Twin Cities vs Cincinnati

[emcee squared]

Originally Posted by Vintage_girl

St. Paul seems to be a "better" area, based on what residents have told me.

You can't just lump all of St. Paul as a 'better area.' Each city has its good and bad parts.

[Thedosius]

Originally Posted by Packwanderer

Just a little about me, I am a 33 year old single, white Mormon male. I am originally from North Carolina, but completed grad school in KCMO. I have family in KC and Chicago, but none in Cincinnati or Minneapolis. I love the performing and visual arts and good restaurants and plan on devouring all that the Twin Cities has to offer.

Really, any thoughts you'd like to share on the two cities would be appreciated. If questions for me arise, I'd be happy to answer. Thanks for your thoughts.

I can only respond to half your question because I'm not familiar with Cincinnati. It's hard to give you advice because we don't know quite enough about your priorities for what you are looking for in a city.

You mention above that you love performing and visual arts. If that translates to being one of your high priorities, then the Twin Cities should rise in your estimation. We have one of the best cultural scenes in the country. There are only 3 cities in the U.S. with 3 or more Tony-award winning theatres in this country- New York, Chicago, and Minneapolis. I'm proud of our cultural scene.

Also, the Twin Cities are going through what I would call a culinary renaissance that has really revitalized the "food scene" here. We're starting to get a fair amount of national recognition for our restaurant/food truck/local food movement.

As far as getting the same pay in both Minneapolis and Cincinnati goes, what other have told you (Minneapolis has a higher cost of living) is true. However, this might be to your advantage in a couple ways. 1) The difference in COL does give you ammunition in requesting a pay bump should you live in Minneapolis; 2) Though your firm may not give a COL premium, their competitors very likely do. I suspect your room for salary growth will be greater in Minneapolis than in Cincinnati.

Another thing to consider might be job security as well as the ability to move to other jobs should you need to. Minnesota and Minneapolis have a pretty strong economy that is diversified and in bad times and good our unemployment rate usually runs a good percentage point lower than the national average. I don't know the details of the Cincinnati area but given that Ohio is in the "rust belt" of declining Midwestern industrial states my guess is that the economy is not as reliable as ours has been here.

[Glenfield]

Originally Posted by Vintage_girl

Minneapolis also has high crime, too. The U of MN area is dangerous and you cannot have anything showing that could make you a target. Northeast Minneapolis is pretty bad, too. South Minneapolis is probably a little better but there is a reason why the term "Murderapolis" was coined.

My goodness, that was almost 20 years ago now when crack cocaine was being introduced by new residents coming from Chicago, Detroit, Gary and other areas. The perpetrators and victims were gang members and drug dealers.

http://www.city-data.com/forum/minne...rm-me-why.html

Your information about the Twin Cities is, by your own admission, second hand, dated, and, frankly, quite inaccurate. You don't even know where certain areas of Minneapolis ARE (NE vs. North for example.)

It might be better to restrict your comments to subjects that you actually have some knowledge of.