North Minn or north Wisc

[lkroseb]

Northern Minnesota is nice if you don't mind being a couple hours from a bigger city. If looking at Roseau, you are about 1 hour from the closest Walmart. But Roseau does have everything you need. The schools are the best reason for living in Roseau - my kids have received a great education here. There are 2 grocery stores, a Pamida, Ace Hardware, a small hospital, a couple of small restaurants, coffee shops, gift shops, a movie theatre, a few car dealerships, and so on. You would be about 2 hours from Grand Forks, ND and 2 hours south of Winnepeg if you need to go to a large city.

We live in the country and love it, but are relocating due to my husband's job. (So I know of a house for sale if you come this way!) We live about 8 miles outside of Roseau, and it's a perfect location, because if you go the other direction you are in Warroad in about 15 minutes and have the Lake of the Woods over there. The Beltrami Forest is about 10 miles from where we live along with Hays Lake. So if you are wanting to move your boys somewhere with country living, Roseau is a nice place to live if you like a smaller community.

Hope this helps.

[slamont61]

Originally Posted by rodhaenke

N. Minnesota disadvantages: not as hilly, more boggy areas, fewer pine trees

Heh? Fewer Pine Trees?? Above the Pine Line? The dickens you say? The very norther most tip of Wisconsin is located above the Pine Line, and one Third of Minnesota is located ABOVE the Pine Line. I'm going to guess that you are dead wrong about the lack of Pines in Northern Minnesota, unless it's a Desert Region now.

The only missing Pine Trees I know of are now Paper somewhere.

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by slamont61

Heh? Fewer Pine Trees?? Above the Pine Line? The dickens you say? The very norther most tip of Wisconsin is located above the Pine Line, and one Third of Minnesota is located ABOVE the Pine Line. I'm going to guess that you are dead wrong about the lack of Pines in Northern Minnesota, unless it's a Desert Region now.

The only missing Pine Trees I know of are now Paper somewhere.

Can you explain what the Pine Line is? I know when I visited northern Wisconsin that there were pine trees everywhere.

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by Plains10

Can you explain what the Pine Line is? I know when I visited northern Wisconsin that there were pine trees everywhere.

Sounds like a certain latitude above which the forest in the state changes from deciduous to coniferous. I know that around Brainerd it tends to be a mix with a lot of birch, etc., but as you drive north on I35 it changes over to pine forest.

Northern Minnesota looks a lot like northern Georgia. *Lots* of pine trees. but Minnesota has a zillion lakes scattered about while almost all of the lakes down here are manmade. Even smaller ones.