10 Places In Minnesota You Should NEVER Move To

[@nicklinn7287]

So insane to watch a video from someone who has probably never been to Saint Cloud Minnesota give such an accurate description of it. I can't believe you even mentioned Val's!

[@DrHookedOnDrHook]

And briggettas

[@TonyTruth-s9z]

St. Cloud sucks. Val's has good fries and shakes but the burgers are terrible.

[@DrHookedOnDrHook]

@@TonyTruth-s9z the fries aren't even as good anymore. Here's the secret. They used to mix cheese flavored popcorn salt and regular salt.

[@mathiasgoebel7095]

isnt waite park more or less st cloud?

[@johnscustomsaws]

@@mathiasgoebel7095 yes and no... Waite park neighbors St Cloud but it is a much nicer area. East side St Cloud is pretty bad... has been for a while now. 25 years ago St Cloud was a great little city... now its a dumpster-fire 💯

[@mandoman2874]

I moved here a year ago. What I like about it is I don't need car. I walk to the grocery store, restaurants, doctors office etc...It also has a major airport, just took a non-stop flight to London. Tap water in Minneapolis is pretty good too. Winters suck but that's when I leave for a couple months.

[@MrsTruthTeller]

Which part of Minnesota are you in?

[@njv1234]

a lot of Minneapolis’ problems came up i94 from Chicago

[@lotsamacha1112]

Completely correct.

[@bigdadddyd123]

😂😂😂

[@Flicey]

I live in Maplewood it's almost just as bad in my area as Saint paul

[@jesuschristdestroysmarxism3916]

In every bigger city the vast majority of your highest crime Is ALWAYS!!!!! in predominantly mostly negro communities these are well documented facts

[@lewdogg72691]

Or the Amtrak to Winona

[@MarkBerg-tk8js]

Minneapolis has two huge ghettos that stretch deep into the suburbs , north and south.

[@snailart14]

Born and lived here for my whole life. Love Minnesota. I live on a farm outside of Rochester and I wouldn't wanna move anywhere else.

[@handsonfire6113]

oh same! I grew up in a farm just outside of roch and went to PEM, I will never forget those days

[@Discgolf_RD]

You wouldn’t say this if you lived in a city

[@frankhanzlicek6550]

Wenn ich immer in einem Ort gelebt habe, wie kann ich dann sagen, daß ich nirgendwo anders leben möchte!?

[@mperrin68]

farm life is the best, Grew up on a farm bear Bemidji when things were good, I'm 77

[@ericwahlstrom9934]

I was born in Rochester, I have lived in Minneapolis most of my life. I have been getting the itch to come back home. I miss all the geese at the park.

[@brigittefavron3362]

I have Lived in Mn for 24 years and yes parts of it has taking a turn for the worst but so has most the country. Every state has good and bad parts. One thing I can say for sure is there is a lot of things to do here in summer and in winter. Im originally from East st louis so crime rate here compared to where Im from is nothing. I lived in Bloomington MN for majority of the time I have been in this state. I love it here the medical community in this state is top notched and the reason I'm still here to this day. They have went above and beyond in keeping me alive and its one reason ill never leave. Love it snow,cold and all. Look on the bright side it could be far worst.

[@sherrylichtsinn9250]

I stay here for the beautiful winters.

[@drea4360]

I agree medical & education is why I decided to stay here coming from Chicago Minnesota has been a huge blessing for me & my children.

[@phillipgraves4721]

Figures why you would minimize it

[@kfaberdnt]

The cold is what keeps this place from going to sh*t like the warmer climates filling up with Californians.

[@carljohnson317]

@@kfaberdnt 😂😂😂😁

[@baobaivue9913]

As a minnesotan i a blame part to the big migration of people living in Chicago to minneapolis 🤷🏻‍♀️I grew up in North minnepolis walking 2 blocks to the corner stores and 4 blocks to my uncles house and back safely all the time as a kid nowadays you cannot let your kid out in the yard without the fear of them being shot

[@ChiGyu620]

Yep. A lot of trash has been moving to MN from Chicago, Baltimore, and St Louis. The major cities and even the inner suburbs are quickly turning to shit.

[@kgf.o.e4129]

That’s the issue huh smh

[@kgf.o.e4129]

What about the Asian in St. Paul that was shooting and killing for years?

[@bigvito9008]

They keep saying diversity is so wonderful but it always seems to lead to a big increase in crime.

[@MrsTruthTeller]

@@kgf.o.e4129Don’t listen to them. Most of the problems involve poor white people on meth. This state isn’t even diverse enough to blame minorities for everything.

[@kathyschneider3431]

We moved from St. Cloud MN to South Dakota 1 year ago. Love it here. 🤗🤗

[@MarkBerg-tk8js]

Place to go!

[@VintageLPs]

I took a train from Minneapolis to western Montana when I was 18 and never looked back. You couldn’t pay me to live in the Twin Cities or any other metropolitan area. I can work outside at my house all evening and never see a mosquito because I’m at just the right elevation in the mountains; down in the valley…..Watch out! 🦟 Next to no crime but the house across the street that sold for $89,000 in 1983 just sold for $650,000 with barely any yard! My house is up higher on two lots with a 40-mile Mountain View but I’m staying! Too many people from California have left for Montana and driven housing prices and property taxes through the roof.

[@mg4721]

@@VintageLPsI did the exact same trip 20 years ago. Will never live there again.

[@TonyGarrett-p1c]

@@VintageLPs Pretty decent gun laws too, if I'm not mistaken.

[@MarkBerg-tk8js]

Too hot for me. I’m stuck in far northern mn. Mpls my home town. I’m 86 y o!

[@douglasmoen2658]

To be honest, I think the best suburbs are the Northeast of the Twin Cities stretching from Arden Hills, Shoreview, North Oaks, Vadnais Heights, White Bear Lake, Mahtomedi and over to Stillwater. Much nicer than the western suburbs which are overpriced and overcrowded. The topography and lakes are nicer as well.

[@scotty3223]

Agreed, between hugo and stillwater, beautiful

[@madmachine5244]

@@scotty3223Forest Lake is also a good quiet place to live.

[@carsonchill8048]

I have to agree I love the lakes around there and the parks and the nature preserves are just better. The neighborhoods are all welcoming.

[@kk-qc5bx]

I agree as well. I grew up in North Oaks, live in Shoreview, work in White Bear Lake. Super nice area without all the snob attitudes of the west metro people.

[@lordbaelish19]

@@kk-qc5bxlol. West metro is so much better. More $$ better schools better housing stock. More relevant. Your east metro is a dump.

[@operablogger]

I lived in St. Paul from '74 to '82, and I loved everything about it -- except the winters. The last year I was there, we had a string of 20-plus days where the temperature never got above 0F. That was the final straw for me. I still go back there every year or two to visit friends and enjoy the wide variety of food, events and fun venues, but I limit my trips to from May to October.

[@l.a.raustadt518]

My GF lives in St.Paul and I in Minneapolis. I enjoy both cities and winters suck in general. 2023/24 no snow much though!

