(January 1982 - September 1983) was one of the very best times in my life. We were in Minneapolis. I loved the city. I loved the people. I loved the snow and the cold. Heck, I'd spent the first fourteen years of my life in northern New York State, and so Minneapolis held no challenges.

And what I loved most of all was how progressive and liberal it was. Alas, my husband got a jog in another state, and I've only been back perhaps 4 times for brief visits.

he loves it. (He’s very progressive.) . I’m not sure he’ll ever leave! He doesn’t seem to mind the cold. And, really appreciates it when the weather is nice.

but also one of the hardest states to convince someone to leave (including those who were reluctant to come here in the first place).

Glad your son likes it here.

My husband, that I hadn't met yet, was told by Seagate that his job was being moved to Shakopee from Scott's Valley, CA in 2004.
He was angry but it was a good job.
Almost 20 years later, no way he would leave even though all his family is in CA.

with an ultra-extreme far right wing very near super-majority legislature.

Its sad reading all the crap they are passing in Wisconsin.

of MN that has no representation or hope of representation anywhere near Dem related. The people that do represent it are either MAGA-related or work to break down environmental laws.

I think the fact that R Rep.Stauber has a presence at all in NW MN. needs to be seriously revisited in an area that is blue.

There are a couple of Dems that also need to be worked on since they are voting against majority of who they represent as well. Amy K has again joined forces with WI to delist the wolves and Phillips has shown an alignment with the no-namers and Amy and the Blue Dogs with one example of having guns and guards in schools.

We can still do better.

not our Federal reps.

certain things just irk the C*&* outta me.

, to sabotage everything worthwhile.

I think that makes a difference.

The Trump signs were thick through Renville & McLeod counties in 2020.

My aunt once told me there were families out that way that were voting Republican even as FDR was saving their farms & still were.

(2) Democrats inherited a record-high budget surplus.

That makes it sound like we inherited the budget surplus from the Republicans. We didn't. The DFL helped create the budget surplus.