I love Minnesota and can’t imagine living anywhere else. Sure it’s cold sometimes, and humid sometimes, and we don’t have a real ocean (though most of us hold that Lake Superior is just as good, if not better than any ocean), but when it comes down to it, the people, culture, and recreational opportunities that we have are all worth it. So hopefully, nothing will ever happen to our great state, and if it did, hopefully we would all be determined enough to stick around. Here’s how it would probably happen, and I wouldn’t take these too seriously, because let’s face it, Minnesotans can handle anything.

1. We get completely buried in snow.
Flickr/Sharon Mollerus
Blizzards are a real issue in Minnesota, and you never know, one day one just might bury the majority of the state. Keep your shovels handy!
2. Or people just give up and move somewhere warmer.
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Although it would take a catastrophic blizzard to make the die-hard Minnesotans leave. And even then they'd probably just move to Southern MN where it's 2 degrees warmer.
3. All our Fortune 500s decide to move somewhere cheaper.
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They might someday realize there's a place other than MN where they can set up their headquarters, and take the MN economy with them. Manufacturing consistently tops the list for contribution to MN's GDP.
4. A massive tornado could devastate Minnesota in its entirety.
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But we might just keep living in our basements. Because they have everything we need, right?
5. People stop eating sweet corn.
Flickr/Cliff Hutson
The MN economy would also take a huge hit from this. Agriculture is one of those revenue sources that just doesn't go away, and actually increased during the recession.
6. Or people stop eating turkeys on Thanksgiving.
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Minnesota is the largest producer of turkeys, in case you didn't know. Another big hit on the economy.

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7. People decide to visit the salt-water beaches instead of our lakes. Bye, bye tourism.
Flickr/Brian Dunnette
Sure they might not always have the best waves, but our beaches are just as pretty, right?
8. We discover the cure for cancer, AIDS, Lupus, and basically all the incurable diseases.
Flickr/Doug Kerr
Rochester's brilliant medical researchers just might be their own downfall. Healthcare also continually increases and is the 4th largest source of revenue for MN.
9. Flooding.
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As we've seen before, floods can do some serious damage to MN.
And there's only so long we can paddle-board around before people decide to leave.
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10. The BWCA is destroyed. Once again, bye, bye tourism.
The US's most visited wilderness is obviously really important to bringing visitors into our state, not to mention its neighbor, Voyageurs National Park.
11. Mosquitos kill us all.
Flickr/Craig Myran Photography
Between the blood sucking and diseases it's a wonder we've survived this long.
12. A battle breaks out between Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Probably due to sports rivalries or anger about who has more lakes (it's Minnesota in case you were wondering, but unlike Wisconsin we aren't desperate enough to count ponds, we actually have a size requirement).

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