State Fair opens today (apartment, home, high school)

[Qwerty]

Do you go? We try to get there once but don't always make it. I have a feeling with this perfect weather today it is going to be PACKED.

[Kid Cann]

I hate the State Fair.
I never understood it's appeal.
It would be cool if you could actually walk.
And the food, meh. All you hear about is 'How awesome the food is!!!!"... big deal, just a glorfied carny experience is all the state fair is.

makes you wonder if any of these bums work. How can 100,000 + people not have to work during the day? It blows my mind. Maybe if some of these bums started working we would be able to get out of this recession.

[Cruz Azul Guy]

Originally Posted by Kid Cann

I hate the State Fair.
I never understood it's appeal.
It would be cool if you could actually walk.
And the food, meh. All you hear about is 'How awesome the food is!!!!"... big deal, just a glorfied carny experience is all the state fair is.

makes you wonder if any of these bums work. How can 100,000 + people not have to work during the day? It blows my mind. Maybe if some of these bums started working we would be able to get out of this recession.

I don't like the fair either but the comment you're making about all these people not working is pretty asinine.

[MSPLove]

Do they still do fried snickers? I am THERE. Next year.

[Sarimn00]

We always went on a Saturday, but I haven't been there in years. Since I was in high school. I would love to go back, but it makes for a really long day living in Western Minnesota.

[golfgal]

Originally Posted by Kid Cann

I hate the State Fair.
I never understood it's appeal.
It would be cool if you could actually walk.
And the food, meh. All you hear about is 'How awesome the food is!!!!"... big deal, just a glorfied carny experience is all the state fair is.

makes you wonder if any of these bums work. How can 100,000 + people not have to work during the day? It blows my mind. Maybe if some of these bums started working we would be able to get out of this recession.

New concept called "vacation time".

[moving123456]

Originally Posted by golfgal

New concept called "vacation time".

I prefer a concept called "passive income".

[Radical_Car]

I've never been to the state fair, but I will try to go next year. Im not that interested in things like that and I might find it overrated, but I have to go atleast once. I don't even really like going to Valleyfair anymore because I have been there way too many times and have had several season passes throughout the years and every roller coaster there is now incredibly boring, I want to take up something like bungee jumping now, of course it will be scary at first, but if I were to start doing it several times a year and everything, that too will eventually get boring.

Originally Posted by moving123456

I prefer a concept called "passive income".

My parents are going to the state fair this year and my mom is a stay at home mom and my dad only makes around 40k, and we have 6 people and we also live in a 3 bedroom apartment, used to be 7 but my oldest sister is moved out. Not only do we live in a 3 bedroom apartment, but were also very happy and not miserable and depressed. My dad is taking a single day off work to go to the state fair.

[uptown_urbanist]

I love, love, love the fair. Not sure when we'll be going, but I'll be heading there twice this year. I'd go more than that, but it get expensive. I have gone every year that I've lived in Minnesota, and during the years we lived in other states I sometimes scheduled visits to coincide with fair time. (I'm not the only one to do that: I know of plenty of other people, including non-MN natives, who have discovered the fair and fold it into a nice end-of-summer-vacation.)

It's the ultimate Minnesota experience. Everyone from every part of the state is there, and the people watching opportunities are priceless. And there really is something for everyone.

[StilltheSame]

Its kitschy - but fun -especially if you have kids, or if you love corn!!!!