Sunday, May 27, 2012

Fargo Vs. Cities. Pros and Cons Comparison


  • Staying in Fargo
  • Moving to Twin Cities
  • Winner
  • Still get to see the RedHawks in a pleasant park with good food and good seats
  • Get to go to St. Paul Saints, but it sucks
  • Fargo
  • 10 minute commute. Most places in city easy to reach in under 20 minutes, and parking doesn't suck anywhere.
  • Going anywhere takes forever. 20 minute commute, finding parking near big events sucks
  • Fargo
  • Would have lost house by now
  • Household income doubles what it was in Fargo
  • Cities
  • Job leading nowhere, wife unable to land one
  • wife and me both employed at same time for first time in our 4.5 year relationship
  • Cities
  • Broke
  • Ability to start savings account
  • Cities
  • Hateful bitch of a neighbor
  • Hateful kids as neighbors
  • Draw
  • Favorite places keep closing (Silver Moon, Lauermans, Red Bear, Ralph's)
  • Favorite places are still kicking, and there's always somewhere new to try
  • Cities
  • Cost of montly mortgage cheaper than rent
  • Still, getting double what we earned in Fargo
  • Cities
  • Shoveling, mowing, gardening, fixing appliances
  • Renting, don't got to fix shit
  • Cities
  • Dealing with bank about mortgage and selling house for no gain after five years
  • No mortgage headaches. Rent sucks, but we have a pool
  • Cities
  • Fargo Street Fair
  • Art-A-Whirl
  • Draw
  • Squirrels galore
  • Deer, wild turkeys, geese, cardinals, bluejays
  • Cities
  • Red River Zoo
  • Como Zoo
  • Cities
  • Working every day
  • Unemployed for 8 months, but now working every day
  • Fargo, sort of. Complicated, but after 7 months it will be as if I never stopped working, income-wise

  • When twins are doing poorly, tickets cheaper than Saints tickets
  • No comparison with Fargo
  • Got to see Patton Oswalt
  • Got to see Paul F. Tompkins, Neil Gaiman, and Amiee Mann at one event
  • Cities (sorry Patton)
  • Writing for Area Woman is a scam
  • Tons of freelancing opportunities
  • Cities
  • New Library
  • Tons of libraries, free museum passes inside!
  • Cities
  • Politics of a Red State
  • Politics of a Democratic state
  • Cities

2 comments:

  1. I wouldn't argue with any of these until the last one. Rural communities of Minnesota make it much more Red than it was when I was growing up. Seems the Iowa may be the bluest midwest state.

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    1. I struggled with the last label I agree that rural MN is very very red, as someone who grew up and lived in rural MN. However, I love that MN will elect people like Franken, Pawlenty, Bachmann and Ventura. It's the flexibility of who can be elected that makes MN much more engaging and fun than a solidly one-sided state. So maybe Politics of one-sided ND vs. Variety of elected leaders in MN?

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