Thinking of moving to Eden Prairie (Minneapolis, Minnetonka: low crime, school district, places to live)

[manny1031]

My family currently lives in Virginia. I've just obtained a job in Minneapolis. We're considering moving to Eden Prairie due to it being ranked as one of the best places to live in the country. Is the high ranking well-deserved? The main concerns of my wife and I are good schools for our five-year old daughter, low crime, and a family-friendly town.

[golfgal]

Eden Prairie is your typical suburb. It has excellent schools. It is a pretty affluent community and they tend to be on the snobbier side but you can find that anywhere. The high school is HUGE, graduates about 1200/year. You can expect by the time your 5 year old is in high school that there will probably be 2 high schools in the area.

Where is your job exactly. While Eden Prairie is a nice town, you wouldn't want to live there if your job was say in Shoreview--awful commute. There are great places all over the metro area that are as good as if not better then Eden Prairie so you have a lot of choices of places near your job.

[doublesuited77]

west metro seems like the area you want. you might want to check out Minnetonka as well or the part of Chanhassen that is in the Minnetonka school district.

[Jeanie Hoholik]

You'll certainly get that in Eden Prairie. You picked a winner!