Permanent move

What constitutes permanent residency?  I pose this question because we went and got our Minnesota driver's licenses last week which is one of several steps I think it takes to become a resident of a state. 

It was interesting because despite the fact that we both have been driving for more than a decade, the state of Minnesota requires everyone who is getting their license for the first time in the state to take a forty question test.  You need an eighty percent to pass the test.  We both passed.  With an eighty percent.  BOOM!  The test had some questions that you would never think of.  Like, 'how many feet are you suppose to leave between you and someone biking on the road?'  It's something you never really think of.  Then they would have a question like, 'true or false:  Alcohol impairs your judgement when operating a vehicle.'  There were some questions that were no brainers and others which made me think how did I pass this course in the first place when I was fourteen and didn't have the experience?

So we both got our licenses, but that is just one of things it takes to be a permanent resident.  The biggest thing has to be living somewhere.  The first two weeks we were here, we lived with my uncle so we didn't technically live anywhere.  We were out of our lease in Wichita and had no address in Minnesota.  We missed our one opportunity to get off the grid and disappear forever.  At the beginning of September, we moved into our apartment and step one was completed.  Although there are some that would not consider living in an apartment a move towards a permanent residency because you could just be here for a year and be gone.  However, we're here for the long haul, so I'll count it.  Step one:  completed. 

Step two and three go hand in hand.  Driver's license and license plate for your car.  Both of these things expire eventually, so no matter how much you delay, you eventually have to get them both.  These are the things that are the biggest road blocks when it comes to becoming a resident just because they cost quite a bit of money to get.  Okay, so not a ton for a driver's license.  It was twenty five dollars.  License plates can be expensive, around one hundred dollars.  I am waiting until July to get my license plate because that is when it expires.  The license plates in Kansas come with property tax and it cost around one hundred twenty to one hundred fifty dollars depending on how new your car is, so I am getting my money's worth out of my Kansas license plate. 

So it isn't until those three things fall into place that you become a permanent resident of a state when you are an adult.  You can't hold kids to these standards because they can't drive.