Geography of Minnesota "The Cities"), and "Outstate" or "Greater Minnesota". The Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area comprises eleven Minnesota counties centered around Minneapolis, the state's largest city, and adjoining Saint Paul, the capital; plus two Wisconsin counties. About three out of every five residents of the state live in this conurbation. Greater Minnesota is less urbanized than the Twin Cities. It is also geographically more diverse, with farmlands to the south and west, lake country in central Minnesota, and forests in the northern part of the state. Approximately 40% of Minnesotans live in Greater Minnesota. Its major population centers include Duluth, Rochester, Moorhead, St.
Minnesota State Highway 270 Minnesota State Highway 270 Minnesota State Highway 270 (MN 270) is a state highway in the southwest corner of Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with County Road 13 (CR 13) in the city of Hills, and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 75 (US 75) in Clinton Township, south of Luverne. The highway is in length. MN 270 serves as a short east–west route in southwest Minnesota between Hills and US 75. Its route follows 1st Street in Hills. The western terminus of Highway 270 at Hills is located approximately from the South