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As some of you may or may not know, I am eager to relocate out of Fairfield County, CT (near NYC). As such, I have been contacted by a major company in Minneapolis and want to know if I should even bother pursuing the opportunity. It would be a career promotion and I would be making the same or more income than I currently earn in Stamford, CT. The job would be located smack downtown in Minneapolis.
Okay, so all I want to know is what are the key similarities and differences between Connecticut (my native home state) and upper Midwest (specifically the Twin Cities) living? Please don't tell me it's one of those conservative places. If Michelle Bachmann is representative of the typical Minnesotan, then I don't want to live there. After all, I'm gay, single, 30, highly educated and liberal. However, I hope it's not liberal to the degree of places like San Francisco, Portland or Burlington. Please god no.
I like that MSP has direct flights to BDL (Hartford) to visit family. And later this month, my younger brother will be moving to Sheboygan, WI. So it would be nice to be able to see him in just a 5 hour drive.
But please tell me about things like the people, culture, lifestyle, COL, traffic, general vibe, politics, religion, personalities, attitudes, etc., especially compared to southern New England.
I've never been there, so your help is appreciated. I've been checking out the area on Google Street View and stuff. From the looks of it, the general area appears somewhat flat with low density forest. But in CT, there is varying topography with high density forest, which I really like. So that's kind of disappointing about MSP. The climate of CT also seems better, but who knows.
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Okay, so all I want to know is what are the key similarities and differences between Connecticut (my native home state) and upper Midwest (specifically the Twin Cities) living? .
Why are you looking for so many similarities if you want out of Connecticut so badly? We've told you this before, if you're going to move to another part of the country it's going to be different and you have to learn how to adapt.
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.Okay, so all I want to know is what are the key similarities and differences between Connecticut (my native home state) and upper Midwest (specifically the Twin Cities) living? Please don't tell me it's one of those conservative places. If Michelle Bachmann is representative of the typical Minnesotan, then I don't want to live there. After all, I'm gay, single, 30, highly educated and liberal. However, I hope it's not liberal to the degree of places like San Francisco, Portland or Burlington. Please god no..
You're already proposing a whole list of what could be negative about it using a worst case scenario (a whole state full of Michelle Bachman's, LOL). It's your choice how much you want to let it affect you. The more you focus on those scenarios, the more likely you are going to attract them. You overthink these things way too much.
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But please tell me about things like the people, culture, lifestyle, COL, traffic, general vibe, politics, religion, personalities, attitudes, etc., especially compared to southern New England..
If you want all this criteria to be similar or parallel to what you are use to in New England, then just stay in New England.
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I've never been there, so your help is appreciated. I've been checking out the area on Google Street View and stuff.
If you're serious about it, then go out and visit.
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Nep you are like a hyperbole and stigma factory, you should get paid for this s*** brother. MN is one the most consistently liberal states in the country, you know it's not a state full of Michelle Bachmans. There's not enough conservatives there than can look that good in Prada heels anyway. You know the answers to all of these questions you always pose, you are changing your style to be a little more subtle. You still have a little bit more to go to remove the completely obvious. Or are you still worried about "having to get used to not being around coniferous trees", like you were when you were "pursuing the Metro Detroit job" last month? Cause you know MI and MN must be carbon copies of the plains states since they were given that "midwest" designation.
Nep...I have read your posts, trust me, for a downtown Minneapolis job, if you are okay with the long and cold winters, twin cities would be the perfect place for you. You will like the vibe in uptown and downtown Minneapolis and have a good life. There are plenty of young people and the environment is vibrant.
Nep...I have read your posts, trust me, for a downtown Minneapolis job, if you are okay with the long and cold winters, twin cities would be the perfect place for you. You will like the vibe in uptown and downtown Minneapolis and have a good life. There are plenty of young people and the environment is vibrant.
Okay, but what if I want a small house in a quiet neighborhood that's good for singles? I don't want to live in a high rise or very dense neighborhood.
