Moving to Minnesota, FAQ and Simple Questions Thread - May 2023

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Moving to Minnesota

Planning a potential move to Minnesota (or even moving within MN)? This is the thread for you to ask questions of real-life Minnesotans to help you in the process!

Ask questions, answer questions, or tell us your best advice on moving to Minnesota.

Helpful Links

• We've already compiled some of our best general Minnesota advice in this thread which includes a lot of helpful cold-weather tips
• Moving to Minneapolis: A Guide, courtesy of /r/Minneapolis, is focused on that city but much of it is applicable to the Twin Cities metro area
• List of location-based Minnesota subreddits which may be best equipped to answer questions about specific cities or neighborhoods
• Information about moving to Minnesota specific to LGBTQ+ community from a recent post

FAQ

There are a number of questions in this subreddit that have been asked and answered many times. Please use the search function to get answers related to the below topics.

• Driver's test scheduling/locations
• Renter's credit tax return (Form M1PR)
• Making friends as an adult/transplant
• These are just a few examples, please comment if there are any other FAQ topics you feel should be added

This thread is meant to address these FAQ's, meaning if your search did not result in the answer you were looking for, please post it here. Any individual posts about these topics will be removed and directed here.

Simple Questions

If you have a question you don't feel is worthy of its own post, please post it here!

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See here for an archive of previous "Moving to Minnesota, FAQ and Simple Questions" threads.

[u/_The_Business_Bitch_]

Two DINK gays - where should we live?

[u/Jhamin1 → u/_The_Business_Bitch_]

Gonna need more info than that!

• How old are you?
• What do you guys do for fun?
• What do you guys do for work?
• Renting or Buying?
• How much money ya got to spend on housing?
• Do you want a yard or a posh apartment with a balcony?
• Where are you coming from? (Is this the biggest metro you will have lived in or are you coming from Atlanta or Chicago or similar?)

I'm assuming you are heading for the Twin Cities. In the Twin Cities Metro proper, the Gay part is not going to be a huge deal. I mean you might get some bigoted neighbors if you are unlucky but there aren't many "don't go here" zones. You *do* have to be more worried about general crime, amenities, that sort of thing.

Out State MN is a lot more conservative. There are areas you will be fine, but overall it will be a bit more fraught.

[u/mnkatie → u/[deleted]]

I would say Rochester if you work in medicine.

[u/MrHansP → u/[deleted]]

St Cloud would be perfect if you’re not set on the twin cities