Minneapolis versus Madison (for a Student) (school, college, registered)

[Bongopercylou]

I think it will come down to size and post-graduate opportunity. You should take a weekend and visit the U of M and see what you think. Bus fare is really cheap so that shouldn't be a major concern of yours - even if bus fare is free in WI. As others have posted, Dinkytown and the surrounding campus are very student oriented and fun places to be. It's also walking distance to downtown Mpls. I walked all over that campus. A free U of M bus brings you back and forth from Mpls and St Paul. All that said, again, you should visit it for a weekend yourself once school starts in the fall. And no, it's NOT dead on the weekends. Also, MANY community theaters are located around campus (W. Bank of campus). Good luck.

[Bongopercylou]

Just saw this now: "Minnesota girls are better looking than Wisconsin girls..."

LOL!

[ComfortablyNumb]

Originally Posted by Bongopercylou

Just saw this now: "Minnesota girls are better looking than Wisconsin girls..."

LOL!

You don't agree? I'd say Minnesota-born girls are better looking, perhaps just because they are a bit more shallow and prone to burn their daddy's money on cosmetic products, expensive hair treatment, and nice clothes. Wisconsin-born girls seem to be more "family values"ish and less provocative, which to me can be very endearing.

[Bongopercylou]

I don't have an opinion one way or another. I just thought it was a funny comment.

[Alt Dach]

I am an alum of both UW-Madison and U of MN. Not much to choose between
them as schools BUT be advised you will do more work at MN because of the Quarter
System as many/most profs give the same amount of work as you get in a semester!

But the Twin Cities is a sophisticated world class area while Madison is basically a hick town IMHO. Probaly the reason it feels the need to toot its own horn 24/7-365
which I personally found very tiresome.

[ComfortablyNumb]

Originally Posted by Alt Dach

I am an alum of both UW-Madison and U of MN. Not much to choose between
them as schools BUT be advised you will do more work at MN because of the Quarter
System as many/most profs give the same amount of work as you get in a semester!

But the Twin Cities is a sophisticated world class area while Madison is basically a hick town IMHO. Probaly the reason it feels the need to toot its own horn 24/7-365
which I personally found very tiresome.

Hick town? You are obviously is biased and sore at Wisconsin. You obviously have some strong opinions you badly want to adhere to. Madison is an extremely educated and sophisticated community. It holds holds several large corporations (Epic, American Family Insurance, CUNA Mutual, and others) as well as the state Government and a huge University. It has several restaurants that are ranked among the best in the US in a number of lists. It has a very extensive park and trail system, as well as a nature preserve right in the middle of the city. Have you been actually been to Madison at all, or did you just make that up to semi-legitimize your opinion? Typically hick-towns don't vote 80% for John Kerry, you know. Or you don't.

Also, Minneapolis isn't anything close to world-class, by the way, and most Minnesotans know it, and it drives them crazy. You have some nice museums, so I hear. Too bad no one wants to go to Minneapolis to see them. Ask any person outside of North America where Minneapolis is and they'll have no clue. Ask any person in the US if they care, and they won't. Minnesota? Wisconsin? To most people in the United States, it's all simply I-don't-give-a-****

[Alt Dach]

As I said, the need to toot one's own horn does bespeak a certain tiresome provincialism.Thanks for the evidence.

[ComfortablyNumb]

Originally Posted by Alt Dach

As I said, the need to toot one's own horn does bespeak a certain tiresome provincialism.Thanks for the evidence.

Great comeback. Is that all you could think of to avoid addressing the actual idiocy of your statement? What are you going to do next, point out spelling errors? I wasn't even tooting my horn; I was responding to an accusation of Madison being provincial and was giving evidence towards the contrary. Learn to differentiate between bragging and arguing. I will give you that Wisconsin is a hick state though. I grew up in Oshkosh and Appleton was the only nearby city I would say wasn't (overly) drenched under a very sad rust-belt, dying, poor-ish industrial aura.

Also, Twin Cities-ans toot louder than an atom bomb, partly out of a latent sense of inferiority that arises out of their disappointment that no one cares about their wonderful city. I've heard it all from them. They all have the same little list in their heads, it's really quite sad and pathetic. We have the best education system. We have the most Somalians. We have the cleanest streets. We have the best museums. We have the most theaters per capita. We have the most lakes. We have the most Fortune 500 companies per capita. We are the best state in the US. The Lakers used to be in Minnesota. And so on and so on and so on. They'll just keep going on and on and on until they finally realize you don't care, which is why they toot so much in the first place.

If anything, Madison is a lot like the Twin Cities. They are both full of people who genuinely love their city and, knowing that no one cares nor notices, finds it their duty to throw off some pointless statistics at every opportunity.

I have friends from Minnesota and for some reason, Minnesotans seem to really hate Wisconsin. I don't know why. Is it because we are moving over there in droves? It is because our sports teams constantly destroy yours? I'd like to find out, because it really creeps me out.

[Alt Dach]

Not true.Of course the Chamber of Commerce does do all that BS in MN as anywhere
else.
The man on the street in the TC's just goes about his life, while the one in MadTown
stops to tell you how great it is. TC's have enough diversity and high-culture that
Yuppydom does not set the general tone.Madison does not.Analagous to the difference between an adult vs. an adolescent,

[ComfortablyNumb]

Originally Posted by Alt Dach

Not true.Of course the Chamber of Commerce does do all that BS in MN as anywhere
else.
The man on the street in the TC's just goes about his life, while the one in MadTown
stops to tell you how great it is. TC's have enough diversity and high-culture that
Yuppydom does not set the general tone.Madison does not.Analagous to the difference between an adult vs. an adolescent,

Madison has a naiveness to it, no doubt. Like Canada. Not provincialism, though. Also, someone on the street stopping to tell you how great Madison is? Are you kidding me? No one does that anywhere.

And TCans, at least the ones my age (20s), are pretty earnest to talk about their city A LOT. Maybe its different for people in their 50s like yourself.