[@truthmatters4520]

I'm born and raised in Minnesota. I've lived here for 50 years. It's really taking a turn for the worst.

[@jacobtennyson9213]

Look at George Floyd Riots of 2020.

[@truthmatters4520]

@@jacobtennyson9213 Worst thing that's happened here in a long time. Failed leadership is the main reason.

[@VideosOffRoad]

Do what I did in 2020 and GTFO. *It works*

[@hectorfarm9416]

Minnesota was a very nice place, when I was a kid 50 years ago.

[@andrewdowling8821]

Yessir. It sucks here

[@l.a.raustadt518]

Cannot argue as I live in North Minneapolis and a retired semi driver. I have been through all those area's and have spent many years working out of St.Paul. If there was a time machine and you could go back 20+ years you would see the real Minnesota most grew up loving.For me mid 1950s- all of 1970s awesome!

[@michaelmadsen3438]

Lol. Sounds like he's never been to MN. The towns he picked sent to bad. That's just goo old Minnesota. Try rolling around south MPLS or over north or run through little earth or little Mogadishu at 2a.m.😮get jacked real quick. Brainard, st, cloud, Albert lee😂😅😂😅😊

[@patrickwatrin5093]

​@@michaelmadsen3438amen brother

[@preppertrucker5736]

Used to live on the North Side and it can be dangerous af 💀💀

[@preppertrucker5736]

⁠@@michaelmadsen3438I can remember before it became little Mogadishu, not one of them there before 96 then it exploded….. There gangs are no joke either 💀💀

[@Kevin-w1z1y]

Look into John J O'Connor in The Layover act how Minneapolis Saint Paul was a safe haven criminals that were protected by authorities and politicians and those activities were still going then and are still going today

[@ericmoore571]

I think of Mary Tyler Moore and Rose Nylund when I think of Minnesota. And the one book by Laura Ingalls Wilder when they lived in the dugout on the stream.

[@sidbooboo7414]

Immigrants need to retire there country instead of screwing up mine , same as Americans need to fix their country

[@Bubbleskittymaster]

i was born in California and i love Minnesota sometimes the cold get's to me but i am getting used to it.

[@juliajackson1592]

Ditto!

[@sidbooboo7414]

Minisota= East California

[@Periwinkleton]

Me too 😁

[@1jackvalley580]

I use to Live in South Minneapolis Just A Few Blocks From The Riots, And I Worked On Lake Street Where The Riots Were, And The Building I worked In Was Burned Down. Once I Was Robbed At Home, And Another Time My Car Was Stolen, So I moved Way Out South To A Very Small Town. Much Safer Now❤🙏

[@pablotheplug2311]

I'm reaaally surprised brooklyn Park didn't make the list!!

[@edrockyt178]

It did

[@edrockyt178]

He probably thought brookyln park and center were the same thing

[@tacobell1299]

Brooklyn Park is pretty bad

[@exothermal.sprocket]

Brooklyn Center and Brooklyn Park are basically on top of each other. High non domestic population (so-called "diversity") basically anyone and everyone the government could cram into the place, legal or not, mostly not, who couldn't care less about what the state used to be.

[@pablotheplug2311]

@@edrockyt178 why would I even comment that if that’s what I thought? I literally live in Brooklyn park and have for 32 years.

[@Rubes160]

Born and raised in Saint Paul, MN. It’s my fave state and it’s my home. I don’t care what anyone says, this is where I’ll die. Die hard Minnesotan here. Love the cold, love the humid, love the falls, love it all. Thanks for reading!

[@pepperj]

Minnesota sucks!

[@NSgeg765]

I might qualify the statement of Minneapolis being a place you would never want to move to in Minnesota given that it’s still the employment hub of the state. You could probably drill down to certain neighborhoods in the city that have the most violent crime and advise people to avoid those. Also living in one of the immediate suburbs may also be a good option.

[@NickJohnson]

Which burb?

[@NSgeg765]

@@NickJohnson Eagan has been well regarded in addition to the some of the suburbs you mentioned to the west of the city.

[@lonster3000]

@@NickJohnson places like Plymouth, Maple Grove, Eden Prairie.

[@MeowStationOrignal]

Hopefully The Minnesota Vikings can get it together.

[@chrisjas3129]

👍😂

[@larryn1929]

@@chrisjas3129 - Didn't happen this season!

[@burnttoast982]

They seem to rebuild the team constantly with the same results..😂

[@donborvio]

Depends on the new GM and coach!

[@pavelow235]

When you got 2009 Saints cheating against Favre, you know you are destined for eternal failure.

[@pattyk734]

I was just driving down the Main Street of Virginia today and felt sad looking at all the boarded up businesses.

[@mattbrown8443]

Sounds like 5th and Lexington Avenues here in the City. We have a looooooooot of particle boarded windows and dark, empty spaces, too.

[@Andy-oz7bj]

The loss of mining and log/lumber industries have decimated these small towns on the range. Once you cut the trees and empty the mines, there's not many jobs.

[@airdaff4973]

​@@Andy-oz7bjmore like crime and soft on crime attitude has destroyed these towns.

[@tallulahbeaverhausen4382]

When I hear Minnesota, I immediately think of St Olaf, city of Rose Nylund !

[@bloodymary3008]

Bankhead

[@jessicalunt2128]

Same thing with me whenever I hear St. Cloud, I think of Marshall Eriksen from How I Met Your Mother.

[@NickJohnson]

Betty white ❤️❤️

[@S2daUZ]

Oh ya!

[@wheatonna]

There's no town by that name. But there is a college.

[@tombork2281]

I am originally from Minnesota, and now live in Arizona. I lived in Brooklyn center for many years and was never a victim of any crime or anything. And wasn't worried about that anyway because I was a member of the Golden glove boxing club and a local kickboxing club. As a side note the 50s grill is totally awesome-best place ever to eat in a true 1950s setting.👍

[@peaceyall247]

you should visit.

[@JEFFREYHAUGAN]

Brooklyn Center started going downhill big in the 70's and is really ghetto these days. It has even gotten bad in Brooklyn Park. Obviously you haven't been there in a while.

[@l.a.raustadt518]

I met an employee from the 50's Grill and have eaten there. Nice people good food. Enjoy AZ !

[@reignman30]

@@JEFFREYHAUGAN I grew up there in the 80's and 90's and it was still a nice middle class city with hardly any crime. But yeah eventually the demographics changed and things went to hell quickly and those of us with functioning pattern recognition got the hell out lol. Although in 1989 I was near North View after dark one night and about 20 black teens put me in the hospital. They surrounded me, harassed me for a bit, then threw me to the ground from behind, shattering my collarbone, and stomping the crap out of me until I got up and ran. Adrenaline is a hell of a drug. Didn't even know my collarbone was in 14 pieces until they stopped chasing and I could catch my breath, and the adrenaline was slowly replaced by pain. I still had to walk 2 more miles to get home.

