This is my full time commuter with a fat front tire that rolls smooth and does not have much tread. It can be a bear to get going but once I do it's fine, I ride this fixed gear all through the city and round trip to work (27 miles), it can be hard but my mountain biking specifically racing has paid off, my race bike is so much lighter and feels like a toy compared to this tank.

So it's not all bad. Tires are expensive tubes are the same price, you do not need to buy fat bike tubes just buy a large 26x2.7 tubes, they're lighter then the Surly offering anyways.

The Framed Minnesota 1.0 and 2.0 are popular choices, they used to not sure about now come with a second wheelset that came with either 29er commuter tires or 29er off road tires. I would get the bike for the wheelset sell the tires and get two 29x2.35 big apples if you do not like the fat bike wheels either, sell them also and keep the bike as a 29er commuter on big apples.