Why 3 Million People Live in America's Coldest City

[@Valerie-mz4et]

They forgot to mention the miles of inside walk-ways down town that connect most of the buildings. You don’t ever have to go outside during the winter months if you don’t want to.

[@SamanthaBaker8]

@@Valerie-mz4et yes the skyways like in Germany, I used to work in both downtowns (Mpls and St. Paul) very convenient

[@twilightcitystudios]

I mean that's if you live downtown but a lot of people don't live downtown, downtown historically has a lot of office space and maybe that will change thanks to the covid-19 pandemic lockdowns but till recently most people didn't live in downtown last I checked. Would be a good place to stay if you're visiting at one of the hotels down there.

[@nofacebigfootgaming6008]

The Twin Cities aren't even the coldest cities in Minnesota.

[@mikephelps5116]

True. Much colder up north.

[@commentor3485]

But it's the largest metro area in the state

[@SamanthaBaker8]

@@commentor3485 exactly we’re talking about metropolitan areas of 200,000 people or more

[@englewashington9167]

@@SamanthaBaker8what about Duluth

[@SamanthaBaker8]

@@englewashington9167 Duluth, St. Cloud and Rochester are all smaller metropolitan areas

[@caesars7hills892]

It wouldn’t shock me if this was written by AI

[@Daveyjdigital]

He said 1908 electric street cars 🤔

[@axlroseismydaddy]

@@Daveyjdigital Yeah that was a thing back then. They got beat out by internal combustion engines, mostly because Standard Oil wanted to make more money. Electric street cars were popular back then, not just in Minnesota, but nobody really talks about it anymore.

[@trucuriousity]

​@@axlroseismydaddydo people seriously not know what those are anymore? San Francisco still has them.

[@BadgerCheese94]

-60 has never been hit in the Twin Cities. Our record low is -41. -60 was northern MN. Misleading title. Ppl always exaggerate our cold.

[@mh0862]

LOL, look at what you wrote. "Our record low is -41." Only -41? How is that exaggerating the cold? Lived in da cities for 13 years now donchano. -41 is not with windchill. One more word... Hotdish.

[@BadgerCheese94]

@mh0862 Yea -41 was recorded in the 1940s. We havent even hit -30 since 1996. Windchill is BS. I go by actual real temperature. -60 is a lot colder than -40. Realistically -15 is the coldest you can expect each winter. Its really not that bad here. Subzero isnt that bad. I was out for a half hour walk a few weeks ago in -6. Without wind it was pleasant.

[@mh0862]

@@BadgerCheese94 "Subzero isn't that bad." Spoken like a true Minnesotan. I lived there in the mid '70s-80s. We usually had something close to -30 every winter back then. It is true that after a week or so of subzero, 0° can feel outright balmy. Unzip that parka. Enjoy the ☀ I do think the record low in MN is -63° in Embarrass, MN. As they used to say on WCCO, that isn't something you'd want to do up there.

[@coolbreeze9613]

Not true. I remember going to my car and the temp saying -60 back in 2013.

[@SamanthaBaker8]

@@BadgerCheese94 uh I beg to differ, windchill is not bs at all

[@mitchellmiguel2063]

Not hearing all the MPLS slander. It’s a great place to live. Yeah it’s cold, get a coat

[@ugoewulonu4936]

Exactly. I’ll just put on a sweater and deal with it.

[@MCM214]

And good layers of socks with good winter boots.

[@leanneadams2549]

I did. An heated coat !! :)

[@mitchellmiguel2063]

@ very smart!

[@Mav0585]

Heated gloves!

[@nuzh1981]

Lifelong Minnesotan here, everyone knows there are really only 2 seasons in MN, winter and construction season....

[@barhat961]

I'm not American. What's construction season?

[@susansuewwilliams]

@@barhat961 road construction, when the roads are repaired, because it's too cold in the winter; also building construction.

[@AlexIvanovic-jk2qi]

Your a moron

[@ObscureNAme69]

I love how they think that the temperatures that we get in Minnesota are cold, meanwhile us minnesotans deal with it just fine

[@preppertrucker5736]

Minnesotans yes, transplants not so much lol…..

[@SamanthaBaker8]

@@ObscureNAme69 it’s funny what you can get used to

[@coytheboy]

Grew up in northern Minnesota. The twins cities seem mild to me.

