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If you like coffee, Caribou is the only option. Don’t say the S-word.
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Cheer for the Minnesota Vikings. Not that other team.
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Buy a cabin up north. Not somewhere in the south, where it’s warm. Up north.
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Embrace the “hotdish” as the fifth food group.
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Sign your children up to play ice hockey. It will cost all of your money, most of your time, and a few of your teeth, but it’s worth it.
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Be Nice. Passive aggressive counts as nice.
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Soft drinks are called “pop.”
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If someone cuts you in line, you can kindly ask them not to “BUDGE.” Or be Minnesota nice, and allow them to go first.
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Encourage your ENTIRE family to move to Minnesota. Don’t leave anyone out – second cousins, third aunts…they all need to move here.
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Finally, spend all weekends and holidays together…in your cabin…up north.
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8 Comments
Corey
November 26, 2018 at 8:11 pmKathryn, this is so spot on and FUNNY! Especially #8! You were the one who told me what it meant 🙂
Nikki
June 17, 2020 at 10:58 amI miss home! I live in Texas now (hating every second of it lol). I’m curious what made your family move to the Cities? Another thing most Minnesotans “say” 😉
Kathryn Egly
June 18, 2020 at 10:01 amWhere are you in Texas? I’ve only visited the Dallas area and liked it but I know it gets HOT there! I want to visit Magnolia Farms some day! We moved here because my husband took a role at Target – so he works downtown.
Minnesota is a good place to live – What do you love and miss about you “home!”?
Nikki
June 26, 2020 at 6:35 amNice! Sounds like your family is enjoying living there, which isn’t hard to do 🙂.
I’m in west Texas a couple hours from New Mexico where the scenery is all one color. Beige. Lol! My husband is in the oil field and living here is temporary. I miss green and water. I loved exploring the miles and miles of trails that wind the lakes as well as friendly people lol
Kari Lazzarino
August 8, 2021 at 7:07 amI am from CA and moved to MN four years ago and all of these are things I hear daily. I try to fit in but passive aggressive is not my jam, other then that, I am mostly able to pass as a Minnesotan. Wait, once up north I was told”you’re not from here, my reply, how do you know, you’re not wearing flannel and you have a tan……”
LaRee
August 8, 2021 at 12:19 pmNo need to try to “pass as a Minnesotan.” Just be you!
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