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Old 07-21-2010, 06:44 PM
 
Location: MINNESOTA
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Wabasso is the up and coming town in SW mn. Get in on the ground floor!

So, you've made 4 posts in this forum and they all have to do with how great Wabasso is. Funny story, i had a teacher in HS that started his career (in the 70s) in Wabasso. He would make a wise-crack about Wabasso at least once a day. "Where would you get an answer like that, did you grow up in Wabasso?!?" or... "We didn't have phones in Wabasso, not because I lived there in the 70s, but because it was Wabasso"...
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Old 07-22-2010, 02:19 PM
 
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Wabasso is the up and coming town in SW mn. Get in on the ground floor!
Perhaps you should try articulating why you think Wabasso is so wonderful rather than just serving up one vague and meaningless platitude after another...
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Old 07-24-2010, 05:53 PM
 
Location: Minnesota
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I live in Willmar, and if you are looking for work, there really isn't much. Most people I know are trying to find a way out of it, not move to it. I would look into Marshall, which I think is a really nice town. Granite Falls is nice, too. New Ulm is a nice little "German town" near Mankato, and I've always heard good things about Albert Lea, too.
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Old 07-24-2010, 06:00 PM
 
Location: Minnesota
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Because of its drug scene. When I visited a relative there I thought the town was run by the mexican mofia. I later found out that it in fact some of its people did have connections with serious crime lords. I have heard its better now but I would never want to live there, also because its a boring place to live. Sorry if you live there but I just don't care for the town, like most of the people I've met from there. Its windy and seems like everyday is the same. EW

Marshall? No. I've been there many, many times and have family and friends that live there, and they all LOVE it. It may not be "vibrant" and full of nightlife. It may not have a museum on every block. But a lot of people actually like to live in small towns. It's not for everyone. You probably like a bigger city with a lot to do, but a lot of people really don't care about that. One of the biggest problems with Marshall, though, is if you want to do a lot of shopping, you have to go to Willmar or Sioux Falls, although I heard that Marshall is really expanding.
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Old 08-18-2010, 12:11 AM
 
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I grew up in Windom. Though I haven't lived in the area for many years, I go back quite often and know the surrounding towns quite well. If I were to make a top-five list of SW MN towns to relocate to, it would be:
1) Marshall: It has a university, some rather large companies (so there are viable work opps), and it's a quaint little town;
2) Redwood Falls: In my opinion, it's the prettiest town in the area. As far as jobs, however, I really don't know--there's a big casino nearby. It has a very nice high school;
3) Pipestone: It's close enough to Sioux Falls, so you can get away; but it has more to offer than, say, Luverne;
4) New Ulm: Well, it's not exactly south WEST, but it's close enough. Quaint town with enough size to conceivably find a job, and interesting German heritage;
5) Windom: It's a cute town that seems to be evolving nicely. As far as jobs go, there are a number of smaller businesses, but nothing on par with Schwann's of course. I absolutely love the town square.

I wouldn't live in:
Worthington (small town with big city problems), Luverne, Sleepy Eye, or almost anywhere in Murray County.

If I were to relocate to that area, I wouldn't count on a job IN the city I moved to. For example, Mankato is less than an hour's drive for some of those places, and Sioux Falls is relatively close to others. Seeing how it used to take me an hour to commute while living in the Cities (lived in Mpls, worked in St Paul), I can't see much difference, apart from poorer radio station choices.
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Old 08-18-2010, 02:09 AM
 
Location: Moved to Gladstone, MO in June 2022 and back to Minnesota in September 2022
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Wabasso is the up and coming town in SW mn. Get in on the ground floor!
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? None of the small towns in Redwood County are up in coming. I Was just visiting my grandma in Wabasso on Monday August 16 and we also went to the library there to get some books for my grandma. My mom also grew up there and went to school there. The school at some point got remodeled. The bowling alley was turned into a bar or something. Atleast Wabasso has a gas station and a grocery store, back when my grandma lived in Lucan it sucked to have to go to Redwood Falls or Wabasso to get gas for her truck.

Perhaps you could give some reasons why Wabasso is such a wonderful up and coming booming Utopia. Marshall is the best city in southwest Minnesota and New Ulm and Willmar if you consider those in Southwest Minnesota.

Redwood Falls has a teeny tiny filthy Walmart and a grocery store called Tersteegs or something like that. Oh and a Casino nearby... And of course there is Ramsey Park which is worth visiting once, but thats about it. You're going to end up going to Marshall constantly for stuff so you may as well move there instead of wasting who knows how much money on gas commuting there. The schools are also better.

Small towns like Wabasso are almost like a cult. My mom was telling us who at one point in time lived in some of the houses when we were driving around the town. My mom and her older sister(my aunt) said the Librarian looked familiar and they think they know her and also maybe went to school with her. And when people who work at the small grocery store or gas station personally know you and everything, its just plain creepy and weird. When my grandma sends us to the little grocery store to do some shopping she asks us whos working today and just about every time she knows the person. And as far as people being incredibly nice and friendly, well ya that is true but it is also an exaggerated stereotype and not always true, just like that big cities are crime ridden and full of incredibly rude people. My grandma thinks Minneapolis is a crime ridden run down filthy ghetto city with no green or trees or anything

Im not saying you're stupid or anything because you love small towns such as Wabasso. My grandma has lived in small towns her whole life(70+ years) and loves them and I don't think shes stupid. But please provide reasoning instead of going around on city data saying how awesome Wabasso is. And on a 3.5 year old thread you reply and say Wabasso is the shiznitz.....
http://www.city-data.com/forum/minne...l#post15114464
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So, you've made 4 posts in this forum and they all have to do with how great Wabasso is. Funny story, i had a teacher in HS that started his career (in the 70s) in Wabasso. He would make a wise-crack about Wabasso at least once a day. "Where would you get an answer like that, did you grow up in Wabasso?!?" or... "We didn't have phones in Wabasso, not because I lived there in the 70s, but because it was Wabasso"...
Hahahaha Sounds like an awesome teacher.

