Why We Live in Minnesota

Mueller Memorial • February 3, 2018

HELLO SUPER BOWL FANS! Welcome to Minnesota!


A Visitors Guide to Understanding Minnesotan Life and Behavior (Part Three):

Before you step outside and inevitably ask us how can we POSSIBLY live here, please consider:


– At 90,000 miles, we have more shoreline than Florida, California and Hawaii…combined!


– Minnesota has one recreational boat per every six people, more than any other state.


– All those lakes are full of fresh water. (All the rivers too.)


– We have one of the highest standards of living in the country.


– Minneapolis was named the nation’s most gay-friendly city.



– Minneapolis was awarded the title most bike-friendly city.



– St. Paul hosts a huge Saint Paul Winter Carnival every February: you can visit it while you’re here.


– We have the 2nd largest State Fair in the country. (Dang Texas.) Minnesota State Fair


– For five years Minneapolis pub, The Local , held the record for selling more Jameson Irish Whiskey than any other bar in the world, this includes bars in Ireland!



– Minnesota has a higher voter turnout rate than any other state in the union.


– We sell more theater tickets per capita than Chicago or Seattle.


– In the height of Minnesota summer, we have daylight til well after 10pm.


– Minneapolis has more golfers per capita than any other city in the country.


– There’s no sales tax on clothing.


– The Mississippi River headwaters flow from Minnesota.


– My mom lives here.


– Did I mention we produced Prince?


So maybe the real question is, how can you possibly NOT want to live here?


Eh?


Em-I-Right?


Whatever…we like it.



Check out the rest of our “visitor’s guide” series at:


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