Minneapolis has neighborhoods like that too. The southern end of greater Powderhorn would be a place to start. So would Northeast. Most of these houses are in the 100k to 200k range.
As some of you may or may not know, I am eager to relocate out of Fairfield County, CT (near NYC). As such, I have been contacted by a major company in Minneapolis and want to know if I should even bother pursuing the opportunity. It would be a career promotion and I would be making the same or more income than I currently earn in Stamford, CT. The job would be located smack downtown in Minneapolis.
If you make the same or more than you do in Stamford, that's a significant plus. Minneapolis is about 3/4 as expensive as Stamford.
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Okay, so all I want to know is what are the key similarities and differences between Connecticut (my native home state) and upper Midwest (specifically the Twin Cities) living? Please don't tell me it's one of those conservative places. If Michelle Bachmann is representative of the typical Minnesotan, then I don't want to live there. After all, I'm gay, single, 30, highly educated and liberal. However, I hope it's not liberal to the degree of places like San Francisco, Portland or Burlington. Please god no.
Obviously Michele Bachmann is not representative of all Minnesotans. Bachmann represents St. Cloud, some farmland, and a couple of sprawly Twin Cities exurbs. Gay, single, 30, highly educated, and liberal is like the precise type MSP is best for. It is more like Seattle than San Francisco/Portland/Burlington, but it is liberal to an uncommonly high degree.
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I like that MSP has direct flights to BDL (Hartford) to visit family. And later this month, my younger brother will be moving to Sheboygan, WI. So it would be nice to be able to see him in just a 5 hour drive.
But please tell me about things like the people, culture, lifestyle, COL, traffic, general vibe, politics, religion, personalities, attitudes, etc., especially compared to southern New England.
Again, its closest analog is Seattle. Not much of it is similar to southern New England, but it is a progressive and highly urban setting.
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I've never been there, so your help is appreciated. I've been checking out the area on Google Street View and stuff. From the looks of it, the general area appears somewhat flat with low density forest. But in CT, there is varying topography with high density forest, which I really like. So that's kind of disappointing about MSP. The climate of CT also seems better, but who knows.
Twin Cities topography is quite diverse. There are a few not-so-lush spots, but to my knowledge, most of it is urban forest.
If you make the same or more than you do in Stamford, that's a significant plus. Minneapolis is about 3/4 as expensive as Stamford.
Obviously Michele Bachmann is not representative of all Minnesotans. Bachmann represents St. Cloud, some farmland, and a couple of sprawly Twin Cities exurbs. Gay, single, 30, highly educated, and liberal is like the precise type MSP is best for. It is more like Seattle than San Francisco/Portland/Burlington, but it is liberal to an uncommonly high degree.
Again, its closest analog is Seattle. Not much of it is similar to southern New England, but it is a progressive and highly urban setting.
Twin Cities topography is quite diverse. There are a few not-so-lush spots, but to my knowledge, most of it is urban forest.
Nep you are like a hyperbole and stigma factory, you should get paid for this s*** brother. MN is one the most consistently liberal states in the country, you know it's not a state full of Michelle Bachmans. There's not enough conservatives there than can look that good in Prada heels anyway. You know the answers to all of these questions you always pose, you are changing your style to be a little more subtle. You still have a little bit more to go to remove the completely obvious. Or are you still worried about "having to get used to not being around coniferous trees", like you were when you were "pursuing the Metro Detroit job" last month? Cause you know MI and MN must be carbon copies of the plains states since they were given that "midwest" designation.
NOOOOO! Minnesota is turning ultra-conservative by the minute, and accelerating at a great rate of speed into Bachmann's busty bossoms. These repetitive what-ifs scenarios are excruciating to take delivered from his long-distance, foggy perspective...I couldn't stand anymore of these clogging up the Minnesota forums from close range. Stay in the East, we're all country bumpkins out here.
If you make the same or more than you do in Stamford, that's a significant plus. Minneapolis is about 3/4 as expensive as Stamford.
Actually, a house in Minneapolis will be about half the price of a similar house in Stamford - HALF! That's huge.
But so are the temperatures.
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