Probably not super relevant for Australians.
Should you choose to get on I-35 and head to the far north, I’ll be here to greet you and help make you feel at home. Yes, we have deep winter but as long as our cars starts and our furnaces work, we can laugh at the ice storms that happen to the south of us. It snowed in Iowa and Illinois overnight, but up in the Twin Cities, nada.
Hurray that your unemployment has been approved! When are you planning to leave? Cause from what I know, and I could be very wrong, food stamps are state to state so you will have to apply again when you get where you are going. Hardly seems worth the bother if you are going to be leaving in a week. Of course, I could be very wrong, that is just what I have heard.
There are still places with good cell connection and roads that go a looooong way without gas stations, so maybe check for that while you are trip planning.
Good luck! I know you are going to be happier 
Too bad about winter…
I love the people and the political climate in Minneapolis, and the Nepalese food and the hipster bars, and the Twins games!
Wish I could afford a home there and in the Caribbean…
alas, we don’t have Nepalese food in Boise, we have ethiopian/eritrean food and I don’t even know how it compares because the owners are the only Ethiopian family in town running an Ethiopian restaurant.
why … boy just shut up already, she knows your offer
I’ve spent time in Nepal, and Nepalese “food” is basically watery lentil mush. Indian food abounds, and in certain areas even some decent Italian and other international cuisines. But authentic Nepalese cuisine? About as appetizing the contents of my morning toilet bowl.
Ha ha. My ex says the same but he admitted that the restaurant I took him too was indeed the same items as he’d eaten in Nepal, but much better prepared. See what culinary school and a professional kitchen can do for your home cooking.
Well, I guess I’m in love with bastardized Nepalese food, then.
My favorite is Gorkha Palace (Minneapolis, MN), but I’ve lived on momas and Lamb Sikar at Himal Chuli (Madison, WI) ever since I first came to town in the mid-70s. Imagine my glee when I had a student who said “Yeah, I thought you looked familiar. I grew up working there. It’s my parents’ restaurant.”
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Now that’d be a thread: what appropriated versions of a foreign cuisine do you like better than “authentic”?
I have Chinese students who much prefer Americanized Chinese to what mom used to make, and I love tacos made by native Mexicans, but they’re usually just meat and cheese… I prefer the way gringos pile stuff on.
By the way, purps, I’m sure you’ve noticed the “Moving to Wisconsin” (from BC) thread. Lots of advice re: Milwaukee. Sounds cheap, cultured and fun. Though I’d wait til Spring… which might not come til May. :~}