And I go out west to visit friends and family in Northern California at least once a year, and have for a long time since I moved. I dislike Southern California more than Minneapolis, though. Still, the “gem of the midwest” isn't all it's cracked up to be.

You spend $800/mo on a studio apartment easy in Minneapolis these days. Without a/c or off-street parking. Crime is worse than it has ever been, even in ‘nicer’ neighborhoods. I live in one of them, and I hear gunshots all the time. Way more than I ever heard growing up in San Francisco. The infrastructure is as…

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