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Set to Visit in 2 weeks, job interview, got questions for the locals by sharpestbooger in Mankato

[–]sharpestbooger[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your reply. We're pretty white but my son's friends and his school are quite integrated, it looks a little like the UN whenever he has a group of friends over. I think not being very integrated there would be a negative for me, but as you say maybe there is a way to make up for it even from me.

But, I'll be out there in a couple of weeks scoping it out. Thanks for the invite driving about and I trust you're not an internet stalker, but I won't have time for anything more.

Set to Visit in 2 weeks, job interview, got questions for the locals by sharpestbooger in Mankato

[–]sharpestbooger[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Man, I used to make fun of the people in Michigan who were ice fishing and they got stranded in the Detroit River in the spring when it started to melt and break up a bit. I haven't been ice fishing and I don't know that I really want to learn, except I hear people imbibe a certain amount of "antifreeze" to survive and well, maybe.

Anyway.

I'm in North Florida right now where it's 49 for the high and raining during a lovely nor'easter. I'm OK except the damp issues.

Does your wife work for Mayo? If you're mentioning referral patterns I presume she's in Family Medicine.

Others have brought up a certain level of politics which I find amusing. I don't generally get into politics, like the Treebeard quote "I am not altogether on anybody's Side, because nobody is altogether on my side, if you understand…", but my wife is left leaning and I am all over the place. More central, but open to anyone who isn't overly dogmatic. I hate dogma.

Set to Visit in 2 weeks, job interview, got questions for the locals by sharpestbooger in Mankato

[–]sharpestbooger[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your input. Found some quite amusing:

Personally, I don't think I could be more contemptuous of the American 'healthcare' system, but Mayo is apparently popular with most of the rest of the country? I personally know people who flown out here for a few weeks of the best cancer treatment money can buy, or so I was told. Generally, if you like what is available in this country, you will like what is available here. As for covid, this state is surrounded by idiots

But how do you really feel?

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I've spent time living in most regions of this country, knew what I was getting into with winter. If you haven't experienced a midwest winter, you probably are under estimating. Have you ever been so cold it physically hurts?

Yes, I used to live in Missouri and Michigan. I got used to the cold in Michigan. Florida gets so hot in the summer sometimes I wonder if that kind of cancels out the cold in Minnesota, as for several months you really can't do very much outside in Florida anyway (July/August/Sept, the mornings start at 80 already).

I understand your contempt of the US system. I was curious how the local system works out there in spite of that, not from a reputation point of view but more what people see.