true...growing up there...young LDS couples would get transferred

Feb 27, 2016
8:23:53pm

ds7 All-American

to corporate for a few years of seasoning...and then they'd try and get moved somewhere else almost as soon as possible.

i saw it happens hundreds of times.

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Talk me into moving to Minnesota.

Spokcougar

2/26/16 7:32pm

No.

flyusaf

2/26/16 7:33pm

This.

LeftOfNormal

2/26/16 7:38pm

Yeah I'm not really feeling it.

Spokcougar

2/26/16 7:35pm

Even Spokane has something on Minnesota. Ouch

kotacoug

2/26/16 7:38pm

Spokane is nice. Good scenery, good restaurants.

flyusaf

2/26/16 7:42pm

I lived there for 3 yrs...

kotacoug

2/26/16 7:48pm

What didn't you like about it?

flyusaf

2/26/16 7:49pm

I moved there from Portland OR. It felt like I went back in time a decade or two

kotacoug

2/26/16 8:12pm

No it doesn't. Minneapolis is nice city. Spokane is a backwater town.

Singcat

2/26/16 10:13pm

In the name of Kent Hrbek that's a terrible idea

pink22

2/26/16 7:36pm

Kent Hrbek, Gary Gaetti, Kirby Puckett.. The last baseball team I cared about

nc-puma

2/26/16 10:56pm

harmon killebrew, rod carew, tony oliva, bob allison, ceasar tovar, etc...

ds7

2/26/16 11:23pm

Which city?

Thrill

2/26/16 7:38pm

Winters are not bad after the first--once you get acclimated they are no big

Thrill

2/26/16 8:01pm

I agree, aim for the south west metro, we loved Prior Lake.

Rusby

2/26/16 8:26pm

hey they have 10,000 lakes and 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 mosquitos

Nat Gas Man

2/26/16 7:41pm

this! We stopped one summer at empty campground. Discovered why empty soon.

charles

2/26/16 7:52pm

RE: hey they have 10,000 lakes and 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 mosquitos

ds7

2/26/16 9:54pm

No.

Tim

2/26/16 7:42pm

Great corporate job market. If you end up liking it, you can stay forever.

Zooropa

2/26/16 7:45pm

The winters are fabulous! -40 and snow, not much sun. Summer is hot, humid and

Romex

2/26/16 7:46pm

I thought Minneapolis was pretty cool, lots of surrounding towns are

NacoCoug

2/26/16 7:48pm

Never met anyone who has lived there who didn't love it

Gustav

2/26/16 7:49pm

RE: Talk me into moving to Minnesota.

boogers

2/26/16 7:52pm

Pass

BIG XII Coug

2/26/16 7:52pm

Whoa, all this hating on Minnesota. Here you go:

nc-puma

2/26/16 7:53pm

I'd go to Minneapolis. Year round sport.

Turnpike Lane

2/26/16 7:56pm

been there done tht don't need to go back

crimedog

2/26/16 8:01pm

Good food and a good wrestling team. That's about it.

BabyOx

2/26/16 8:10pm

um...hockey

ds7

2/26/16 9:52pm

Not a hockey fan.

BabyOx

2/26/16 10:27pm

but you're a wrestling fan?

ds7

2/26/16 10:37pm

42k at this event last fall. Not CFB, but still a big deal in the B10 and B12

BabyOx

2/26/16 11:04pm

Autumn is spectacular there.

Rusby

2/26/16 8:30pm

The North Shore of superior is great to visit and Duluth is a fun city.

Rusby

2/26/16 8:31pm

minnesota natives...

ds7

2/26/16 9:50pm

Minneapolis is a nice city with a lot of white collar jobs.

Singcat

2/26/16 10:16pm

Was there during a cold snap in January. I'd still move there. VERY nice

RealTexan Coug

2/27/16 7:07pm

true...growing up there...young LDS couples would get transferred

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