Minnesota has also become a center of new immigration. The increasingly diverse Population includes people from a variety of African, Asian, and Latin American countries. Perhaps more immediately recognizable than the variety in Minnesota's landscape is the variety in it's weather. Days of seasonably perfect skies and temperatures will be interrupted by more extreme displays. A theater of seasons plays year-round in Minnesota, its changes of scenery enjoyed by natives and newcomers alike.
Summer shines - sunny, hot, and variably humid.
Autumn flings color over the land and fits a frosty tang to the air. Winter holds sway in dry, snowy cold, displaying a sparkling, hushed beauty all its own spring makes puddles underfoot but quickly distracts the eye with a tender riot of green overtaking every growing thing. Minnesotans notice and savor all the seasons. The Twin Cities Minneapolis, the largest city in Minnesota, and St. Paul, its capital, are known as the Twin Cities, the state's major metropolitan area. Here are negligible pollution, low crime rates, affordable housing, and people known for their friendliness.