[@jacksonstreeter3564]

My hometown of Hibbing should have been mentioned. My car was broken into twice in my driveway plus all the retail left the city 20 years ago due to Walmart coming in

[@errenglover]

Agreed Live in Hibbing myself

[@k.j.greenwood6473]

I went to tech school in Hibbing in the 80's. VERY depressing place back then. IDK how it is now, I left in 85 and swore I'd never return lol

[@l.a.raustadt518]

Had a GF from Kelly Lake area , loved going to Hibbing that was before any Wally World though.

[@tundrajt]

I was born and raised in Minnesota. I love it here, physically. The beauty of the landscape is second to none. But, and this is a big but, the way this state is run now is absolute garbage. Taxes are out of control, cities burn and no one is held accountable and the divide between the haves and the have nots is only getting bigger. Two people working full time earning well over the poverty line barely get by. It’s bad enough that we are done with Minnesota. We are actively trying to move and know where we belong. It is far, far away from where I am now. And I cannot wait for the day I see Minnesota in my rear view.

[@tracyseymour6059]

Best wishes. I have been stuck here my whole life

[@zizoushifty1483]

Are you even from the TC?

[@tracyseymour6059]

@@zizoushifty1483 YES

[@BlueGoat682]

J.T. World... have you guys considered moving to the Tampa Bay area?? I moved here 32 years ago and have never looked back myself!

[@l.a.raustadt518]

I cannot disagree , the average person here wants and believes in paying higher taxes. So brainwashed!

[@vincecoker2221]

A lot of duluths problems come up from highway 2 …gate way to Milwaukee Detroit AND Chicsgo …via superior …

[@ronaldsimpson3232]

St. Cloud is actually part of 3 counties. Sherburne, Stearns, and Benton. Depending on where you stand along the river will depend on which 3.

[@markshaw3131]

As someone very familiar with Bemidji I find some of your facts to be quite inaccurate. Not sure where your crime stats are coming from and are they per capita. Every business in town is hiring and there is money to be made if you actually work…

[@user-ql7ld3cq7v]

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[@Andy-oz7bj]

Agreed. I graduated from BSU. The income figures are skewed because you have BSU, over 6000 students, and Northwest Tech College. College kids don't make much money.

[@johnnythao]

I've lived in 6 out of the 10 places mentioned in this video. Currently in Saint Paul, and yes it had its fair share of Crazies, mainly if you live further East within the city, because that's where it gets a bit more dangerous when it comes to bodily harm on an individual.

[@WigsxD]

The northwest part of St. Paul through University Ave. (Frogtown, Midway area) sucks too. Macalester and Highland Park are about the best areas of the St. Paul. I currently live south of the city in Eagan, and Eagan/Rosemount/Apply Valley/Lakeville is my favorite area of the Twin Cities. A lot less traffic than the southwest metro, and you are close to everything. Very nice neighborhoods, crime is very low and the school district is one of the best in the state (196).

[@hoopdocs]

​@@WigsxDI'm from Silver Bell (Eagan) 💯

[@jplopp7388]

Lived in St. Paul for 18 years, worked in St. Paul and Minneapolis. It went from an okay area to live to being terrible. Crime increased a lot, the property taxes became outrageous, The roadwork was laughably bad (potholes or orange signs were your options, the vikings are a worthless drain on our economy (thanks for forcing your entertainment costs on non-football fans through sales taxes), the public transit is horrible (inefficient expensive and dangerous), and the cost of living was getting too high. The biking, running, and parks are good. I loved running on the river. Once we moved out in 2019, we would never return. If it wasn't for the airport, our car would never go within the twin cities.

[@seventhfirestephanie8740]

Angeleno & former Mpls resident here. I lived in Mpls in the late 80s and it has grown from what I remember. It reminds me of a little Chicago now. But in all seriousness these towns are nothing compared to crazy L.A. esp. South Central, Watts, Compton, Downtown L.A. and East Los

[@l.a.raustadt518]

We are kind of like a milk toast Compton with wild rice soup.

[@indianheadlogan]

It's so weird that I literally recognize where some of those street view pictures are exactly, like I could drive there without a GPS.

[@dadeking5472]

I grew up in MN and lived there for 25 years until I moved away. There's a lot of things to love about it but the weather is what drove me out. It's either absolutely freezing (very few people in this country actually understand what that means) - for reference, 32 degrees is a beautiful day out there, below 0 is what we consider cold; or it's hot as hell and humid, and don't get me started on the mosquitoes, you'd be hard pressed to find anywhere they are worse, seriously. It's probably one of the least sunny places in the world and that's what ultimately decided the move for me. I need sun! I don't miss it at all but I am proud to be from there. It's like "bootcamp" for the rest of your life, because once you get out, everything just seems that much better. The list is fairly accurate, nowhere in MN is really that bad in terms of crime, although I have heard from relatives who still live there that crime has truly skyrocketed since mid 2020. Like nothing they've ever seen before since the 1960's. St. Cloud should be #1 on the list, that is by far the last place I and many others would ever live there. I know a lot of natives and locals would agree. Something about that place is just depressing and the vibe is just way off.

[@k.j.greenwood6473]

Totally agree. IDK what it is about St. Cloud but that town is just depressing as hell.

[@wfo131]

You get used to the cold. You dress for it and stay active. There’s so much to do in the winter. If you close yourself up in you house for the winter it’s definitely depressing. But if you embrace the winter and get out and enjoy it it can be your favorite time of year. Fall is mine… the weather is beautiful, the bugs aren’t so bad

[@dadeking5472]

@@wfo131 All that is true, but doesn't apply to me. I've been snowboarding and playing hockey my whole life. I did really love winter for that, and I can deal with cold weather, but not getting sunshine for weeks and months really messed me up mentally. That is very evident for me now that I live in a sunny place and the people around me are genuinely happier than Minnesotans. Sunshine is something every human needs, some more than others, and that's a fact. You can really see the affects of the deprivation in interpersonal interactions when you're a few months into winter. All Minnesotans do is complain and try to defend their state, I'm not saying it's a terrible place, but there are terrible things about it. If you can't see that then your perspective has not been expanded enough. We all get used to our environment and accept it as "normal." Minnesotans can't seem to wrap their heads around that concept. It's like you're personally insulting them when you say anything critical at all about it. Minnesota has lots of natural beauty and good values and I do like some things about the culture. Ultimately it's not the place for me and I'm much happier not being there.

[@genox3636]

@@dadeking5472 you're spot on about the weather. Then throw in the diversity/ mass immigration, yeah, no thanks.

[@flyinryan1986]

I think minnesota is getting worse in a lot of places

[@DrumHead.]

As a Minnesotan who's lived here all their life I'll tell you that I do, in fact love this state, and I love my city of Minneapolis, though crime is high residents still want to defund the police which doesn't make sense, because I live in one of the nicest neighborhoods in the city and I still hear street racing and gunshots a couple times a month in the spring and summer so I can't imagine what it's like in the most dangerous neighborhoods, it's been bad since the riots, I felt like Minneapolis fell apart during that time and it's continuing to stay fallen apart, but other than that we have good schools, there's a lot of active stuff to do, we have plenty of lakes, it's pretty easy to get around on bike in this city, and not to mention we have a lot other things to do, and it has my favorite skyline the US. A lot of this is pretty accurate though, I wasn't surprised to see places like Brooklyn Center, Virginia, and even Minneapolis.

