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If you visited Minnesota and saw nothing but farms, then I'm afraid to say that you're a boring person. 2/3rds of the state is forest. Did you drive through on I-90 (which runs ~10 miles parallel to the Iowa border) and assume that's all there was to Minnesota?
Minnesota's education system is roughly equivalent to Massachusetts in basically every measure.
To be fair, nearly 27 million acres of MN (about half of MN) is farmland. Not to say that farms aren't pretty and important, but MN is a big farming state, so the likelihood of seeing a lot of farmland is high.
I never understood why people think that MA and CT are snobby states. I mean...I lived in CT almost all my life and just don't see it, with the exception of ONE county: Fairfield County. As for MA, I have sensed snobbiness in the Boston metro area and that's pretty much it. Central CT and western MA don't seem snooty to me at all. And even in those allegedly snooty areas, it's really not a concern to begin with. It's not like they're trying to be mean or whatever.
With that said, I would think MA is better than MN, just because it's on a the coast, has mountains, lots of quaint small towns and some of the best universities in the world. Also, Boston is more world class than Minneapolis.
Also, I love Elizabeth Warren. Michelle Bachmann sucks.
To be fair, nearly 27 million acres of MN (about half of MN) is farmland. Not to say that farms aren't pretty and important, but MN is a big farming state, so the likelihood of seeing a lot of farmland is high.
So? Every single state has farmland. You're also just as likely to see lakes, rivers, and evergreen forests in the state of Minnesota.
So? Every single state has farmland. You're also just as likely to see lakes, rivers, and evergreen forests in the state of Minnesota.
So...given the fact that there are 27 million acres of farm, and the fact that the population center of MN is located pretty close to a large swatch of agricultural land (most of southern MN), means it's not wholly inconceivable that someone might have seen a lot of farmland. And it is absolutely unrelated to whether a person is "boring" or not.
So...given the fact that there are 27 million acres of farm, and the fact that the population center of MN is located pretty close to a large swatch of agricultural land (most of southern MN), means it's not wholly inconceivable that someone might have seen a lot of farmland. And it is absolutely unrelated to whether a person is "boring" or not.
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If one's main takeaway from visiting Minnesota is "it's nothing but farms", then one has neither actually seen the state, nor have they cared to learn anything about it.
It would be like saying "New Mexico is nothing but desert", or "Florida is nothing but swampland". It's inane and ignorant.
If one's main takeaway from visiting Minnesota is "it's nothing but farms", then one has neither actually seen the state, nor have they cared to learn anything about it.
It would be like saying "New Mexico is nothing but desert", or "Florida is nothing but swampland". It's inane and ignorant.
Minneapolis is a fantastic city, but other than that MN is boring. It's just farms.
Mass has the best education in the country thanks to it's excellent former governor.
Mass has a better climate as well for the most part, MN winters are bone chillingly humid cold and the summers are hot with LOTS of mosquitoes.
Neither state is all that diverse outside of the big cities. Minneapolis has quite a large population of Somalis.
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Originally Posted by Maintainschaos
To be fair, nearly 27 million acres of MN(about half of MN)is farmland. Not to say that farms aren't pretty and important, but MN is a big farming state, so the likelihood of seeing a lot of farmland is high.
MA may have a leg up in the criteria the OP has listed out. But since I prefer to live in big cities, Boston's cost of living alone would be a reason I would choose MN over MA. Boston COL is not worth for what it offers IMHO.
Minnesota's education system is roughly equivalent to Massachusetts in basically every measure.
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