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View Poll Results: Minneapolis or Charlotte
Minneapolis 79 69.91%
Charlotte 34 30.09%
Voters: 113. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 02-17-2020, 08:54 PM
 
Location: Columbus, GA and Brookhaven, GA
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Charlotte for me. Minneapolis has zero appeal to me.
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Old 02-17-2020, 10:50 PM
 
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Charlotte for me. Minneapolis has zero appeal to me.
Can you explain why?
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Old 02-18-2020, 03:52 AM
 
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Results would be much more closer if polled today.
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Old 02-18-2020, 05:32 AM
 
Location: Columbus, GA and Brookhaven, GA
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Can you explain why?
Location, weather, topography, higher taxes, cost of living, etc. Just never hear much about it. Not saying it’s a bad place, just not for me.
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Old 02-18-2020, 09:30 AM
 
Location: Twin Cities
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Charlotte for me. Minneapolis has zero appeal to me.
Spend some time here over the summer and I'm pretty sure your opinion will change.

I'm generally too negative on the cons of Minnesota to be considered a homer, but I don't see any way Charlotte wins this one outside of weather.
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Old 02-18-2020, 09:39 AM
 
Location: Twin Cities
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Results would be much more closer if polled today.
I don't think that's true. And it's nothing against Charlotte. We're in a pretty significant boom here in the Twin Cities. Everything that was great about Minneapolis then has only gotten better since the thread was originally created. With that said, it'd be hard to see Charlotte closing its significant gap even if it has also improved.

There are negatives to living in Minneapolis, but none are with the city itself. The Twin Cities is the 16th largest metro in the US and somehow still manages to punch above its weight in every aspect as a city. With the boom, and continued transit and infrastructure improvements, the sky is the absolute limit here...if you can handle the weather.
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Old 02-21-2020, 08:49 PM
 
Location: Nashville, TN
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I don't think that's true. And it's nothing against Charlotte. We're in a pretty significant boom here in the Twin Cities. Everything that was great about Minneapolis then has only gotten better since the thread was originally created. With that said, it'd be hard to see Charlotte closing its significant gap even if it has also improved.

There are negatives to living in Minneapolis, but none are with the city itself. The Twin Cities is the 16th largest metro in the US and somehow still manages to punch above its weight in every aspect as a city. With the boom, and continued transit and infrastructure improvements, the sky is the absolute limit here...if you can handle the weather.
Charlotte is growing and developing faster. Charlotte has better weather.
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Old 02-24-2020, 09:10 AM
 
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Results would be much more closer if polled today.
Would it? Yes, the Charlotte area is growing faster, but I still think it has a ways to go before it surpasses Minneapolis.
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Old 02-24-2020, 10:11 AM
 
Location: Calera, AL
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The Twin Cities are one of the few continental American cities that doesn't merely accept cold winters, it actually embraces them. The state of MN as a whole has been eschewing the Midwestern label for some time, preferring to be simply called the "North".


And if anyone's ever traversed through the North Woods region of upper MN/WI/MI, it's easy to see why it's so distinct from the rest of the Midwest.
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Old 02-24-2020, 02:35 PM
 
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Charlotte is growing and developing faster. Charlotte has better weather.
I'd rather live in a place with cold winters than a place with a 6-month steam bath..."better" is very debatable...
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