I love the changing seasons, since I grew up with them. In January I dream of going snowshoeing through the snowy woods, lakes and fields, watching the auroras, shoveling the driveway, and spending the evening reading in a nice coffee shop. Can't do any of that here. No seasons here, no city here, no decent coffee shops, no football, lacrosse and few volleyball games to go watch, no apple orchards, no nice old homes on tree-lined streets, no lakes or marshes full of wildlife, and it costs a fortune to fly home and see/do those things. As they say, "there's no place like home."

I only lived in Mpls briefly, near the University which was OK. I was mostly in the woodsy suburbs north and northwest of Saint Paul, so I'm a St. Paul person. The area around the colleges in eastern Saint Paul is really nice.