Such is the inferiority complex of Twin Cities media that this story is getting major airtime; the iconic TV sitcom Friends discussed relocating the show to Minnesota for half a seazon:
I said “discussed”:
The relocation to Minnesota developed in the writers’ room during the fifth season, thanks to a recurring desire to genuinely surprise the audience with plot developments. (Just like season four’s episode “The One With the Embryos,” where Monica and Rachel lose a bet and switch apartments with Joey and Chandler.) “The idea was that Chandler would be unexpectedly transferred to Minnesota for work,” Austerlitz writes. “Since there was no urgent reason for the characters to stay in New York, each of his friends would ultimately choose to join him there, and Friends would keep them in Minnesota for half a season.” The gang would grow to love this magical Midwestern respite from their go-go-go New York lifestyle, with “cheap apartments, friendly neighbors, and subzero temperatures.”
Bear in mind – the change was shot down. Hard. 20+ years ago.
Wasn’t that about the time that The Economist dubbed Minneapolis as “Murderapolis”?
Too bad it didn’t happen. Then we could have a statue of Jennifer Anniston on Nicollette Mall, a block down from Mary Tyler Moore’s statue.
So, I’ll be there for you, eh?
Too bad the show isn’t being filmed today.
Ross could have gotten beaten to a pulp with hammers by a mob of Somalis on the choo choo platform while coming home from his job at the UofM.
Monica could have been kidnapped by Somali white slavers.
The whole gang could have shared stories of assaults and robberies that occur on the way to their favorite coffee shop in the warehouse dist.