IT IS NICE.
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SPEAKING OF WEATHER AND THEN
HAPPY HOUR SEVEN NIGHTS PER
WEEK.
YES IT DOES.
TO THE GROWING NUMBER THAT ARE
MOVING TO DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS.
IN THE LAST DECADE THE
POPULATION HAS GROWN 25%.
THE DOWNTOWN COUNCIL HOPES TO
SEE IT DOUBLE WHY 2025.
AND AS SUSAN EALES BUT
LITTLEFIELD SHOWS US THAT MOST
OF THE RESIDENTS ARE EMPTY-
NESTERS AND RETIREES, DITCHING
THE SPRAWLING SUBURBS FOR THE
CITY.
THESE DAYS, MINNEAPOLIS IS
UNDENIABLY COOL.
YOU HAVE RESTAURANTS IN ALL
THE SPORTS VENUES.
THE GUTHRIE THEATER AND
MUSIC.
EVERYTHING IS HERE THAT
COULD POSSIBLY WANT.
THAT IS WHY THEY ARE SELLING
THEREFORE BEDROOM.
WE WANT TO BE DOWNTOWN, WE
WANT TO ENJOY GOING OUT WITHOUT
HAVING TO DRIVE ALL THE TIME
EVERYWHERE.
THEIR YOUNGEST KIDS ARE
GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL AND
MOVING OUT.
51 -YEAR-OLD NINA AND ROLANDO
SAY THEY ARE MOVING OUT AS
WELL.
IT'S LIKE YOU ARE KIDS
AGAIN.
YES.
IT'S VERY COMMON NOW.
RODOLFO IS THEIR AGENT AND
SPECIALIZES IN THE SUBURBS.
NOW THAT EVERYONE MOVES
AWAY, AND IT'S NOT JUST AN
OBSERVATION, IT'S AN ALL OUT
TREND.
LOU KLECKNER SPECIALIZES IN
DOWNTOWN REAL ESTATE HE SAYS
HIS CLIENTS ARE GENERALLY
LOOKING FOR TWO OR THREE
BEDROOM CONDOS FROM 300,000 TO
1 MILLION PLUS.
THEY ARE COMING FROM ALL
OVER.
THE REGULAR PARENTS CAN DO THAT
THING AT THEIR SUBURBAN HOUSE
BUT THEN WE HAVE THE
GRANDPARENTS DOWN HERE BEING
HIP.
THESE GRANDPARENTS ARE THE
DEFINITION OF HIP.
WE HAVE THE ENTIRE WELLS
FARGO SKY LINE.
AFTER RAISING THEIR THREE
KIDS, THEY LEFT THEIR SMALL
TOWN OF GRANITE FALLS FOR THIS
TALL BUILDING.
BIKE TRIPS, THEATERS AND FOODS
WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS.
SOMEONE SAID IT'S LIKE A
COED DORM FOR OLDER PEOPLE.
THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT IN
1902.
IT SEEMS SOCIALIZATION IS A
BIG POLE FOR SENIORS LIKE THESE
WHO SEEM TO BE RELIVING THOSE
COLLEGE YEARS, RESPONSIBLY OF
COURSE.
THEY ARE PART OF A GROUP
CALLED THE MILL CITY COMMENT,
WHO ARE TRYING TO REMAIN
HAPPILY INDEPENDENT AS LONG AS
POSSIBLE.
WE LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND
SAY, CAN YOU BELIEVE AT THIS
AGE IN LIFE YOU CAN KNOW THIS
WHEN HE PEOPLE FEEL
DISCONNECTED?
THEY JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO
TURN THE KEY AND LEAVE AND
THAT'S HARD TO DO IF YOU HAVE
THE HOUSE
THERE AND YOU HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT WHO WILL PLOW THE SNOW
AND WHO'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF
THIS AND THAT AND MAKE SURE THE
HEAT IS ON.
HERB TACITLY TEACHES REAL
ESTATE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ST.
THOMAS AND SAYS SENIORS ARE
GOOD FOR
THE DOWNTOWN MARKET.
THEY PROBABLY BEEN IN THEIR
HOUSE FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY
COME UP WITH LOTS OF EQUITY.
SO MANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE
ABLE TO PAY CASH OR PAY A
PERCENTAGE DOWN.
WHEN YOU ARE OUR AGE, YOU
LIKE FREEDOM.
THEY ARE HOPING TO HAVE A
BITE SOON.
DID YOU EVER THINK YOU WOULD
BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ACTION
AT THIS STAGE IN LIFE?
NO.
BUT THEY ARE GLAD THAT THEY
ARE, JUST LIKE SO MANY OTHERS
WHO MAKE THE GOLDEN YEARS A
LITTLE BIT BRIGHTER.
SUSAN ELIZABETH SAID SHE
TALKED WITH PEOPLE FOR THE
STORY WERE 51 YEARS OLD ALL THE
WAY UP TO 92.
SOME OF OUR SNOWBIRDS.