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15 ‘Not-So-Minnesota Nice’ Nicknames For Towns & Cities
Being born and raised in Minnesota you start to hear all these crazy nicknames for different towns throughout the land of 10,000 lakes. From Duluth, to St. Cloud and even Forest Lake, here some strange nicknames for the cities.
Maybe people were bored or thought they were clever. Are they all funny? not at all. However, some of them are entertaining. I just wish I knew how some of them got started. I would like to point out, I did not give any of these towns these nicknames. They are all nicknames I've heard growing up.
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