Why do people like to live in Minnesota?


Minnesota is a great place to live for a multitude of reasons.  While the winter weather can be difficult, the overall high quality of life people from Minnesota have heavily outweighs this perceived negative.  Minnesota’s education system is consistently rated of one of the best in the United States.  Standardize test scores reflect this as well as a strong college/university ecosystem.  Minnesota is home to a diverse set of companies and has a higher-than-normal number of F500 companies headquartered in Minnesota.  The presence of a large, diverse set of companies has provided Minnesotans with one of the lowest employment rates in the USA.  Minnesota is also highly rated when it comes to restaurants based on the number (on a per capita basis) of James Beard Award winners.  The overall healthcare systems (including the famous Mayo Clinic) rank very high nationally.