Commuting from St Peter to Minneapolis (Bloomington, Brooklyn Park: how much, neighborhoods, living in) - Minneapolis - St. Paul - Minnesota (MN) -Twin Cities - City-Data Forum

mnflgirl · 08-26-2010, 09:11 AM

Hey everyone,

I have recently moved back to St Peter, Minnesota from Florida and have an amazing job opportunity in Minneapolis. On mapquest, the distance from St Peter to Minneapolis is 1 hour and 14 min. It's a long commute and I feel I could do it except I worry about commuting in the winter. How much added time do you think it would take to commute from St Peter to Minneapolis in the winter? How unsafe do you think that is? Do you think it would be worth it? Also, what do you think about the commute from St Peter to Burnsville? Please all opinions and suggestions of other suburbs that would be a better commute would be helpful. I am mostly interested in working in Minneapolis though and unfortunately I am unable to move out of St Peter for a while.

Thanks for your help!

Cruz Azul Guy · 08-26-2010, 09:40 AM

I personally would not do either of those commutes. If I was in your position I'd probably take the job and move into the Twin Cities.

Joe3rdwash · 08-26-2010, 10:38 AM

Move to Brooklyn Park... nice safe suburb close 2 Minneapolis and 5-Laned highway (I-94) to Minneapolis or St Paul !!!
Eden Prairie is another great place... if you're young n single I'd look at East Bloomington/Richfield..they both have good transportation

Radical_Car · 08-26-2010, 04:09 PM

Those commutes are too long for me, I would just move to Minneapolis.

Kebinminn · 08-26-2010, 07:37 PM

It's really hard for me to estimate how bad the traffic will be. I'd try it and see. I'd guess you're looking at 1:45-2 hours in good conditions but I could be overly negative.

northstar22 · 08-26-2010, 08:01 PM

Brooklyn Park is safe?! Maybe if you're from Camden, New Jersey.

I would be fine doing the St. Peter - Mpls. commute, but some people are really averse to long drives. St. Peter to Shakopee (with no traffic) is only 30 minutes, and it's about one hour to Minneapolis, assuming no traffic/snow. If you like small towns, I wouldn't suggest living in the Cities. I'd commute two hours before I'd move to the Cities. Honestly, if it was me, I'd turn the job down rather than move to the Cities - I've done that song and dance (living in the Cities) before, and it sucked.

northstar22 · 08-26-2010, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Kebinminn

It's really hard for me to estimate how bad the traffic will be. I'd try it and see. I'd guess you're looking at 1:45-2 hours in good conditions but I could be overly negative.

No. Even with traffic, it's never taken me 2 hours to get from St. Peter to Mpls. Even from Mankato, it rarely takes more than 90 minutes (WITH traffic).

Kid Cann · 08-27-2010, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by flyingwriter

Brooklyn Park is safe?! Maybe if you're from Camden, New Jersey.

I would be fine doing the St. Peter - Mpls. commute, but some people are really averse to long drives. St. Peter to Shakopee (with no traffic) is only 30 minutes, and it's about one hour to Minneapolis, assuming no traffic/snow. If you like small towns, I wouldn't suggest living in the Cities. I'd commute two hours before I'd move to the Cities. Honestly, if it was me, I'd turn the job down rather than move to the Cities - I've done that song and dance (living in the Cities) before, and it sucked.

Come on Flyingwriter.. I thought you'd know better...

I'll be the first person to tell you that Brooklyn Park certainly isn't a white picket fenced prestine clean awesome suburb... Because it isn't... But... It's not as bad as people say.

Sure, the city has some not-so-great neighborhoods. You have to remember, Brooklyn Park is one of the older suburbs. It's a 1950's, post WWII suburb, where much of its original residents are either dead or have moved their family outward (I grew up in BP til I was 12 and my grandmother lived there til 03').

It also needs to be noted that it is an inner-ring suburb, 5 miles from the MPLS border, with nearly 75,000 people. You find me 1 suburb with 75,000 in the USA that sits 5 miles from a top 20 major city that doesn't see crime.

Kid Cann · 08-27-2010, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Kebinminn

It's really hard for me to estimate how bad the traffic will be. I'd try it and see. I'd guess you're looking at 1:45-2 hours in good conditions but I could be overly negative.

Yea, way too long. Winters are undoubtably slower driving too.

Camden Northsider · 08-27-2010, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by flyingwriter

Brooklyn Park is safe?! Maybe if you're from Camden, New Jersey.

Honestly, if it was me, I'd turn the job down rather than move to the Cities - I've done that song and dance (living in the Cities) before, and it sucked.

That might have had something to do with the fact that you lived in Plymouth, which if memory serves, you had previously said you liked.

And Brooklyn Park is unsafe?! Maybe if you're from Plymouth!