How awesome is Minnesota?

[fashionguy]

It is pretty awsome, but I don't think there is a best state. People all have their preferences and they are not stupid.

Originally Posted by MUWarriorsFan

I don't know about anyone else who is from Minnesota, but despite all of the hick remarks about Minnesotans, I think it the best state to live and raise a family in throughout the United States. I was wondering what other people who grew up in the state think about it?

[cdubs3201]

Originally Posted by fashionguy

It is pretty awsome, but I don't think there is a best state. People all have their preferences and they are not stupid.

But if there was a best state, it wouldn't be Minnesota

[saved1986]

I lived in the twin cities for 3.5 yrs. There is good and bad but Ihave to say the bad outweighs the good by far.

GOOD:

Great live music scene
Great eateries
Most of the people are civilized (i.e. no one cuts in front of you, people use thir turn signals etc)

BAD:

Traffic
Native Minnesotoans are naive and very provinical
Expensive
People are very clique oriented
Too many gun nuts and hunters (by the way, I am a republican, but very anti gun and anti hunting)

[heather.kruk]

While I think Minnesota is beautiful, I am happy to no longer be living there. I hate cold weather so moving down to West Texas which has no actual winter (at least not to me!) and very low humidity is fantastic! I've only been living in Texas for a year so who knows what will change, but at this point I don't think I'd want to move back to Minnesota (or anywhere in the Midwest to tell the truth). Since my family and my husband's family still live there, I'm sure we will be visiting a couple of times a year.

One thing I really don't like about Minnesota (not including the weather!) is the fact that most people from the Twin Cities area seem to think that is the only part of the state that counts. They even go so far as to say anything outside the Twin Cities is considered "outstate". I always found that very strange.