a public setting.
Yes, it’s called MN Ice and it’s definitely a factor. It just takes some effort and want-to to break through that barrier, but once you do, you’re set for life.
We have heard this same thing from some yes, but every person's experience seems to be a little different.
Agreed!
Love your videos , just found your channel. I plan to move to Minneapolis next year! (from Texas)
Thank you! More videos will be released soon! Let me know if my team and I can help you next year when you do move! We would love to help! What other video content would you want to see? Any specific questions I can make a video about?
@@LivingMinneapolisSuburbs Thank you! I plan on being a renter in downtown Minneapolis. Maybe a video on things to do in that neighborhood and how every day apartment living might feel like there?
yes can add that to the list and make a video about it soon!
@@LivingMinneapolisSuburbs awesome thank you :)
@@LivingMinneapolisSuburbscan you help me when I move their I'm moving there very soon
Hi I love the 4 seasons too. I have been wanting to move there since I visited Minneapolis 2 years ago but never had the opportunity. Hopefully next year 🤞🏻 . Thanks for the video 👏🏻
You are most welcome! The 4 seasons are great! Let us know if we can help you when you do move! Any ideas for other videos you would want to see?
@ I would like to know if there are massage therapy clinics because I work in that here in Florida and what other types of jobs are there for me because I am not very fluent in English. Also, what are the rental prices for apartments? Thanks.
There are plenty of massage therapy clinics in the metro. My friend actually owns one! Plenty of job options too, people are always looking for work, if you are diligent enough you can find work pretty easily. Rental prices are really going to depend on where you live. Expect to pay at least a $1K for a one bedroom as a starting point.
@ oh wow that’s awesome and thank you so much for welcoming me
This was a great video. I am moving to Minneapolis in three months and I'm really looking forward to it.
Renting first while i house hunt. ❤
Glad it was helpful! If we can help you at all once you move here with finding a rental or a home, feel free to reach out!
You need to let people know that winter is COMPLETELY random. While a Halloween blizzard isn't unheard of, last year I didn't bring my shovel out until past New Years and didn't actually need it until February. Also, while I grew up as a suburbanite from Bloomington who bought his first house in Minneapolis only because he couldn't afford not to, the fact that I could ride my bike 25 miles passing 7 different lakes the Mississippi and a creek while only riding off a bike trail for 5 of those miles was a huge perk. I'll never like the politics of city life, but free concerts in summer at Lake Harriet's bandshell, all the art fairs and farmers markets and Minnehaha Falls all within 10 miles of home creates a great standard of living during the warm months. To highlight what you said about appreciating summer more, Minnesota is 2nd only to California in convertible cars per capita and leads the country in money spent on gardening.
This is great info! yes last years winter was very unique!
Halloween blizzard is once every 500 years
It's a great City I visited it in 2005 people are really friendly really nice parks in the city
Yes it is! So true! Great place!
@@LivingMinneapolisSuburbs how is it now if you don't mind me asking cuz I'm thinking about coming back to live?
@@ralphmelvin1046I would say it’s worth visiting to see whether you like it or not to move here, but many people moved here and are liking it after adjusting to the environment.
Interesting. I have lived in the Twin Cities for about 15 years now.
(1) winters are long, harsh and dark. There is about 5 months of the year where there is not much sunlight this far north, get used to going to and from work in the dark all winter, you really get used to just doing everything in the dark for months.
(2) Mosquitos are vicious here. If you go outside in the evening be prepared for attack. It's not just at night, if you go walking into a wooded shady area in the daytime they'll get you then too.
(3) I've lived here 15 years, the only friends I have are people I have met at work, and for the most part the relationships are restricted to work. Maybe part of that is my fault, I don't drink and am not interested in sports at all so all the times coworkers have asked if I want to stop by the bar and watch the game or whatever they've probably given up on trying to socialize with me outside of work.
(4) I have lived in suburbs the entire time I have been here, Bloomington, Edina, I have lived in Prior Lake for the past 8 years and it is a pretty decent, a safe community with huge parks, lakes and excellent trails for biking which is one of my favorite things to do. It's also far enough out that there isn't a lot of congestion on the roads, it's a more peaceful existence here compared to living in Edina or Bloomington which are much more urbanized.
(5) Humidity here gets pretty bad in the summer, I've never been to Florida so I don't know what it's like there but we get miserably hot humid weather here.
(6) I am from Wisconsin and it is also a great place to live, beautiful state with many of the same great attributes that Minnesota has. If I was not tied down to my life here I would move back there just to be closer to my parents.
Great summary. It definitely gets really humid here but not much hot in the summer. The heat and humidity combined is something else in the southeast. I'd say if live in Houston, Texas one summer, you find Minnesota summers pretty pleasant!
I'm a North Carolinian wanting to move to Minnesota. How are the mosquitos compared to the South?
In my opinion the mosquitos can be pretty bad at times, it depends on the time of the year and where you live, the closer you are to any water or wetlands the worse they will be. They generally only come out during the sunset hour and stay out a little after an then it becomes too cold for them to stay out.
The mosquitoes are much worse especially if you have a really wet spring like this year.
Minnesota Nice almost brings tears to my eyes just to hear it.......
It is the truth!
