Reply #39: I grew up in a town of 5,000 people near the BWCA [View All]

[katinmn]

Moved from there to a burb near Minneapolis with my new hubbie and just despised it.

We moved to St. Paul after a year and I've lived in several neighborhoods ever since and I love them all. You can walk or ride your bike to work, school, grocery store, restaurants, bars, eye doctor. Whatever you need. I live in the oldest part of town and there's interesting architecture. There are young, old, rich, poor, white, black, and brown people all around me. I'm within walking distance of three colleges and I can use their library or swimming pool. On warm nights we are all out sitting on our steps or porches. Almost every street has a block party in the summer where they block off the streets and we have a potluck, the little kids have bike races, and sometimes a fire station will bring a firetruck by and let the kids play on it. Sometimes local candidates for office will come by to talk about issues.

It's different from what I grew up with, but I really like it. I live in an apartment with my 13 y.o. and the rent's not bad. I work out of my home so I don't have to drive.

Ex-husband lives about eight blocks from me and my daughter now, which is just about right.