You Know You’re Moving in Minnesota in November When… (A Relatable List)

Only in Minnesota: The November Moving Experience

Moving in November in the Minneapolis area is a uniquely Minnesotan experience. It requires grit, humor, and about four extra layers of clothing. If you’ve done it — or if you’re about to — you’ll relate to every single one of these.

You Know You’re Moving in Minnesota in November When…

• Your moving “checklist” now includes “salt driveway,” “check if driveway is still there under the snow,” and “pray the truck starts.”
• You’ve had the internal debate: is it better to wear insulated coveralls and sweat through the move, or wear a light jacket and slowly lose feeling in your extremities?
• Three people have already slipped on the front steps and nobody is surprised.
• You moved a couch through the front door and accidentally brought in two pounds of snow in the process.
• Your “warm up inside” breaks involve standing in front of the oven with the door open.
• The movers showed up in Carhartts and you felt underdressed.
• Someone just said “It’s not that cold” and everyone looked at them like they had two heads. It’s 4°F.
• You started the day with coffee. By noon you’ve upgraded to hot cocoa with a very sneaky splash of something extra.
• Your plastic wrap froze mid-wrap. The furniture is now part of the driveway.
• You looked up “how to move in Minnesota in winter” and ended up on a Reddit thread that made you feel better and worse at the same time.
• The moving truck’s back ramp is a hockey rink and you’ve basically been skating boxes inside for the past hour.
• At some point you looked up at the grey sky, felt the wind off the prairie hit your face at 30 mph, and thought: “This is fine. We’re Minnesotans.”

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