[quote=carli]
Both of us marveled at the idea, neither ever having lived in Minneapolis, but since that day, I’ve always been thinking I’d like to check it out a little more, tough winters and all.[/quote]
There are a lot of great places in the center of the country. That said, I think a big factor is that someone who is well established may be very hesitant to relocate to a location that is perceived as having a much higher cost of living. If you’re a 50 year old executive with kids in college, do you really want to start over in some place that’s twice as expensive to live in and probably has insanely expensive real estate relative to where you live?