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[-] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 weeks ago

I moved to Minnesota from San Diego 5 years ago and it feels like a better decision every single day

[-] Zorsith 5 points 3 weeks ago

Aiming my way there from Ohio within the next year, any recommendations?

[-] LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 11 points 3 weeks ago

Get to know other transplants to Minnesota ahead of time or find a way to meet some once you move. Native Minnesotans are notoriously tough to befriend; many Minnesotans have friend groups that go back to primary school and can be kind of standoffish at first.

[-] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 7 points 3 weeks ago

Nah, we don't have friends groups that go back to primary school

Wait does that include middle school and highschool too?

And we aren't standoffish! Just don't face us directly if talking, that's rude you ain't a cop. And keep your opinions uncommitted. It's rude to express anything that can give the impression you have a strong opinion or feeling about something. Why are you guys talking so much anyway, there's perfectly good hotdish goin to waste.

[-] Zorsith 2 points 3 weeks ago

Could maybe get used to that.

[-] Zorsith 4 points 3 weeks ago
[-] LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Maybe, I haven't spent enough time in Ohio to judge but being from Minnesota that is the #1 thing I hear from transplants. There's even been articles written about it.

[-] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago

The cities are cool, and like any major metropolitan area, every neighborhood has its own vibe. Duluth is a REALLY cool city, and totally worth a look. But I ended up in this small, off the freeway, city called Northfield. It's really nice. There are plenty of jobs, lots of services, the rent is okay, and there are two liberal arts colleges here, which means that this tends to be a really progressive area

[-] LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago

Northfield is progressive or the whole area? I would think you go 5 minutes in any direction and that sentiment would change.

[-] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

Northfield is progressive. All around are farms. But it's not all that far from the cities, either.

[-] LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

I'm familiar with Northfield but I'm also familiar with Randolph, Elko/New Market, Farmington and those areas don't scream progressive to me which is why I was curious.

[-] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

No, they're not. They're all a lot more rural. I don't think many people consider Northfield because it's out of the way and off the freeway (and surrounded by nothing), which is one of the reasons I think it is the way it is hahaha

[-] ChillPenguin@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Does Northfield still smell like cookies every once in a while?

[-] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yes it does :)

[-] dumples@midwest.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

Come fly into the twin cities and take a look around. There's tons of different neighborhoods and you can drive to the major other cities in a day. Duluth is great and got a whole different biome from the Twin Cities. You can go to Rochester which is growing fast and has the Mayo Clinic if you need or want to work medical care. I love stillwater since it's a small town close to the twin cities but not really a suburb. You can't really go wrong.

Also to note Minnesota has three different ecological biomes in it. Prairies, coniferous forest and deciduous forests. So you can pick your landscape and see others nearby

[-] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

You can go to Rochester which is growing fast and has the Mayo Clinic

Does it also have the Miracle Whip Faith Healing Center?

[-] dumples@midwest.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

I'm sure you can find one nearby

[-] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

Lol

That's the sort of thing someone might pay a stupid amount of money to make a sandwich shop nearby and name it that

[-] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 5 points 3 weeks ago

That’s a storming good idea.

[-] pixelmeow@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I love to see Rosharan curses in the wild ❤️

[-] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

I’m trying to adopt it, I think it works so well and can potentially clean up my speech a bit. 😅

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