Originally Posted by kersie

Being from Minnesota, I cannot imagine that it would be worth it to plan on spending more than 1 day of a trip here. The mall is large, but completely walkable, and many of the stores have multiple locations throughout the mall -- no need to go into any one store twice.

Note that whether MOA is worth it for you depends on where you live. It's a lot of stores concentrated together, but most of them are chains that you can find elsewhere. Other than Nordstrom, which I don't have in NYC, I personally prefer to shop at the Galleria in Edina, which has slightly more offbeat stores, if somewhat more of a limited selection of them. BUT, if you live in an area without a whole lot of options, it might be a worthwhile trip for you.

That being said, I still can't see spending more than 1 day here, so I might recommend staying downtown and taking light rail TO MOA. There's a TON of great dining options downtown and it's really in a period of revitalization for nightlife as well. You're also superclose to uptown, which is a great, funky neighborhood with lots to do and see (walk around the lakes, hit the Walker Art Museum, try out all of the cute coffee shops on, etc.) and one of my favorite parts of the Twin Cities area.