Minnesota

Comfortably_Numb

(4,183 posts) Wed Feb 26, 2025, 07:57 PM Feb 26

I will delete this if it's inappropriate, but I am requesting some info about Minnesota. I am retiring this year and [View all]

can’t leave Texas soon enough. I am looking for seasons, cold and snow sound so good after heat Humidity and hurricanes here in Houston. Denver is too expensive, and my wife gets altitude sickness, so we need lowlands. The prospect of living in a blue state is appealing and midwestern values sound good to me. Pros and cons? It’s just me and the missus retiring, so no schools considerations.

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I will delete this if it's inappropriate, but I am requesting some info about Minnesota. I am retiring this year and [View all] Comfortably_Numb Feb 26 OP

My son lives bamagal62 Feb 26 #1

lmao...cold as F@ck we can handle. Visited Denver in winters, and Ohio and WVA back in the day. You can put layers of Comfortably_Numb Feb 26 #11

And I am fine paying taxes when you get something for them. Texas property taxes are exorbitant!! Comfortably_Numb Feb 26 #12

True dat! bamagal62 Feb 26 #17

None of those places come close to MN cold iemanja Mar 1 #43

I enjoyed the 2 1/2 years I spent in Rochester, MN. It's been a long time ago so I'm sinkingfeeling Feb 26 #2

Funny you mention Rochester. I have a lot of really complicated medical issues and I've been the topic of numerous Comfortably_Numb Feb 26 #8

I had a 9 acre animal rescue before I moved to the city, so a farm sounds like home. Comfortably_Numb Feb 26 #9

The Twin Cities are a huge sprawl IbogaProject Feb 26 #3

I love it. Ocelot II Feb 26 #4

The people in Minneapolis (and most of the Midwest) bamagal62 Feb 26 #18

I have to disagree with that iemanja Mar 1 #44

I have to concur. OldBaldy1701E Mar 3 #53

It gets hot and humid here in the summer, so don't expect relief from that entirely, and as climate changes, WhiskeyGrinder Feb 26 #5

Do houses typically have central air conditioning? Here in Houston we basically shelter inside from May to september. Comfortably_Numb Feb 26 #6

Newer ones do. My house is old and heated with radiators, so I use window units Ocelot II Feb 26 #10

Depends on where you buy and age of the house. I live up north and do not have central air. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 26 #13

This helps. Coming from this sauna if the realtor told me there was no central air I would default to "oh hell no" !! Comfortably_Numb Feb 26 #15

Not sure if you're looking at the Cities, Roch, Duluth or something rural, but the older the house without central air, WhiskeyGrinder Feb 26 #19

I screenshot your comment so I can look those areas up. I have a decent equity in my house here Comfortably_Numb Feb 26 #22

Having lived in both MN and Texas, you probrably won't notice the humidity in Minnesota. I will sinkingfeeling Feb 26 #16

Central air is very common. mzmolly Feb 27 #25

I have a house built in 1914 that has iemanja Mar 1 #45

Lived there most of my life (would not trade MN for most states - except for Hawaii when it is minus 31 degrees). waterwatcher123 Feb 26 #7

Thanks so much. It sounds like a great spot. Comfortably_Numb Feb 26 #14

For what it's worth, bamagal62 Feb 26 #20

Retired, I could move out into the burbs easily. Comfortably_Numb Feb 26 #23

This seems like a consensus. And as I'm retired means I could be basically anywhere without worrying about a commute. Comfortably_Numb Feb 27 #26

Just to add iemanja Mar 1 #46

I feel proud and happy I live in Minnesota. Nanuke Feb 26 #21

As corny as it may sound, I'd like to be proud of where I live for the last years I'm on this orb. Texas is nauseating Comfortably_Numb Feb 27 #27

I love Minnesota. mzmolly Feb 27 #24

I learned something new from you-hygge . The missus and I are basically homebodies, so that sounds really good. Comfortably_Numb Feb 27 #29

It's a nice philosophy. mzmolly Feb 27 #33

In the cold..... lord in heaven in actual cold. And I've spent time in cold so I have an idea. Comfortably_Numb Feb 27 #35

Minnesota is a little bit like Canada and it is close. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 27 #28

If I could afford it, I would move to Montreal in a heartbeat. We go to the Montreal Grand Prix every year and Comfortably_Numb Feb 27 #30

Canadian dollar is 70 cents of US. $6.00 eggs (common price) are $4.20 US. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 27 #31

I've got a Canadian $5.00 bill on my monitor stand in my home office. A constant reminder of how much I absolutely love Comfortably_Numb Feb 27 #32

You could move near the border. mzmolly Feb 27 #34

Thank you so much!!! I would not even known about that area. Comfortably_Numb Feb 27 #36

You're most welcome. mzmolly Feb 27 #37

The North shore is beautiful! iemanja Mar 1 #47

I love living in Minnesota LNM Feb 28 #38

The wife and I will be making a trip up this winter. As a retiring senior, maybe the taxes won't be too bad. But as I Comfortably_Numb Feb 28 #39

Reading through this, I can't think of much to add dflprincess Feb 28 #40

That is an important addition. I'm retiring after 30 years in higher ed admin so I've always been in college towns with Comfortably_Numb Feb 28 #41

If you are retired you will not have to worry about driving in the snow and the cold to make it to work. question everything Mar 2 #49

Houston humidity is intolerable, from March to September. I mean horrid. I've lived in cold, and like you said, Comfortably_Numb Mar 2 #50

The only cons iemanja Feb 28 #42

My wife and I keep largely to ourselves. We help out a neighbor when we can, but let's just say lockdown didn't change Comfortably_Numb Mar 1 #48

Monroe County Indiana. County seat Bloomington. Frasier Balzov Mar 2 #51

Not to be confused with Bloomington, MN dflprincess Mar 3 #54

What sets it apart is: lakes everywhere. Mister Ed Mar 3 #52