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Old 02-18-2011, 01:13 PM
 
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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So forget about the "best places to live" list that comes out every year on the internet, let's hear what people who actually live here think when it comes to the best cities/towns to live in in our beautiful state.

We've done similar threads for suburbs and small towns but I want to know what it would look like if you had to come up with a list of the top 10 cities in Minnesota (includes suburbs and small towns) where you would live if your commute didn't matter at all. Let's say you work in a virtual office. My list would look something like this:

1. Minneapolis
2. St. Paul
3. Hopkins
4. Richfield
5. St. Anthony
6. Excelsior
7. Duluth
8. Bloomington
9. West St. Paul
10. Detroit Lakes
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Old 02-18-2011, 02:48 PM
 
Location: Southern Minnesota
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1) Marshall
2) Mankato
3) Pipestone
4) Luverne
5) Morris
6) Moorhead
7) East Grand Forks
8) Lake Benton
9) Wabasso
10) Sleepy Eye
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Old 02-18-2011, 05:41 PM
 
Location: Carver County, MN
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1. St. Paul
2. Excelsior
3. Winona
4. Mankato
5. Hutchinson
6. Stillwater
7. Cannon Falls
These arent in any particular order I guess, just some places I have lived in and liked or would like to live in.
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Old 02-18-2011, 07:18 PM
 
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Stillwater
St. Paul
Red Wing
Duluth
Lakeville
Minneapolis
Taylor's Falls
Lanesboro
Lindstrom

Also not in any order, just some cities that stand out to me as being decent places to live
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Old 02-18-2011, 07:57 PM
 
Location: Southern Minnesota
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I guess people here love the east side of the state. People have yet to name a city west of Mankato (except me). Sorry, but I find western Minnesota, especially Southwest Minnesota, so much more interesting and invigorating than eastern or central MN, which are nice areas, but just don't do much for me. There's something about that big sky and lush carpet of prairie grasses and wildflowers that is just absolutely breathtaking. There are also some awesome towns around here, like Marshall and Pipestone.
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Old 02-18-2011, 10:21 PM
 
Location: Stillwater, MN
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Lanesboro
Lanesboro
Lanesboro
Lanesboro
Lanesboro
Lanesboro
Lanesboro
Lanesboro
Lanesboro
Lanesboro
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Old 02-18-2011, 10:25 PM
 
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Stillwater
St. Anthony
Edina
Minnetonka
Marine on St. Croix
Northfield
Duluth
White Bear Lake
Minneapolis
St. Paul
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Old 02-19-2011, 07:54 AM
 
Location: Columbus OH
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
Excelsior
Stillwater
Red Wing
Northfield
St. Louis Park
New Ulm
White Bear Lake
Alexandria
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Old 02-19-2011, 11:54 AM
 
Location: Moved to Gladstone, MO in June 2022 and back to Minnesota in September 2022
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GREAT idea for a Thread, Slig!

In this exact order
1)Minneapolis
2)St. Paul(Im moving here this fall, SO excited!)
3)St. Louis Park
4)South St. Paul
5)Richfield
6)Bloomington
7)Hopkins
8)West St. Paul
9)Rochester
10)Mankato
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Old 02-19-2011, 01:09 PM
 
Location: Remer, MN
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Baudette
Duluth
Walker
Remer
Bemidji
Roseau
Warrod
Grand Rapids
Hibbing
Virginia
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