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Originally Posted by displacedinMN
If he is going to live here and does not want to commute, There are plenty of good places to live on that side.
Woodbury, Stillwater, Maplewood, Oakdale, North and South St. Paul. Good schools.
Although I live west of Minneapolis and have a friend that drives to 3M everyday. Its not a bad drive. I live in a new neighborhood that has open spaces. Could build a house in my development and not spend 1M like some others I know. I could use another Chiefs fan in the area. Home prices are on the rise here and they are moving fast. Depending on what side of town he wants to move to, I have a nice realtor friend. She works the West side, 3M is on the east.
Winter takes some time to get used to if you have never experienced it. Brutal cold. That will take a few years to get used to. Some November snow may be on the ground until April. More trees than KS. Less tornadoes.
Minnesota nice is real. Minnesotans are passive/aggressive. They are hard to warm up to. They do not like to let people into their inner circle. He may never become a full Minnesotan. I still am not. I have been here 16 years. Many have cabins they go to on the weekend. Friday productivity in the summer goes down 50% because people leave. But don't expect to get invited to someones cabin.
Taxes are higher. Don't expect to retire here.
There are a lot of things to do here in the city. Lots of celebrations, arts, activities. We don't get into a lot of it because the kids are busy.
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He is in his mid-20s and is starting as the lowest level chemist doing QC for 3Ms R&D department so he isn't making a lot of money. He will probably be more interested in an apartment than a house.
He isn't a chiefs fan or much of a sports fan except for road cycling at all. If he was he would probably be a Skins fan as we grew up in southeast VA.