Anyone move from Minnesota to Austin? What are your thoughts? (Georgetown: cul-de-sac, new house)

[Silogram]

I moved to Austin from Minneapolis just a couple weeks ago after visiting many times and deciding that I like it here alot.

So far, I really like living in Austin. In a small way it reminds me of all the things I loved about Minneapolis, but without the cold weather. I grew up in Minneapolis, but I just couldn't take the cold anymore.

If you've moved from Minnesota and other Midwestern places, what has your experience been like living in Austin? How does it compare to living in Minnesota?

The only thing I am sick of is people here saying is , "Where's your accent?" and then speaking to me in what they think is a Minnesota accent. That gets old...fast! So, if you are from Austin and you meet someone from Minnesota, please don't ask him or her to do a Minnesota accent.

[iceshots]

I was told a Minnesota accent was very much like a Canadian accent. People down here keep expecting me to say Eh in every sentence.

We just came down from Toronto after visiting extensively for work over the last two years. Everyone is fitting in fine. We move into the new house in three weeks. Maybe then we can feel like we are putting down some roots. So far it has felt like a very long business trip.

[Pontificator]

Uffda! Do you realize you are a Damn Yankee?? That's not an insult -- it simply means that you don't intend to move back. Welcome to Texas!!

[AustinSpartan]

Moved down to Austin from the Detroit area back in May. The first thing that I noticed was the smaller size of the metropolitan area here in Austin. You can drive forever in Metro Detroit and never feel like you've left the suburban hell. I am quite fond of the smaller area as it makes getting around town a whole lot easier.

As for the people, I've not met a whole ton of native Texans. Seems as though most of the people that I work with or hang out with are all from out of state.

The weather back in MI hasn't started cooling off too much yet, but usually by the end of October there's at least one snowy evening, so that is yet to come, and I'm glad I won't be there to 'enjoy' it.

I am missing some of the restaurants back in the Detroit area. There was a lot of variety that just isn't represented down here in Austin. I think if I spent more time downtown then I would get a lot more choices, but outside of downtown it's all pretty standard chair restaurants.

[Trainwreck20]

it's all pretty standard chair restaurants

I like chair restuarants...hate sitting on the floor .

[BJB817]

Well, our experience probably varies from yours since we live up in Georgetown. Overall we like it here, but the mindset is more conservative than what we're used to, something that shouldn't be the case right in Austin. Not sayig that's good or bad necessarily, just different.

I feel your pain on the accent. Apparently I have a slight one. Usually people are too polite to say anything unless I volunteer where I'm from though.

It's true that most people you run into in this area are from somewhere else though. Just in our cul-de-sac we have people that are originally from South Dakota, Michigan, Iowa, Kansas and Chicago. Even most of the people that are "native Texans" are from somewhere hours away.

As long as you can handle 4+ months of 90 degree plus heat, you'll be fine though. I'll take it over 4+ months of snow and cold!

[Dolly333]

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The weather back in MI hasn't started cooling off too much yet, but usually by the end of October there's at least one snowy evening, so that is yet to come, and I'm glad I won't be there to 'enjoy' it.

I love the cleaner air in Austin as compared to Clevelnd, that is what you notice right away! Although Ohio isn't geographically 'Midwest', people still think it is, so I will say as a native Ohioan I was thrilled to see a place (Austin and Texas in general) where people are actually happy! (Cleveland, and my particular section of it, is #1 in poverty nationwide).

The cold weather is ALREADY starting up here in OH, oh! is right! and my fingers are cold right now! It is going down to the 30's tonite and it isn't even halloween yet! When you factor in the savings in heating bills alone, perhaps it is more economical for me to go back to Texas!!