@@LivingMinneapolisSuburbs I have a work assignment coming up soon in the area I look forward to experiencing this.
I was born in MN but raised in Michigan. Three grandparents spoke Scandinavian languages in childhood. What I think first about MN is the lack of comfort with racial diversity. My family that stayed in MN are in tiny towns and very uncomfortable with black folks. I grew up in a university town in Michigan and my inner friend group is about twice the local percentage of black folks. All the international students and academics in town help me understand humanity.
I haven’t spent winters in Minnesota. I remember one August I was visiting relatives, back when not everybody had air-conditioning (60’s -70’s) and it was SOOO HOT. We just stayed standing up because sitting down would be too hot. There’s so many lakes, It was really humid.
It does get really warm in the summer months! Crazy to think that it gets below zero in the winters and then can be close to 100 in the summer months - the best of both worlds!
Did you grow up in Ann Arbor?
As dumb as it sounds, the mosquitos were something I was trying to avoid as a person living on the east coast who was looking to move to the Midwest. I was hoping they weren’t bad in MN but I guess they are, which is unfortunate.
The Mosquito is our unofficial state bird.
Yeah unfortunately they are out and you won't be able to avoid them completely!
I live here. Mosquitos don't bother me at all, even in summer.
Some people have said the same!
Really how bad are the muskie mosquitos in the summer? Are there places within the state that are worse than others?
No specific areas in general, anywhere closer to lakes and swamp areas they are worse. as you go more northern mn then they can get worse!
@livinginminnepolismn interesting..the north is one of the spots I want to retire to. I did Indiana for a few years and love all the great lakes states. How's the tornado situation up there in Northern minnesota?
This year was really bad due to really wet spring. Anywhere near lakes they'd swarm and attack you from every direction that you'd start running away :D
I watch these videos about Minnesota quite often over the last few years , but one thing nobody talks about , especially local Government is the crime . The crime , for years was mostly in certain areas , but now it is everywhere , even places like Edina . I used to like The Cedar Riverside area in the summer but now you can't pay me to go there . Property Tax is to the moon in Minneapolis and St.Paul and the infrastructure is not what you would expect when paying that much taxes . If people are thinking of moving here they should know much more than these videos talk about . As for the people , well it was known as Minnesota nice for many years but you really have to experience it for yourself and not just in the better areas . Always be aware of what is going on around you . On the good side there are some great food establishments , lots of parks and lakes .
Property tax increase is not slowing down. In St. Paul, people are looking at something around 16% property tax bill increase for 2025!
I love the region where you filmed this video. Minneapolis is friendly to people who enjoy walking unlike LA where I've had LA cops get a bit suspicious just why I'm walking around the region near where I stayed prior to an international flight. The Mississippi River for me is the most remarkable geographic feature Minneapolis has. Immediately across the river there you'll find the Mill Museum plus the Guthrie Theater. There are lovely trails on both sides of the Mississippi. Minneapolis enjoys a thriving artistic community. Bob Dylan, Hume Cronyn, and Prince immediately come to mind. Best not forget the Coen Brothers, Winona Ryder and Jessica Lange just to name a few.
I have lived in Minneapolis for ten years. The pros: walking (very walkable city), lakes, the river, arts, festivals, sports, nice people (if somewhat aloof and a bit cold at times), the summers are decent. The cons: brutal winters, the public schools suck, crime is rising, taxes and fees are high and rising as policing declines. Minneapolis in terms of demographics is a white collar Fortune 500 city but the south side is very left-wing politically. The north side is crime-ridden. Some areas are on an upside: North Loop is very nice, and the east downtown area around the Vikings stadium is better than when I moved here (much more to do). Some areas are in steep decline - Uptown, Lake Street. Car theft, breakins, carjackings, and shootings are an issue. Half the restaurants and bars in downtown are now gone. You can't find a clothing store in downtown of any side and there are no Apple stores in the entire city(!).
This seems more like the real story. Thank you for being honestly and not catering to peoples “feelings”.
But things are going uphill since Covid, I think you left that out mistakenly. It is and was bad but things are cooling down and although some businesses shut more are opening up in surrounding areas and where I live.
@@sal-the-man Some areas are better. I would say the North Loop is much better. Uptown is worse. Dinkytown (U of M) is bad - with higher crime. Really depends on where you are.
@ true, I heard of a shooting that happened not too long ago in Dinkytown that 3 people were shot. Some places are rising but overall the crime rates are going down and things are getting better. Although downtown may not have much going on as it could be, the areas surrounding it are growing and where I live now there’s quite a bit of businesses opening up. We’re still recovering from COVID and the events in hat happened also in 2020 but overall as someone who frequents the city and eventually moved here. I’d say the things you gotta worry about are pretty much covered in those video. So yeah
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I was knocked out there because I’m white.
You didn't mention the Somali immigrants.
Yeah there are many Somali immigrants and Hmong immigrants as well the Twin Cities got quite a bit of diverse foods and culture. Beautiful experiences ngl. You’ve ever visited here?
I like New York mentality better, live in Minneapolis, the concept of Minnesota nice seems a bit condescending
Minnesota Nice is just code for passive aggressive.
New Yorkers are some of the most arrogant, obnoxious people I’ve ever met. NO THANK YOU. I’m staying in Minnesota
Really dangerous politics!!