Yup, all true. I’ve lived in Minnesota my entire life, it used to be nice everywhere.
Now you need to get far enough away from the city to forget about the crime but it’s still nice.
Almost all of outstate MN is gorgeous farm, forest and lake country, and formerly deep blue and purple areas are becoming politically conservative.
But the heavily leftist population centers have tightly locked in Rat corruption and governance that the rest of the state has to put up with.
The days of family trips to the Twin Cities for sporting events, shopping etc. are long gone.
I won’t go near the place, and I know there are many out-staters who feel the same.
Move to Florida. Stop freezing your butt in MN. I am so glad we moved here in 2016. Best state I ever lived in. Worst state was CA. Lived in Chicago burbs until 1998 for 37 years. It was good then with great job opportunities. Spent 17 years in WA state near Oregon border. Overall it was good experience, may be because it has the best golf weather year round. Mild weather 10 months/12.