Where to live???? (Plymouth, Minnetonka, Hopkins: rentals, neighborhood, restaurants)

[Rachiie]

My husband and I are moving to MN and we don`t know where to live. He will be working in Hopkins, so far we have considered Hopkins, Minnetonka and Plymouth. Any other suggestions? We will be renting.

[wildfan]

how old are you? kids? what do you like to do? I can tell loads...how long of a commute....do like urban or do you like applebees?

[Rachiie]

We are in our late twenties, no kids. The only thing that concerns us about a long commute is bad weather, the further away from work we live the more crazy snow driving he`ll have to do!!! We like to be somewhat near shops/restaurants but also somewhere we can walk outside.

[golfgal]

Any of those choices would be fine, easy commutes, close to whatever you need, etc. I wouldn't worry too much about bad weather and commuting. Minnesota is equipped to handle large snowfalls. It takes A LOT of snow to shut things down and then you won't have to worry about the commute because you will be off work . The highways and interstates are plowed well and quickly so it really isn't much of an issue unless the snow fall happens right at rush hour.

[snowlandcook]

Hopkins, Plymouth, and Minnetonka are all nice areas. Give us some more parameters so we can give you better advice.

[wildfan]

scratch plymouth and hopkins for rentals hopkins especially, if your latino your good or somali or ethiopian your good. pylmouth not so much. minnetonka for rentals I wouldn't recommend only thing in tonka is ridgedale mall and thats about it really. I'm a HUGE advocate for MPLS. There is an area in SW MPLS called Linden Hills/Harriet Lake area wonderful little shops very affluent neighborhood extremely close to the lakes in town. 2bedrooms run @800 or so. other area is Uptown more trendy neighborhood 20's/early 30's. still only 10-15 minutes to hopkins NO HIGHWAYS.

Honestly you will hate livin out there for renting. friends of mine rented in hopkins/st.louis park border there complex turned from @90% white to 40% in 3 years. this is just rentals. the towns themselves are mostly white.