7th street - more information is required. Otherwise, seems okay.
I live in Robbinsdale, a suburb just to the NW of Minneapolis itself (mebbe 3ish/4ish miles from Downtown) and I get Comcast, myself. It’s expensive. But I doubt any of the others have a better deal, really. Prices are probably pretty much the same. When I checked into DSL, it piggybacked on Quest, but that was when I lived in St. Paul.
A current fave of mine to eat at is Solera, in downtown Mpls, on the theater row that is Hennepin Ave. It’s a tapas place, and it’s outstanding. Avoid Cafe Havana - not worth the price. Palamino is good. Some other excellent places to eat are a beer and wine bar that I forgot the name of and Sapor, both in the Warehouse District on the west end of downtown Mpls. All of these are closer to the higher-end, but good for a special night out.
I go to www.Citypages.com lots for movie listings. I don’t generally visit any others regularly, but I did find the newspaper websites good for job hunting.
There’s a good number of festivals, one being the Taste of Minnesota. It’s a fun distraction, but was really more expensive than it was worth the one time I went - it’s got a ticket set up (meaning you buy tickets, then trade them for food and drink), but was generally spendy. I wasn’t really encouraged to do much tasting - it was more like “get an entree, eat it” type of thing. State Fair’s coming up, which is a huge to-do, lots of bands and activities. That said, I haven’t been to it in years. Later on this fall, there’s a RenFaire in Shakopee, a SW suburb, if’n you’re in to that sort of thing - it’s fun, and the food’s good, but I try to avoid going too often because to do so turns it into a “people either selling food or stuff” sort of thing that’ll just bore me. If I skip two or three years, I do better.
I’ve got auto insurance through an outfit called Allied Insurance, but there’s all the popular ones (State Farm, American Family, Progressive, probably Geico too). Keep in mind that MN is a no-fault state, which means that if you get in an accident, your insurance pays yours and his insurance pays his, which can make the whole sorting out thing easier. I’ve heard it also keeps rates lower, but I don’t really know anything about that (if pressed, I’d say rates are about average for a metro area). Unlike some other states, MN does require that you have auto insurance - you’ll be ticketed if you get pulled over and cannot prove that you have insurance.
I’m a sports fan, and Mpls is good for that - there’s the Wild in St. Paul for hockey (haven’t been yet), my beloved Vikings for football (go every season - yay for season tickets), the Wolves for bball (also fun to attend), Twins for baseball (snore, but the if company’s good I’ll go), the Lynx for women’s bball (haven’t been). There’s also a new lacrosse team, I believe (is it the Swarm?), some minor league baseball (yay Saints!), and the Golden Gophers for all sorts of college games (the hockey is lots of fun; haven’t been to any others). If you’re a sports fan, you’ll find something you like.
There’s a good amount of bike trails, so that’s available, and outdoor sports are big - camping, canoeing, hiking, and some rock climbing in summer; lots of winter sports, including skiing, tho’ no really big hills; fishing and hunting are also big. Our autumn’s are top notch.
Hmmm…that’s what I’ve got for now. Maybe I’ll check in later with more. Minnesota? Yeah, I likes it.