“Minnesota Nice” Helped My Community Survive a Crisis — Now It’s Helping Us Rebuild
Apartment Therapy | 06.05.2026 02:30
Growing up in the suburbs of Minneapolis, my postwar neighborhood of single-family homes was always a place where neighbors wave when they bike past or stop to chat about what you’re growing in your garden, and people help out when your car is stuck in a snow bank or your home needs cleaning up after a storm. It took moving away for me to recognize how special this sense of community is, and it’s what called my husband and I back to Minneapolis in 2021.
