Minneapolis vs Denver
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Wow this thread is old...aw well.
I can contribute much to this thread as I moved from Minneapolis to Colorado about a year and a half ago. I Don't live in Denver (about 40 minutes South), but still.
Overall Minneapolis is a great city. Lots of stuff to do and big enough to be "cool". Design-wise Minneapolis is really quite good. Lots of small to mid sized agencies along with other more corporatey places headquartered there like Target/Best Buy. The great thing about downtown Minneapolis is despite the Russian like winters, you are able to get almost anywhere within downtown through the sky-ways. So you if you live and work in downtown, the winters can be bearable.
The kicker is the weather for sure though, this is without question the worst part about Minneapolis and the entire state of Minnesota. The average winter temp is between 6-16F degrees (depending on if your north or south) And it's not just the freezing cold, but the days upon days you can go without seeing the sun shine. As a direct result of the temps and lack of sunshine you will basically see snow stick around for the entire winter season. If you can get past this, you're good.
The weather is certainly the reason my wife and I moved from Minneapolis. I guess in the end, it depends on what your into to...and what you can tolerate weather-wise. I know there's people who love Seattle for example, but for me personally I could never handle that much rain.
Colorado is hands-down the best weather in the country IF you like getting all 4 seasons (again, this is pretty subjective though). Winter, Fall, Spring, Summer...and 300 days of sunshine a year. The snow falls in abundance in the winter, but then melts within a few days (except in the mountains, of course). From what I have experienced in Denver specifically it is a great city, but it is pretty huge and really spread out, so it takes a bit more to discover the better parts of the city. Once you discover these "better parts" though, you see there's lots of good stuff happening in Denver. Cost-wise it's about 15% cheaper to live in Denver than Minneapolis....but you will probably find Minneapolis jobs pay about 15% more :)
This thread is so old, wonder if you've already moved to one or the other....post a follow up if this is the case! Would love to hear your own experience.