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Get to know other transplants to Minnesota ahead of time or find a way to meet some once you move. Native Minnesotans are notoriously tough to befriend; many Minnesotans have friend groups that go back to primary school and can be kind of standoffish at first.
Nah, we don't have friends groups that go back to primary school
Wait does that include middle school and highschool too?
And we aren't standoffish! Just don't face us directly if talking, that's rude you ain't a cop. And keep your opinions uncommitted. It's rude to express anything that can give the impression you have a strong opinion or feeling about something. Why are you guys talking so much anyway, there's perfectly good hotdish goin to waste.
Could maybe get used to that.
Sounds just like Ohio to me.
Maybe, I haven't spent enough time in Ohio to judge but being from Minnesota that is the #1 thing I hear from transplants. There's even been articles written about it.
Just remember that Minnesota Nice is not a complement.
It's not but it's not really an insult either unless your a dick who's misusing the term.
Having spent a number of decades in Minnesota I'd say Wikipedia pretty accurately captures Minnesota Nice.
If Minnesota Nice was a compliment it would just be called nice. People confuse polite with nice. The best way to describe it is "nice to your face".
It's a special kind of nice.
Here I thought a good way to describe it was as a cultural stereotype applied to the behavior of people from the U.S. state of Minnesota, implying residents are unusually courteous, reserved, and mild-mannered compared to people from other states. The phrase also implies polite friendliness, an aversion to open confrontation, a tendency toward understatement, a disinclination to make a direct fuss or stand out, apparent emotional restraint, and self-deprecation.
Minnesota Nice does not mean "nice to your face" but you seem like one of those people who wants to use it as an insult instead.
Your invalid assumption is that those actions make someone nice. It makes them polite. If you live here you've surely encountered the case where someone suggests getting together outside of the shared context you are currently in (like work). You know damn well that the correct answer is non committal. "yes we should do that soon". Under no circumstances was this a real invitation and you do not start suggesting dates.
I never made that assumption, you did. I provided the quoted explanation from Wikipedia and stated that was a pretty accurate description of the terms meaning.
I don't know that because I've been in that situation and actually followed through. It really seems like you're kind of a dick and use Minnesota Nice as an excuse.