[@mlovmo]

"Defund" the police was simply a word that the Antifa activists used that was more palatable of a word for the general public than what they really wanted to say, which was "ABOLISH the police." I really wish they would abolish the police in MPLS. It would be an interesting experiment to see waif-like social workers who look like delicate 98-pound white flowers show up to calm down a 250-pound somebody hyped up on PCP with a knife, like like that guy Ronald Davis a few years back. A very interesting experiment for urban lakeside "compassionate" types, indeed.

[@pineappledoesbelongonpizza9975]

I personally think police are useless. I've gone through my fair share of experiences which is why I think that. The rest is just based off videos I have watched where they get away with so much and of course nothing gets done. I'm sure there's some police men that do their job correctly and are literally there to serve and protect but the rest just fucks it up. Maybe if they defund the police in a city where crime is high then good people would actually take matters into their own and get their point across. But who knows I can be wrong.

[@truthmatters4520]

I believe you about the rioting. I've driven bus here for 30 years, so I know what it was, and what it has become. Failed leadership had really destroyed this state. Oh, and the weird defund crap. This City was great up until 2 years and 9 months ago.

[@DrumHead.]

@@pineappledoesbelongonpizza9975 That's fair, you have a reason instead of jumping on the ACAB bandwagon like I've seen people do before and I believe you, of course there are bad and useless cops in America and two examples have been right here in Minneapolis and Brooklyn Center, Derek Chauvin and Kim Potter but there are also good cops, I know a few police officers and state troopers personally and they also think there are bad cops but they don't think all cops are bad either, places like St. Louis and Camden have defunded their police and crime skyrocketed, I'm not saying that people in the communities can't help stop crime but I just think, personally that police are needed to prevent crime, I respect your opinion though

[@DrumHead.]

@@mlovmo I agree, an experiment to see how social workers would handle a 250 pound guy on strong drugs with a weapon would be interesting, because drugs can do crazy things, a person that's high as all hell can take like 15 bullets before going down, so I don't know how a social worker would handle that, I think that social workers could be valuable assets to police departments, for stuff like mental health calls where a person is about to kill themselves, but a social worker trying to de-escalate an active shooter situation, especially a mass shooting is just a mess waiting to happen

[@pilar9247]

Unemployment is not a handout, we pay into it. A lot of people aren't working because the jobs that are hiring are not paying a living wage. There are also other social safety nets to help those in need. The Iron Range is struggling because of the lack of jobs. Drug addiction is definitely something that needs to be addressed everywhere. It needs to be treated as the disease it is. It is important to improve education and decrease poverty. Minnesota is a beautiful state but like anywhere else there is room for improvement. I live in Minneapolis and love it. The murder of George Floyd was devastating, hopefully there will be some change of substance to move us forward.

[@Hortortortortor]

Yeah, this guy doesn’t really know what he’s talking about. I live in wsp and it took me like 4 months to find work that wasn’t gig jobs like DoorDash and clearing out driveways. Never took unemployment cause I thought to myself that it wouldn’t take that long to find work, but turns out that there wasn’t a whole lot of work that I was qualified for around here. Had to stoop to working at dominos as an insider because my car stopped working.

[@jkephart4624]

so sick of people saying it's a disease. you cant just go outside and catch crackhead. yes I agree drugs should be decriminalized and treated like alcohol. but let's not put meth heads in the same category as cancer patients

[@pilar9247]

@@jkephart4624 The American Medical Association classifies addiction as a disease. I trust the people that are experts on this

[@jkephart4624]

@@pilar9247 Just because a political organization says something doesnt mean it's True. The AMA traditionally has been a politically conservative organization, opposing national health insurance in 1948, and, they've been resisting Medicare since 1966. Are you a far right anti Medicare supporter also ?

[@pilar9247]

@@jkephart4624 actually no I am a liberal but love your assumptions lol. The American Psychiatric Association defines it as a disease too. Medicare has helped a lot of people. Healthcare reform is important

[@rvfreetraveler]

As a life long resident as of 2 years ago, now part time, I can attest to the degradarion of the city of Minneapolis. We used to spend a fair amount of time in the downtown area for concerts, sports & restaurants, however the past 2 decades has seen a decline in the most important aspect... SAFETY. Crime is unteathered and out of control. Steer clear.

[@stars8924]

Is it not safe to walk around in Minneapolis???

[@jplopp7388]

​@stars8924 depending on the area, yes, it can be dangerous.

[@bigvito9008]

Gutless democrat mayor?

[@snailart14]

I feel like people don't understand that Minneapolis has been like, more or less segregated for YEARS. We're kind of just seeing the repercussions of it.

[@NSgeg765]

Yeah you aren’t going to any that here. That requires nuanced and digging deeper. Easier to just to make a video and let people all post the same thing about how it’s “wokism” or immigrants who supposedly ruined everything.

[@laraebrown2637]

Minnesota needs leaders with a spine. I’ve lived here all my life and watched the city of Minneapolis (murderapolis) go from bad to worse. It’s so sad that leaders watch it happen and don’t do anything about it. It’s catch and release.

[@justmeanduallthetime]

To prevent crime you need to curb it before it’s done- how so? Investing in the communities that are disadvantaged

[@leeriutzel4780]

Stop voting demacrat! DUH!

[@reignman30]

It's not that they don't have a spine, they don't have a clue. They keep looking at none problems x, y, z, ignoring the actual problems a, b, c because of what it would mean for everyone's favorite narrative that keeps getting democrats elected in all these democrat strongholds.

[@ItAllAddsUp-Lori]

It's like it is here in Minnesota because the housing cost verses section 8. They make it easy to live with low income but hard to not use the services.

[@joelruder2857]

Born and raised in Minnesota, 46 years. Finally moved to Ohio on Pennsylvania border, I love it out here.

[@minnybiker4505]

Born and raised in the Twin Cities suburbs. Lived in Minneapolis for 5 years before moving to Boston for 3 years, then Denver for 2. Couldn't wait to move back. Been back here since 2006, and don't plan to move again (unless I can afford a second home somewhere warm in the winter someday). Cost of living, access to amenities, natural beauty, friendly neighbors... All far outweigh the negatives in society plaguing the entire country right now. MN for the win! (Except in sports...)

[@l.a.raustadt518]

It is affordable , you could pay more to live in worse cities I think. Sorry about Vikes/Twins/Wild but Wolves doing good.

[@JDR_Nova]

Go Vikes! 💜

[@randallrobertson23]

I live in the Sticks in Northern Minnesota, no Crime at my Home , I have 20 Acres and a Rifle.. They'll never find your Body..

[@l.a.raustadt518]

Got ya, my parents had 40 acres a long time ago up north. So nice to hang at. Enjoy the space, sweet!

[@sherilumley5498]

Damn straight!

[@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123]

Same here !

