Nice, but not much here
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11/17/2012
I have lived near Manitowoc for 5 years. There are few good-paying jobs here, but lots of minimum wage jobs. Lake Michigan is beautiful and provides a nice place to relax, but that's about it. There is NO shopping here...we have Wal-Mart and Shopko and when everyone heard a Kohls was being built it was the talk of the area for weeks. We suffer from typical small town mentality, but the people are friendly for the most part. You'll have a hard time if you're not a native and will pay your dues before being accepted, but it can be done. :) We're close to Green Bay and Sheboygan, which adds shopping and recreation choices. If you are looking for small town atmosphere, conservative people and a slow pace of life you'll lik it here. Also, you better like winter and snow because 7 months of the year are cold and we get lake effect snow dumped on us in huge amounts. 2 years ago we had 94 inches of snow over the winter (November thru May) and the previous 2 years from that we had over 50 inches.
Mckenzie | Newton, WI