Minnesota: State Profile 

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Houghton michigan versuses duluth is night and day

I'm pretty sure that Lake of the Woods sometimes generates the humidity for localized lake-effect snow.

bullshit! look a meterolgical map!

Faxxx

I'm from Wisconsin, and yeah our definition is not as good :( I'm not part of the hate though I appreciate Minnesota, it has a very similar cultural feel to Wisconsin, at least we can both agree that we don't like Illinois right?

ಡ ͜ ʖ ಡ Punster!

Yep I’m from Minnesota and moved to Wisconsin many years ago and that’s all I kept hearing is how Wisconsin actually has more lakes... wrong just look at Wisconsins map vs Minnesota’s map.

I’m from Wisconsin and both states suck. It’s like comparing two terds

In Finland we have about 200 000 lakes

The way to handle winter around here - first snow, go out and get a mocha. Walk around a park and enjoy the beauty. For the rest of winter you'll feel warmer. You'll set the narrative that you are enjoying life in winter rather than taking the shut in narrative.

We get killed on sales tax here in the SE. I really wish we'd make some of these restrictions.

Notice that shopping at Duluth trading post

@@lowlifeangler Duluth Trading isn't a Minnesota company -- it's based in Wisconsin (Madison I think?).

Excellent point. To think that clothing is taxed anywhere always blows my mind.

Minnesota also has localized taxes on gravel (yup, what you use for roads, etc.) and "wheelage," on top of the vehicle taxes you find elsewhere! ಠಿ_ಠ

Food Clarify Minnesota does tax ready to eat food. Go to the store and buy ingredients for a sandwich. No tax. Pickup a premade or made to order sandwich. taxed. Restaurant food. Taxed. Alcohol. Everywhere. Taxed.

Yeah, Minnesota has high taxes for the rich, but low taxes for the poor, which is how it should be.

This is a great summary! As a lifelong Minnesotan this is exactly how I feel!

Wow

How I wish ,, my usa dream

Thank you!

same here

Yah, all 13 of us

Yup, but they all come here for work...

hehe, man do we minnesotans hate the cheese head

We hate the Illinois people more. Especially the south eastern wisconsinites seeing an Illinois driver makes our blood boil.

only southern & eastern wisc.

Thanks!

Thank you. I always appreciate learning things like that.

Maybe this is personal taste, but I use “the Twin Cities” for people from out of state and “the cities” for people in state

If you're from Minneapolis, you call Minneapolis "Minneapolis" and St. Paul "St. Paul". Likewise if you're from St. Paul. Outside of the two, rural folks may call it the Cities.

@@procrastinator9 if by rural you mean suburb lol

@@procrastinator9 About the only time you’d actually specify is when you’re referring to something downtown. Target center is in Minneapolis. The science museum is in St. Paul. Otherwise, it’s the cities, since most people don’t actually live in either of the two. 3 million people live in the twin cities, but the actual population of Minneapolis and St. Paul combined is about 500,000.

I used to drive I-90 in Southern MN 80 miles round trip daily (Fairmont to Lakefield and back). You are correct. It's a really boring drive. I've been told the only one worse is I-80 in Iowa, but there's a song about that.

Wall,SD to La Crosse,WI was long

@@amandawebbputz5530 i also used to drive from lakefield to fairmont a few years back, just opposite order as you. small world huh

I've been to both parts. And honestly. I think it matters where you're from. Because I thought it was beautiful but I see how people think it's boring.

I have a ritual I undergo when entering Minnesota at Albert Lea, namely stopping for the night and having pizza and root beer. It's a leftover from family trips up to northern Minnesota when I was a child. PS: If you dislike flat, treeless plains, I-70 from Salina to Denver is NOT for you!

Minnesota certainly does things a little different than the other midwestern states. If a state does the right things with taxes you get what you pay for. Illinois on the other hand has high taxes but no one knows where it goes!

I think we often lead the US in voter turnout as well.

@@Mark-sk6om Both voter turnout and census response :).

@@GeographyKing AMEN!

Still LOTS of room for improvement in government spending and taxes in Minnesota, since the urban/rural gap in living standards is getting larger!

We’re glad to have you here!

I moved back to Ohio because of family when I retired. I miss northern Minnesota every day. I am thinking about moving back.

If I remember correctly, the record is actually in the -60s. Charlie Fowler, who was in the weather station to report the record, is an old family friend on my Dad's side. Still talks about it occasionally

@@brownleelogan1 my mom will need to get an updated quilt with the lower number, lol

Winter time is awesome too. Skiing and snowshoeing across the lakes is a lot of fun.

only if you like mosquitoes

Magical in the winter (most of mn is!) if you are as tough as people should be.

BWCA is my favorite place. My first trip in was a 10-day 50-mile loop through 14 different lakes. Life-changing experience, no doubt.

Summer and winter heavenly, huh? I suppose spring and fall are terrible there?

It's a feeling there isn't it!

Is this Somali fact supposed to be good or bad?

I'm from Illinois. When on vacation as a kid, my brother caught an eelpout. We had to ask one of the locals what the hell it was.

Yup... there's no place like Walker in February. I've heard that some folks drink a beer or two at the eelpout festival..... is that really true?

Thank you for the info. I always like to learn more about places.

And that's why taxes are so high! Welfare!

Yeah...no.

I caught that too. I'm from Michigan. Here they are called Chippewa in the Lower Peninsula and Ojibwa in the Upper. The story I heard is that they were originally called Ochipwa (spelling?) which was interpreted as either Ojibwa of Chippewa, depending on region.

I didn’t realize that the Lutheran Churches are to thank for the Hmong population in the cities. I recently moved from Minnesota and loved visiting the Hmong markets

😂 they certainly need it! Former Minnesotan here.