[@yomomma123]

😂😂

[@rodgerpratt3199]

You can't deny what you see every day. Diversity is like a double-edged sword. If you know you know

[@dieselrotor]

60 years old, lived here all My life. Your pretty much right. The whole woke/immigration crap started with Mark Dayton and has only gotten worse with and up to dictator Tim Walz.

[@MegaMkmiller]

Mark Dayton, Walz the whole bunch of left-wing jackasses make me sick!

[@Andy-oz7bj]

🙄🙄

[@Antoninpoznan]

So sad that many small towns are crime ridden and in Minnesota that means this degradation of American life is really serious.

[@mattbrown8443]

Yeah, Minnesota is a bellwether.

[@reignman30]

Import the 3rd world, get the 3rd world.

[@danaellis6802]

From someone that lives in Minnesota I hate it. I lived in Brainerd 4 years ago and it was not the same as today.

[@Andy-oz7bj]

Brained had not changed in for years. Give me a break.

[@masonismyangel]

P.S That friggin song was classic!!! A++ sir lol Even the Minnetonka, Wayzata, Chaska, Chanhassen, Excelsior that west area you're talking about has been going down hill for years...I came from Central MN, St Cloud is one of the nations largest human traf*ing hubs, and is the fastest growing in the nation....I packed my sh*t two years ago, picked a place on a map, and moved...I purchased my house in September...In one of the tiniest towns ever! lol. Also, the Bemidji/Cass lake area is a lot of native American Reservation land....

[@NickJohnson]

Where'd you move?

[@masonismyangel]

@@NickJohnson Bricelyn, MN lol

[@michaelpaul5682]

St.Paul, MPLS used to be a great place to live 2 decades ago. It is at the point of no return. I moved out 20 yrs ago. I saw the writing on the wall.

[@dashingmay]

I moved here back in 2019 and found a girlfriend, a new job, a new place to live, new friends within a year.

[@truthmatters4520]

Or the graffiti on the bridges!!

[@l.a.raustadt518]

You mean the graffiti on the wall, and I agree with your time line . Live N-Mlps . I go to bed early!

[@tristinwigton7188]

I'm surprised Willmar is not on the list ,I moved to Willmar in 2007 and it use to be a quiet town with nice chill neighborhoods i use to deliver newspapers in the early mornings and hear nothing but birds now you hear gun shots and tire squeals and the main apartment building in town use to house people with disabilities but now it only houses people with drug addictions like its so bad they had to build a project turnabout building right across the street lmao

[@SADFORIAN]

Yeah, Willmar's a toilet. Even the elites there are trash. I'd sooner live in North Minneapolis.

[@tenaciousvirgiltenaciousvi5671]

Yup and it's only gotten worse and still will. Downtown little Mogadishu doesn't help anything.

[@l.a.raustadt518]

Yeah no shortage of crazies and they seem to multiply !

[@Sebman1113]

I’m a Minnesotan and I’ve accually been to many of the pictures you’ve shown on their like the Albert Lee Apple Bees, the Virginia Main Street, a drive through of the Albert Lee Main Street, the Brainard Main Street, the Paul Bunyan in Bemiji and Brainard, that intersection in Minneapolis and through the neighborhood that had the riot. Im a true Minnesotan, a proud Minnesotan, and I know a lot about my home state.

[@phillipgraves4721]

Then you know it is in sad shape due to reckless immigration

[@Sebman1113]

Minnesota is accually in pretty good shape

[@mattbrown8443]

I lived in Minnesota for 11 years of my youth, and know/remember magical Downtown Minneapolis. I'm deeply saddened to see what became of it. Now, I'll tell ya, I've never seen a Minnesotan do anything like that - I don't think the rioters were locals at all. That was like a cause celeb that the city and state did not need that attracted trouble-makers from other cities like perhaps Philadelphia or Baltimore. It is healthy to have a national conversation about this, but it must be civil, humane and dignified.

[@exothermal.sprocket]

So you know about the corruption in the government, the election corruption, the deep rooted Democrat domination for many decades...

[@smartbiz888]

I grew up in International Falls, right on the Canadian border...That whole northern region of the state has dealt with a lot of economic blows over the past 4 decades but the people stoically deal with it and carry on...Personally I joined the Army at 17 (actually left for basic training at 18) and have been an expat since (now 65)...Still love the MN area though and visit whenever possible...It seems that the divide between high earners and low or non earners has widened and that is causing the crime and drug abuse increases? Not sure but the correlation is there...School was excellent for me there and that seems to have been neglected as well since my time...In any case lots of pluses to living in Minnesota in spite of the negatives you point out...I'd move back in a heartbeat...Cheers from Dave in Dubai (for the moment) 👍😎👍

[@l.a.raustadt518]

I did a run to International Falls trucking years ago, beautiful! Stay cool in Dubai sounds interesting! Peace out.

[@freemefreeme8301]

I live in Rives Junction, Michigan. Main St. looks like a war zone. Every home looks like a hoarder lives there. The Township board does nothing but collect a pay check. Very ugly and sad.

[@chrisjas3129]

😯 that's horrible, wonder why the citizens feel helpless to change it.

[@kingdoughnut7244]

Where is the town? I know where Onondaga is at. I know where channel 10, 53/6, and channel 47 towers are at. Is the town by the railroad tracks??

[@abbottshaull9831]

@@kingdoughnut7244 Take Old Plank Rd out of Onondaga, make a few curves and you will be in Rives Junction. It about 4 miles from U.S. 127 Berry Road to the northwest.

[@stevezellmer6695]

Great video. As a life long resident of the state I felt the description here was accurate. Most of the places are great(minus the extremely cold winters) but there are definitely bad areas, as in all states

[@uponthefact9924]

Plainview, Elgin, wabasha county

[@MinnesotaAdventures]

I Live in Minnesota and I Think The Thing about bemidji is that it should not be in 3rd worst but that might be because i live near bemidji

[@killercuddles7051]

@@MinnesotaAdventures from what I heard the whole state has gone mad. Is this true that you must be involved in the fake vaccine experiment to go inside a restaurant and get a cheeseburger? ... I wish it's not true.

[@MinnesotaAdventures]

@@killercuddles7051 I Like Cheeseburgers But 1st It's Not Some Crazy Vacine Experiment and 2nd we are not being forced to do it.Where in the World Did You Here That From? Are You Spying On Me? I Just ate a Cheeseburger Last Night.

[@pamelabuhr4542]

I grew up in Minnesota south of the Twin Cities. Near small Welsh villages & a German town. We were about an hour away from the Twin Cities. We would go to the Coma Zoo. Which is a great zoo. I take my granddaughter there. We always avoid MPLS when we go back to visit. All the towns you mentioned use to be nice towns no drug abuse, everyone worked & all the students had goals to graduate from high school & some went to college. It is so sad to see how they are falling on hard times. Thanks for the vlog. Great information. Drugs are the downfall of many a town or city.

[@user-ql7ld3cq7v]

ᎷᎬᏚᏚᎪᏩᎬ ᎷᎬ ✛Ⓘ②ⓛ⑨⑧④②⑧⑦⑤⑦✔️💬.

