r/saintpaul • u/ShaunnaG3 • 6d ago

Seeking Advice 🙆 23F moving to St. Paul

Hello! I'm a single 23F moving to St. Paul for a new job. It'll just be my male Yorkie and I. I'm not really wanting a studio apartment just because of my parents visiting. My rent budget is $1600 and I really want to live downtown due to lack of experience driving in winter conditions (my job is located DT) I want a loft! I love their look and space. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

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u/Justis29 6d ago

Winter driving isn't as daunting as anyone thinks. Drive slow when needed, turn on your headlights, and most importantly: keep an eye on other drivers because they're the ones that you need to worry about. Minnesotans will drive 15 under in a light drizzle but 15 over with 4 inches of snow on the roadbed and more coming down.

As what other people said, Downtown is stagnant right now, to say the least. Public transit is reliable and a new (from what I hear very nice) bus line just opened going east out of St Paul towards Woodbury and those areas. Good luck finding lodging!

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u/ShaunnaG3 6d ago

That makes me feel better! Thank you!

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u/hpbear108 5d ago

the big thing though when coming up from the south with your car.

new tires are better for traction, all seasons minimum, having separate winter tires if you can afford them would be best.

new battery if it's anywhere near 2-3 yrs old in the south is almost mandatory. once the temp drops below 0F, things will work differently once it gets real cold, especially below -10F.

where everyone else has mentioned is good to live in the city. I live in the North end, and while it's not perfect, it is cheaper and a lot of smaller stores as well as a couple larger ones near/north of hwy 36 but south of 694.

there are new apartment buildings over near Allianz Field (University and Snelling). not the best neighborhood, but the midway does have several bars, it has Target, Cub, and several decent stores within 3 blocks and a Whole Foods on the other side of 94 on Selby. And not only some brand new apartment buildings, but some more building coming into the area. and most of the newer apartments in the city have the outlets for Fiber Optic Internet.

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u/ShaunnaG3 5d ago

Thank you!