We Tell it Like It Is

Best areas within Twin Cities to feel like you are somewhere else:

1) White Bear Lake--within a block from one of the lakes-- (New England)

2) Golden Valley, Minnetonka (wooded areas feel like you are either up north or somewhere out east)

3) Ham Lake and further north up Hwy 65 (small town Wisconsin)

4) Afton, Lakeland, areas of Stillwater (small town New England)

5) Newport (industrial/coal mining town USA)

Best areas in Twin Cities with the Pleasantville, USA feel (manicured lawns & white picket fences):

St. Anthony, St. Anthony Park, parts of NE Mpls, St. Louis Park, Falcon Heights, Roseville, Chanhassen.

Most "cosmo" houses:

Minnetonka, Golden Valley, Kenwood Neighborhood of Mpls

Most fabricated/man-made/cookie cutter cities:

Parts of Maple Grove, Hugo, Albertville, Otsego, St. Michael, parts of Woodbury, Farmington, the "new" Blaine. 

Places that don't get the credit they deserve for some awesome neighborhoods:

NE Mpls, Columbia Heights, Fridley, Robbinsdale