Recently stopped in Winona via the Empire Builder train and absolutely *loved* the city. Gorgeous little riverfront city with a great train station and the driftless area is certainly best enjoyed from the top level of a Superliner observation car!

Thank you! Welcome to the channel.

Thunder Bay area?

Hello fellow brother!

You want a metal or something?

I falls!

@@alexb6713 you must be thinking of medal 🏅

We get weather bragging rights because basically any weather phenomena short of hurricanes (we're working on that) can happen here. Any time another part of the country gets cold and/or snow and descends into anarchy, it is met with wither confusion, bemusement, or laughter. The times when it's colder here than in Alaska are a great feeling

My sister in law felt the same. She lived in San Diego for a number of years and hated it because of a lack of seasons. Her and my brother live in Virginia now and love it. California, even the weather, isn't for everyone.

I'm with you! Born and raised in So. Cal... living in St. Paul since 2006. Love it here. ❤

Great food and even better people from Somalia.

And proud of it

Love my Somali coworkers, adore the food, and am still learning the language!

Never knew that

Also largest Liberian Population

It's weird thinking I might have walked past Adam Young in my life

That's because Minnesota is not in the Rust Belt. Lest you consider rusty cars from salty roads as such!

It depends. If they're on the water, they're bluffs. All the cliffs on the Mississippi are bluffs, and where there's cliffs on the shore of Superior they might be called bluff, but the actual north shore range wouldn't be called bluffs. Mountains are a bit of a stretch, but it's the best option. They're very old and worn down, and there's not much left of them, but they're the last of the mountain range that used to be there

Been Duluth and Sax-Zim Big in the winter. They know how to take care of the roads.....unlike Ohio. They go on a panic mode after 4" of snow LoL

Went to Grand Marais earlier this summer. I liked that town a lot! I think the north shore is a beautiful area

@@w0nderward Agreed. It's gorgeous up there.

I saw more backyard ice skating rinks then basketball courts when I visited Duluth.....which is fine with me! I live about 45 miles south from Columbus

Yep. Also why there’s a lack of lakes. I grew ip in that part of the state, and honestly I think it’s one of the most beautiful areas of Minnesota. So many people have no idea there is terrain like this in Minnesota.

I think this is the prettiest part of the state.

Just learned what a driftless area was not too long ago...SE Minnesota is very scenic.

I was hoping he would mention it in this video. Some of the best trout fishing in the country is in the corner where MN, WI, Illinois, and Iowa meet

You're welcome. Heve fun with the presentation

Try lutefisk on boiled potatoes with white sauce before you condemn it. It's frequently served at the holidays. And a number of churches have lutefisk dinners as fund raisers at that time of the year. A couple real beauties he neglects are The North Shore of Lake Superior and the St. Croix River, which is along the boundary with Wisconsin. It is one of the first nationally designated Wild and Scenic Rivers in the country. Even the "boring" southern part of the state has its glories when you dare get your keister off the freeway and do some exploring. Blue Mounds State Park near Luverne in the southwest part of the state is pretty impressive as are the ancient pipestone quarries near Pipestone, MN, which are a designated National Monument. There's more. You can google it. I'd tell you to come visit, but I actually don't like people very much...

Also I will note I don’t agree with I90 being boring from Madison to Sioux Falls Sd. While I do think I 90 from Rochester/Stewartville to Sioux Falls is pretty much boring drive I don’t think that east of there. All of Wisconsin in my opinion is pleasant to drive through. You have Wisconsin Dells you Also have Lacrosse/Onalaska which that part of I 90 from there to Tomah is called the coulee region which I find really scenic. Also you have the Mississippi River too. One unique thing about 90 in Minnesota is when you go into the Mississippi River valley there’s homes in the median of the highway which is very unusual.

Red Wing to Wabasha is maybe the best scenery in the state. I got married in Red Wing. It so beautiful down there.

We would say "Oops" rather than "Ope", so there then.

Rude

The folks that live up there are very conservation focused since many run resorts and outfitters into the boundary waters. They don't want to vote for the party that is willing to greenlight mining in the area. Interesting though, for sure, and very unique like you said in this day and age.

MN has been pretty blue for decades, even in rural areas, for a couple reasons: 1. The "left-wing" party in Minnesota is known as the DFL, Democratic Farmer-Labor, which as the name implies has a larger focus on farming than average. 2. The Iron Range, besides the conservationist bloc, has a heavy union presence from the days of mining booms and miner/processor unions.

@@michaelweinacht7811 Yes but this has largely changed in recent elections, Trump won 65+% across the board in rural counties outside of the northeast.

Minnesota was also the only state to not vote for Reagan in 84'

@@bigbabado8296 The main factor being the "home state" guy was the D nominee, and that Minnesotans generally knew that the Reagan administration was a failure for middle-class America.

HaHAHA I've did a lot of work in St. Could and just hate trying to drive around the two main roads it has.

My mom mentions that 1991 Halloween blizzard all the time

Yup, the Laurentian Divide

And St. Cloud

Back when the section of I-94 between Mpls and St. Paul opened up, a major (Minneapolis) TV station announced that "100,000 cars used the new road in the first day -- 98,000 going to Minneapolis and 2,000 going to St. Paul." No competitiveness.

Iam from south of the Toronto area our climate is a bit more warmer in the cold season and equally hot summers it gets cold here to but Minnesota gave me a new definition of a cold winter y’all have it bad so many way below sub zero days day after day atleast y’all don’t have Seasonal lag like us

Kyle, this was an unfortunate error. I would like to see you do several videos on native Americans in the US. Most of us have a very great deal to learn about them--our predecessors on this land and our fellow citizens. (And your including native peoples in all of North America would be even better!)