[@SamanthaBaker8]

@ I bet

[@jasonwhite4974]

We ain’t had a winter like this in years

[@SamanthaBaker8]

@@jasonwhite4974 not a real one

[@Daveyjdigital]

Like what it's good this year granted we still got January February but for some yrs now we been having less snow

[@Thomas-15212-R]

Showing my age here, lol, when I was going to high school, the Twin Cities had its all time low of negative 34 degrees F, "34 below". Our cars started and busses and schools ran on time. Nowadays Mpls-St Paul can go a whole winter without any sub-zero temperatures, like the last several years.

[@Glizzy_5O]

Good that we haven’t had a winter like that in years because Minnesota residents are horrible drivers. As soon as there’s some ice or snow it’s a slip and crash fest for everyone. Worst drivers in the Midwest are Minnesota

[@anaihilator]

​@@Daveyjdigitalless snow??? We set the record for annual snowfall in 2022!

[@detroit8v715]

I'm a trucker and go up to St. Paul to a place several times year and the whole area is wonderful. Both Minneapolis and St. Paul are great cities. International Falls and Fargo N.D. are both colder cities than the twin cities. I live near Notre Dame and when I leave this area in the semi during winter, it can be 23 degrees here and by the time I get up to St. Paul, it's in single digits. What a difference 500 miles makes!

[@AliSaid-zs3yt]

I immigrated Minnesota 1993 from hot east Africa Somalia and I love winter best state in the US you named Jobs,Health,Family ,and Minnesota nice ❤.

[@finnfan33]

Awwww hi fellow Minnesotan ❤

[@codtv1566]

Go back you guys are ruining the state. Islam is not America wait till trumps gets in gonna send all you freeloaders back to where u came from

[@alexbrandon2193]

The summers are what keep me living here. Yeah it’s freezing cold for a few months. It goes by fast. If you dress warm enough it’s not that bad. Half the year or more it’s very nice. Summers are hot and the sun doesn’t set until 10 pm in June. It’s great.

[@susansuewwilliams]

Summer's are hot with up to 95% humidity.

[@omar-hy3th]

Yeah I love the sun setting at almost 10pm, I live in Ontario.

[@nobelwarprize]

My beautiful homeland!

[@finnfan33]

I love it here. We are the Scandinavia of America, and our politics are similar. We believe in the equality of people and focus on literacy, health, and education for all. Of course we have work to do as does all of America, but we learn from mistakes. We are the bluest place in the midwest, and a haven for all. Proud to be a Minnesotan, and I hope climate change does not make us warmer.

[@CarlJohnson-uk4fe]

❤

[@SamanthaBaker8]

Ojibwe - Oh -jib-way Otherwise great video! Spot on in a lot of aspects of the metro area of Mpls and St. Paul. The economy, the development of the metro area, education and recreation and infrastructure.

[@frybreadndizhnikaaz3314]

LMAO i said the same thing

[@ColdSamra]

I feel like it's an AI voice over.

[@James-br3of]

Even our corrections are MNice

[@1onearth]

Great drone photography and found history and current state of affairs informative as well.

[@leanneadams2549]

I love the twin cities ! The Mall of America is a great place to go during the winter. I lived in Burnsville for alittle bit and the parks in the summer were beautiful. I grew up in Green Bay so I’m used to the cold and most people that live here are to. Doesn’t mean we like it it’s just we deal with it and spring is always welcomed :)

[@trollingizlife2298]

I’m originally from Phoenix, Arizona and now I’m living in Minnesota. In either place you just have to stay inside most of the drab seasons. They’re both okay and I guess I can survive any weather now.

[@Daveyjdigital]

I appreciate you mentioning the African-American community Prince got on in the late 70s we've been here

[@XYPrime]

Here in the twin cities we have Light rails with built in plows so when snow comes, it just plows through it at with ease, As compared to other Light rail networks who would have substantial delays and Limited Operation hours

[@user-if4df7lk1z]

MN is a beautiful state. You see allllll of those buildings? There are a lot of high paying cooperative jobs in Minneapolis. Plus all of those buildings are connected by tunnels where they do not have to go outside. Some people who migrated there come from cold places also. Minneapolis/St. Paul actually literally borders each other.

