I had left MN for 9 years and was called back in 2013 by a granny who had Terminal Cancer. What a change coming from Tempe, AZ, back to Minneapolis. I was in tears; I wouldn't say I liked it. My son and I have remained here, and we still miss Tempe. I am a native of Minneapolitan, but I call AZ my official home. Minneapolis has gotten so violent that I typically stay at home under my "Nasty Cat Blanket" while entitled criminals destroy the city.
I'm so sorry about your granny! Crime seems to fluctuate, but it also seems to be correlated with the cost of living. As it becomes more and more expensive to live, people get desperate and do what they think they need to do to survive. This is just an observation, not a justification.
Most sane middle class people have left, and so you guys in MN are left with a bunch of ueber wealthy people like the Daytons (although I think Mark left after he fell off the podium and face planted during his state of state address and took his money to South Dakota for the low taxes, but I digress) Cargills and feral folks of every color and stripe. 3M is going to leave and turn off the lights. It isn't what it used to be. It's kinda like a 3rd world country with snow. Kinda interesting from a sociological view. ;) Scads of material for a Ph.D. thesis.
I go way back with Minnesota and I have a lot of family and friends that are Minnesotans. I lived in the Twin Cities for many years. The Minnesota Nice is NOT something to hate about Minnesota. Traditional Minnesotans are not passive aggressive, they are actually very nice (good, respectful, farm-stock mid-western type of people). To me what Minnesota nice is about, is when you get dumped on by a mountain of snow and people band together to help each other out.
I am a Texas boy living in MN for the past 8 years and MN nice is one thing I haven’t gotten use too. Probably the rudest people compared to down south. This is more noticeable in the twin cities. I currently live in Anoka and it’s a little better.
@@KaraCleveland The cops are little hostile than other places and I got my truck stolen at night. Lack of diversity and not too many tech jobs. It's a beautiful outdoorsy state though. Minnesota does have beautiful women too.
We got great water here too I live in Estacada Oregon, the Mount Hood national forest is my front yard! I can look out my window and see the forest even though I’m in the “city” Clean river water coming from down the mountains. But it’s the extreme costs of housing and living and the insane politics that have us moving. Also when my family first migrated from Norway 🇳🇴 we settled in Minnesota, my fifth great grandfather is buried there…
@@BlackTownie999 Please don't move from OR and then vote democrat yet again; people like that are like locusts, they destroy where they were and then move on to the next victim state..
Like most places, you can be successful in the Twin Cities. You can have a good job, good benefits, good health care, good friends, a good time if you do some sort of combination of the following. Study hard, think hard, work hard, sweat hard, play hard, and develop social skills.
You forgot to mention the de-reanged political scene in the TC that has made the downtown areas unsafe for a couple to have date night. Currently, you can only be downtown in large crowds like the theater, Twins, or the T'Wolves. The ultra-lib government has destroyed what was once one of the best cities in the country.
That ain’t so bad, here in Oregon it’s completely controlled by the hardest of lefty’s Even tho the rest of us are libertarians or conservative republicans
the dating scene is atrocious. It’s one of the loneliest cities. The women are extremely stuck up and unapproachable and don’t want to talk to you. this is also more of an American thing in general and it’s actually very weird because it’s not like that overseas
I thought I was alone , I used to thought something was really wrong with me until I went to Miami to visit my family. Yeah Miami people are rude but most cases the rudeness isn’t directly towards you but I made friends way easier and women tend to compliment me more . I don’t like Wisconsin neither but Wisconsin is a lot nicer than Minnesota
People always drive either wayyy to slow or wayyy to fast in MN. Then theres the traffic jams whenever everyone leaves the twin cites after work at the same time.
I enjoyed this video. Because I'm in Saint Paul. Winter is good once it gets negative temps because it's too cold for water to evaporate, so there are no clouds. 😁
I figure Minnesota is what the Nordic countries would be if there wasn't the gulf stream, but our dry season starts after Christmas, so we get less extremes than you lot
There are two seasons in Minnesota. Winter and road repair. Frost heaving in the winter does severe damage to the roads. But here in Minnesota if you can't start your car in freezing weather and drain your battery, you can usually just hold up you jumper cables and someone still stop to jump start your car.
You forgot the airport. Only two security gates (sometimes three). And about the taxes, beside the income tax you have to include the sales tax. In total taxes Minnesota is top three.
