You seem big on the bike riding. I ride my bike all over when the weather is nice. Minneapolis has been named the best bike city in the US for a few years now. We have tons of dedicated lanes and trails and more are being built all the time.
We're always named in the top 5 of lists, most educated, most literate, low unemployment, healthy, every residence in Minneapolis is within 6 blocks of a green space, great music and arts scene, second only to NYC for theatre seats per capita... On and on and on. It's a great place to live. I've been traveling the world and there are certianly other places I can see myself living but I have a feeling I'll always come back. I will say the winters do get tough sometimes and when I get old I just may have to winter somewhere else.
The day my brother was about to leave to go back to Minn, what did I do? Cry! All those things I said earlier were true, he did get on my last nerve!, but we had some good moments while he was here. I assisted him in the kitchen, helping with the meals. But I think there was another factor in me crying, which I won't get into. I did get a cute Minnesota tshirt..