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Old 11-12-2014, 02:36 PM
 
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I talk to many people in the Twin Cities. They hate snow and cold and the 8 months of bare trees but they love living in Minnesota. Why? Because they say it is the most civilized large metro area in America.

Yes, there are social problems but no as many as most larger metro areas. Generally I find the quality of the people to be better than nearly anyplace else in America. The typical person in the greater TC Metro area are:

Friendly
Hard Working
Educated
Good Neighbors
Good Drivers
Professional at work
Take care of their homes
Committed to working towards good government and schools
Moral, and considerate

There are other places with a high percentage of people who display these good traits but there are more of them as a percentage of the population in the Twin Cities than nearly any other place in America.

Do you agree?
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Old 11-12-2014, 03:01 PM
 
Location: Cleveland
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If that's how you define civilization, I'll take my uncivilized land of hedonists. Sounds boring, like Leave it to Beaver, or Lake Wobegon, oh wait...
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Old 11-12-2014, 03:58 PM
 
Location: Minnesota
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If that's how you define civilization, I'll take my uncivilized land of hedonists. Sounds boring, like Leave it to Beaver, or Lake Wobegon, oh wait...
Ha, don't worry! We all know you're inconsiderate. Better to live in an educated, safe, moral, considerate place then a trash city with over a 20% vacancy housing rate with some of the highest violent crime rates in the nation.

And to answer the OP's thread I will say that I agree. A lot of people associate the TCs as generic, boring suburbia. I think that may be the case with some of the outer suburbs, I'm more of an urban guy. But the inner core of the TCs is anything but boring.
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Old 11-12-2014, 04:00 PM
 
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Underneath the thin veneer of civility lies 1000 years of repressed viking berserker rage.
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Old 11-12-2014, 04:09 PM
 
Location: Bel Air, California
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I'd prefer to see a list
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Old 11-12-2014, 04:22 PM
 
Location: Limbo
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I'd prefer to see a list
Don't be snobby now.
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Old 11-12-2014, 07:41 PM
 
Location: where they made the word player hater
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If that's how you define civilization, I'll take my uncivilized land of hedonists. Sounds boring, like Leave it to Beaver, or Lake Wobegon, oh wait...
If Cleveland is so great why do you bash MSP every chance you get. Enjoy your muggy Summers and damp crappy Winters.
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Old 11-12-2014, 07:53 PM
 
Location: where they made the word player hater
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I think you are pretty much on point.

Overall MSP is a pretty safe metro. Murderapolis carries some street credit but overall the homicide rate has come down greatly since peaking in the 1990's.

The nightlife is decent not Vegas party hard good but good enough plus the theater and music scene is way better than I would have expected.

The Winters do suck but the Summers are mostly comfortable and the first half of Autumn is spectacular.

Most people are well educated and family focused.

The economy is strong on a national level. Skilled labor brings in good wages.

Housing is a bargain compared to the coasts.
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Old 11-12-2014, 10:59 PM
 
Location: Minneapolis
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Underneath the thin veneer of civility lies 1000 years of repressed viking berserker rage.
Hmmm, well then I guess it's a good thing new distilleries are opening left and right...
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Old 11-12-2014, 11:01 PM
 
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Hmmm, well then I guess it's a good thing new distilleries are opening left and right...
It's not going to end well.
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