1, 2, & 3 - agree wholeheartedly. I moved to the Pacific Northwest & thought I had gone to heaven! (Plus mountains & ocean!) 4-7 - roughly the same....😎
European here. I have no idea what the Twin Cities are and you don´t say it anywhwere in the video description. I think it would be better if you mentioned the United States (it could have been Canada) or the actual cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. It would have been much more clear to people who are not from America.
Crime increased greatly since 2020. In response, so has the number of handgun carry permits. About 1 out of 6 men in Minnesota now have a handgun carry permit. Guess what. Crime is also dropping. It's just another example that more law abiding people carrying firearms reduces violent crime.
These are just annoyances and the kind you get in every northern city. There are real major concerns about Minnesota that are a whole lot more important and are worse in Minnesota then any where else in the Midwest. It’s become so left wing in many ways that most people see what’s become very immoral and what contributes to the same kind of rot you get in areas on the west coast. Especially in California. In my personal opinion Minnesota is becoming an even worse place to raise a family. They celebrate what I consider trash and immoral behavior, trying to make it normal culture. If their idea of inclusive means moral rot and decay, who wants that? That’s not good growth and I believe a lot more people will leave the state because of this.
@@KaraCleveland It's a compilation of many things that draw me to this conclusion. Mostly issues with morality that this state has been suffering from as of recently. 1. Both violent and petty crime has become *rampant* . 2. As a reaction to this high crime rate, people are more "on edge". And even less willing to communicate with anyone outside of their already *extremely* small social circles. 3. *Severely* unhealthy lack of communication skills within minnesotan culture. This in turn, leads to the following point. 4. *Passive-aggressive* behavior, Yuk!🤮 Examples include but not limited to, backstabbing, gossip, lying, deceit, and an overall inability to look your problems in the eye, and handle them accordingly. This is *not* normal healthy human behavior. 5. Below *freezing* arctic temperatures!🥶 Definitely not for everybody. Certainly not me, I'm sorry. And yes, I was born here. But I spent most of my childhood moving from state to state. And I guess you can say I've gotten used to better weather. I used to live in Miami, FL. lol 6. Immigration crisis! Minnesota is one of the few states of our union known for it's liberal politics and "welcoming" atmosphere. Meaning they pretty much are forced to uphold those values by welcoming in everyone under the sun. Even if it means cutting off resources and help to fellow Americans in need. I'm all for migrants coming to live a better life. Don't get me wrong! But when they start bringing over the negative qualities of their culture *here* to America? There will most certainly be friction with the rest of the population. As well as a failure to assimilate to the American way of life. That's unacceptable. But other than the six points made above? Nothing else seems to be wrong with the state of Minnesota. Keep in mind. This is *my* view.
@@KaraCleveland I guess what I'm trying to say, is that there's a noticeable lack of *genuineness* amongst most minnesotans. If you catch my drift. And yes, this is coming from a vast amount of personal experiences. I'm not sure if you know what I mean, but regardless. I respect your opinion. Btw, are you a transplant or native minnesotan, if I may inquire?
Missed the ultra woke political BS. I left 3 years ago after living in the metro area all my life. Born in the near north side in the 50's. Slow and steady decline until the rapid descent of the last 3-5 years. Couldn't pay me enough to move back to the metro. Possibly to the far north, west or south, where some level of sanity still exists. If you want to see where the metro will be in 10 years just look to LA, San Fran, Portland, Chicago. 38th and Chicago is still a burnt out mess 3 years later. It'll never recover. All the former business owners took their insurance money and set up shop somewhere else.
@@KaraCleveland WOKE politics are actually known as left-wing extremists but I'm guessing you missed the BLM riots back in 2020 which just say the black community in Minneapolis weren't happy about their homes being burned by BLM and more pissed off at Walz because it turns out he is known as the biggest racist where he got the title as most hated person in the whole state.
@@KaraClevelandliberal policies. I commented on another comment but not prosecuting criminals at all or very weakly. For example the 4 kids that just stole a car and got shot at - they had previously stolen cars but Mary moriarty sid not prosecute them despite parent and police pleas. She doesn’t hold criminals accountable which is causing a lawless city. Not to mention the defund the police movement which has caused police officers to leave and retire etc. The homeless encampments and lawlessness that that creates due to policies catering to them.
@@KaraClevelandI can answer for them. Crime is out of control due to no police officers wanting to work there since the democrats decided it would be wise to mention defunding police. Criminals don’t get charged at all or get released too quickly due to a very liberal Mary moriarty. Those are just an are few ways the extreme liberal policies have slowly destroyed Minneapolis.
I love that there's no tax on food and clothing. I said they CAN last up to 6 months. It can get cold starting in October and not warm up until April. Were you here for the winter 2023?! It lasted forever. Although this winter has been nothing!
ummm...no...healthcare is NOT widely available for all people of different income levels, many of us fall through the cracks as does my minnesota family. America is the only first world country with a for profit health care system and it sucks
I agree that the healthcare system in the US sucks everywhere, but it's slight better here because of the MNsure marketplace. Have you spoke with someone about a plan based on your income? If not, I highly recommend it. They are super helpful, and your options could still be shit, but it's worth it to talk to someone to see what's available to you. But again, I agree that the healthcare system in the US is horseshit overall.
Phoenix is _WAY_ worse by your definition of "passive-aggressive". It was literally culture shock when I moved from the TCs to Phx. After too many years among those backstabbing schmoozers, I moved to central Vegas. It was culture shock all over again, because people here are much more like they were in MN 20+ years ago.
@@KaraCleveland Could it have changed since '98? I heard the term "Minnesota nice" even before I left MN, but never knew what it meant. In my experience at that time people were generally nice enough in the TCs and the out-state like Moorehead and Bemidji. And when they weren't nice, they were still genuine, not fake backstabbers. They were annoying for their settle-their-way-through-life attitude, but that never caused a problem. It just got tiresome to be around after a while. "Well, shit-yeah, if I can ice-fish a couple times a year, and fuckin'.... uh, not get bit by mosquitos, yeah, I guess I'm doing ok." Phoenix was culture shock because the Valley was (and likely still is) just _full_ of fake backstabbers. Meaning people easily offended for no reason who will never let you know about it, but you'll _hear_ about it from others. That almost never happened to me anywhere else, and it's almost never happened in Vegas. Just Phoenix, and it was consistent and it wasn't just me who noticed it. It was a very real thing, not imaginary, and happens among nearly all "ethnic" groups. Native Americans were ok, and native Arizonans were ok, as well as people from CA, TX and NY. The bad ones were who should have been "'my people" from MN and the upper midwest, but I almost never encountered them _in_ the upper midwest. One of the few I encountered was _from Phoenix._ No lie. I just thought he was an odd-ball and forgot about him until I moved to Phoenix where he was a common type. My theory is that people move to CA, Vegas and such to move _to_ things. People move to Phoenix to _run away_ from things. Certainly they run away from everything once they get there. I mistakenly went to Phx to move _to_ something, so there was a mismatch just from that. I don't think that's all of it, but I don't even have theories for the rest of it. What bugs me and makes me ramble is that I can't figure it out. BTW, the coolest on-average people I ever met were in western N Dakota. Ranchers, not bothered by anything, guns in every vehicle and no need to use them. Anyway, I certainly like the Vegas people better than Phoenix people, at least here in central Vegas and on Fremont and the Strip; it's no contest. The locals are like Minnesotans only without the settle-for-everything mentality. Visitors are here for a good time. All in all people are much more libertarian here in Sin City - go figure, huh? They are much more uptight and fake in Phoenix (and yet AZ is in some ways a more libertarian state). They are - or at least were - more DFL/democrat in the TCs (horribly statist, actually), but are open about what they stand for throughout the state. Bear in mind my date ranges are 1977 - 1985 in outstate MN, through 1998 in the TCs, up til 2017 in Phoenix. I definitely miss a lot of things about Phoenix and AZ generally, but oh well. Hmm, kinda sorry for writing a book here. 😐
@@KaraCleveland Hi again. I don't think the Phoenix backstabbers are so much actually trying to paint negative pictures behind one's back (if I cared about it more, I'd try to find a better term for them). I think they are just insincere backstabbing _types_ who act out their issue without any motive beyond that. I'm no psychologist or sociologist, but fwiw that's my guess at this point. I definitely think there is a difference between people who move somewhere to run from things vs those who run _to_ things. There are good ambitious things being done in Phoenix, but for a metro of 4.8 mil, you'd expect a lot more. Life is too short to spend it somewhere you don't like. Geographically and even for weather, I love Phoenix over the TCs and Vegas. It's a gorgeous southwestern area. But since I'm not a rancher or a hermit, I do need to care about the type of people who surround me. And the TCs and Vegas just have better more honest people on average. (Who'd ever think you could say that about Vegas?)