[@nickkeesey170]

It’s Welch

[@leeriutzel4780]

No, I beg to differ, it's the way you people have voted demacrat & socialism the last 50 yrs !!! Drugs are a symptom not the problem klobachar & that nut wellstone THAT is Minnesota's problem.

[@idontcareantmo]

@3ONEK1D D3ALMÆKEŘ mall of America is in Bloomington that's how I know you don't live in Minnesota

[@idontcareantmo]

@3ONEK1D D3ALMÆKEŘ yeah sometimes the there's a shooting which rarely happens and alot of stealing which is common in mall of America but I was just correcting you that mall of America is in Bloomington not MPLS.

[@haikuoflife]

Brainerd? Pfft. I don't know what statistic site you are using, but this is the central hub to where people go to vacation. The business owners are cheap arses and don't pay their workers livable wages. It's far from crime-ridden though. N. Minneapolis, that's a different story. People do ride-by robbery on bicycles there.

[@debrakelly4505]

Excellent commentary ~ you are on point! So sad to see what has happened to many areas in our country that once were thriving cities. Wish all the best to the good people of these communities!

[@jamesjares4793]

His commentary is a joke. I live in Minnesota and his stats are off on a good share of this

[@danielbera1539]

Your picture of Paul Bunyan for Bemidji is not the right one.

[@VideosOffRoad]

Minneapolis had 95 murders in 2021. That's nearly 2 per week. St. Paul set a new record for the most murders in 2021 as well.

[@pavelow235]

Lol Baltmore called, they like to have a talk with you.

[@waltmills9342]

Leftists run both towns now. Did you expect something else?

[@VideosOffRoad]

@@waltmills9342 Nope. That's why I GTFO in 2020.

[@VideosOffRoad]

@Kamala 2024 Not NEARLY as glad as I am that you didn't come with. You can keep your lockdowns, mandates, riots, high taxes and even higher crime rates. I'll take living in freedom and peace, with law and order. Then we can both be happy.

[@Moveforward2089-im5pu]

95 murders in one year is nothing compared to cities it's size.

[@koltenpingeon8604]

I would have to disagree with your comments on Minneapolis Nick. The city is very much recovering from the riots. While yes crime has risen, this is a trend across all major cities in the US. There continues to be redevelopment all throughout the city to accommodate people moving here. This includes redevelopment of the areas most affected by the riots.

[@pavelow235]

True, real estate hasn't been affected much in the Minneapolis market......will there be a correction? Let's see.

[@koltenpingeon8604]

@@dfoolz exactly, lived here for the past two years and the people that have negative opinions of the city live in the burbs and rely solely on the news.

[@pavelow235]

@@dfoolz Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder, I remember seeing the trashy slums of Bamako, Mali, but the Africans living there gave off the impression they were the happiest humans on Earth.

[@RosieRose369]

Plus the narrative that we destroyed our own city is wrong. It was people from outside the city & from other states. If police would stop murdering there would be very little protests.

[@kaiseriv8483]

Didn't recover fast enough. Already moved to florida. Have fun in somalia.

[@curtisletch6911]

As life long Minnesotan, I was told don’t say anything if you can’t say something nice. Well I don’t have anything nice to say about things here right now.

[@NickJohnson]

It's like that everywhere Curtis

[@airdaff4973]

​@@NickJohnsonpeople rioted and burned down police stations and businesses all over while mayors sat by and did nothing? I must have missed that.

[@preppertrucker5736]

Living in Minnesota is like living in a space ship with life support because if you loose heat or A/C in your house you can literally die of heat stroke or freeze to death …..

[@SisterWatchmanBrooke]

HA!!! I get _that_ one! 😃 Lived in TheDesertCities of Southern California for 10 years, before here, -and during the Summer? (which runs from..May *THRU* to the end of Sept.) Stays in the 100°'s. Here's a Fun & true! sample of the Weather man reporting on tv there... will say like, "Today it's currently at 121° Degrees, _~but we're going to be cooling down a bit:D_ *(...?!?)* "with Tomorrow's temperature cooling down to around 115°. But then on Thursday thru the next few days, we can expect to see it staying around 124° outside." ...yeah. ~ +THAT'S WHY I MOVED HERE! .........But there won't be Any laughing _if at some time_ ... *in the Winter* -in Minnesota ......... if the Power goes out. That would be SCAREY.

[@preppertrucker5736]

@@SisterWatchmanBrooke other thing is it’s dry heat most likely at 124 degrees…. Try 102 with a dew point of 75 and 100% humidity…. Doesn’t happen often but it has happened in Minnesota….

[@haikuoflife]

@@SisterWatchmanBrooke It isn't scary if you have backups. Someone always has a backup until you can get your own. Buddy heaters are great. We lost our furnace over Christmas and nobody was in until after New Year of the places we tried to come to fix it. That one thing heated up bottom and top with good ol' propane to 68f with the help of...humidity. ;)

[@SisterWatchmanBrooke]

@@haikuoflife so you're saying (and this would be passing on a HUGE tip) so just to clarify~ if the Power Grid were to go Down /no Electricity. in an [Up North] State, like in Minnesota *IN THE WINTER* You can warm your place by instead using *a Propane Tank.*

[@haikuoflife]

@@SisterWatchmanBrooke Yes, my Uncle lived up past Brainerd a bit and HE supplied some electric to the power grid by his generator he tuned to create more energy than it cost to run, plus he had propane heat. He got paid from Crow Wing Electric Co. =) It was his dream to be independent from utility bills back in the 70s.

[@loretta_3843]

Isn't St. Paul where F. Scott Fitzgerald came from? I used to be big into Fitzgerald...

[@jerahmaya77]

His house still exists at 599 Summit Avenue Saint Paul, MN

[@loretta_3843]

@jerahmaya77 oh wow! I'd love to see that - I'm in Australia, so I don't see it happening anytime soon, though! Thanks for that😊

[@timteezy8475]

Minnesota has the highest Somali Muslim population in the U.S.

[@RosieRose369]

That's great! They enrich our lives and escaped a murderous regime.

[@ginnymiller5894]

And your point is?

[@Rkbmomma]

Surprising-thought it might have been Michigan.

[@petersnortum2971]

and every last one of em suck

[@debrakelly4505]

Sounds radical

[@temnigem]

I was waiting for this one!!!

[@NickJohnson]

Cool!!

[@aliyarodriguez9041]

My parents are from Bemidji, MN and Virginia, MN... They moved to TX 25 yrs ago because of the lack of jobs in northern MN and the winters. We spent summers in Bemidji and Virginia which was the best arrangement, I think. MN summers are idyllic and beautiful. But I'm thankful for the opportunities I've had in TX. I'm living in a medium sized TX city and have more education/employment opportunities compared with my family in Northern MN.

[@markwitte303]

yes but the cities have great education. world class. the far out counties have less support from republicans blocking everything

[@chrisg1499]

Almost got a job teaching language summer camp in Bemidji. Small world

[@kevinburt6424]

@@markwitte303 too bad the city's democrats are running Minnesota

[@DeidresStuff]

I live in Hoyt Lakes. All I can say is that it's better than living in rural Mississippi, but not by much. So. Many. White. People. I'm white, but goddamn.