[@angiegaffke4451]

Not tunnels, they have skyways which I'm surprised the video didn't mention.

[@brandonmike4010]

-40 degrees lol is this dude high? I live in MN and can tell you I’ve never seen it this cold

[@TheRsmith0118]

Wait, what? Its cold here? 😮

[@GalenFrislie]

Less hurricanes less tornadoes

[@Daveyjdigital]

4:20 something like this will usually be overnight snowfall and a lot of the times it's melted by the next day

[@reebeeable]

Actually after November the snow won’t melt until spring unless it’s an unusual year. The last few years have been unusual. That is the difference between a moderate climate like PA and Minnesota. Our snow sticks around. It’s pretty.

[@jamestellsthetruth]

shhhh keep people outta the midwest... they need to all move to arizona, texas, and idaho.

[@teemanz2264]

You own the midwest?

[@codtv1566]

We don’t wanna be with all th welfare and immgranys anyway

[@reebeeable]

Sure it’s cold in the winter but homes and cars have heaters, just like homes in Arizona have AC in the summer.

[@josebro352]

After all these years Minneapolis still makes me think of Mary Tyler Moore. 🎶 You're gonna make it after all! 🎶

[@hollyheikkinen4698]

The Twin Cities Metro Area wasn't -60°F air temperature & I don't think they have had that low of a wind chill either, but they have been at least -55°F wind chill because I remember when the governor closed schools - he reopened schools a few days later as the southern half of the state warmed up. Iron Range schools in Northeastern Minnesota were open the rest of the month even though our wind chill was still in the -50°F's, we are hardier up here! -40°F air temperature in January is traditionally normal here. Tower is the official cold temperature record holder at -60°F on 2/2/1996 at 9:10am. Embarrass couldn't register an official temperature because their official thermometer broke, but if I remember correctly a resident did see -63° on an unofficial thermometer. They had a sign up with their claim to the record for years (I haven't driven by in ages). I live in Eveleth & I don't remember what the wind chill was, but I did write down that Tower broke the record. I also went to work at Target that day & brought my 18 month old to my parents house before work. Life went on like any other day. The Minneapolis - St Paul airport recorded -32°F that day & hasn't recorded a temperature of -30°F or colder since. International Falls was -45°F & Duluth was a balmy -21°F (the Lake keeps it warmer depending on the wind direction & if it's water or ice). Fun fact - Tower was 108 degrees warmer 6 days later with a high of 48°F on 2/8.

[@iamwonka]

The winter here in the Twin Cities has been quite weird lol

[@preppertrucker5736]

Spent 26 winters in mpls St. Paul…. That cold will kill you dead in the winter ❄️ 💀💀

[@mattlaszlo3781]

Yeah as you get older the cold freezes you to your bones much easier. There are a lot of things keeping me in Minnesota that are good but I'm starting to hate winter. Trying to get cars started and white knuckling it on ice all the way to work gets old.

[@chrispeterson8781]

3 million? Try more like the whole metro, not just Minneapolis

[@jeremiahallyn4603]

Minneapolis proper does not have 3 million people. The whole metro area is 3+ million people.

[@comeconcon569]

Minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit is bitterly cold.

[@ugoewulonu4936]

It’s certainly brisk, I wouldn’t say it’s cold.

[@IronicDucky]

I live here! It is one of the more beautiful cities i have seen! I grew up here and traveled to many other places, and they say the Minneapolis area has worse winters than places in Northern Alaska

[@SamanthaBaker8]

@@IronicDucky yes they can sometimes although the winters the last several years have usually been mild. Although I do remember the winter when the Superbowl came to Mpls that was one of the latest most brutal winters in a while.

[@Thomas-15212-R]

@@SamanthaBaker8 I returned to Minneapolis from a winter in LA by bus via Seattle and Canada (don't ask me why) and I saw the effects of the 1975 Blizzard of the Century on the way through NW MN. 2 months after the fact, snowdrifts still extended from the rooftops of 2 story homes over 50 yards downwind! Not to mention windchill of 93 below one January afternoon on the way home from school on the school bus.

[@Steve-318]

That's not true of northern Alaska which is much colder and for even longer.

[@SamanthaBaker8]

@@Thomas-15212-R wow! That was in 75?!

