Get to know the CD users of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Madison: insurance, how much)

[JudyRae]

1) Where in WI do you currently live? Wautoma, WI

2) Do you like it there? No.... taxes are way too high.... Too many lakes make for high property taxes.


3) Were you born in WI? If so, where?
Yes, born in Berlin, WI

4) If born out of state, how/why did you end up here. Do you like living here?
N/A

5) Whats your favorite city/town in the state?
Berlin, WI, where I grew up was a nice town. Nice parks, good hospital, and a nice clean town.

6) Whats your favorite region of the state? I think Northern Wisconsin has a lot of pretty places.


7) What do you like least about the state?
Real Estate taxes

8) What do you like most about the state?
Beautiful country lanes, great food, cheese and the many lakes.

9) Whats your favorite state park/recreation area in the state? We're older, so we don't do the swimming and boating stuff. We do go fishing in many of the lakes and love the zoo's and the parks.... Toooooo many to mention.


10) If you could move somewhere else, where would you like to go? Southern Missouri Ozarks. I'd love to get back to the small towns and a slower pace, plus the milder winters.


11) What's a major life goal for you?
We're retirement age, so goals are done. We're looking for property to retire in the Ozarks.

12) What do you do for a living? This question is totally optional. Retired dairy farmer, now raising beef.


13) If you could move the Capital of Wisconsin to a different city, where?
Oshkosh

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[susancruzs]

I keep checking back on this great thread, hope some more "regulars" post their answers!

[wanderlusting]

1) Where in WI do you currently live? Region or city, doesnt matter. West Allis

2) Do you like it there? I like where I live but there are other parts of West Allis that I wouldn't like.


3) Were you born in WI? If so, where? Yes, Milwaukee.


4) If born out of state, how/why did you end up here. Do you like living here?
N/A

5) Whats your favorite city/town in the state?
Wisconsin Dells, La Crosse, Green Bay, Crivitz, Three Lakes, Boulder Junction.

6) Whats your favorite region of the state?
Tie: Northwoods and along the Mississippi River.

7) What do you like least about the state? Sluggish job growth, not really a booming state.


8) What do you like most about the state?
The mix of urban and rural is perfect. You're never far from at least a small city and there's plenty of places to getaway to.

9) Whats your favorite state park/recreation area in the state?
Tie: Wyalusing and Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.

10) If you could move somewhere else, where would you like to go?
I WILL be moving west or southwest in Nov or Dec 2008.

11) What's a major life goal for you?
Visit all 50 states.

12) What do you do for a living? This question is totally optional.
Accounting.

13) If you could move the Capital of Wisconsin to a different city, where? Not sure, somewhere more representative of the state as a whole, maybe Wausau.

[UW Badgers]

Can I play even though we don't live there anymore?? Please.. We lived there are whole lives up till 4 years ago till we moved for a job promotion. We are trying very hard to get back, the sooner the better!

1) Where in WI do you currently live? Region or city, doesnt matter.
We lived in Muskego. Hubby lived there most of his life, I grew up in Wauwatosa and moved to Muskego after getting married.

2) Do you like it there?
We did, but when we move back, it will be somewhere else.

3) Were you born in WI? If so, where?
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

4) If born out of state, how/why did you end up here. Do you like living here?
N/A

5) Whats your favorite city/town in the state?
Appleton/Oshkosh areas

6) Whats your favorite region of the state?
Definetly the Northern Wisconsin. It's so beautiful.

7) What do you like least about the state?
Housing costs and taxes. It's what is hampering our move back. We don't want to rent, but housing is so much. It's so cheap where we are now and the taxes are too.
My brother's house in Milwaukee is about the same size as ours. Our taxes here are $1500, his are almost $4,000 for the same size house/land. Comparing our house with homes there that are similar is crazy. We paid $106,000 for ours and similar homes there are $170,000 and some don't have the finished basement we do or a 2 1/2 car garage like ours. That's a huge difference. Sorry to go a little OT..

8) What do you like most about the state?
The landscape for sure. Here it's just boring. Driving down the interstate here(comparing it to 41/45 there)there's nothing. Flatland.

9) Whats your favorite state park/recreation area in the state?
The Zoo! I miss it. There is no zoo here and I think that's sad.

10) If you could move somewhere else, where would you like to go?
Nowhere. It's Wisconsin all the way. If we one the lottery, maybe we'd get a home somewhere warm for the winter..maybe

11) What's a major life goal for you?
To move back to Wisconsin and be happy. We are young and far from retirement, so this is our biggest goal right now.

12) What do you do for a living? This question is totally optional.
Childcare.

13) If you could move the Capital of Wisconsin to a different city, where?
Appleton

[Hntr]

I think the title might be confusing people. I passed it over a few times because it didn't register that CD users were "City Data" users.

I too enjoy reading everyone's answers, their reasons, their hopes and dreams.

Josh, can you edit the title? I don't know if that is possible this far into the thread.

[KateDaum]

I agree that this is a fun thread. Makes me realize how many people love Wisconsin and all it has to offer.

[ekg56]

Love reading everyone's input. Lots of WI pride showing through.

[Milwaukee Ronnie]

1) Where in WI do you currently live? Region or city, doesnt matter. Milwaukee.

2) Do you like it there?
Overall, yes.

3) Were you born in WI? If so, where?
Born in Wausau.

4) If born out of state, how/why did you end up here. Do you like living here?
N/A

5) Whats your favorite city/town in the state?
Favorite is Milwaukee. Second favorite would be Dodgeville/Mineral Point area in Southwestern Wisconsin.

6) Whats your favorite region of the state?
Southwest Wisco, known as the Driftless Area.

7) What do you like least about the state?
A provincial mindset that pervades every city and town.

8) What do you like most about the state?
The warmth and friendliness of the people who live throughout this state.

9) Whats your favorite state park/recreation area in the state?
Wyalusing State Park.

10) If you could move somewhere else, where would you like to go?
New York City.

11) What's a major life goal for you?
Visit all 50 states.

12) What do you do for a living? This question is totally optional.
Psycological therapist (not really, but sometimes it seems that's what I do...)

13) If you could move the Capital of Wisconsin to a different city, where?
Milwaukee. We have most of the state's population, most of the state's jobs, most of the state's problems and most of the state's assets.

[Dea13]

1) Where in WI do you currently live? Region or city, doesnt matter.
Village of Caledonia, Racine

2) Do you like it there?
Very Much.

3) Were you born in WI? If so, where?
Yep. Grew up in Bay View (Southeast Milw)

4) If born out of state, how/why did you end up here. Do you like living here?
N/A

5) Whats your favorite city/town in the state?
I enjoy many cities/towns for different reasons. Too many to choose from.

6) Whats your favorite region of the state?
I love to visit northwest part of state but wouldn't want to live there. I enjoy being around the Mississippi & Wisconsin Rivers.


7) What do you like least about the state?
Taxes, prevalence of alcohol, potholes

8) What do you like most about the state?
All the lakes, green areas, friendly REAL people

9) Whats your favorite state park/recreation area in the state?
Wyalusing State Park.

10) If you could move somewhere else, where would you like to go?
Buffalo, Wy or Dillon, Co

11) What's a major life goal for you?
I'm trying to figure that out

12) What do you do for a living? This question is totally optional.
Senior Software Engineer

13) If you could move the Capital of Wisconsin to a different city, where?
I like it where it is

[JoshB]

I don't know if anyone else wants to fill this puppy out? My brains running empty on creativety today. lol