[@BlueGoat682]

Aliya Rodriguez ..Growing up in Minnesota summer was always by far my favorite season. In fact I liked summers so much I moved to Florida 30 yrs. ago so I can now enjoy a basically "endless summer".

[@roundhousedave5584]

"A murder a week" Me: *Brandishes machete, Laughs hysterically in Chicagoan*

[@OtisChronicButter]

Be careful with that machete if you're in Austin MN , cops just murdered a guy outside a Kwik Trip for having one about a month ago . Right in front of a lady and her two young daughters . Didn't even bother to clear the area before he started firing , and also was shooting in the direction of the building , which had customers and employees inside . No rioting though so I guess it doesn't qualify to make this list as a bad place to live .

[@photosbyant]

Lived here in Minneapolis for 30 years. I love it! Even tho its like -25 windchill right now haha

[@MaticTheProto]

Just saying: when there’s job opportunities and people without a job still don’t want to get one there’s probably a good reason

[@reignman30]

Yeah the government pays better for you to sit at home, giving you a raise every time you pump out another spawn.

[@taylorstoltz3238]

I lived here my whole life all I can say is up north is the better look parts of the state for scenery

[@chattychickadee4192]

I am surprised St. Cloud was so high up on the list. I pegged that shit hole for being number two. Sad because I went to the university there, but man it has really gone downhill in the past 20 years.

[@Scottshodgepodge]

Albert Lea as a dangerous place is laughable! I live in the neighboring town of Austin (20 miles away). We are similarly sized and thus rivals, but I’ve never felt the least bit scared the maybe hundred times I’ve been there! (I’m pretty sure the same is true of all the other small towns on this list). I can’t speak for the metro ones, but even St. Paul felt safe to me when my little brother lived there.

[@michaelkrauss5400]

I love Albert Lea and I lived in Austin before this and I definitely think Austin is the worse of the two

[@edrockyt178]

Saint Paul isn't that bad, just some big pockets like Como Park, Frogtown, Eastside and downtown

[@DEADWINTER]

I work in Austin and live in Albert Lea. That because Albert Lea is a far nicer place to live.

[@markgruben6625]

I've lived in Austin, and I've lived in Albert Lea. Albert Lea is a bit smaller, a bit quieter, a lot more attractive, and a hundred times better.

[@l.a.raustadt518]

Retired trucker, if it is off the interstate is seems to get more crime everywhere.

[@snackingallday]

I moved here in 2013 and I hate it. We lived in Minneapolis and it was horrible. I got married to a Minnesotan so I guess I got stuck here lol looking forward to moving elsewhere….

[@MrSteeDoo]

where are you from?

[@l.a.raustadt518]

Most of my family moved out of Minneapolis years ago. Do not blame anyone.

[@ronniegba8713]

hi nick! west saint paul resident here. my dad (fellow west saint paul resident) hasn’t gotten a job and still receives “handouts” due to a surgery complication that didn’t allow him to return to his pre-pandemic food service job and he almost lost his leg due to said complications. i’ll let my dad keep getting his “handouts” instead of working himself to death or severe injury, thanks!

[@lotsamacha1112]

Relax, he wasn't referring to cases like your dad's.

[@debrakelly4505]

I'm pretty sure he was not referring to folks like your Dad- sorry to hear about his health issues.

[@ronaldschultenover8137]

What is good about dibirsity?

[@seefourgoesboom9090]

Sort of hit the nail on that one 14:05. Many of those suburbs, and many rural places in the state are good places to feel safe and raise families. I grew up about a hour away from the South Dakota Border in the sticks, moved to Plymouth to rent, then bought my first house in Anoka. Always have had great neighbors. Maple Grove, and Champlin deserve a shout out too. All great cities.

[@oldscout80]

Don't forget little old Osseo. I moved here 7 years ago from Minnetonka after my wife of 25 years passed on. Before I got married I lived and worked in 7 different states including Hawaii, but this is where I wound up. All my roots are from N.D.& Mn. Bought my first house here, and I'm here to stay!

[@attilathehun0]

Mpls, Brooklyn Center and St Paul not surprised, but Bemidji and Albert Lea is shocking.

[@jerahmaya77]

Bemidji is a great small town.

[@attilathehun0]

@@jerahmaya77 Yes I have been there.

[@AKayfabe]

I used to live in Hibbing MN which is right next to Virginia and I liked Virginia but both places used to be nicer, and have suffered in recent years of lost businesses, less jobs and lowered population. I then lived in St Paul which I actually really liked but yes there’s crime. I go to Minneapolis all the time and after 2020, it’s not alright. Not anymore. It was a wonderful city in the 90s. Then I moved to right on the border of N mpls/ Brooklyn Center and honestly I have never seen a crime happen around here. The residents near me are all elders and good people. No one has robbed us. The only thing I noticed about Brooklyn Center is public transit is horrible and there’s not enough businesses within walking distance. I don’t know about the schools because I don’t have children. one of my friends lives in Bemidji. She has never been the victim of crime there. She doesn’t like it a lot it’s small and not a lot to do. The weather is horrific there. It’s terrible here too however and I have no car.

[@k.j.greenwood6473]

I broke down and relocated back to my old neighborhood in Brooklyn Center a couple of weeks ago due to a job offer. Brooklyn Center is home, warts and all... It's very, very quiet here in my neighborhood. A lot quieter than it was 8 years ago when I lived here last. I'm probably not very far from you :)

[@BlueGoat682]

Im not surprised to see that Brooklyn Center made the list but i thought for sure that Robbinsdale would have made the list also. It was BAD years ago when I lived in the Mpls. area and I'm sure its only gotten worse since then. Ive been living in the Tampa Bay area for 30+ years now and I see a lot of similarities between here and what the Twin Cities used to be. Instead of Mpls/St. Paul we have Tampa/ St. Pete. I like to say its the Cities here except with palm trees. We have 3 pro sports teams and a lot of very nice museums and 3 world class performing Arts theatres so there is always a ton of stuff to do and the best thing is its like an "endless summer" here which really works for me. :-)

[@Vitality_Vibes_sups]

Shhhh . Keep

[@Vitality_Vibes_sups]

Shhhh don't tell everyone!

[@alanploetz7100]

Competitive sports teams.😏

[@googpix540]

Crystal ?

[@BlueGoat682]

@@googpix540 Crystal is bad now too? I had an Uncle that lived there for a few years several years ago.. At the time it was very "suburban" and not a lot of crime that I remember hearing about.

[@badrutaofiq2297]

When I heard reeling out the stats about the number of dropouts and illiteracy I was wowed. These are schools people in Nigeria will die for if they can attend.

[@RLW123]

Great video been a MN resident my entire life I’ll always have love for this state , but I’m moving out soon.

[@fmcevoy1]

Minnesota is the Land of 10,000 Treatment Centers.

[@donaldprice9230]

Spent time in Minneapolis. Great people. I enjoyed the sports and the downtown.

