Nods. We almost bought in Elk River two years back.
But Good Lord, they wanted to call homes "custom" for having six-inch baseboards painted white, and oversized stair railings, and charge $350,000 for what was otherwise, very ordinary housing, not even McMansion, more like Whopper Jr.
We went somewhere else instead: not as far out as you though.
As far as I'm concerned, we got a steal with a diamond in the rough, while downsizing. :-)
we got 5 acres of land, a 10 year old 2550 sq ft home, a 40x40 pole barn and a dead end road near milaca for 240..
Now it’s probably worth close to 4 with the citiots moving out this way and ruining the schools.
We are looking at Onamia or Garrison now.