[@Thomas-15212-R]

@@SamanthaBaker8 Yep--one year before the intense 1976 drought in MN, which was 1 year before the deluges of 1977, which refilled the lakes.

[@twiggy45713]

It gets so much colder up north. Are lows in January will be regularly -20 and colder. Cities has it easy compared to us up here.

[@gbinoshorts]

This video makes it seem like the end of the world, but with some preparation-layering up, having a car, and planning ahead-you’ll be just fine. Your body can adapt surprisingly well.

[@davidwillis5581]

Minneapolis has a very similar climate to Iowa. Maybe a little colder than Kansas City. Snowfall is random. Some years they get a lot some not. Just like anywhere

[@susansuewwilliams]

Have you actually been to Minneapolis in the winter?

[@TheBestAmericanYoullEverMeet]

yea... so I'm on my couch with like 5 blankets on me currently

[@robharris5658]

If you dress appropriately, you can enjoy all kinds of winter outdoor activities: skiing, ice skating, snow shoeing, snow boarding, ice fishing, snowmobiling, snow fort building, sledding, hiking, running on plowed paths, saunas, ice sailing, etc.

[@1onearth]

Great drone footage, history and current information. Paused a lot spotting buildings I remembered from 50 years ago when I last lived in Twin Cities. Enjoyed seeing all the incredible changes in the last half century. If the narrator's voice is uncomfortable for anyone mute sound and read CC.

[@trucuriousity]

I ❤ my beautiful hometown and feel lucky to have grown up in the Twin Cities Metro. I hate winter but it's really only bad in Jan and Feb. The fantastic spring, summer and fall make up for it.

[@willbelair5974]

Minnesota has been warm the last few winters and have hardly had any snow at all. Living in mn now feels like living in southern iowa

[@ntatenarin]

I thought America's coldest city would be in Alaska. I still want to visit Minneapolis one day, though! Wild how weather works!

[@gabrielsr4791]

I thought it was fairbanks but it varies i guess

[@nunyabizness5391]

There must be a population limit. There are cities in Minnesota colder than Minneapolis let alone North Dakota or of course, Alaska.

[@Laura.S.1540]

Check back with us in July/August when it's 100+ in the southern U.S.

[@nsxdarin]

Lifelong Mpls resident here. May thru Sep/Oct are gorgeous. I leave in the winter now.

[@nunyabizness5391]

0:53. It's probably gotten to -40 in the spot where Minneapolis is now, but not in recorded history. The record low is -34. Stick to the facts. Minneapolis gets cold in the winter, but you don't have to exaggerate.

[@susana5505]

Title it a MASSIVE EXAGGERATION. I still haven't put on a winter coat. We just had 2 xmas's with temps above 50 or very close to 50. Don't talk abt things you know NOTHING ABOUT. "DON'T RECOMMEND"!

[@frybreadndizhnikaaz3314]

ojibwé (O-jib-way) if it was ppronounced the way you did itd be ojiibwé the é is important cause it makes the e an a

[@frybreadndizhnikaaz3314]

american scandinavians are cool and tradish asf a very unique type of american to bad they litterally dont care and are letting that die if you disagree hows ur gma doing can you even talk to her? when did you last make cloop or lefse? this is due to a hard right shift in these people s politics like and your whole neighborhood isnt here cause youre grangparents hated facists good job scandanavians youve lost your way so sad

[@TheUnatuber]

Gee, I wonder what happened to the Dakota and Ojibwe tribes?

[@TheUnatuber]

@@Steve-318 okay, I see! They made the conscious decision to live on reservations not fit for human habitation. You're obviously an imperialist pig, Steve, and my lily-white ass doesn't *want* to blend in with your dying culture.

[@maximaman06]

Ojibwe's chased the Dakota's to the Southwest part of the state. Ojibwe's still occupy their treaty agreement land. Dakota's killed about 600 citizens that resulted in them getting pushed into smaller reservations as punishment for trying to start a feud, where they raped and tortured women and children.

[@KB9TKB]

I always thought that International Falls was the coldest city in Minnesota, I live in Antigo, one of the coldest cities in Wisconsin, and man was it cold here during the Polar Vortex about 10/11 years ago, I never want to go through that again.

