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I've lived in Woodbury, White Bear Lake / North Oaks, and Apple Valley. All are very nice suburbs with different things to offer.
I'd say Mpls/St Paul has much easier traffic than most large metro areas (SoCal?).
The trend is urban, with lots of older little neighborhoods in or near the cities redeveloping into great communities. If you like the artsy, liberal, urban granola types.
Plan on spending $400K for a 'nice' home and it's hard to spend under $250K for anything decent. Even nice 1300sf townhomes in Eagan, Apple Valley, Burnsville, Woodbury run $220K. The market is pretty soft. Rents are $1200-1500 for nice places in most neighborhoods. Can't rent squat for under $800.
There aren't too many 'BAD' neighborhoods, again relative to other metros.
Tell us WHERE you will be working and perhaps we can give better advice. The Twin Cities spreads over a wide area.
And are you single? Young couple? Young family? Old fart? That may determine where you'd want to live.
Welcome!
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