would you rather live in massachusetts or minnesota

[WalterMitty]

totally random question.

i cant really answer.  ive never been to minnesota.

[dead0man]

Easiest answer yet!

[Aizen]

I have family in Minnesota and it really is a good place so MN has my vote.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Duh.

[Keystone Phil]

I prefer the Eastern time zone but Minnesota wins my vote on everything else.

[Willy Woz]

MA. At least it has character.

[Colin]

Minnesota, easily.

[Gabu]

I can't think of any reason to pick Massachusetts over Minnesota.

[Beet]

I can't think of any reason to pick Massachusetts over Minnesota.

Better universities?

[Gabu]

I can't think of any reason to pick Massachusetts over Minnesota.

Better universities?

Considering that I'm already in university and am about to graduate soon, that would not be an issue.

[Beet]

I can't think of any reason to pick Massachusetts over Minnesota.

Better universities?

Considering that I'm already in university and am about to graduate soon, that would not be an issue.

Fair enough. Personally I'd go where-ever there are better job opportunities, although the one in Boston would have to pay more o/c to match the costs of living.

[Storebought]

I admit that, if its politics weren't so horrible, I'd seriously consider finding a job Massachusetts. I'd even find a way to avoid the taxes (can you say "municipal bonds"?).

I don't care much for the Midwest, so I've never given MN much thought.

[Willy Woz]

Absolutely Massachusetts.

[perdedor]

The people aren't very friendly in Massachusetts, but it's closer to NYC. I'd still probably take MN.

[Platypus]

Massachusetts. Minnesota would be nice, but Boston would be nice for a few years. If I had to choose one to spend the rest of my life it, MN would win by a nose, maybe.

[opebo]

MN obviously.

[opebo]

The people aren't very friendly in Massachusetts, but it's closer to NYC. I'd still probably take MN.

Why are people from outside the northeast so concerned with being "friendly"?  It's not like there are no friendly people, it's just that there are a lot more independent minded people that aren't into bullsh**t.  We say what we think and don't waste time with nonsense that we don't mean.  I don't see how that's a negative.  It would make me feel better knowing the truth than being lied to all the time.  If we don't like someone, they know it and aren't still acted "friendly" towards.  That's much better than not knowing that someone doesn't like you.

These things probably mean more to the commoners on the street than you, fuzzy.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Not to mention that most people in the city are wealthy anyway.

Seeing as that remark obviously can't be referring to NYC or Boston, what city do you have in mind here?

[Storebought]

The people aren't very friendly in Massachusetts, but it's closer to NYC. I'd still probably take MN.

Why are people from outside the northeast so concerned with being "friendly"?  It's not like there are no friendly people, it's just that there are a lot more independent minded people that aren't into bullsh**t.  We say what we think and don't waste time with nonsense that we don't mean.  I don't see how that's a negative.  It would make me feel better knowing the truth than being lied to all the time.  If we don't like someone, they know it and aren't still acted "friendly" towards.  That's much better than not knowing that someone doesn't like you.

I think a difference exists between "normal" Northern big-city anonymity -- which is a survival mechanism -- and the chip-on-the-shoulder hostility that even someone like Martha Stewart complained about when she lived in CT. Being surrounded by rude and ugly people impacts one's quality of life.

[Ban my account ffs!]

The people aren't very friendly in Massachusetts, but it's closer to NYC. I'd still probably take MN.

Why are people from outside the northeast so concerned with being "friendly"?  It's not like there are no friendly people, it's just that there are a lot more independent minded people that aren't into bullsh**t.  We say what we think and don't waste time with nonsense that we don't mean.  I don't see how that's a negative.  It would make me feel better knowing the truth than being lied to all the time.  If we don't like someone, they know it and aren't still acted "friendly" towards.  That's much better than not knowing that someone doesn't like you.

These things probably mean more to the commoners on the street than you, fuzzy.

I'm probably more often "on the street" in the city than poorer people that can't afford to go into the city.  Not to mention that most people in the city are wealthy anyway.  And if people were a little less concerned with making friends where they work, then maybe they'd be making more.  New York and Boston are two of the wealthiest cities in the country, and they didn't get that way by being nice.

The ironic part is that your post is the exact reason people are concerned with friendliness.  In case you didn't know, the friendliness here is genuine, unlike in California.

My answer should be obvious.  Duluth would be the city I'd pick.

[Nym90]

Minnesota. The northern part of the state especially is quite scenic. Minneapolis is one of the best if not the best big city in the country to live in, combining all of the expected amenities with a relatively small town atmosphere and feel in many respects.

It's a state that is genuinely progressive in many of the most important aspects, even if it doesn't vote as Democratic as Massachusetts.

I've never been to Massachusetts so I can't judge it, but I don't think I'd like to live there unless I was out in the Berkshires.

[perdedor]

The people aren't very friendly in Massachusetts, but it's closer to NYC. I'd still probably take MN.

Why are people from outside the northeast so concerned with being "friendly"?  It's not like there are no friendly people, it's just that there are a lot more independent minded people that aren't into bullsh**t.  We say what we think and don't waste time with nonsense that we don't mean.  I don't see how that's a negative.  It would make me feel better knowing the truth than being lied to all the time.  If we don't like someone, they know it and aren't still acted "friendly" towards.  That's much better than not knowing that someone doesn't like you.

You can say what you think, but there is about a 95% chance that no one within ear shot gives a damn what you think. Thus, you just look like an asshole. I'm sure this could be answered with something along the lines of "I don't care what people think", but it just continues the circle as it's equally likely as before that no one is concerned with what you care or don't care about. I would also disagree that being friendly and cordial is somehow equivalent to "pretending to like someone", but I suppose that's a subjective thing. After all, who am I to ask for the time?

[ilikeverin]

Minnesota.  Massachusetts traffic frightened me.  And we probably have a more economically stable future.