why wisconsin is the worst state (and why i dont miss it)

[King Harold]

Originally Posted by openmike

Wisconsin= beer, jackets, drugs, beer, bad roads, Packers, slush, cold, wind, 55 degrees in July , perch
walleye, sausages, beer, jackets, deer ,smoked carp, insulated everything, ice fishing, spearing old sturgeons, augers, tip-ups , snowmobiles, beer, golf, snowboarding, perch , raw ground beef, ducks, geese, ring baloney,down riggers, catfish, suckers, red fish, sauerkraut, dumplings, snowshovels, coffee, coronary heart disease, obesity, organic brain syndrome ( water, nitrates, processed fatty foods, drugs & meds), high incidence of neuromuscular, transmitter short circuiting ,cancers and deteriorating infrastructure. And finally....beer and Culver's .

I have never seen a better summary. +100

[timberline742]

I don't get several of those, but deteriorating infrastructure? Wisconsin has better roads and highways than any place I've ever lived. If they mean tech and ed infrastructure, I get that.

[King Harold]

Originally Posted by amerifree

The government is an aristocratic club where we find the laziest of the population.
I've know firsthand from friends and family. Since when did you take a government job to become rich?
Had a candystipper at the dmv tell me I should go back home and fill out my car registration, like I was wasting their time and energy. Pug...I pay their salary.

Millenials in this state are the future of Wisconsin and they aren't fit to do anything but sit with mouths open and winder.

Most of the replies miss your main point. Even beyond the DMV it is quite evident that WI has turned its back on democratic middle class ideals and turned government into a source of sinecure for the connected. At its worst you find straight up grift. The state is a northern example of the most hypocritical aspects of the 'party of small government' .

[ram2]

Originally Posted by openmike

Wisconsin= beer, jackets, drugs, beer, bad roads, Packers, slush, cold, wind, 55 degrees in July , perch
walleye, sausages, beer, jackets, deer ,smoked carp, insulated everything, ice fishing, spearing old sturgeons, augers, tip-ups , snowmobiles, beer, golf, snowboarding, perch , raw ground beef, ducks, geese, ring baloney,down riggers, catfish, suckers, red fish, sauerkraut, dumplings, snowshovels, coffee, coronary heart disease, obesity, organic brain syndrome ( water, nitrates, processed fatty foods, drugs & meds), high incidence of neuromuscular, transmitter short circuiting ,cancers and deteriorating infrastructure. And finally....beer and Culver's .

What about frozen custard, like Boy Blue? Or is that just a Milwaukee thing?

[Jumpindogs]

Originally Posted by laurabf

Hi gypsyjudy!

Thanks for the input. I have been seeing, through threads, that taxes can be a big issue in WI. That is a great article! While it will be a bit more of a tax burden than WA going from 37th to 41st respectively (ranking adjusted for COL), in the areas we are looking at in WI we will be able to buy the home outright. Therefore the bump in taxes is not a deal breaker- but I appreciate the info. I have also heard that WI does have good tax funded services- schools and the like. If this is true atleast there are results to the increased taxes.

While I cannot say for certain if we can handle the winter ( I don't think you can know unless you have endured it) we do prefer snow to blistering hot- which for us is anything over 78. haha!

We do not have kids yet (mid/late 20's) but are hoping to start a family once we get settled. I have really liked what I have read about the Madison area. But for us we are looking for a smaller community oriented town. Mineral Point has really made and impression on me. We will be selling our house and traveling for a month to try and find the "perfect" place. Since you have lived in that area if you have any recommendations I would love to hear them.

We are hopeful to find this "perfect" town and start a small business. I would love to do something where you are truly embedded in the community and working a service with/for them. So any comments about small business environment in the Madison-Driftless area is valued.

Thanks again!

You'll get both in Wisconsin. Just a heads up...Mineral Point will feel much hotter than your PNW in the summer. As will all of southern WI except for that "cooler by the lake" area bordering Lake Michigan. Most of your MP summer will be in the 80s with some 90s. The C-D weather average temperature graph is misleading. It displays the same graph for my town...I'd be thrilled if low 80s were the norm for our summer highs.

Take a look at this: Mineral Point Month Weather - AccuWeather Forecast for WI 53565

[laurabf]

Originally Posted by Jumpindogs

You'll get both in Wisconsin. Just a heads up...Mineral Point will feel much hotter than your PNW in the summer. As will all of southern WI except for that "cooler by the lake" area bordering Lake Michigan. Most of your MP summer will be in the 80s with some 90s. The C-D weather average temperature graph is misleading. It displays the same graph for my town...I'd be thrilled if low 80s were the norm for our summer highs.

Take a look at this: Mineral Point Month Weather - AccuWeather Forecast for WI 53565

Great point, thanks! What I was finding on here didnt show it as that hot. We'll still check it out but I'm adding more states back into our possibilities.

[Jumpindogs]

Originally Posted by laurabf

Great point, thanks! What I was finding on here didnt show it as that hot. We'll still check it out but I'm adding more states back into our possibilities.

Remember those are averages. So one 90 degree summer day and one 75 degree summer day average out to 82.

Good luck with your search!

[Unsettomati]

Even I don't think Wisconsin is a particularly bad state (and I live in freakin' Superior for three years!).