See links, here and here.
In what some might see as a perfect world, there would be a statutory amendment cutting Ramsey and Nowthen from the Metropolitan Area. All it would take is a bit of statutory tuning; MS Sect. 473.121, subd. 2, adding one or two further "excluding the city of ..." specifications. Few words, big relief.
Let others do comp plans and suffer. It would be relief. Elk River seems to do okay, outside of the metro area.