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My partner was just accepted into a PhD program at UMN and we're trying to research good places to live and such. He and I have a 1-yr old daughter together, but I like to think we're still young and fun (I'm 33, he's 28)…that said, we're over the partying single life, but still like to explore the city and have social lives, so we'd probably want our neighborhood to reflect similar values. He studies Theatre and I'm an artist and writer. We also (like everybody else) want to keep rent as affordable as reasonably possible. He's already visited the city and campus but I won't have the opportunity to before we move and start shopping for rentals. Suggestions for neighborhoods to check out? Also, finding some community will be huge for us. We're living in LA now and that aspect has really been lacking, given that we have a child and he's still only an undergrad (graduating this spring). LA traffic doesn't help our cause much either. Ha. Anyone have ideas or resources for grad students with families? And what about daycare? If anyone has some good sources (websites or books) for general info on life in Minneapolis, neighborhoods, the city's personality, etc., I'm all ears. There's so much garbage on the internet…..most of what I'm finding is either your typical tourist stuff or quotes for moving trucks, and the like. Thanks in advance!