Minnesota is cold but you can get a 4 car garage new build w/ good schools for 580k!

[Anonymous]

We live in MN and have a three car garage for our three cars - mom, dad, and minivan (nanny drives).

Great schools, great communities, great arts/theater/dining, wonderful lakes, looooong winters. Keeps the riff raff out.

[Anonymous]

I'd consider it...except we're gov't types whose job opportunities are absolutely best here.

[Anonymous]

There is nothing like a brand new, spacious home. I can't wait to the leave the DC area so I can get back to that style of living.

[Anonymous]

I live in Huntsville, North Alabama. A flyover state, I know.

We have a great cost of living = income ratio, a city full of scientists and engineers, a bit of arts for our small city, great nature, rivers and parks, 200 sunny days a year, close drive to beaches, commute to work is averaging 15 minutes, real estate is cheap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in Huntsville, North Alabama. A flyover state, I know.

We have a great cost of living = income ratio, a city full of scientists and engineers, a bit of arts for our small city, great nature, rivers and parks, 200 sunny days a year, close drive to beaches, commute to work is averaging 15 minutes, real estate is cheap.

Not sure if meth labs counts as "scientists and engineers" but the rest sounds nice except the Alabama part.

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Anonymous wrote:Minnesotans need garages because the cars would freeze outside in winter and not start.

lOl that's not true

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh good. A garage for each member of my family, two of whom are under 8.

Why the heck would anyone need 4 garages?

Uh, because you're u have 3-4 cars. Not sure why this is hard to understand. People do have multiple cars. Even her in DC

We have 4.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in Huntsville, North Alabama. A flyover state, I know.

We have a great cost of living = income ratio, a city full of scientists and engineers, a bit of arts for our small city, great nature, rivers and parks, 200 sunny days a year, close drive to beaches, commute to work is averaging 15 minutes, real estate is cheap.

Not sure if meth labs counts as "scientists and engineers" but the rest sounds nice except the Alabama part.

I'm a dc native, but are people in dc really this ignorant?

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Anonymous wrote:I'd consider it...except we're gov't types whose job opportunities are absolutely best here.

DC employs the unemployable and people with worthless degrees

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in Huntsville, North Alabama. A flyover state, I know.

We have a great cost of living = income ratio, a city full of scientists and engineers, a bit of arts for our small city, great nature, rivers and parks, 200 sunny days a year, close drive to beaches, commute to work is averaging 15 minutes, real estate is cheap.

Not sure if meth labs counts as "scientists and engineers" but the rest sounds nice except the Alabama part.

The scientists in Huntsville work for NASA. NASA has a large base in Huntsville. Shows how ignorant you are!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in Huntsville, North Alabama. A flyover state, I know.

We have a great cost of living = income ratio, a city full of scientists and engineers, a bit of arts for our small city, great nature, rivers and parks, 200 sunny days a year, close drive to beaches, commute to work is averaging 15 minutes, real estate is cheap.

Not sure if meth labs counts as "scientists and engineers" but the rest sounds nice except the Alabama part.

When I read things like this I wonder if the people who post them have just never really been anywhere. I've been to Huntsville many times. It's a very nice town. Maybe get out of your DC bubble and visit the rest of the country. So many of you spend your vacations traveling overseas, which is great. But the US is huge. Most of it is very different from DC/NoVA/MOCO. To dismiss an entire state is just ignorant. And no. I am not from Alabama.

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Anonymous wrote:Lakeville is far from downtown and there is not much there. It's like living in Clarksburg or Urbana or Frederick. While you may not get a 4 car garage in this area that's because you don't typically need it here, while you do need to garage your car in the winter in MN.

Mpls and St Paul are beautiful cities, and there are some super nice houses especially near the lakes, or in Edina, or on Summit Ave, but those houses aren't $580k.

Exactly! Cost of living in the twin cities is not much different from DC and the income is lower. OP is showing a house 20+ miles from downtown. I bet I could find fabulous $580K home in Ashburn or Columbia.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in Huntsville, North Alabama. A flyover state, I know.

We have a great cost of living = income ratio, a city full of scientists and engineers, a bit of arts for our small city, great nature, rivers and parks, 200 sunny days a year, close drive to beaches, commute to work is averaging 15 minutes, real estate is cheap.

Not sure if meth labs counts as "scientists and engineers" but the rest sounds nice except the Alabama part.

Mean but funny! My fave.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd consider it...except we're gov't types whose job opportunities are absolutely best here.

DC employs the unemployable and people with worthless degrees

Yup, that's why we're staying put!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who cares about # of garages, are there any jobs in Minnesota?
Trade offs just like everything else in life.

Of course. The Twin Cities are a hub for the technology, medical, and finance industries. It is a very livable, stable, area. What a silly comment.

I have a friend with one of the big 3 telecomm companies in Minneapolis this week on business- she always has a great time there- they seem to have a really great pub scene.