We have been in Minnesota for a year today. We packed up our stuff and made the move from Kansas in the hopes that the job market would be better. There are other factors that were taken into consideration when we moved, but that was the big one. As my wife is finding out, even though there are more jobs around here, it pays to know someone on the inside.
While the job search continues we have found that living in such a larger city there is just so much more to do. I'm not just talking about going to malls, games, or museums. There are places to just go and walk around. There are lots of streets in St. Paul and Minneapolis that are developed to be a place to just go around and walk and see. Sure there are stores and restaurants, but sometimes it is fun to just walk around the area and people watch. On top of the run of the mill stuff you will find in any larger city, there are tons of parks. Free parks, which is great. A place to get out and walk around and because it's not always one hundred degrees in the middle of summer, you can enjoy them while the weather is nice.
One of the greatest things about living up here is how close we are to home. Since moving here last fall, we have made it home four times. Living down in Wichita, we would make it home about two times a year. So we have doubled the times we have been home. It's just been so nice to get home, but we have put on quite the amount of mileage on the cars in the process. On the other hand, we don't fly any more, so that is a great bonus. Speaking of home, living in Minnesota is almost home. We missed having trees and water and even green grass.
In the end, I don't really regret moving from Wichita to the Twin Cities. The toughest part was leaving all of our friends and a place we were comfortable. Part of the adventure of life is the unknown, and we are living that right now.
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