Moving to Minneapolis area help

LC Smith

LC Smith

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My oldest son and his family are moving to the Minneapolis area. They are a late 30s early 40s aged couple with two toddlers. Where are some good places for them to look for a house? Are there any places to absolutely stay away from? One of them just took a job with Polaris if that helps for an area to focus on.

Thanks in advance for the info.
 
Traffic is a consideration, schools as well…home prices, too…I grew up in Hopkins, am there a lot caring for elderly parents…Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, Chanhassen, Chaska…St Paul side is nice as well…
 
Ok, Medina…further West…like that area…buffalo, Hanover, greenfield, etc…son of mine did residential treatment this summer in Waverly, was down there a lot…st Michael, nice, Delano…that whole area is good…have friends and family out that way, highway 12, 55. Etc…good stuff
 
I live in the west metro and enjoy it but if I were to do it over I should have gone a few miles further west out to avoid being in Hennepin county.

Greenfield, Delano etc would be on my short list.
 
Gatzby said:
I live in the west metro and enjoy it but if I were to do it over I should have gone a few miles further west out to avoid being in Hennepin county.

Greenfield, Delano etc would be on my short list.
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Gatsby: noticed you are in the west metro...good advice to avoid Hennepin Cty. I'm in Minnetonka, west of 494 about a mile.
 
I'm in Plymouth just west of 494. Grew up in Minnetonka.

Wayzata (Plymouth), Minnetonka, Edina, and Eden Prairie all in the top 10 of public schools in the state. You can't go wrong with any of them. Maple Grove isn't bad either, but make sure it's the western half.

Housing in these suburbs is not cheap by any means.

I would avoid the first ring suburbs around Mpls and St Paul. The houses are smaller and the schools are not as good.
 
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