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02-01-2014, 05:06 PM
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The info regarding Columbus, Ohio is not accurate. MS guy, you're best bet is to visit each city.
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02-01-2014, 05:13 PM
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Location: Cleveland
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Columbus is quite a bit like Indianapolis and Kansas City in my opinion, if you're familiar with either of those cities.
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08-17-2014, 03:12 PM
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I was SO close to attending University of Minneapolis.. Minnesota has incredibly friendly people, their cities are beautiful and clean and really incredible. The only thing I couldn't deal with is the weather, but you definitely don't have to worry about acceptance there.
Have you thought about anywhere in Chicago?
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08-18-2014, 03:31 PM
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Location: Limbo
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Originally Posted by littlelady718
I was SO close to attending University of Minneapolis.. Minnesota has incredibly friendly people, their cities are beautiful and clean and really incredible. The only thing I couldn't deal with is the weather, but you definitely don't have to worry about acceptance there.
Have you thought about anywhere in Chicago?
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08-18-2014, 04:25 PM
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Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Quote:
Originally Posted by littlelady718
I was SO close to attending University of Minneapolis.. Minnesota has incredibly friendly people, their cities are beautiful and clean and really incredible. The only thing I couldn't deal with is the weather, but you definitely don't have to worry about acceptance there.
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The winters here really, truly are blown out of proportion by the national media. There wouldn't be a major metropolis here if the climate wasn't fit for human habitation.
Sure, it gets cold, but so you just put on a coat and you're good to go. Most of the U (that's what locals call the University of Minnesota) is connected via skyways/tunnels (called the Gopher Way), but it's not popularly used. A lot of students actually brave the elements (gasp), and we still manage to have a student body of over 50,000. It's really not that bad! |
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08-18-2014, 08:01 PM
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Location: Twin Cities (StP)
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Originally Posted by jennifat
The winters here really, truly are blown out of proportion by the national media. There wouldn't be a major metropolis here if the climate wasn't fit for human habitation.
Sure, it gets cold, but so you just put on a coat and you're good to go. Most of the U (that's what locals call the University of Minnesota) is connected via skyways/tunnels (called the Gopher Way), but it's not popularly used. A lot of students actually brave the elements (gasp), and we still manage to have a student body of over 50,000. It's really not that bad!
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I agree, but this past winter really sucked. |
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08-18-2014, 10:52 PM
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Location: Minneapolis (St. Louis Park)
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I agree, but this past winter really sucked.
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You'll find that people who live in the Midwest/Northeast also think this past winter really sucked. |
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08-19-2014, 01:44 AM
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Location: The canyon (with my pistols and knife)
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Originally Posted by Min-Chi-Cbus
You'll find that people who live in the Midwest/Northeast also think this past winter really sucked.
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I thought last winter was great, actually. It made up for the non-winter of 2011-2012. |
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06-17-2015, 01:24 PM
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Location: 78745
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lol, what? I don't think I've ever heard that phrase seriously used in Columbus. There is no discernible difference between accents in say, Michigan vs. Columbus. There may be a bit of a difference between Columbus and people in Minnesota, but it's not drastic.
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The word "reckon" gets used quite a bit in Ohio and lots of places. It's not limited to the South. It's an actual word in the English language.
I'm not from Michigan or Ohio but I can tell a difference in the accent of Michigan and the Southern 2/3's of Ohio. The Southern 2/3's of Ohio has pretty much a flat accent. It's the same as the way the people on the tv news talk. Now, there are a sizeable percentage of Ohioans that are southern immigrants or the children and grandchildren of Southern immigrants, so there is a detectable twang in the accent that many Ohioans talk. It's prevalent enough that anybody would detect it after being there for awhile and hearing different people talk. The Southern 2/3's of Ohio is pretty redneck, and I say that as a good thing. Rednecks are a lot of fun. |
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06-17-2015, 02:34 PM
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Location: Miami Beach, FL/Tokyo, Japan
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It's more that Michiganders have an accent than central Ohioans have a "southern" accent.
I don't notice Ohioans speaking much differently from the norm but every now and then in Michigan it can be grating. I can't even mimic but I know it when I hear it.
So to Michiganders who have that nasally accent, I'm sure the Ohio accent does sound more "southern" to them when in reality they're just used to "northern."
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