An excerpt from the article: “Being born a Minnesotan in modern America means you are soon taught your state’s place in the national hierarchy. We weren’t California, with its sunny beaches, or New York, with its skyscrapers. The state’s a wonderful place to live, but most of the nation will never get over the fact that the temperature can drop to 30 below faster than you can put on a raspberry beret. To millions of people, we’re flyover land, or one of those ‘M’ states, and the quirks and charms of the people, the sparkling lakes, the deep-rooted neighborhoods and the rolling Mississippi River are forever lost to them. But flyover land holds many gifts. Cold weather forces people to go inside buildings and inside themselves, and sometimes creates artists whose words and sounds are fresh and vibrant and like nothing you’ve ever heard before.”
To read more of the article click on the following link: http://www.today.com/popculture/fellow-minnesotan-reflects-prince-s-legacy-no-one-made-us-t87721