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I had left MN for 9 years and was called back in 2013 by a granny who had Terminal Cancer. What a change coming from Tempe, AZ, back to Minneapolis. I was in tears; I wouldn't say I liked it. My son and I have remained here, and we still miss Tempe. I am a native of Minneapolitan, but I call AZ my official home. Minneapolis has gotten so violent that I typically stay at home under my "Nasty Cat Blanket" while entitled criminals destroy the city.
I'm so sorry about your granny! Crime seems to fluctuate, but it also seems to be correlated with the cost of living. As it becomes more and more expensive to live, people get desperate and do what they think they need to do to survive. This is just an observation, not a justification.
Most sane middle class people have left, and so you guys in MN are left with a bunch of ueber wealthy people like the Daytons (although I think Mark left after he fell off the podium and face planted during his state of state address and took his money to South Dakota for the low taxes, but I digress) Cargills and feral folks of every color and stripe. 3M is going to leave and turn off the lights. It isn't what it used to be. It's kinda like a 3rd world country with snow. Kinda interesting from a sociological view. ;) Scads of material for a Ph.D. thesis.
I go way back with Minnesota and I have a lot of family and friends that are Minnesotans. I lived in the Twin Cities for many years. The Minnesota Nice is NOT something to hate about Minnesota. Traditional Minnesotans are not passive aggressive, they are actually very nice (good, respectful, farm-stock mid-western type of people). To me what Minnesota nice is about, is when you get dumped on by a mountain of snow and people band together to help each other out.
Most of the Minnesotans I know and meet are very nice! I wouldn't love it here as much as I do if I didn't like the people
Maybe 20 years ago this was the protocol. today its each person for themselves.....because of the great influx from ....
sounds to me you haven't been here long enough
I am a Texas boy living in MN for the past 8 years and MN nice is one thing I haven’t gotten use too. Probably the rudest people compared to down south. This is more noticeable in the twin cities. I currently live in Anoka and it’s a little better.
@@michaelminjares9141 what do you want to know about MN i been living here 67 years its beautiful state with great lakes but its change alt
Lived in Minneapolis from 2018-2022.... Great tap water, that's about it.
Minneapolis does have great tap water. What didn't you like about living here?
@@KaraCleveland The cops are little hostile than other places and I got my truck stolen at night. Lack of diversity and not too many tech jobs. It's a beautiful outdoorsy state though. Minnesota does have beautiful women too.
We got great water here too I live in Estacada Oregon, the Mount Hood national forest is my front yard! I can look out my window and see the forest even though I’m in the “city”
Clean river water coming from down the mountains.
But it’s the extreme costs of housing and living and the insane politics that have us moving.
Also when my family first migrated from Norway 🇳🇴 we settled in Minnesota, my fifth great grandfather is buried there…
@@P8860 Lack of diversity? Wow
@@BlackTownie999 Please don't move from OR and then vote democrat yet again; people like that are like locusts, they destroy where they were and then move on to the next victim state..
Like most places, you can be successful in the Twin Cities. You can have a good job, good benefits, good health care, good friends, a good time if you do some sort of combination of the following. Study hard, think hard, work hard, sweat hard, play hard, and develop social skills.
You forgot to mention the de-reanged political scene in the TC that has made the downtown areas unsafe for a couple to have date night. Currently, you can only be downtown in large crowds like the theater, Twins, or the T'Wolves. The ultra-lib government has destroyed what was once one of the best cities in the country.
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Depends whether you're from there or not. Cheap rent is a huge bonus atm too tbh
That ain’t so bad, here in Oregon it’s completely controlled by the hardest of lefty’s
Even tho the rest of us are libertarians or conservative republicans
Just don’t leave home without your Uzi if you plan a date night out in Murderapolis. .
@@Como651 damn. It must suck to be that scared of nothing.
Thank you for your Honesty. 100 percent true.
I disagree on the Minnesota Nice opinion (see my recent comment for my take on Minnesota Nice).
