“Thank you. Thank you for showing us the way.
I am originally from Green Bay, WI but have lived in Austin since 2018. I did not appreciate my Minnesotan neighbors enough while I lived there. We had a football rivalry and that was it. Now, I see what I didn’t then. I see your grit, I see your love. I see the midwestern spirit burning in you and feel it in myself all the way from Texas. I started dating a guy down here who just happens to have a lot of Minnesotan family, and it felt like returning home being around them. Even if they’re Vikings fans 😉
I want you to know that you have neighbors all over the country and the world. I want you to know that we are learning from you. We are inspired and we love you. You remind me that we will find our way through together.”
(AUSTIN, TEXAS)