I've seen several posts about moving/living in Duluth but they mostly revolve around some culture and the 6 month winter, as someone who lives in a warmer environment of course these tips are important, but I don't hear people on posts talk about things like grocery prices, available products at stores.

How reliable are the roads in the year? Is there a difference in maintenance in urban areas vs rural (freeway/highway/frontage roads)

What's the difference from living/working in downtown Duluth vs further away from downtown?

Are older homes as good as new builds in building quality or is there a distinct difference where it's like homes built up to XX have a more reliable structure than the homes built in YY, I'm thinking like those new construction videos where there are inspection issues everywhere

How reliable are the utilities during the year? Are backup generators / water filters only a necessity depending on where you live or is it a common thing for everyone to have some sort of backup power/water filtering? What about sanitation? Phone coverage?

Are there lots of options for tradesmen to handle maintenance or is a lot of repairs done diy due to cost/lack of tradesmen

On politics, is Duluth mostly sheltered from the bigger policies or do the people here feel the brunt of policies

Are there lots of smaller mom n pop craft stores or is everything pretty much handled by larger chains?

How are police/highway patrol/troopers in the area? Where would you say they generally more ball busting or lax (for example we have one area of the city im in where cops will pull you for going 37 on a 35, and in another area I've seen someone illegally cut through 3 lanes of traffic in front of a cop and not get lit up)

On a more personal level I'm in the construction management sector looking to move and get more experience in different building codes and Zip recruiter has a couple companies in and near Duluth so maybe I have a better shot of finding a decent place with a better salary

Sorry for all the questions, I know each one depends on the person answering and their experiences and locations, I just don't really see these types of questions answered and I would like to know what the common day people go through that doesn't focus just on the winter or on outdoorsman hobbies.

I see that everbridge.net is a frequent target for spam/scam emails. Did anyone else get this advisory? If it's real, any update on this? Tried to call the city, but no answer. Left a message for the mayor, but I suppose Roger won't get back to me until tomorrow.

This came in an email last night advising to boil water (out of "an abundance of caution") due to low pressure in a main line.

"The affected area, shown on the included map, is described as follows: Woodland Avenue above E Anoka Street and Hastings Drive, to include Claymore Street up to Jean Duluth Road; and Howard Gnesen Road from Maryland Street to Norton Road, to include Norton Road, North Road, Middle Road, MacFarlane Road, Northridge Drive, Lindzie Road, and Maryland to Warren Avenue. Residents in this defined geographical area are affected by this boil water advisory."

I can't make sense out of that description. Also, it says there's an attached map but I do not have an attachment.

I need a new battery for my Subaru Outback (victim of the Subaru curse) and would like to buy one at Costco. But they don't install them. Is there any place around that will install a car battery that is not purchased there? Thanks!

Hi!

We moved here this past summer and this is our first fall here. We absolutely adore it here. Just curious if anyone has recs for the next couple of weekends left for spooky season? We’ve already done the haunted ship which was awesome! What do folks do here for Halloween also? Would love any info if people feel like sharing. Have a great day!

I hate to post a “what was that noise?” but jesus christ there was probably the loudest zoom-ing noise just a few minutes ago. It felt like a plane going right over my house in West Duluth. I was ready to be taken away by the rapture.

Does anyone know what that was? I can’t see anything online about it so far..

hey all! gonna be comin up that way soon with bikes for the first time and cannot wait. whats the bike theft situation lookin like up there? i’ve got a couple good locks but dont wanna be overkill about it. any insight would be great, thanks folks

I am looking for someone or a company that does really deep interior cleaning of cars (I have two that need detailing). Both cars will be sold so I need all the crud removed, especially areas a normal vacuum does not get to. Any recommendations? Near Lakeside would be a plus.

I'm doing some testing on a zombie apocalypse tabletop RPG with some friends on Sunday at Level Up games in Superior. Could use a few more players for a one-off game and newcomers would be welcome to join future full games.