I live in Minneapolis. Mosquitoes are not even on my radar. But she is right about the other stuff.
I love this video! It’s realistic! But now that I’ve watched it, I realize there are some similarities to Georgia…humidity, mosquitoes, and drivers.
😂 not great similarities to have!
the dating scene is atrocious. It’s one of the loneliest cities. The women are extremely stuck up and unapproachable and don’t want to talk to you. this is also more of an American thing in general and it’s actually very weird because it’s not like that overseas
I thought I was alone , I used to thought something was really wrong with me until I went to Miami to visit my family. Yeah Miami people are rude but most cases the rudeness isn’t directly towards you but I made friends way easier and women tend to compliment me more . I don’t like Wisconsin neither but Wisconsin is a lot nicer than Minnesota
People always drive either wayyy to slow or wayyy to fast in MN. Then theres the traffic jams whenever everyone leaves the twin cites after work at the same time.
I agree with this. People are constantly riding my ass when I'm going 5 over the speed limit in the slow lane!
I enjoyed this video. Because I'm in Saint Paul.
Winter is good once it gets negative temps because it's too cold for water to evaporate, so there are no clouds. 😁
I figure Minnesota is what the Nordic countries would be if there wasn't the gulf stream, but our dry season starts after Christmas, so we get less extremes than you lot
There are two seasons in Minnesota. Winter and road repair. Frost heaving in the winter does severe damage to the roads. But here in Minnesota if you can't start your car in freezing weather and drain your battery, you can usually just hold up you jumper cables and someone still stop to jump start your car.
You forgot the airport. Only two security gates (sometimes three). And about the taxes, beside the income tax you have to include the sales tax. In total taxes Minnesota is top three.
But remember the great weather and nice people! ;)
You must be an Minnesotan😂😂😂@@glennleslie6127
moved from Minneapolis to the East Bay in California in 2014. The East Bay was gross. Twin Cities were great!
Good video. Come to DFW Metroplex to see what construction is.
@@KaraCleveland Agreed. All the Twin Cities people who say "I love the seasons" forget that the two seasons are Winter and Road-work.
Isn’t it know as Murderapolis?
1, 2, & 3 - agree wholeheartedly. I moved to the Pacific Northwest & thought I had gone to heaven! (Plus mountains & ocean!)
4-7 - roughly the same....😎
How is it out there?!
You forgot one....comrade Walz running this sh*tshow. Was a great place up until about 1977.
Minneapolis now has more crime than Chicago with the exception of murders, but are quickly catching up in that category as well.
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@@honusbigtime591 whites.
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It''s called the Twin Shittes for a reason. Get yourself out of there!
Agreed. It is a fantastic place to live.
@@NorthStarKnifeReviews I agree it's called the twin shittes for a reason
@@jasonjohnson5614 I know. The cousin-marrying folks out in methland who are scared of everything do have weird names and can’t spell. 😂
@@NorthStarKnifeReviews you sound triggered and a true Minnesotan if you are or not it's pretty typical.
European here. I have no idea what the Twin Cities are and you don´t say it anywhwere in the video description. I think it would be better if you mentioned the United States (it could have been Canada) or the actual cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. It would have been much more clear to people who are not from America.
Maybe read the description?
@@mochaelford3229 The description was changed after I wrote this comment
Kara your rundown is 100% accurate!😮
Summer construction detours should be #1 in my opinion! lol
Crime increased greatly since 2020. In response, so has the number of handgun carry permits. About 1 out of 6 men in Minnesota now have a handgun carry permit. Guess what. Crime is also dropping. It's just another example that more law abiding people carrying firearms reduces violent crime.
Yo hey now I Left 20 years ago
These are just annoyances and the kind you get in every northern city. There are real major concerns about Minnesota that are a whole lot more important and are worse in Minnesota then any where else in the Midwest. It’s become so left wing in many ways that most people see what’s become very immoral and what contributes to the same kind of rot you get in areas on the west coast. Especially in California. In my personal opinion Minnesota is becoming an even worse place to raise a family. They celebrate what I consider trash and immoral behavior, trying to make it normal culture. If their idea of inclusive means moral rot and decay, who wants that? That’s not good growth and I believe a lot more people will leave the state because of this.
