Give me ten good reasons not to move to Madison, WI

[Anonymous]

Economically, a little depressed. Not a lot of job opportunities and the job market is unstable

[Anonymous]

Nice town, but it gets old after 2 days. Overrated, in my view.

[Anonymous]

Went there for undergrad. If I could have figure out a way to stay (without driving a cab for a living) I would have in a heartbeat.

[Anonymous]

Reasons not to move- you are afraid of change. Most people are.

Reasons to like Madison-
The Oveture Center for the arts
The Children's Museum
Kayaking on Lake Wingra
Live music by the lake at The Union
UW Madison
Farmers Markets
Always voted one of the most educated cities
Lower cost of living

[Anonymous]

make sure to buy one of these

[Anonymous]

snow, snow, snow, snow, snow, snow, snow, snow, snow and snow

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:snow, snow, snow, snow, snow, snow, snow, snow, snow and snow

Eh, there are much worse places for snow. Madison only gets about 50 inches a year and they know how to handle it so the whole town doesn't shut down. A big snow in Wisconsin is nothing like a big snow in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Economically, a little depressed. Not a lot of job opportunities and the job market is unstable

Not true. Lots of tech startups, education, healthcare, government, biotechnology. Epic Software has been growing for one example. A lot of development in Madison.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Economically, a little depressed. Not a lot of job opportunities and the job market is unstable

Not true. Lots of tech startups, education, healthcare, government, biotechnology. Epic Software has been growing for one example. A lot of development in Madison.

Some, not a lot
Salaries are low. A red neck kind of backward place. Not a lot of diversity. Very republican

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People like to bash winter, but there are many great aspects that come with winter. You have all sorts of winter outdoor sports/recreation, scenery of winter can be absolutely beautiful, Christmas isn't Christmas without snow, without winter you wouldn't have as beautiful springs and falls, having 4 true seasons is bonus, and if you love shopping there's more types of cloths to shop for!

i'm sorry but midwest winter is shit winter.

This isn't teton county wyoming winter, or front range colorado winter, or utah winters, or montana/idaho, pac nw winters, or even vermont winters

Midwest winters are all the shitty parts of winter without any of the good IMO.

So your saying in Wisconsin there is no: downhill skiing, cross country skiing, ice skating, snowshoeing, snow fort making, snowball fights, ice fishing, snow boarding, snow tubing, snowmobiling, hill sliding, snowman making, etc. These things cannot and never happen in Wisconsin?

I guess Devil's Head isn't a ski resort? Not huge but it's downhill skiing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Economically, a little depressed. Not a lot of job opportunities and the job market is unstable

Not true. Lots of tech startups, education, healthcare, government, biotechnology. Epic Software has been growing for one example. A lot of development in Madison.

Some, not a lot
Salaries are low. A red neck kind of backward place. Not a lot of diversity. Very republican

Seriously? Madison is a Democratic stronghold in what is traditionally (though that's shifted a bit in recent years) blue state. It's not called "The People's Republic of Madison" for nothing...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Economically, a little depressed. Not a lot of job opportunities and the job market is unstable

Not true. Lots of tech startups, education, healthcare, government, biotechnology. Epic Software has been growing for one example. A lot of development in Madison.

Madison has a great economy and new start ups. A friend of mine just spent 3 months there working for a software company. The big offices are Copenhagen, San Francisco, and Madison.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Economically, a little depressed. Not a lot of job opportunities and the job market is unstable

Not true. Lots of tech startups, education, healthcare, government, biotechnology. Epic Software has been growing for one example. A lot of development in Madison.

Some, not a lot
Salaries are low. A red neck kind of backward place. Not a lot of diversity. Very republican

We're talking Madison. Not fucking Rio (WI and pronounced rye-Oh)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Economically, a little depressed. Not a lot of job opportunities and the job market is unstable

Not true. Lots of tech startups, education, healthcare, government, biotechnology. Epic Software has been growing for one example. A lot of development in Madison.

Some, not a lot
Salaries are low. A red neck kind of backward place. Not a lot of diversity. Very republican

You obviously have not been to Madison recently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Economically, a little depressed. Not a lot of job opportunities and the job market is unstable

Not true. Lots of tech startups, education, healthcare, government, biotechnology. Epic Software has been growing for one example. A lot of development in Madison.

Some, not a lot
Salaries are low. A red neck kind of backward place. Not a lot of diversity. Very republican

...says the person who's never set foot in Madison, lol.

I'll never understand why some people try to answer questions about places they've obviously never been.