[@openranks4519]

Buffalo, NY is colder and gets more snow

[@Jaahajohoo]

As finnish minnesota sounds funny. Minne= where Sota= war in finnish

[@MikeHongisto]

The best part of the cold is that it kills off the Mosquitoes and Lyme Disease carrying Ticks.

[@teeh6699]

It’s as cold as it’s hot here. Dress for the weather it’s that simple

[@CamoJan]

We are the Frozen Chosen 😀

[@JaxonSmithers]

Not nearly as cold as it was in my youth during the 70s and 80s. Winters by and large these days are mild. Not much snow and just a handful of days below zero

[@3697jmc]

It only gets that cold a couple days per winter. Usually stays in the 20s and 30s

[@crowdedmind5142]

I love that your title is completely wrong. Like someone else said, it's not even the coldest city in Minnesota. The real coldest city is Fairbanks, Alaska where the average winter temp is between -15 and -25 F.

[@Charmedone9805]

if it wasn't so damn cold there id love to live there.

[@glennm449]

Polar vortex from winter 2013-2014, the twin cities didn't get above 0°F for 45 days straight.

[@johnt625]

Lots of haters in here. Solid video

[@timnewman1172]

The Cities are nice, but the ex-urbs are where most people are moving to... the I-94 corridor has exploded in growth the past 25 years!

[@nobelwarprize]

I agree my Saint Paul is crammed with people.

[@carsnpyro3484]

When its cold its too cold, but when its hot. It's too dayumm sticky and hot lol 😂

[@ljb7179]

I assume the cold weather here in MN was click bait. I have now lived in the Twin Cities for close to 40 years. Due to climate change the weather talked about in this mini doc no longer exists. It still gets cold in December, January and February but snow amounts have moderated and we more often than not see more rain. As of today there is hardly any snow on the ground in the Twin Cities . Projected weather forecast through 1/11/25 projects no temps below zero. The reality is that the Twin Cities is no longer as cold and snowy as it used to be.......

[@Meekleek1]

How about Alaska is not colder than Minnesota?

[@michaellenhartMN]

WRONG!! The coldest city in America is Fairbanks, Alaska. The coldest city in Minnesota is Embarrass.

[@SlowedByCinnamxn]

Minneapolis and St. Paul combined isn’t even home to 3 million people. The metro is home to like 3.7 million.

[@raphael9783]

Minnesota doesn't have a single city with 3m people and it's definitely not even the coldest cities in the state. Not even close.

[@austinkealey140]

lol it never hits -60 in Minneapolis probably doesn’t even get below zero to often the way winter been lately.

[@ugoewulonu4936]

It definitely gets brisk there but I would say it’s “cold.”

[@ColdSamra]

9:38 That river has an elevator for ships to navigate the difference in river heights

[@53toddk]

Commonly called "locks" ...not elevators.

[@ColdSamra]

@53toddk thanks for clarifying 🙏🏼

[@ironiccookies2320]

Clickbait title. It's not the coldest cities (Minneapolis and St Paul are two separate cities). There are way colder cities. Utqiagvik, formerly Barrow, is properly one of the coldest cities in the US. It's also the northernmost city in the country.

[@JoshuaB-p8c]

Ony 700k - 800k live in the cities, the majority of that 3 million people is typical midwest suburbia.

[@dilemma9345]

Yeah, we’re still out here in t-shirts, shorts, and flip flops during these times.

[@kouvang590]

We love it and ice fishing till late April.

[@ColdSamra]

You didn't mention the Mall of America... The latest indoor mall in the US.

[@edwardbates2757]

2 Harbors popsicles when theres a breeze in the tc metro

[@skurinski]

isnt Minot or Fargo the coldest?

[@SamanthaBaker8]

@@skurinski that’s North Dakota

[@nofacebigfootgaming6008]

@SamanthaBaker8 Have a problem with North Dakota? I can tell you are from Minneapolis. By far one of the most racist and ignorant cities I've had the displeasure of visiting. Last time I was there, our Native basketball tournament had to be cancelled because some of your locals tried to start a race riot while my team was on the court... and it wasn't wasicus who were harassing us.

[@teemanz2264]

Can’t be worst then Alaska

[@willp.8120]

Minnesota wants to hog all the snow.