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Old 11-01-2010, 08:23 AM
 
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My fiance is from Faribault and I know Southern Minnesota quite well. I would think twice before moving to any of the towns mentioned. The problem with Southern Minnesota generally speaking is that, it is overall very backwards, religious, ignorant and hick. Also, towns like Owatonna, Faribault and Waseca have fast growing Hispanic populations and there is racial tension between Whites and Hispanics in those towns, If I had to choose a town, I would probably live in Faribault, but it is a town with no culture, and absolutely nothing to do! If you dont mind living around tons of ignorant, narrow-minded and uneducated people, then Faribault or Owatonna are the best choices IMO

I must agree. I don't know where you are moving FROM, which might make a difference. But imagine the most backwards part of your own state, and subtract a few points, and you've got SW Minnesota. My experiences as a rather middle-of-the-road Washington State transplant were harsh. Any small town that is not a "company" small town is dying. By that I mean a strong local branch of a larger corporate employer. All the towns have a mostly farming, rural base, with very small local businesses. Without outside employment, the farms are being bought out and the young are leaving. The locals have all the resentment you'd expect for out of town transplants. This applies even in Marshall, even though you'd expect better in a college town. Outside of the University, newcomers are not welcomed beyond the famous "Minnesota nice." It's like traveling back to the WORST part of the 1950's.
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Old 11-01-2010, 08:33 AM
 
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Wabasso is the up and coming town in SW mn. Get in on the ground floor!
Are you kidding me? Wabasso is a wide spot in the road surrounded by hicks, one very bad lunch spot (but don't miss the broasted chicken) and a K-12 (Go Rabbits!) taught by uncredentialed weirdos. I know my Wabasso. The ground floor is located at the bottom of a pesticide-filled corn silo. It is boring AND toxic.
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Old 11-28-2010, 12:49 AM
 
Location: Southern Minnesota
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I hate to resurrect this thread, but I found it on a Google search while researching houses for sale and there are some really bad comments here.

First of all, I am not a lifelong Southern Minnesota resident: I'm from Michigan, and I've also lived in Georgia and the Twin Cities, so there's no "hometown bias" coming from me. That said, Southern Minnesota is by far the favorite place I've ever lived, and I'm proud to call it home.

It is not "backwards" or "conservative," it is in fact very progressive for a rural area (certainly more so than SW Michigan, where I'm from). It's no San Francisco or Berkeley, but as someone with non-traditional political views I have no problem fitting in here. Also, "religion" has no bearing on whether a place is backwards. Not all Christians are gun-toting, racist, hateful rednecks -- especially not if they live by what's taught in Scripture.

Yes, there are small towns here. Southern Minnesota is not Long Island or NE Illinois -- if you're looking for that, look elsewhere. However, these towns are wonderful, safe places to live, work and raise a family. Some, like Madelia, Marshall and Worthington are very diverse, with large minority populations. You can find everything you need (not everything you want, but everything you NEED) in these towns, and whatever you can't find is only a short trip to Mankato or Marshall away. 'Kato is an excellent small city with universities, professional jobs, sports, nightlife, historic homes, new subdivisions -- everything you'd expect from a booming small metropolitan area. It's like a mini-Minneapolis.

Yes, there are farmers. Yes, there is corn. Yes, there is grassland. If you don't like that, move to Minneapolis. Personally, I think the prairie land is stunning -- there's nothing like seeing the sun set below the horizon without trees or buildings in the way, or seeing the brilliant wildflowers growing on the prairie, or watching the snow drift across barren fields in the winter. It's beautiful.

As for it being a tough social nut to crack, that's true in some respects, but not always. I've had no trouble meeting people here, and none of them are transplants. You just need to keep an open mind and try to fit in with the locals.

Wabasso is awesome! Once again, it's a friendly, inexpensive town in the heart of the prairie. What's not to like about it?
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Old 05-06-2011, 11:20 AM
 
Location: albert lea area
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Default Unfriendly Albert Lea Area

During the first 3 weeks after I first moved in: Had a very vulgar message on my answering machine telling me we don’t want you here -your from the Twin Cities!!! The local tree service man balled up his fists threatening me on my property while trimming branches of his choice instead of the branches I had asked him to trim, he was enraged at me saying we don’t want you here. I still paid him. Restaurant cook screamed at me in front of customers because I asked for catsup for my goulash - saying isn’t my food seasoned good enough for you? And then -we don’t want you here -you don’t belong here! Next door neighbor accused me of giving their dog something to eat [which I didn’t] saying dog puked in their house and had never done it before!!
All through this my realtor never returned my phone calls- never to this day 6 years later. Realtor lied about the home electrical, cost me 1000.00 to have electrical brought up to code.
During my six years here my dog was poisoned and killed In my backyard, vegetable garden ripped up. Only three people in the town will talk with me. I was never ever paid for carpentry and general labor for townsfolk. I live a lonely life here. Bad decision to move here. Trying to sell house cheap just to move a lot closer to the Twin Cities.
What did I do??? What makes outsiders evil?
Never needed tranquilizers or antidepressants before moving here. I am on them now!!
Just wanted small town peace and lower taxes.
Church? Well let me say this much- you can go but don’t expect people to come and introduce themselves and welcome you.
I think outsiders aren’t trusted because we have no roots or relatives down here. People watch TV and see all the crime happening in the large cities in America and assume all large city folk are dangerous - I presume.
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