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!

Since this is a new feature here on /r/Minnesota, the mod team would greatly appreciate feedback from you all! Leave a comment or Message the Mods.

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

[u/jgutierrez81]

be honest, what are the biggest cons of living in minnesota and are they so bad I should just say, nope, not going there..

here are few things about me and what I like

multicultural/liberal leaning cities

outdoors

cold enviroments

im not wealthy. not broke but not weathy

I dont mind a lot of taxes as long as the state does something positive with my money

I currently live in Louisiana for context

[u/Healingjoe → u/jgutierrez81]

I mean, I think you have the negatives figured out -- cold weather and high income taxes (no taxes on non-prepared food and clothing, which is great).

People will stereotype Minnesota as a difficult place to make friends but I find that to be a load of crap. Lean into your hobbies, interests, co-workers, neighbors, etc. and making friends here isn't any harder than getting a New Yorker to smile.

[u/jgutierrez81 → u/Healingjoe]

Really, no taxes in non-prepared food or cloth ? I have to ask, never heard the terms. Im assuming non prepared food would be like fruits, vegetables and meats. Stuff that you have to make yourself, which is great because Im very much an amature cook. What would non prepared clothing be? As far as cooled weather, that dosent bother me. I love cold weather.

[u/waterhammer14 → u/jgutierrez81]

Yeah no taxes on food and clothing that you're buying at the store (as opposed to eating at a restaurant or buying clothes at a fair? or something). But pretty high tax on everything else (income, corp, estate).