[republicanwizard]

In all seriousness, what keeps you in Minnesota. While I know the state was settled by Swedes, who are used to that climate, what makes you willing to bear that winter hell?

[Solson]

It really is a great place to live. Plenty to do, a great economy, nice place to live...

Of all the places I've been, I like it here the best.

[JohnnyZ]

Aw, heck, Minnesota is South of the Border! Positively balmy weather compared to it's neighbors to the north. I grew up in coastal Maine (which is admittedly considerably warmer than Minnesota) and the weather really wasn't a big deal.

[formerlytempaussie]

As I travel throughout the US on my job, I tell people that if national elections were held in the summer rather than in November, Minnesota would be overwhelmingly Republican. The cold weather starts early here and people's brains begin to numb to reality beginning in early November.

The one good thing about Minnesota is that one season each year the weather acts as a plunger to the bad folks who like to hang out on street corners and commit crime.