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http://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/01/magazine/minneapolis-no-more-mr-nice-guy.html?pagewanted=all
THE HEADHUNTERS SAY that nobody ever wants to come to Minneapolis, and that once here, nobody ever wants to leave. It's inarguably cold, this distant outpost - a remote corner of flyover land in the heart of the heart of the country. But Minneapolitans do not merely endure this American Siberia, they thrive in it.

AHC Challenge: Make Minnesota be well known as a place of mass deporations, labor colonies, prisons etc. similar to Siberias, sometimes unjust, reputation.
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