I live here. Mosquitos don't bother me at all, even in summer.

It's a great City I visited it in 2005 people are really friendly really nice parks in the city

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.

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Love your videos , just found your channel. I plan to move to Minneapolis next year! (from Texas)

@livinginminnepolismn

3 ай бұрын

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?

@LostinMinnesota

3 ай бұрын

@@livinginminnepolismn 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?

@livinginminnepolismn

2 ай бұрын

yes can add that to the list and make a video about it soon!

@LostinMinnesota

2 ай бұрын

@@livinginminnepolismn awesome thank you :)

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.

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 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. ❤

@livinginminnepolismn

26 күн бұрын

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!

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.

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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 .