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I agree Mark. That's why I'm leaving Minnesota myself. It's becoming absolute trash, and fast.
@@KaraCleveland It's a compilation of many things that draw me to this conclusion. Mostly issues with morality that this state has been suffering from as of recently.
1. Both violent and petty crime has become *rampant* .
2. As a reaction to this high crime rate, people are more "on edge". And even less willing to communicate with anyone outside of their already *extremely* small social circles.
3. *Severely* unhealthy lack of communication skills within minnesotan culture. This in turn, leads to the following point.
4. *Passive-aggressive* behavior, Yuk!🤮 Examples include but not limited to, backstabbing, gossip, lying, deceit, and an overall inability to look your problems in the eye, and handle them accordingly. This is *not* normal healthy human behavior.
5. Below *freezing* arctic temperatures!🥶 Definitely not for everybody. Certainly not me, I'm sorry. And yes, I was born here. But I spent most of my childhood moving from state to state. And I guess you can say I've gotten used to better weather. I used to live in Miami, FL. lol
6. Immigration crisis! Minnesota is one of the few states of our union known for it's liberal politics and "welcoming" atmosphere. Meaning they pretty much are forced to uphold those values by welcoming in everyone under the sun. Even if it means cutting off resources and help to fellow Americans in need. I'm all for migrants coming to live a better life. Don't get me wrong! But when they start bringing over the negative qualities of their culture *here* to America? There will most certainly be friction with the rest of the population. As well as a failure to assimilate to the American way of life. That's unacceptable.
But other than the six points made above? Nothing else seems to be wrong with the state of Minnesota. Keep in mind. This is *my* view.
@@KaraCleveland Oh yeah. I almost forgot. High Income-tax! So several points made now.
@@KaraCleveland I guess what I'm trying to say, is that there's a noticeable lack of *genuineness* amongst most minnesotans. If you catch my drift. And yes, this is coming from a vast amount of personal experiences. I'm not sure if you know what I mean, but regardless. I respect your opinion. Btw, are you a transplant or native minnesotan, if I may inquire?
Home sweet home.
Traveled the world over still haven't found a better beer.
Missed the ultra woke political BS. I left 3 years ago after living in the metro area all my life. Born in the near north side in the 50's. Slow and steady decline until the rapid descent of the last 3-5 years. Couldn't pay me enough to move back to the metro. Possibly to the far north, west or south, where some level of sanity still exists. If you want to see where the metro will be in 10 years just look to LA, San Fran, Portland, Chicago. 38th and Chicago is still a burnt out mess 3 years later. It'll never recover. All the former business owners took their insurance money and set up shop somewhere else.
What are woke politics?
@@KaraCleveland WOKE politics are actually known as left-wing extremists but I'm guessing you missed the BLM riots back in 2020 which just say the black community in Minneapolis weren't happy about their homes being burned by BLM and more pissed off at Walz because it turns out he is known as the biggest racist where he got the title as most hated person in the whole state.
@@KaraClevelandliberal policies. I commented on another comment but not prosecuting criminals at all or very weakly. For example the 4 kids that just stole a car and got shot at - they had previously stolen cars but Mary moriarty sid not prosecute them despite parent and police pleas. She doesn’t hold criminals accountable which is causing a lawless city. Not to mention the defund the police movement which has caused police officers to leave and retire etc. The homeless encampments and lawlessness that that creates due to policies catering to them.
that ok have lived in minnesota my entire life dress for it dont want to live any of the coasts living here is so bad move to out side of the citys
I like living here, there are just some things I don't like about living here 😅. But anywhere you live will have its pros and cons
I would say Ilan Omar.
It's too damn blue. Lots of woke nonsense I've been here all my life. South Dakota's looking pretty good.
What issues are of concern to you that think are a result of Minnesota being a blue state?
Dear god. Have you been to SD? It’s a shitshow.
@@KaraClevelandI can answer for them. Crime is out of control due to no police officers wanting to work there since the democrats decided it would be wise to mention defunding police. Criminals don’t get charged at all or get released too quickly due to a very liberal Mary moriarty. Those are just an are few ways the extreme liberal policies have slowly destroyed Minneapolis.
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Winters do NOT last six months; maybe three. Also, there's no tax on clothing or food.
