How many from the Twin Cities?

I am from the Twin Cities, MN. I have seen more than normal people for a forum from this area. Is there a reason for this? Perhaps this forum has mods who are all friends who live in this area? If something like this is the case, a local community of mac-users could be useful. Also, this could be good to know because I am looking for a Macbook coreduo and would love to buy it local from a fellow mac user.

i know HowieG is from around here.

i'm from around 10-15min south of the cities.

where are you generally (or specifically) speaking.
i can tell you the mac i'm using right now was purchased in the apple store on the first floor of the mall of america (by the south entrance).

im in coon rapids, its just up 35 about 15 mins from minneapolis. I have been to the rosedale mall one for an ipod repair and an ibook dropoff and pickup at the genius bar.

Have any friends selling Macbooks?

no, no i don't.

coon rapids , right. i dated a girl from blaine a long time ago, that's right next door to you, right?

i don't know of anyone else personally in the area who uses macs. most of my friends are computer geeks who work in IT for bestbuy/accenture - so they're all windows people (as i once was - so i guess there's hope!).

yah, i am in school now for sociology and youth ministry but originally my major was computer sciences so i know my way around a computer so my switch was only in may.

blaine is very close to me yeah. i find that there is not a lot of hardcore mac users in this area also, mostly just students who's mommy and daddy bought them a new laptop for school and it was a macbook. (sorry if this is the case for you, it just bugs me a bit seeing as i work 2 jobs and go to school full time)

oh, no, that's not me. 36 years old, bought this macbook and a handful of laptops and desktops before this.

any other minnesotans out there?

Ooooo cute accents

I grew up in Blaine then moved to Coon Rapids for a few years after I got married. I got smart about 6 years ago and moved to Arizona. I was tired of getting in my truck in the morning and shivering so hard my back would spasm. I go back at least once a year my whole family is still there. My sister lives by Foley and Coon Rapids Blvd.

lol, our accents rock! did you know that news anchors who are on national tv try are told to imitate central u.s. accents?

yeah, i know where that intersection is, i am about 2 miles from there. Wow, AZ eh? hows that working out for you? Is the cost of living much higher?

Sachsr1 said:

I got smart about 6 years ago and moved to Arizona.

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yeah, me too.

i got smart about 14 years ago when i moved from new jersey (born and raised) to minnesota...

minnesota is like the #2 state to live and raise a family in. as long as you avoid minneapolis, I love minnesota.

I live in Fridley. Wooo Hooo!

minneapolis isn't too bad. i lived there and wasn't fearful at all. i'd feel a bit worse in columbia heights or brooklyn park.

yeah. I went to a super america in minneapolis once and they were surrounded by bulletproof glass. It was really difficult for them to ring up my potato chips.

Minnesota is a great place to live and raise a family...if you don't mind only really having 3 good months of outside weather (i take into account rain, bugs, and temp). I miss the good weather days, but I love being outside most of the year and being comfortable. I like being hot and uncomfortable over cold and uncomfortable. When I retire and don't have to work in the weather I may move back. After 6 years I do miss the lakes

yeah, you can not live in minnesota for very long without being a fisher. of course my family has a cabin and i have many memories already of fishing at the cabi.