How bad is the "transplant invasion" in Minneapolis? (Starbuck: real estate market, credit)

[Sobefobik]

Originally Posted by toughguy

You sound totally out of touch. Seattle has massively gentrified in the last decade, and the grunge style you speak of is as rare as bigfoot.

I live in Seattle, and I see "grunge" everyday.

[pirate_lafitte]

Originally Posted by Haver

I think the original poster just wanted to avoid living someplace where it felt like everyone was part of a transient population that didn't have any roots or attachment to the place (sort of like renters vs homeowners on a larger scale).

The Twin Cities are nowhere near as insular as they were in the 50's and 60's and could probably stand to be even more so based on several comments I've seen here, but its not been overwhelmed by the "I'm only here for five years" crowd. I think Chicago draws most of those.

What does insularity have to do with drawing the "I am only here for five years" crowd?(How does insularity bring them)?
I do understand what Garrison Keillor meant when he said "A person should come to Minnesota unless he plans to stay". The attitude is add something to the community and be a part of it. Hoow can you be a part of the community if you don't make friends?

[Alt Dach]

How bad? The TC's have gained more pop. in the last 15 yrs than live in metro Milwaukee !
Now, thats a boom town.

[talktobrent]

Originally Posted by ComfortablyNumb

I'm picking Seattle over Minneapolis because I love nature and I am from Wisconsin, which is basically the same thing as Minnesota except more blue-collar. In my original topic I was just remarking on how it seems about how 1/4 of current Seattle-ans were actually born in Seattle. It seems like everyone moves there to get away from California, get close to nature, get a job in IT, etc etc. I would be more comfortable living in an area with it's own sort of identity and with people who grew up and lived at least in the area. A

The Twin Cities is known as a place where people grow up and never leave, we got to be near the top in that category. If you look at the forum you'll see there's lots of comments on this phenomenon. If you read, you'll see that the downside can be that people tend to stick with their childhood social network, and outsiders can sometimes have a hard time making real friends. I believe this is somewhat true but it depends on your age, workplace, and personality. I would say it's harder to go to a bar here and strike up a conversation with a "Where you from?" 90% of the time that answer will be the same. Lots of people here won't even consider a move, even if it meant more career options and advancement. I know people out of college that spent years looking for jobs here that they could have easily gotten quicker in other cities.

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by moving123456

I have started to notice more Florida license plates recently in the Twin Cities area.

A lot of Minnesotans retire to the south -- both of my Dad's siblings were down there for a while, though his brother recently sold his home down there and lives in MN fulltime.

Perhaps many of those license plates are from retirees who drive back and forth?

[Clifford63]

Originally Posted by rcsteiner

A lot of Minnesotans retire to the south -- both of my Dad's siblings were down there for a while, though his brother recently sold his home down there and lives in MN fulltime.

Perhaps many of those license plates are from retirees who drive back and forth?

Florida Plate - yes you see more of them now. Simple explination. Cheaper to register you car in Florida, and if you stay 6 months and 1 day, you can file income taxes as a Florida resident and avoid MN State Income tax. Same is true of Texas and Arizona.

[kuan]

Originally Posted by pirate_lafitte

Why did people move to a place like
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Was a joke.

[Northern Drifter]

Originally Posted by Sobefobik

Seattle is gloomy. Seattle has a major grunge population which irritates me; that went out of style a while ago. We're not in the '90s anymore.

I can give you more info, but tell me more about your reasons for picking Seattle and Minneapolis

Umm, Seattle has barely any grunge anymore, it got taken over by the yuppie with the BMW living in Bellevue. There is more grunge in Portland than in Seattle imo

[Sobefobik]

Originally Posted by Northern Drifter

Umm, Seattle has barely any grunge anymore, it got taken over by the yuppie with the BMW living in Bellevue. There is more grunge in Portland than in Seattle imo

I agree. Portland does have more grunge than Seattle, but I don't believe I was comparing them. I guess it depends on what area of Seattle you live in. I don't lie when I say I see it everyday. If you live in the yuppie areas, then, no; you're not going to see it as much.

[summer grace]

Originally Posted by pirate_lafitte

I'm sorry you feel that way. Some of the "invaders" as you see them are moving to different places perhaps because they WANT to be in the respective places they are moving to. I am in GA now(and I plan to leave the Southeast USA) and if I move to MPLS or Seattle, are you going to call me an "invader"?

The transplants are the best people in the midwest, take it from me!