Anecdotally as a resident of Minneapolis, I'm not sure what its inclusion on this list is supposed to signify. I think it's a great town to raise a family. We r

Anecdotally as a resident of Minneapolis, I'm not sure what its inclusion on this list is supposed to signify. I think it's a great town to raise a family. We recently chose to build a new house just a few blocks from our current one, instead of move to the suburbs; our children are thriving in their public neighborhood school. There's tons of parks and green space nearby where we often run into neighborhood kids. One possible explanation I guess is that the city is doing well economically, but is not as overpriced as some of the others on this list. It's still attractive for both young professionals without kids to buy houses, as well as older adults without kids to remain in their houses after their kids have grown.