I left Minneapolis last year and moved to the outer suburb of St. Michael. More house for my buck and, let's face it, Minneapolis is saturated with Liberal nutjobs, rainbow flags and lame politicians (Mayor Rybek).
You almost have to go that far out to find any sensibility.
The first-ring suburbs like Maplewood, Richfield, Crystal, etc are starting to circle around the drain too. Crime, iffy housing, etc.
You have to go outside the 494-694 belt to find any sense of conservatism.
Welcome to Wright County
Just don't let any of the locals hear you call St. Michael an "outer suburb" of MPLS no matter how built up it becomes.
They think the Crow River protects them from ever being a suburb of MPLS.