Viroqua, anyone?

[CowsAndBeer]

I believe the county is #1 in the nation for organic farming (Wisconsin is #2 overall). Nearby Organic Valley is the largest cooperative of organic farmers in the United States. So yes!

Often you hear about a small restaurant in the middle of nowhere that's "as good as the best ones in Milwaukee/Chicago." This is almost always untrue. The Driftless Café in Viroqua is actually an excellent restaurant as good as many of the better ones in my Milwaukee neighborhood. Farm fresh local/seasonal creativity without any pretention. A couple months ago my girlfriend and I decided to get up early on a Saturday and take the scenic drive over to the Driftless Café for lunch. Much recommended. Don't think I could live there, though, as beautiful as the area is and the fact that there are a few city amenities.

[Fuscia]

You don't think you could live there? Too rural? I'm concerned about that too. But I prefer rural. Although it's nice to have some retail therapy options. I'm hoping that's where LaCrosse comes in. I actually don't shop much and would rather have land to tinker, and putter about on, and a small like minded community to be involved in or near, than all the entertainment and shopping I can't afford anyway in a large, sweltering, over crowded, traffic fume nightmare. Like Atlanta metro, where I live now. I grew up in Oshkosh though, so I understand the climate. I feel like Viroqua is calling to me, but is it just the Siren's song?

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What is the distance from LaCrosse to Viroqua? I wouldn't mind living in between those two towns.

[CowsAndBeer]

Originally Posted by Fuscia

You don't think you could live there? Too rural? I'm concerned about that too. But I prefer rural. Although it's nice to have some retail therapy options. I'm hoping that's where LaCrosse comes in. I actually don't shop much and would rather have land to tinker, and putter about on, and a small like minded community to be involved in or near, than all the entertainment and shopping I can't afford anyway in a large, sweltering, over crowded, traffic fume nightmare. Like Atlanta metro, where I live now. I grew up in Oshkosh though, so I understand the climate. I feel like Viroqua is calling to me, but is it just the Siren's song?

Well, there's no such thing as "too rural" in terms of land for me, but I'd have to live closer to a real city than that. La Crosse would probably be fine for you, it's not all that different from Oshkosh in terms of amenities. The problem is that Minneapolis is 3 1/2 hours away from Viroqua. Milwaukee is over 3 hours away. Chicago even further. Madison almost qualifies (for me), but not quite, and even then it's over 2 hours away. It's really "out there." If that sounds good, then go for it! Gorgeous region of the country surrounding it.