Midwest vs. Big City Life

[sarim]

NEW YORK CITY ETC IS THE BEST PLACE IN AMERICA

EVERYWHERE ELSE MAKES ME LOSE MY MIND

FUCKALLAYOOZ

[Scrod Prickknee]

People always tell me mass transit in Milwaukee works just fine (I wouldn't know). I'm not sure about the boring gray flatlands thing, when I live in a state bordered by the 2 largest Great Lakes (1/5 of the world's fresh water) and the biggest river in North America. Not to mention the most lakes of any state in the country. Half the state is hilly woodlands. Hell, northern MN is the same. The people here are the best I've encountered, and I've been everywhere.

Japan sucks!!!

[Claire Dactyl]

People always tell me mass transit in Milwaukee works just fine

If you count buses never being on schedule or often just never showing up at all as just fine, then yes.  And the budget for MCTS keeps getting cut so it keeps getting worse.

[Young Steve]

People always tell me mass transit in Milwaukee works just fine (I wouldn't know). I'm not sure about the boring gray flatlands thing, when I live in a state bordered by the 2 largest Great Lakes (1/5 of the world's fresh water) and the biggest river in North America. Not to mention the most lakes of any state in the country. Half the state is hilly woodlands. Hell, northern MN is the same. The people here are the best I've encountered, and I've been everywhere.

Japan sucks!!!

Whoa, rivers and lakes! What culture! What excitement!

"Mass Transit" in the Midwest sucks balls. I'm talking trains that run every ten minutes at the very worst and take you within 20 minutes of almost anywhere you want to go, as opposed to an ill-run, poorly laid out bus system frequented by drunks and crackheads at all times of the day. The perception - and hence partially the reality - of mass transit in the Midwest is that its for people with revoked licenses or who can't afford to drive. Go on a train in Tokyo and it's all regular folks. My problems with the Midwest are many, but driving and the weather are the absolute worst.

Have you been to Japan ever Todd?

Anyway, I'll be back again - for school hopefully - this summer.

[Tippet]

OUTSIDERS AREN'T WELCOME!!!

[vint]

Steve, you are so missing out on so much that's great about where you're from. The only reason I don't live in WI is because there aren't enough people there who like my music. Only fuckin reason. I've literally been all around the world and the midwest has some of the best people of anywhere. No big surprise that my favorite places in other parts of the world remind me of the midwest in different ways.

[smallguy]

That being said, I still wanna live somewhere with at least four good shows a week and bars/restaurants/theaters/clubs that are within walking distance.

That being said....

If you lived somewhere that didn't meet that criteria you'd be LESS HAPPY.

So you just invalidated your own point.

[ADAMK]

Midwest winters are brutal, but they generally make me as productive and creative as I am all year.  Like Erin said, if I had a good opportunity, I'd probably head out to SF again, 'cause I loved it out there, but Wisconsin rules.

[Der Diggler]

Dow jones and the industrials said it best......can't stand the midwest. That's right ol' der can rhyme.

[neighborhoodwatch]

People always tell me mass transit in Milwaukee works just fine (I wouldn't know). I'm not sure about the boring gray flatlands thing, when I live in a state bordered by the 2 largest Great Lakes (1/5 of the world's fresh water) and the biggest river in North America. Not to mention the most lakes of any state in the country. Half the state is hilly woodlands. Hell, northern MN is the same. The people here are the best I've encountered, and I've been everywhere.

Japan sucks!!!

mass transit here sucks, ive had buses not just run mad late, but never show up period. and no subway!!! fuck

[Scrod Prickknee]

"Mass Transit" in the Midwest sucks balls. I'm talking trains that run every ten minutes at the very worst and take you within 20 minutes of almost anywhere you want to go, as opposed to an ill-run, poorly laid out bus system frequented by drunks and crackheads at all times of the day. The perception - and hence partially the reality - of mass transit in the Midwest is that its for people with revoked licenses or who can't afford to drive. Go on a train in Tokyo and it's all regular folks. My problems with the Midwest are many, but driving and the weather are the absolute worst.

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Oh boy, an island full of xenophobic gooks whose prime cultural export is anime. Sounds like paradise. For a 14 year old boy.

I've never ridden on public transport in my life. I like cars. I love driving. I would never live anywhere I'd have to give that up.

If you're so concerned about weather, move to San Diego. It kicks the shit out of Tokyo.

Japan blows.

[dusty medical]

The Midwest is the closest thing to hell on Earth that I can imagine: brutal soul killing winters, flat scenery, gray skies, salt of the Earth hick types as far as the eye can see, a lack of convenient mass transit (read: trains that can take you anywhere), and the corn atop the shit sundae is the mystifying sense of local pride that infuses the spirit of most Midwesterners. I seriously think killing oneself is a better alternative to living in the Midwest for the rest of ones life.

I've been here for all but one of my thirty years on Earth, and all melodtrama aside, I'd honestly rather get hit by a bus than spend another ten years here.

On the other end of the spectrum, I just got back from Tokyo a few days ago: sunny skies every day for two weeks, temps in the high forties to low sixties every day, an incredible train system that eliminates the need to own a car, and stimulating experiences around every corner. For me it's the closest thing to an Earthly paradise conceivable. The only problem is that I'm an American by birth and don't want to work a dead end job as an English teaching monkey, which is about the only possibility available to me at this stage in the game.

LEAVE ALREADY

[SteveBeat]

the concept of wanting to live in a foreign country full of people that HATE you

[dusty medical]

Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin and 23rd most populous in the United States.

[dusty medical]

Summer in Wisconsin: