The Twin Cities and Housing
Minneapolis and Saint Paul, the Twin Cities
Minneapolis, the largest city in Minnesota, and Saint Paul, the state?s capital, are the centers of a large metropolitan area with a population of 2.7 million along the Mississippi River. They are home to diverse cultural and outdoor activities year-round. The Twin Cities metropolitan area is unique in offering big city advantages in a beautiful natural setting: 360 miles of off-road paved bike trails, numerous parks for cross-country skiing, over twenty lakes for swimming, canoeing, sailing, ice-skating, and other year-round water activities, theater performances, movies, concerts from classical music to jazz, art mueums, sport arenas, zoos, regional parks, and the Fort Snelling State Park with extensive hiking, biking and skiing trails, all within the cities? limits.
Housing Information
The University of Minnesota maintains a web page with housing information. This page lists information on on-campus and off-campus housing
options. Average monthly off-campus rental rates for unfurnished apartments
are $385-$525 for efficiency/studio, and $495-$715 for a one bedroom. Rooms
in rooming houses and shared housing arrangements are less expensive and range
between $300-$400 per person per month.
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