Would you ever move back to ND ?

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Originally Posted by MattDen

I guess Fargo is in competition with itself more then anything else, its certainly not in compeition with the nation as a whole successfully.

I was just looking and despite the swagger and arrogance, Fargo MSA are ranks 109th in per-capita personal income. The average wage in "Imperial Cass" is 32,700, the nation as whole average wage per job is 40,100.

I have yet to see any swagger, arrogance and pretention when I was in the Twin cities the the average wage per job in Hennepin County is 50,500, thats 18,300 dollars more then the hyper-materialistic Imperial Cass average resident makes a year.

I moved to Fargo anticipating a laid-back, clean and friendly community. I didnt think it would be ultra-prententious, cliquish and materialistic like I saw it being.

The quality of life in Fargo is good but the neighborhoods are sort of typical midwestern, but I have never seen so many people with their noses up the air until I went to Fargo.

I know they have the locals a designer botique downtown, its always funny how Fargoans dress up to walk down a street of primarily seedy bars, empty storefronts and no pedestrians to get to their "designer botique".

Ive heard Grand Forks residents have the same complaints about people in Fargo being arrogant and pretentious.

All and all, Fargo has a long way to go until its Greenwich, CT or Boulder, Colorado but theyll never stop thinking they are.

MSP, depending on the locale or social group, can has its own set of pretentiousness. In the social or business group that you were a part of in Fargo probably overreflected the worst traits of Fargo. A lot of residents cringe with insecurity when an outsider talks about the movie "Fargo": they do have a lot of civic pride which can be a very good thing.