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DirtyDirtyVagrant
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Going to be moving to Minneapolis within the next eight months to go to school.
Some problems and questions include:
I've never been to Minneapolis in my life except on a drive through during which I did not leave the interstate. I'm unfamiliar with the geography, the layout, the public transit system, everything. All I remember about it is that I didn't see a hell of a lot of anything. Lotta trees. Lotta houses. Not much else.
I have no idea what jobs are in relative proximity to this school. Also housing. Actually transferring a job or starting a new one shouldn't be hard.
What's the typical going rate for single-person housing in this neighborhood? Here in Des Moines I can rent an apartment with utilities for $400 per month. $600 for like a poshy downtown loft.
How does someone typically arrange this kind of thing? I guess I just need a bit of advice. I can't get enough time off work to take a trip up there. Help from Minneapolis forumers maybe? I need to get familiar with the neighborhood around East Hennepin avenue and Stinson blvd.
Some problems and questions include:
I've never been to Minneapolis in my life except on a drive through during which I did not leave the interstate. I'm unfamiliar with the geography, the layout, the public transit system, everything. All I remember about it is that I didn't see a hell of a lot of anything. Lotta trees. Lotta houses. Not much else.
I have no idea what jobs are in relative proximity to this school. Also housing. Actually transferring a job or starting a new one shouldn't be hard.
What's the typical going rate for single-person housing in this neighborhood? Here in Des Moines I can rent an apartment with utilities for $400 per month. $600 for like a poshy downtown loft.
How does someone typically arrange this kind of thing? I guess I just need a bit of advice. I can't get enough time off work to take a trip up there. Help from Minneapolis forumers maybe? I need to get familiar with the neighborhood around East Hennepin avenue and Stinson blvd.
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I'm moving to Albany, NY from California. I very much want to know how one goes about doing this.
Is it legit to rent a place prior to actually looking at it? Has anyone does a coast to coast move? How much does something like this cost?
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Also for general coast to coast move costs, you need to provide the logistics, and whether you're planning to haul everything yourself, before people can give more advice.
Expect higher rents than Des Moines. Think more like the pricier apartments in Iowa City or Ames. They're more representative of the type of area you're likely looking at.
If you can handle that godawful traffic system in Des Moines, the cities shouldn't be too daunting.
If you're getting a MN driver's license be prepared for a messy drawn out painful experience compared to how easy it is in IA. I actually needed a birth certificate because an out of state license doesn't count as primary ID. Plus the whole thing takes over a month to come in the mail.
This is second hand knowledge as I haven't tried it myself, but the public transit in the cities is good for getting to the big time attractions like the museums, the university, the sports stadiums, etc so if you're mostly just wanting to use it to get to school you should be fine.
Last up, I know MN has a significantly lower unemployment rate than the national average at present. I don't know the specifics of the Job Market in the Cities, but its not like you're walking into a situation with 15% unemployment. Most of the small businesses in my city seem to be doing well and hiring regularly.