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10-31-2009, 11:10 AM
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The Pride of The Southside!
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Location: Walker's Point(5th Ward), Milwaukee
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This must be a relatively recent development. Both cities are separate and they are unique in and of themselves. As far as I could tell, these differences were always respected.
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I have heard this "Milw suburb crap" mainly within the Chicago media, radio and print newspapers especially from Jag Mariotti. |
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10-31-2009, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by dcisive
I dunno, but for me whenever I crossed the State line there was NO question I was leaving Illinois behind. There is a distinct difference in the culture and general aire between the two. I don't see Milwaukee ever becoming just an extension of anything in Illinois. They are connected by a road, and there is somewhat of an economic dynamic there, but that to me is where it ends, and to me that's a good thing  |
thatsa ur opinion but indiana well a piece of it is included in chicago metroo so is kenosha,wi |
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10-31-2009, 03:03 PM
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I'd KILL to live in Chicago's largest suburb!!! Doesn't the Metra serve Milwaukee now? How convenient!!!  |
no, far as it goes is kenosha |
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10-31-2009, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Milwaukee City
I have heard this "Milw suburb crap" mainly within the Chicago media, radio and print newspapers especially from Jag Mariotti.
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Well, as a native of Illinois and the Chicago area, I never heard such a thing. Absolutely ridiculous. |
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10-31-2009, 09:52 PM
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Don't forget that Kenosha, Racine, Waukesha, and other communities inundated by the Chicago or Milwaukee sprawl are also bona fide and historically independent cities.
Saying "Milwaukee is a Chicago suburb" is as cutesy and snarky as "Canada is the fifty-first state of the USA." It's often said in the context of a light-hearted rivalry, but may reveal a sort of empire mentality.
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10-31-2009, 11:41 PM
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The Pride of The Southside!
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Walker's Point(5th Ward), Milwaukee
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Speaking of which, I always have to laugh when I met people from Waukesha that try to tell me that Waukesha isn't a suburb of Milwaukee...lol.
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11-01-2009, 05:03 AM
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Location: Lower east side Brady and Farwell Milwaukee WI
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Originally Posted by Milwaukee City
Speaking of which, I always have to laugh when I met people from Waukesha that try to tell me that Waukesha isn't a suburb of Milwaukee...lol.
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Waukesha has an identity problem. Always pretending they are something they are not. |
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11-01-2009, 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by just1paul
Waukesha has an identity problem. Always pretending they are something they are not.
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Milwaukee has the same problem. |
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11-01-2009, 09:21 AM
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Location: Lower east side Brady and Farwell Milwaukee WI
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Originally Posted by Napoleon357
Milwaukee has the same problem.
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No - people always say Milwaukee has that problem - fallacy I say. |
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11-01-2009, 02:19 PM
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By 2020, if not 2010, they will be counted as one Metro. To say Milwaukee would be a suburb of Chicago is ridiculous though. That's like saying Fort Worth is a suburb of Dallas, its entirely untrue. Anyway, I'm sure Milwaukee will have to swallow its pride and get use to the term "Chicagoland." At least they get to say hello to the METRA ! |
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