[@BadgerCheese94]

What snow? It all melted

[@frybreadndizhnikaaz3314]

not for the past two years nd hardly even has any snow rn

[@willp.8120]

@@frybreadndizhnikaaz3314We here in the northern Atlanta suburbs typically get at least one snowfall every winter, but we haven't had one in several years. There is a chance next week for a good snowfall.

[@barrymickelson1184]

What part of Florida is the author from? It's not so bad here!

[@DaveyJones-h5k]

I've traveled the world over still haven't found a better beer.

[@jackkolo7454]

assuming you're talking about minnesota, you haven't traveled enough.

[@nobelwarprize]

Summit 😋

[@nunyabizness5391]

@@nobelwarprize And Surly

[@shavecm3047]

My state love it. Wouldn’t live anywhere else

[@shootermcgavin4999]

United Health. Boo. Corrupt company.

[@jasonnord785]

Lived here my whole life. It’s no big deal. Buck up buttercup.

[@funnytv309]

There is no snow here right now

[@V5LG]

No snow right now

[@stevepalmberg5905]

Why not!

[@Plumber-tf1xi]

There is money to be made here.

[@williamlee7672]

I know majority of your viewers are American. But it would be nice to use metric as well for your international viewers.

[@kj_usa2987]

I hate cold someone from lived Minnesota and San Francisco give me san Francisco suburbs any day

[@riley_edits21]

Warroad: Bru wtf

[@markholl3445]

Forgot to mention MSP airport. Forgot to show homeless encampments.

[@iamwonka]

We get it. Every major city will always have homelessness.

[@maximaman06]

No money left for the homeless, with all the rural welfare used for the jobless, who won't commute 60 miles to find a job.

[@dsword456]

Plus Abortion Clinics willing to kill an innocent life 9 months in the womb & designated Native land that ain't sh&t(Thank God they're profiting for cannabis, tho)...Other than that it's pretty much a white wakanda here, NEXT

[@chamby42]

Bs, i'm pretty sure duluth mn, get much colder then the twin citys

[@justcolor-nurfarbe4305]

Too funny!! They need to do better research😂

[@tyw123]

Hey I live there

[@mattlaszlo3781]

I've lived in the twin cities and close suburbs my whole life. Most things in this video are true. This is a great place to live and one of the safest places to live with lots of jobs. This video however completely skips over the dark things that have been transpiring around here since about 2016 and which exploded in 2020. The metro area feels to be declining since then. I wouldn't tell anybody not to move here but the area seems to be in a downward turn unless of course you are wealthy.

[@AragornAndy]

AI voice

[@debbiejohnson2486]

Yes Minneapolis-Saint Paul are great but you didn't mention the taxes.

[@frybreadndizhnikaaz3314]

lil debbie (prolly big debbie) pls consider that we like it that way not every one is so offended at the idea feeding children etc go to nd or somthing where your taxes will be pocketed by a corrupt state govt and you see none of the tax dollars in the commu ity

[@P-el4zd]

Minneapolis/St. Paul is the only place in the nation and perhaps the world that male restrooms have tampons dispensers. 🥴

[@Cyrus992]

Why live there when Chicago is warmer and more to do? My friend however moved back from LV to Twin Cities. Refugees also played a role.

[@SamanthaBaker8]

I was born in Chicago but I was raised in St. Paul and home is home… MN definitely has its cons however it has some considerable pros. In some ways the metro area Mpls and St. Paul has changed a lot since I was a kid especially their educational system it is very broken sadly.

[@Cyrus992]

@ I heard MN ranks high in schooling

[@SamanthaBaker8]

@@Cyrus992 they used to especially in the 70’s and 80’s. I went to magnet schools and was primarily taught in Montessori schooling but in the early 2000’s those schools stopped being as accessible as they used to. The education system had sunken so low it was one of the hugest disparities in the country.

[@Cyrus992]

@ ok

[@allstar2709]

Fukk no that Lake Michigan makes Chicago feel soo much colder like you feel like you gonna lose a ear

[@moonman_8935]

Detroit & Windsor Ontario very cold.

[@susansuewwilliams]

Lived in Minnesota for fifty years, last twenty years in Detroit - Michiganers have no clue what cold is; when it is 40 degrees they are wearing heavy parkas.