Posted on 05/09/2006 6:34:27 AM PDT by Rakkasan1
Minneapolis-St. Paul is a "cosmopolitan gem," according to a new ranking by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. Granted, "the winter weather isn't for wusses," Kiplinger's June issue reports, but the seven-county Twin Cities area has so many good things to brag about: cost of living and housing, quality health care, low crime rate, education, quality of life, cultural amenities, the economy and transportation.
St. Paul doesn't get short shrift either in the write-up: The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra are mentioned, among other pluses. Minneapolis is described as "progressive and hip, with a Midwestern sensibility." Anoka County and Lakeville are singled out for reasonable housing prices.
To read more about why this area is such a smart place to live, go to www.kiplinger.com/personalfinance.
Top five cities
1. Nashville, Tenn.
2. Minneapolis-St. Paul
3. Albuquerque, N.M.
4. Atlanta
5. Austin, Texas
our neighbors
16. La Crosse, Wis.
17. Rochester, Minn.
20. Madison, Wis.
28. Bismarck, N.D.
32. St. Cloud, Minn.
45. Oshkosh, Wis.
(Excerpt) Read more at twincities.com ...
Cold weather reduces "quality of life" to zero. ;)
Not so sure ping.
but makes the riff-raff head south or at least stay off the street.
I spent most of last week in St. Paul on business and would love to live there but for the cold being used to balmy Chicago. It is a very nice city and appeals greatly to me.
Nashville's No. 1 ping.
I live here, and it sux.
Well, I'm not a leftist commie, that may play into it..
Only if you're a Marxist.
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060509/BUSINESS01/605090339
And as a sidelight, Nashville has a close neighbor
Oak Ridge, Tenn. which is world famous in energy research
http://www.cortn.org/
http://www.ornl.gov/
Nashville. Where everyone feels like family. Cause it is.
Not that I disagree that Albuquerque is a nice city but I can see the line of Uhaul moving vans going into the City getting even larger than what it already is. Oh well. It will just mean my house will sell faster when I leave for rural America.
Muleteam1
Give me SE Alaska anyday!
fyiieeeeeeee
Beats the crap out of cold, dirty, 'Rat-infested cities up north.
Or in Uptown...
As for the other cities:
2. Minneapolis-St. Paul - Nice place to visit. I'd live there just to listen to "Garage Logic" in the afternoons.
3. Albuquerque, N.M. - "but, it's a dry heat."
4. Atlanta - if by Atlanta, you mean Dunwoody or Buckhead, then yes. if by Atlanta, you mean Techwood, then no.
5. Austin, Texas - "keep Austin weird!" Um... OK. I like Dallas better.
16. La Crosse, Wis. - Great hunting and fishing close by and truly wonderful people. I also found a great Barbecue place there.
17. Rochester, Minn. - no, but thank you. Costly, cold, and lots of people who are sick. Health care there may be the best in the US, but it's not for me.
20. Madison, Wis. - an island of socialism surrounded by the reality of Wisconsin. Hated the place. Some nice folks, and the university is great in my field. But, I could never, ever live there.
28. Bismarck, N.D. - No idea. Never been there.
32. St. Cloud, Minn. - Great town. Beautiful gardens and the university is great.
45. Oshkosh, Wis.- Oshkosh by gosh! Nice folks.
It's all Pawlenty's fault!!!!!
Lol my wife was pregnant during that one. We were attending Lamaz classes.
Let me guess. The majority of the top smartest places to live are dominated by leftists? Am I right? I know the twin cities are. I know Madison is. Anyone? Anyone?
Austin at # 5?
Yeah right. This place sucks.
I moved here a little over a year ago and am already packing my bags to get back out in the country. Too many damn liberals, mexico plates, freaks, robberies, and so on.
I didn't know anything to pick at this about until I saw Atlanta. A truly HORRIBLE place! ugh. Horrible, HORRIBLE traffic, and the city pols are so corrupt both in the past and now.
No one could pay us enough to live in or close to Atlanta.
"Atlanta - if by Atlanta, you mean Dunwoody or Buckhead, then yes. if by Atlanta, you mean Techwood, then no."
It's been awhile since you've been to ATL apparently.
Buckhead is now the hip-hop hotspot of the city. I.E. It sux. And Techwood isn't quite the drug-slinging hellhole it used to be...although I wouldn't walk its streets at night...
Went to school in Minnesota and loved everything but the brutal winters...worked in Atlanta and consider the 'burbs okay but the central city could be a twin to east L.A., south Detroit, Lagos or Mogadishu as far as filth, crime, corruption and gangs are concerned! My favorite city: Charleston, S.C.!
Ithaca was in the Top Ten, so already the guide is suspect.
Some northern Minnesotans refer to "Da Cities" as the banana belt...
If I had to live in Minnesota, that (or one of the smaller surrounding towns) would probably be the place...decent infrastucture, nice folks and pretty terrain.
Go Packers!
One of the worst things that can happen to a nice community is inclusion into one of these lists. The two legged trash will beat a path into the city, drag down the infrastructure, raise the taxes and lower standards.
If you have these folks looking around your town, moon them ...
What's the elevation there?
Aren't they at nosebleed elevation?
Southeast AK has tremendous fishing, hunting is crowded (you won't go all day without seeing another hunter, but the constant rain would kill me.
Fish the Situk sometime and you'll see what I'm talking about.
What's the elevation there? (Albuquerque)
A little higher than Denver...around 5300 feet.
Muleteam1
Minneapolis is sister city of Madistan.
Only if you're a Marxist.
There's actually a phrase "Madison Liberal" that describes a particular breed of moonbat. Ask anyone over 50 that lives in MN...
What????
Yes, it has been some time since I have been in Buckhead. I used to love the area. My last trip to ATL, I was told to stay out of Techwood or I might get shot. But, that was also the better part of 10 years ago.
Minneapolis is becoming a third-world sh*thole.
turd world.
Anoka is nice.(and the Halloween capitol of the world!)
I used to live not far from Nashville. I liked it.
MN also has this interesting little place called the Laurentian Divide.
On the north side of this site, the divide directs the waters to empty into Hudson Bay and on to the Arctic Ocean.
On the south, water flows into the Mississippi River and eventually into the Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.byways.org/browse/byways/2455/places/12034/
Cold weather reduces "quality of life" to zero. ;)
As I keep telling people HELLO...it's January...it's Minnesota...it's supposed to be cold.
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