I love that there's no tax on food and clothing. I said they CAN last up to 6 months. It can get cold starting in October and not warm up until April. Were you here for the winter 2023?! It lasted forever. Although this winter has been nothing!
ummm...no...healthcare is NOT widely available for all people of different income levels, many of us fall through the cracks as does my minnesota family. America is the only first world country with a for profit health care system and it sucks
I agree that the healthcare system in the US sucks everywhere, but it's slight better here because of the MNsure marketplace. Have you spoke with someone about a plan based on your income? If not, I highly recommend it. They are super helpful, and your options could still be shit, but it's worth it to talk to someone to see what's available to you. But again, I agree that the healthcare system in the US is horseshit overall.
I want to travel to Minneapolis as I am wife shopping.
Phoenix is _WAY_ worse by your definition of "passive-aggressive". It was literally culture shock when I moved from the TCs to Phx. After too many years among those backstabbing schmoozers, I moved to central Vegas. It was culture shock all over again, because people here are much more like they were in MN 20+ years ago.
@@KaraCleveland Could it have changed since '98? I heard the term "Minnesota nice" even before I left MN, but never knew what it meant. In my experience at that time people were generally nice enough in the TCs and the out-state like Moorehead and Bemidji. And when they weren't nice, they were still genuine, not fake backstabbers. They were annoying for their settle-their-way-through-life attitude, but that never caused a problem. It just got tiresome to be around after a while. "Well, shit-yeah, if I can ice-fish a couple times a year, and fuckin'.... uh, not get bit by mosquitos, yeah, I guess I'm doing ok."
Phoenix was culture shock because the Valley was (and likely still is) just _full_ of fake backstabbers. Meaning people easily offended for no reason who will never let you know about it, but you'll _hear_ about it from others. That almost never happened to me anywhere else, and it's almost never happened in Vegas. Just Phoenix, and it was consistent and it wasn't just me who noticed it. It was a very real thing, not imaginary, and happens among nearly all "ethnic" groups. Native Americans were ok, and native Arizonans were ok, as well as people from CA, TX and NY. The bad ones were who should have been "'my people" from MN and the upper midwest, but I almost never encountered them _in_ the upper midwest. One of the few I encountered was _from Phoenix._ No lie. I just thought he was an odd-ball and forgot about him until I moved to Phoenix where he was a common type.
My theory is that people move to CA, Vegas and such to move _to_ things. People move to Phoenix to _run away_ from things. Certainly they run away from everything once they get there. I mistakenly went to Phx to move _to_ something, so there was a mismatch just from that. I don't think that's all of it, but I don't even have theories for the rest of it. What bugs me and makes me ramble is that I can't figure it out.
BTW, the coolest on-average people I ever met were in western N Dakota. Ranchers, not bothered by anything, guns in every vehicle and no need to use them.
Anyway, I certainly like the Vegas people better than Phoenix people, at least here in central Vegas and on Fremont and the Strip; it's no contest. The locals are like Minnesotans only without the settle-for-everything mentality. Visitors are here for a good time.
All in all people are much more libertarian here in Sin City - go figure, huh? They are much more uptight and fake in Phoenix (and yet AZ is in some ways a more libertarian state). They are - or at least were - more DFL/democrat in the TCs (horribly statist, actually), but are open about what they stand for throughout the state. Bear in mind my date ranges are 1977 - 1985 in outstate MN, through 1998 in the TCs, up til 2017 in Phoenix.
I definitely miss a lot of things about Phoenix and AZ generally, but oh well. Hmm, kinda sorry for writing a book here. 😐
@@KaraCleveland Hi again. I don't think the Phoenix backstabbers are so much actually trying to paint negative pictures behind one's back (if I cared about it more, I'd try to find a better term for them). I think they are just insincere backstabbing _types_ who act out their issue without any motive beyond that. I'm no psychologist or sociologist, but fwiw that's my guess at this point.
I definitely think there is a difference between people who move somewhere to run from things vs those who run _to_ things. There are good ambitious things being done in Phoenix, but for a metro of 4.8 mil, you'd expect a lot more.
Life is too short to spend it somewhere you don't like. Geographically and even for weather, I love Phoenix over the TCs and Vegas. It's a gorgeous southwestern area. But since I'm not a rancher or a hermit, I do need to care about the type of people who surround me. And the TCs and Vegas just have better more honest people on average. (Who'd ever think you could say that about Vegas?)