# Is Minneapolis a good place to flee Portland to? (Warning: a rant) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 19, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-minneapolis-a-good-place-to-flee-portland-to-warning-a-rant/718075 "2015-04-19T23:29:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-minneapolis-a-good-place-to-flee-portland-to-warning-a-rant/718075/61 "2015-04-25T23:12:38Z")
But it has the downside of being Corvallis. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-minneapolis-a-good-place-to-flee-portland-to-warning-a-rant/718075/62 "2015-04-26T10:53:14Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Point of information: I live and work in the Twin Cities. It’s April 21. > > It’s snowing outside. > > Regards, > Shodan I live in the DFW area. I took [this](http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a162/rbp2/20150425_134933_zpsvlkg80yl.jpg) picture yesterday. Then I grabbed the beer and hopped in the water to cool off. It was 92 degrees. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-minneapolis-a-good-place-to-flee-portland-to-warning-a-rant/718075/63 "2015-04-26T18:44:10Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > I live in the DFW area. I took [this](http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a162/rbp2/20150425_134933_zpsvlkg80yl.jpg) picture yesterday. Then I grabbed the beer and hopped in the water to cool off. It was 92 degrees. 😃 [Heh](https://youtu.be/avaSdC0QOUM) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-minneapolis-a-good-place-to-flee-portland-to-warning-a-rant/718075/64 "2015-04-26T20:01:30Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > I live in the DFW area. I took [this](http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a162/rbp2/20150425_134933_zpsvlkg80yl.jpg) picture yesterday. Then I grabbed the beer and hopped in the water to cool off. It was 92 degrees. 😃 I’m surprised any lake / reservoir near DFW had enough water left to float anything bigger than a surfboard. It’s been scary flying in and out of there watching them all contract and contract. I looked at buying house on one of those lakes a couple years ago. At that time the water which was “normally” lapping at the back yard was 100 yards away. Today it’s more like 1/4 mile. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-minneapolis-a-good-place-to-flee-portland-to-warning-a-rant/718075/65 "2015-04-27T15:15:17Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > I live in the DFW area. I took [this](http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a162/rbp2/20150425_134933_zpsvlkg80yl.jpg) picture yesterday. Then I grabbed the beer and hopped in the water to cool off. It was 92 degrees. 😃 92 in April? :eek: No thank you very much! Anything over 80 is too much for me. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-minneapolis-a-good-place-to-flee-portland-to-warning-a-rant/718075/66 "2015-04-27T16:22:33Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > 92 in April? :eek: No thank you very much! Anything over 80 is too much for me. I’ve been told that in the middle of summer, you can expect to see temperatures around 100. Plus high humidity. Which is why I’m never moving to Texas. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-minneapolis-a-good-place-to-flee-portland-to-warning-a-rant/718075/67 "2015-04-27T17:46:45Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > I’ve been told that in the middle of summer, you can expect to see temperatures around 100. Plus high humidity. > > Which is why I’m never moving to Texas. Heh, in late summer, 110+ isn’t all that unusual. Plus, occasionally the sky decides it’s sick of your shit, and opens up and tries to kill you with a tornado. But the winters are mild! Mild winters! Not selling you on it, huh? S’ok, more for us, I guess. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-minneapolis-a-good-place-to-flee-portland-to-warning-a-rant/718075.md?page=3)