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In reply to the discussion: state by state speak your mind about...minnesota [View all]hifiguy
(33,688 posts)11. I'm a lifelong Minnesotan and
the only thing I don't like is the winter weather. And the older I get the less I like it.
The Twin Cities are a pretty darn good place to live, though not terribly cheap anymore. We do have quirks, many of which our own national treasure Garrison Keillor has catalogued in his inimitable way. Minnesotans really are quite passive-aggressive and really do hang around as adults with people they went to junior high with.
One of the odd things is that there are a lot of rich - really rich - people here, but you'd never know it. They make Warren Buffet look like a Trump-style showoff. I think we are also the largest metropolitan area in the country without a Ferrari dealership.
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Lutefisk just sounds like an unmentionable body part that's probably slimy and hard to chew.
HopeHoops
Feb 2012
#71
I lived just north of Rochester for 3 years. I enjoyed my time in Minnesota.
sinkingfeeling
Feb 2012
#17
homestate of such dem heavy weights as Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale, Paul Wellstone,
WI_DEM
Feb 2012
#19
Best elections in the country. Every day, it seems, I read about some election snafu
Thegonagle
Feb 2012
#69