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05-26-2008, 11:45 PM
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U of M and Eagan: where to live
Me and my gf are moving to the cities for grad school and work. I'll be going to the U (minneapolis campus) and she has a job in northern eagan (close to 494 and 35 E). She is driving and I'll probably be taking the bus. I was just looking for suggestions on locations.
We looked in Richfield, Edina, Uptown and St. Louis Park before we knew she got the job in Eagan. Now we aren't really sure how the traffic would be for her from those locations and are wondering what other places we should search in. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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05-27-2008, 12:07 AM
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Richfield would probably be the best of the ones you listed but I would probably look more on the St Paul side.
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05-27-2008, 06:10 AM
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I would say with gas prices going up and up, Eagan. There is a large bus transit center there, plenty of nice rentals and her commute would be a mile or so. Depending on what your hours are she could drop you at the transit station before going to work.
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05-27-2008, 12:09 PM
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St Paul: Highland Park or Mac Groveland. Great bus service directly to campus for you, and a hop & a skip down 35E for her (10 min. tops).
For a zero-gas commute for both of you, a condo in downtown St Paul might work. For you, lots of buses to the UM campus all hours of day and night, for her, commuter buses to Eagan, but she'd have to check out the practicality of the bus, (i.e., whether her place of employment was on the bus line or she'd have to transfer, or is it even served by the bus).
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05-27-2008, 02:16 PM
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I moved to Eagan from another state about a year ago. My advice: don't move to Eagan. Eagan is OK if you are looking for family neighborhoods where everything is closed at 8pm and you have to drive to anything of interest. Personally I am really tired of Eagan, its just so boring.
Its just my opinion.
I recomend moving to: St. Paul, Grand Ave or Highland Park Neighborhood. They are nice neighborhoods but have allot to do.
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05-27-2008, 04:57 PM
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I think we are going to look into Highland Park. I'm assuming I can park at Fort Snelling and take the light rail in? My gf's commute would be very short from there so that's good.
Does anyone know of any nice apartment buildings? We are looking to spend ~1000 a month on either a 2 bedroom or a big 1 bedroom. Do most of the places in that area have off-street parking?
Thanks again for the (quick) help. Any other suggestions would be nice too.
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05-27-2008, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by tpundsack
I think we are going to look into Highland Park. I'm assuming I can park at Fort Snelling and take the light rail in? My gf's commute would be very short from there so that's good.
Does anyone know of any nice apartment buildings? We are looking to spend ~1000 a month on either a 2 bedroom or a big 1 bedroom. Do most of the places in that area have off-street parking?
Thanks again for the (quick) help. Any other suggestions would be nice too.
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The lightrail doesn't go to the U of M, only to Downtown Minneapolis. You would be better off finding a bus to the U from where ever you end up living. |
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05-28-2008, 08:28 AM
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The lightrail doesn't go to the U of M, only to Downtown Minneapolis. You would be better off finding a bus to the U from where ever you end up living.
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The Cedar-Riverside stop on the light rail will take you a few blocks away from the west bank campus.
I would recommend finding a good place in between school and work. Try south Minneapolis. I take classes at the U of M west bank and work in Eagan so buying a home in south Minneapolis was the logical choice. Hopping on Cedar avenue will take me to either location in less than 20 minutes. |
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06-02-2008, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by golfgal
The lightrail doesn't go to the U of M, only to Downtown Minneapolis. You would be better off finding a bus to the U from where ever you end up living.
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A lot of people use the light rail to commute to the U. It requires a simple transfer to the 50 or the 16 at the Metrodome stop, for the remaining 3 minutes of your commute, and you'll be in the heart of the U. In the morning, connecting busses run every 4 minutes or so. |
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06-11-2008, 11:43 AM
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My sister went to the U of M and lived in the uptown area, we lived in the towne center area of eagan, it wasnt that long a drive to visit her
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