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Old 07-29-2016, 07:27 AM
 
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I have posted in MSP forum as well and only one person recommended against his/her own town. You touched upon a very important matter. Being an outdoorsy person, That groovy plus of Portland for me was the fact that I hiked and went to a beach in February. And no, it was not cold. 45-50 degrees with drizzle is not cold for someone who has lived in midwest and NE. It's a spring type weather to me. But is it really worth it ? Does these groovy pluses get ordinary and routine for you after a while ? I am afraid, 5 years from now, I am walking on a hiking trail or a beach I have been to a million times and thinking about all the money I lost by not going to MSP. Or who knows, might be pretty glad that avoided the frigid air while myself and my kid has more friends of his ethnic background ?
to answer your question -yes it can. i lived right on the beach in Nor Cal for about a year - i could see/hear the ocean waves crashing from my bedroom and took beautiful pictures for the first couple of months. Then i just complained about the traffic and never went to the beach. It's really up to you though- now i wish i would have taken advantage of where i was living a bit more, but to be honest, money always helps. You could certainly afford on the larger salary to take vacations to a better locality during the MN winters. But ultimately the decision is up to you - if you feel you will take advantage of the PDX area than make the move.
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Old 07-29-2016, 01:25 PM
 
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In your situation MSP would be my choice. You mentioned education for your kids as a factor - public education for K-12 is much better in MN than in OR. Plus you would be making double the salary and COLA is lower so MSP seems like a no-brainer for you. Double the salary and lower COLA can pay for some nice winter vacations to somewhere warmer to help offset the long, cold MN winters.
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Old 07-30-2016, 07:56 AM
 
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In your situation MSP would be my choice. You mentioned education for your kids as a factor - public education for K-12 is much better in MN than in OR. Plus you would be making double the salary and COLA is lower so MSP seems like a no-brainer for you. Double the salary and lower COLA can pay for some nice winter vacations to somewhere warmer to help offset the long, cold MN winters.
Yes if you have kids, then go to msp. Way better schools.
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Old 07-30-2016, 08:54 AM
 
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The only drawbacks to MSP compared to PDX are the cold winters and the hefty sales taxes. Plus, the murder rate is higher.
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Old 08-01-2016, 10:42 AM
 
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The only drawbacks to MSP compared to PDX are the cold winters and the hefty sales taxes. Plus, the murder rate is higher.
My perception is that derives entirely from the fact MSP (and more specifically, Mpls) has a few specific neighborhoods that actually qualify as 'ghetto' with the heightened gang crime and violence that derives from that.

Edina has had 1 murder in 10 years, etc. St. Paul (3.7 murders per 100,000) is even slightly below Portland (4.2)

I'd live in most of Minneapolis, even more so the Cities as a whole, without a second thought. Stranger murder is still a rarity.
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