The minneapolis tech market seems to underrated and overlooked. The salaries in the article are not uncommon, demand is high and the cost of living difference is huge. The big drawback being that the tech culture tends to be weighted in the enterprisey java direction. But hey, we have startups too http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4636880
I've moved to Minneapolis a couple years ago and I've been very impressed by the startup scene. I've had a chance to attend one MinneBar (http://minnestar.org/minnebar/) and one MinneDemo (http://minnestar.org/minnedemo/) and see 30-40 startups present. Out of that number, about 5 were in solid black, 5 were easily cash-flow positive, and 5 more well on the way. Minnesota does not have the superstar startups but there are definitely a lot of solid performers.