[@hammerpocket]

Minneapolis is "going downhill" and "a lot of people are moving out," but at the same time "affordability is becoming a problem." Affordability is a problem because there isn't enough housing for all the people who want to move here. It doesn't really follow your narrative.

[@David-ld4ql]

Shouldn't have housed so many Somalis. Let other states do their part too. I understand they are fleeing a war-torn nation but still you have to take care of Americans too.

[@reignman30]

@@David-ld4ql That's the popular narrative. They're not fleeing a war-torn nation, they're fleeing the 3rd world, and bringing their 3rd world BS with them. When you flood an area with that much 3rd world in such a short period of time, there is no integration or assimilation (which was the theory and the promise), instead you just get 1st world areas turning into 3rd world areas, which we dismiss by calling it "culture". And we know why it's done, because these people typically vote for the party that offers them all the benefits that help them survive in a world where they normally couldn't compete.

[@boss-tasha]

There are crimes in every city all over the USA. I have lived in St. Paul for 29 years and I can say that it is safe compared to other big cities with higher crime rates. Some of St. Paul isn't great but overall I wouldn't knock it off the list to not move here. There are jobs, opportunities and resources here. Not to mention it is peaceful here, you just have to move to the right areas.

[@lovesongization]

as a foreigner watching your channel, sometimes I get an impression that America is the worst place to live in right now, is it really that bad? it feels like I would get jumped any second there.

[@RLW123]

No not quite that bad. Stats tend to make things sound worse than they are

[@doogie812]

For the most part the criminal element keeps to its self. Other than wandering into bad parts of any big city you pretty much have to go looking for trouble to find it.

[@luckybabbit5286]

This is a very large country. Every city and state is very different.

[@paranoidpiigs]

It honestly depends on area. Im not gunna say that there isnt horrible people here and it’s definitely not its greatest rn but as long as you stay aware of yourself and surroundings you should be just fine ❤️

[@pavelow235]

Lol, what? America has the most expensive land in the world. Has the most advanced Health facilities by far in the world, and vast majority is sleepy single family suburbs with well mowed lawns. I'm assuming your Chinese? Imagine dealing with cancer in China, they just give up on you. America is a divided country, you can choose to live in squalor, like seen above, or choose to live like a KING, but it is by no means a broken country, thanks for the laugh brother. Stay safe and don't let Xi Jinping get you down.

[@parkerottoackley5587]

Hooked on this channel . But,,you leave out the most important statistics ! The reason these towns are in such poor, crime ridden shape ! THE RACE STATISTICS !!!!

[@hellbythedashboardlight1730]

We can’t talk about that or notice patterns

[@jeffwinters2126]

I've lived in wait park for just over a year for a small town I can say this place is a shit hole.everything he said is true.planning on moving out of here

[@noskatehate]

St Cloud is such a shit hole, the only good thing is once you go through it, you're that much closer to being at the cabin!

[@Moveforward2089-im5pu]

People who said St. Cloud sucks say it is a lot of methamphetamine users,nothing to do, and no jobs.

[@ComatoseMN]

I live in Minneapolis, and I was cracking up watching this!! Good stuff!! >M

[@CrookedRosePOD]

I traveled a lot being from Chicago. My favorite state ever was Minnesota. Stayed a lot in duluth and st paul.

[@TedTedness-wu4vb]

"WAS"?

[@bobamaden]

Aw, I live in #5 and there's a picture near my neighborhood! I still love it though. A few corrections: 1. There's just one national park (Voyageurs, plus two national forests), not five. 2. Mall of America is the largest mall in the US, but there are several bigger ones in Asia. 3. Fargo is set largely in Brainerd, not Bemidji. I totally get mixing those up. I'm quite liberal myself, but I think that Minnesota has a more down-to-earth version of "wokeness"; no one is too isolated from the other side of the spectrum. Minnesota liberals love their guns, and Minnesota conservatives love their unions.

[@mlovmo]

There is no such thing as a "down-to-earth" version of authoritarianism.

[@lydialutz]

Taught in West St Paul, lived in 4 places in Minneapolis, took my kids swimming at the nice pool in Waite Park. a lot of things I love and miss about Minneapolis. Yes, some huge problems but it's not all bad for most people living there.

[@genox3636]

"Most people?" Who would those be?

[@lydialutz]

@@genox3636 Not sure what you are insinuating but my comment was intended to highlight the positive things about Minneapolis and West St Paul...that it was overall a fine place...'overall'...'most people'...as opposed to the negative bias of the video (from a youtuber who has likely never lived or worked in these places like I have).

[@isaiahtolbert]

Lived there for 30 years. Doing my research on Minneapolis...things been weird there since the 70s, 50 years ago. Any and every single big city has its ups and downs, especially with a growing population. People move to Minneapolis due to the lack of opportunity and money from other places you mentioned. Needless to say, without the ups and downs, you would not have got Prince and the Minneapolis Sound without it.

[@colemotz4827]

I live in pelican rapids minasota and it is a town of 2464 people and it is one of the nicest community’s around hardly ever people getting robed hell we can leave our door unlocked when we are sleeping we don’t lock are cars or anything and no one ever gets robed me and my family went up to miniapolos for about a day or two and are car got robed

[@l.a.raustadt518]

Yup welcome to MN in the 2020 and beyond!

[@Andy-oz7bj]

And with your view of Pelican Rapids being good, you should add that there is a large minority population there and people get along well.

[@speeddemon945]

I was waiting for St. Olaf, MN. 😆 and yeah, that Flintstone closing song. 😂😂😂

[@christophernalty321]

There's a St. Olaf College and a St. Olaf Township up near Fergus Falls, but no St. Olaf, MN.

[@bbgarnettTotallyNotABot]

LOL @ 0:22 Largest mall in the world I don't even think it's the largest mall in North America. No one can seem to make up there mind some say West Edmonton is bigger others say MOA is bigger. Regardless it's still not the biggest mall in the world by a long shot.

[@jkephart4624]

you're crazy bro lol. I agree with almost everything you said but brainerd is gorgeous. maybe not down town or northeast brainerd, but drive 2-5 minutes In any direction and its beautiful.

[@Shawnne01]

I grew up in Minneapolis. It's not safe in the neighborhood I lived in. Sad.

[@leemeyer748]

We live in Saint Paul and stay at our house in the winter but when spring arrives we head up north to our cabin in in the woods and enjoy our time together there. It quite wonderful!

[@madmachine5244]

I’d lived in West St Paul (WSP) from 1986-2012 and WSP was a good quiet neighborhood until the housing crisis hit and a lot of repo houses went for low prices. Until that happened the ghetto was about a mile north of the border line. About 2 years after I moved from WSP a Mendota Hts police officer was killed at a traffic stop a 1&1/2 blocks on the street from where I used to live at Dodd Rd and Smith Ave. It was a good place to grow up in.

[@Peachcreekmedia]

That was actually a fair assessment. But the Western suburbs where I live are increasingly simply out of reach now.

[@pavelow235]

Looks like 400,000 dollars would go very far for a nice single family home, how is that "out of reach"?